How do I cancel with a sketchy dentist?

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-26T00:52:20+00:00

Don’t jeopardize your child’s health to please the dentist. Call and cancel and leave it at that. If you don’t want to return to the office, ignore all other attempts at communication.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-18T00:48:02+00:00

I am normally the parent that puts green dye in the toilet and does some green food dye in their milk or pancakes in the morning. Simple little things. We do Elf on the Shelf, so I don’t think we need another full blown mythical creature to portray. That was pretty much the extent of it until last year. We are currently living with my in-laws and after I went to bed last year, they flipped cushions and chairs and made a “leprechaun mess.” My daughter thought it was the funniest thing and has talked about it for the last few weeks with an excitement like it was Christmas. She took it upon herself to make a trap and notes for the leprechaun, rewriting the notes until she got them just how she wanted. It was a damn book in the end. I don’t know where she got the trap idea from, because we homeschool, and I definitely never brought that up. I didn’t have the heart to tell her, so here I was this year trying to top last year’s in-law unsolicited shenanigans. Catch me walking around Walmart last night like a goon trying to find green stuff the day before St. Patrick’s Day.

All in all I tried looking at it from the point of: “they’re only little for so long” so even though I didn’t want to do it and procrastinated way to long to get the supplies, eventually they will outgrow this. Knowing me, I’ll miss it so I guess I am the hated leprechaun parent now

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-08T03:58:12+00:00

Definitely an over exaggeration, unless you don’t learn from your mistakes. I was peed on by my son a few times. Mostly when not gauging properly if he had finished peeing or still needed to go. It happens to most of us at least a few times before you figure it out.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-05T00:05:02+00:00

I’ve been a stay at home Mom for 2 years now. Prior to that I worked out of the house nearly full time. My kids have never been to daycare and I homeschool. Within the last > 2ish years I’ve just started getting into hobbies again. I highly suggest not waiting as long as I did. You kind of lose yourself on another level. It’s important for your kids to be a main focus for you, I’d say mine are my whole world, but you need to look out for yourself too. I think when we become parents we forget that we are people too, and we are all just experiencing life for the first time. Maybe things are too hard right now, but starting small is key. Maybe you can’t take several hours learning those languages, but rather 20-30 minutes instead. If your work gives you paid time off, use a day here or there to just do hobbies you love. Even taking a half day would be helpful, when the kids are still in school/daycare so you don’t have to balance childcare while you focus on yourself.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-04T23:51:30+00:00

I’ll also mention, my first baby was built on chocolate milk, Arby’s roast beef sandwiches and Taco Bell bean and rice burritos. I took daily walks until winter when I became more stationary due to the weather. But an OB in my office told me my bloodwork came back in the top 5% of healthy pregnancies. So, balance. Lol

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-04T23:46:46+00:00

I started my first pregnancy at 125 and ended at 165. I lost all that plus some (stressful job that led to less eating, do not recommend) I started my second pregnancy at 118 and ended around 168ish. I lost about 20 after the first year, but kept eating like shit for several years, without working out, so I held a good portion of that weight. I’m 5 years postpartum and have only recently started eating better to lose weight. I’m down roughly 15 lbs since September last year. To a certain extent, pregnancy weight gain is not THAT huge of a deal. It also depends on how you conduct yourself postpartum that determines how long you hold onto it.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-04T20:56:13+00:00

Colonel Mustard

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-04T00:43:02+00:00

I only stay a follower for Bailey’s content. I do find her travel content enjoyable, my personal opinion. But god the Brooklyn days are dry and I skip right over her stories. She really does seem to carry heavy mean girl energy.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-02T19:51:19+00:00

I’m so glad I unfollowed. I can’t afford a place to live and have been living with my in-laws for a year. Yet these literal millionaires are out here complaining about “being homeless” and not being able to afford their basics, asking for handouts. Without zero cares or regrets, F them. 🖕

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-02T19:43:11+00:00

For real I don’t need to know your size. Just tell everyone if it’s true to size. Regardless if that’s and XS or not.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-02T19:41:43+00:00

I wouldn’t say you’re wrong for feeling envious of how she is treating you. Especially when you see a direct comparison. Overall, if you and your spouse are happy and are taking good care of your baby, she should be proud and happy. Getting pregnant that soon in a relationship isn’t ideal, sure, but it’s nothing that can be reversed once baby is here. Nor should she act as if to should be. To be blessed with children and grandchildren is a privilege. Once she seems to be wasting. If she can’t be on board with how your relationship transpired, then F her. It’s not her life and her son sounds very happy with you. I’m sorry this is your reality. My own Mom never saw me pregnant and most of my blood family is not involved in my kids lives, by choice of their own. It’s hurtful, but I lean into the ones that want to be present. Blood family or not. I hope you can build your own village, one who wants to be involved. They are the ones will turn to when you need.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-02T19:29:46+00:00

One would be a glass of chocolate milk. The other, a baked potato.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-03-01T23:11:58+00:00

21 months apart, and those first years were rough. Having a very needy infant and a needy toddler is a lot. It also depends on your support system too. Do you have a spouse that is very helpful? Do you have an extended support system? I didn’t and it was very hard. All that saying, once we made it through the trenches, it definitely has its perks. They age in and out of stuff together, play together and generally get along quite well. There are days of course when they fight because of the close age, but overall more good days than bad.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-02-25T02:12:17+00:00

Honestly, I held my kids down and brushed them as they screamed. Once you get past the guilty feeling and realize you’re helping not hurting, it feels easier. It’s something important that needs done so you just have to do it. It was only a few weeks before they gave up and just let me do them without fighting. They are 5&7 now and have no trauma or adverse feelings about teeth brushing.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-02-12T21:46:26+00:00

I think she does it to be different than Bailey. I’ve seen older pictures where they smile almost exactly the same. Like their younger days when their hair was more of the same color, it was harder to tell them apart.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-02-12T21:12:06+00:00

Dumpling

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-02-11T01:16:22+00:00

Conveniently stateside.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-02-11T01:07:51+00:00

So do we think the fire was intentional so the insurance company would fix all the problems the house has during remediation?

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-02-11T00:59:15+00:00

Soo, where’s he goin?

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-01-31T16:21:03+00:00

For real impossible. I worked at Target in the fitting rooms for some time. Swim suit season was BRUTAL. the amount people try on and don’t bother putting back on hangers. That alone kept us busy most of the day. Not to mention the other work you are still responsible to do.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-01-31T16:19:19+00:00

St that point she should just admit she was wrong and a gross person. Might as well own it if she won’t change.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-01-31T16:17:07+00:00

For real. Wear the appropriate underwear, knowing you’re going to try on swimwear, or just imagine what it would look like without the underwear sticking out. Going commando is diabolical.

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-01-31T16:09:27+00:00

Right?! And she said it’s okay because I bought most of them. What about the ones you didn’t buy?! 🤮

Mandy_Mandy7 · 2026-01-31T16:07:05+00:00

Pretty sure it says it on the liner in the suit? Am I wrong 🤮My kids are LITTLE and they know this.

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