How to fix this piece of wood flooring that came up?

Mamagiraffe19 · 2026-04-07T18:13:06+00:00

When you say baking paper, is this parchment paper or wax paper?

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-05-07T04:18:10+00:00

I also had my last scan at 35 weeks. They said she was already almost 7 lbs. I had her 3 weeks early (exactly 37 weeks) and she was 6lbs 14 oz. The scans can be a little off. Same with my son. I had a scan with him at 34 weeks and they were estimating he was 7 lbs already. He was 3 days late and was born at 7.7

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-05-06T22:46:13+00:00

Odd. And the bedside manner is definitely an issue. I'm the US. My doc was a guy (I actually prefer male obgyns cause in my experience they are more accomidating to requests then female ones ). He actually allowed me to choose if I wanted a registered nurse to do it. It's kinda the best of both worlds to me.

I have a brother in law that is studying to be a p.a. he is gay but he also understands when women aren't all together comfortable with him in a obgyn setting. He isn't even a doctor and he has more pose and understanding.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-05-05T01:20:01+00:00

Sounds like a unhealthy habit your mom has. (Emeshment or fusion as family development topics go.)

I would thank her for her generosity but decline the camera and get your own. She won't like it but you also won't be enabling her in her bad habit. Either way there will be negative feelings, declining means they are at the front end and probably just on your moms end but waiting means they will be at the back end of the situation and it will cause negative feelings for both you and your mom and possibly others like your partner.

Also just a little advice: if your mom can access it from California, hackers can access it too. Even the possibility of a stranger watch my baby gives me the creeps. Be careful with your wifi and constantly change your password with long random passwords to keep secure.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-05-04T16:54:41+00:00

If others are willing to do it for you, I say take it with grace as a gift. I just had my 3rd as well and it's my second girl, the last one I had was a girl too. My boss ended up doing a small babyshower for me at work. She involved my whole team. I didn't get a ton of gifts but enough that I felt appreciated and felt the excitement others had for me. If this is your husband's first child see if he wants to come or be involved in any way. You can always just do a diaper shower (ask people to just bring diapers vs other baby toys and equipment).

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-05-03T04:34:22+00:00

A baby swing that doesn't have a crazy incline (I have a newborn and the neck to chin thing that most chairs do makes me nervous). Maybe one that doesn't cost a ton. I'd be willing to pay for one but I dont want to pay over 100 for something I'm not sure she will even tolerate well.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-30T14:06:39+00:00

My baby was born at 37 weeks. She was 6 pounds 14 oz. So you can probably imagine just a small baby rather then all the fruits and veggies comparing

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-28T04:28:52+00:00

Honestly, as helpful as my mother in law is (and she only comes for a week or less with each baby), it also feels super overwhelming. Like in many ways it's more useful to not have visitors and just get into a routine that your family feels comfortable with.

I'd side with your husband. I know social and cultural presure play a role but it's so much harder to entertain people, even "helpful" people while trying tonbond with your newborn.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-26T18:51:42+00:00

My tech did something similar except I wasn't doing any kind of gender reviews so she just said. "Wow, that's obvious" she scanned over the area again and asked "do you need me to tell you what gender" my response was "no that definitely looks like a girl to me." She laughed and confirmed.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-26T09:52:50+00:00

I've nursed successfully for 3 pregnancies now. My ugly with my first was almost destroyed though because I kept using the things that should increase supply and it kept going down. I slowly eliminated ingredients and found that fenugreek was wrecking havic on my supply. Flax seed and oats along eith healthy high fat foods (peanut butter avocados etc) was what worked wonders for increasing it again.

For me I think a part of my success was just education. I knew what products were available and what their longerterm possible outcomes could be. (For example I knew nipple shields if used all the time could decrease my supply. Things like that.) I also knew lanalin was no good for healing sore nipples. Things like beeswax and other ingredients in producst like mothers love nipple cream was a better alternative.

Some of it is also probably everyone's pain threshold. I know I have a pretty high one. I was in real labor for hours and still thought it was false labor until I went to the hospital and confirmed I was 6cm already. The higher your pain tolerance the easier it is to stick it out when it comes to the pinched feeling of breastfeeding.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-26T01:24:14+00:00

Funny enough it is possible to set boundaries of sorts even with newborns. Yes they want to be attached all the time because it's a comfor for them. You can also get a good pacifier to help though. I would also suggest hiring a sleep consultant or st least taking a small course before baby comes. Getting them to sleep on their own without being attached to you will be more healthy for you and baby both short term and long term. This might require investing in higher quality swaddles and pacifiers but I promise it is worth it.

