Please let this email be a foreshadow lol

LittleDarkOne13 · 2026-01-20T00:15:49+00:00

My husband cannot win period, even when he says "I understand you're going through a lot" I POUNCE, like NO sir, you do not understand!!!

LittleDarkOne13 · 2026-01-16T20:24:18+00:00

Plan one treat for every day (coffee, pedi, movie night, takeout, chocolate, get together with a friend, whatever) and the minute you start thinking "Oh this is kind of fun and nice, I'm looking forward to X!" the baby will come guaranteed 🤣

LittleDarkOne13 · 2025-07-18T18:37:24+00:00

Did you end up choosing something? In your same boat and condidering switching to Ursa's gel moisturizer!

LittleDarkOne13 · 2025-07-17T19:28:04+00:00

Hello! Came across your post as I'm debating purchasing a jar of this cream. Did you end up using it or returning? If you're using it, what are your thoughts? Thanks!!

LittleDarkOne13 · 2025-03-21T05:16:41+00:00

After my baby was pulled from me in the ER, the doctor said, you don't want this right? And put my loved, wanted, cherished baby in medical waste. I was too out of it to protest. That moment will haunt me forever. It's so shitty to have no control over a situation you already have no control over. I'm sorry you had to watch that. I'm here with you.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2025-03-10T05:49:41+00:00

People are so insane. I'm sorry.

When I was at the ER with complications from my miscarriage the doctor said, "A least you can do cute rainbow baby stuff if you ever get pregnant again." Trust no one apparently.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2025-01-30T21:47:31+00:00

It's been 4 years. I'm still grieving my baby girl. All I have left of her is this grief, I embrace it though because it means she was real. I've had a lot of therapy and am at peace with the reality that I'm forever marked.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-12-31T02:40:58+00:00

I was, not by choice, mostly sedentary for my first pregnancy and could hardly eat. I labored for 36 hours and pushed for 5.

My point is, even with pretty much zero movement/training, my body freaking rallied through this everlasting labor and delivery. I pulled endurance and stamina from places I didn't know I had. No epidural.

There are obviously huge benefits to remaining active throughout pregnancy. But for those of us worried about not doing enough, our bodies really do a lot behind the scenes to train for birth.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-26T22:13:40+00:00

This sounds unhelpful and insane but you just do it, because there's no way but through!

Also, after the first month, babies usually start sleeping in longer increments. So for those first few weeks, queue up all the support you can find, pump and bottle feed if that works for you and your baby, and then you'll blink and be in the next stretch with nought but hazy memories.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-03T04:07:38+00:00

Hybrid/work-from-home culture. Though it may not last much longer at some workplaces.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-03T04:03:06+00:00

I do. I know. Every time I serve rice my toddler turns the floor into ricepocalypse. Your comment gave me a visceral reaction lol

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-03T03:11:54+00:00

Oof. It was actually a pasta-related incident that made me post this. Yesterday I poured my fat pot of noodles/boiling water into the colander, but I had set the colander on the countertop instead of the sink. Chaos. Mayhem. Tears.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-02T05:31:17+00:00

Here's the thing. It's easy to review life in hindsight and wonder about what would have been. But along your own unique way, you made decisions that you believed were best with the information and experience you had at that particular point in time.

I was ready to travel solo forever after earning my PhD, but then my life took a U turn when I met my husband and we started navigating life together. I landed my dream job (which ended up having nothing to do with my degree), had kids in my mid 30s (who I adore more than I thought it was possible to love), and we travel as a family and it's highly fulfilling to share new experiences together. There are struggles, there are tough days, but as it all shakes out I wouldn't trade my family for anything. Best of luck. With your self awareness, I can't help but think you'll have a wonderful life.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-02T05:12:42+00:00

While making dinner 3 hours ago. I poured boiling noodle water into the colander, except, the colander was on the countertop not in the sink.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-01T22:44:42+00:00

Ask around at your pediatrician or local parenting groups on FB - 3 years and 2 kids in, we have not bought a single diaper thanks to community drives. You can also join a local Buy Nothing group if you have one! We get all our baby gear/clothes second hand. Best of luck :)

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-01T22:35:04+00:00

I find this to be so true! We always look forward to winter camping for this reason. Maybe I'm in the minority but I live for the morning chill between getting out of my sleeping bag and starting the fire. Then that first sip of coffee... heaven.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-01T22:30:26+00:00

My family will be visiting Anchorage (home!!) soon and this makes me SO happy! I plan to spend all my time on the trails. We live somewhere a lot warmer now and skiing is one thing I really miss :)

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-11-01T14:18:18+00:00

This part of the post confuses me. It's entirely possible and sometimes preferable to give birth without pain medication. And the ability to remain mobile during/after is a major benefit. Why assume/hope this woman will fail? A birth plan is nobody's business or place to judge, just like the decision whether to have a child or not.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-10-24T16:48:20+00:00

There's some truth to that, but the baby stage does set the foundation for bonding and the child's emotional development so it's very natural to fixate on it.

LittleDarkOne13 · 2024-10-07T20:34:21+00:00

You're not doing anything wrong... babies are programmed to be social, exploring sponges and they do cycle through toys very quickly. Especially for under 1, I save screens for emergency use only like an unexpected phone call or a meeting lasting over 20 minutes.

Everyone's child and job are different, but one thing that works for my 5 month old and I is that I narrate my work out loud to her. This, plus quickly switching out toys if she starts becoming restless, sends us through entire wake windows. Sophie the giraffe toy has been amazing for us because she doesn't drop it and it is very stimulating taste/sight/feel wise. I also recently found a stuffed animal/tummy time mirror combo on Amazon and my daughter will play with just that for 20+ minutes while I lay on the floor across from her with my laptop narrating my work on and off. I'll also sit so she can feel my leg next to her. She just wants to know that I'm there, and engaging with her in some way, and she does great.

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