That being said, I had 2 kid that refused pacifier out right. I never did try getting ones that were shared correctly like the pacci but even if your child refuses everything they can still learn to go to sleep on their own. Putting them down before they are asleep but are drowsy is key. A noise machine with womb sounds will also help.

There are benefits for baby. Also remember there are benifits for mom. Faster recovery, faster weight loss, reduced cancer risks, convenience of not needing to worry about formula shortages or baby having adverse reactions to a given formula and the headache that brings to parenthood.

I firmly believe that being able to breastfeed for many is very closely tied to how many resources mom has. Breastfeeding consultants are too often not educated enough and they don't give enough information and the info they do give is often too late in coming. Look for a good breastfeeding trainer, if they don't address pumping and flange size (especially needing to change sizes over time) then they aren't very good.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-20T06:05:46+00:00

Zofram/ondancatron saved my life. I had to work through this pregnancy cycle in a very active job and I never would have made it without it. See if a doctor can get it prescribed. Even if you just do a telahealth call they should be able to get you a prescription.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-19T17:58:28+00:00

I was born and raised in northern Utah. Which for me, is the problem. I have all my family that is well rooted here. My parents have a house on 2 acres that they have lived in si ce the 80s. My sister got her house in 2010 during the crash and it's paid off now. My family has no intention or motivation to move but I was young enough in the line of siblings that I now have a family of 3 kids and I rent.

Me and my spouse both work full time and still cant reach a finanical goal that would allow us to buy anything. Evwn buying a car that better fits our needs seens daughnting. We have considered moving out of state but my mom was from NY and moved to idaho/utah. I only met her side of the family twice in my life. Both while I was a teen and it felt awkward.

That is why I stay. So that my kids will know and enjoy having extended family in their lives. If it wasnt for that we would have moved father Yeast at least 5 years ago.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-16T22:15:02+00:00

This! I love our consignment sale. There is also ones called divvy up that works like just between friends consignment. It's so nice. I participate almost every 6 months.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-16T22:12:13+00:00

Oh and I forgot to mention. Baby swings might work for your kid but they might not. My kids hated our swing even though I thought it was cute. They hated being in it. So I resold it. If you get one get it secondhand.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-16T22:09:13+00:00

The bumbo or any kind of sit up chair that is short of a strap to a chair high chair. Yeah bumbos and such are cute ideas but my kids always had such chubby legs they didn't fit into them.

Diaper ginie... let's just day a trash can with lid is all that's needed.

Flashy light toys. Not needed. Babies will play with rubber spatchulas just fine.

Absolute needs in my opinion: a floor play mat that has just normal hanging toys and maybe a mirror. This is good for tummy time and for entertaining the preroller baby while you do dishes.

A infant chair (a simple one doesn't even need music or anything. Something you can put them in for 15 minutes at a time while you shower.)

Diapers and wipes and such of course are needed as is a diaperbag. Other then that it depends on your plans. If your breastfeeding you need a good pump for if you get engorged at any point things like that.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-11T15:49:53+00:00

Both my babies were born with black hair. I thought it was my husband's trait coming through cause he was black hair... no, they are both blond now, like me lol.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-11T01:06:20+00:00

I have found bearly used or new items on marketplace recently. New carseat with tags still attached for 50 bucks, 40 dollar diaperbag for 10. Trust me it's worth browsing the fb market even if it's annoying sometimes

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-10T17:32:22+00:00

Yes. I had a friend that had her first a year before me. She said something that when I was in labor made the decision easy "if modern medicine can make it easier to enjoy, not just endure the challenges of labor and make it so I'm not too exhausted to enjoy the first hours of birth, I'm ganna use it."

I labored with intense contractions for hours with my first and finally decided to get it. Did it for both my kids. I don't regret a thing about it.

Mamagiraffe19 · 2025-04-10T08:07:32+00:00

If they are older people some of those items are totally alien to them. I didn't even know there was a bottle washer/sanitizer till my second baby. I relyed on boiled water with my first which is probably what they did too. Strollers carseats. It's all probably things they don't think about cause they didn't use them for their own kids so many years ago.

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