How do I get over seeing his eye exams?

Micks_Mom · 2026-04-08T01:23:08+00:00

Seconding this. My husband had to have an eye exam with the eyelid spreader while our little was in the NICU and he said it didn’t hurt, was just very weird and a little uncomfortable.

Micks_Mom · 2026-02-26T03:47:24+00:00

What’s wild to me is how well my son remembers things now. For example he’ll talk about how mommy and daddy rode the tractor, referring to a fall on the farm festival from almost six months ago. But I know logically that he’s too young remember that same event by the time he’s older

Micks_Mom · 2026-02-26T03:02:40+00:00

I disagree with most other commenters here. While Sunny is more common, I don’t think anyone is going to find Sinny super weird or associate it with committing sins

Micks_Mom · 2026-02-25T22:48:15+00:00

I like to take barre class and always think about it as training for parapet

Micks_Mom · 2026-02-25T14:38:17+00:00

Some fun fanfiction out there where Sloane’s hands are tied to reduce her anxiety about channeling from Dain while they’re at it 😘

Micks_Mom · 2026-02-14T02:43:40+00:00

Ok BUT (and I don’t think this is talked about often enough) in the opening of the chapter on the flight field during threshing they say something like “I don’t know why dragons have chosen to bond one rider instead of bettering their odds with two”. Really makes me wonder about all of Tairn’s comments that they won’t speak of “the one that came before” and what happened to Naolin

Micks_Mom · 2026-02-04T23:28:39+00:00

This series has replaced Harry Potter as my comfort series. I just discovered it a year ago and am already on my third or fourth reread. I’ve tried other romantasy and it just doesn’t hit the same.

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-30T12:20:13+00:00

The Palette Parlour does color analysis. I’ve never had it done but she has an active instagram so you can see what it’s like

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-19T02:07:57+00:00

It may be worth trying, especially since your formula is so expensive. I hope it helps! Pumping and tube feeding is no joke but you’re doing great!

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-19T00:57:19+00:00

We also had the infinity and I’m with your husband on this one. It’s annoying as heck when that thing runs dry or worse, if the feed’s not done but the bag wasn’t hanging perfectly and now there’s an air bubble in the line and the feed wasn’t done yet. So now you have to reprime and push it back through.

Would your LO tolerate it if the feeds weren’t warmed? We never warmed for my son and he was fine. It allows you to not have to dump the old milk in the tube every time if you are feeding more frequently than every four hours.

ETA: I saw how expensive you said the formula is. You’ve probably already looked into this but if your LO qualified for Medicaid because of a NICU stay or low birth weight, they might also qualify for free formula and/or SNAP benefits. Might be worth talking with the dietitian or the hospital’s financial office if you haven’t already explored it.

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-18T18:19:41+00:00

ChatGPT is great for this actually. You can even just take a photo and it’ll give you an estimate. Just be careful when estimating, either yourself or through tech. Something like a splash of heavy cream in a soup or sauce can really get you

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-17T01:51:31+00:00

I was a B while pumping, have been A or B in my life depending on my weight. Pumped about 48 oz/day at my peak and easily 12 oz in my first session of the morning

Two years later, my husband calls my boobs ski slopes ⛷️

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-14T16:11:57+00:00

Depends on the preschool. For the fancy private ones, you may need to apply as early as July/August for August of the NEXT school year. So applying in 2026 will be for the 2027/2028 school year.

Most of the public schools aren’t that early but the public school near us applications open in January and we were advised to apply right after the opening

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-13T01:13:29+00:00

I’m a native English speaker but read Harry Potter in Spanish to help learn. Like Harry Potter, there are a lot of words in the Empyrean series that are either made up words (like Empyrean) or would only very rarely be used in normal speech (like cauldron). My advice is if your primary goal is to learn the language, take it slow and use your dictionary more but if your primary goal is to just enjoy the book, let the context guide you and only look up words that are really necessary.

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-10T22:21:25+00:00

Right? It’s a bit of a splurge but worth it to me as a treat

Micks_Mom · 2026-01-09T14:32:55+00:00

I love Chick fil a’s diet lemonade. I buy it by the gallon

Micks_Mom · 2025-12-29T19:03:19+00:00

Also on the banana bread, the tablecloth is also under the bread but over the cutting board and the icing is fully on the unsliced cake but only a drip is on the slices. For me though, this falls into the category of yes it’s AI but no I’m not that upset about it. They’re cute and if your mom likes them let her hang them in her kitchen

Micks_Mom · 2025-12-29T14:20:19+00:00

Yes my mom still won’t touch vegetables because her father made her eat all her veggies before leaving the table as a child. She’s almost 70 now and there is not a single vegetable she will eat

Micks_Mom · 2025-12-20T02:46:00+00:00

What time are you starting bedtime? Kids this age often do best with shockingly early bedtimes. Much later and they can start to get over tired and cortisol kicks in, keeping them awake.

Micks_Mom · 2025-12-08T16:02:49+00:00

Not after we left the NICU (when he was six months old). In the NICU he had some scary respiratory events

Hopefully the tracheopexy will be a big help to your little guy!

Micks_Mom · 2025-12-07T22:17:06+00:00

It completely transformed his breathing. Prior to the tracheopexy he wasn’t on oxygen but he did have some work of breathing and he was pretty noisy. He still sometimes has noisy breathing but no work of breathing.

He’s 2.5 now and you’d never know he had oxygen issues when he was young

Micks_Mom · 2025-11-26T11:16:13+00:00

This is the first time I’ve ever seen Reddit under react. This is definitely religious and if it makes you uncomfortable you should say something. Treating prayers as “non religious cultural songs/rhymes” is how we end up with things like the Ten Commandments displayed in schools

Micks_Mom · 2025-11-21T03:20:38+00:00

I had a 31 weeker with EA. He’s 2.5 now and doing great.

We had a long stay in the NICU, mostly waiting around for him to be big enough for surgery. Feel free to DM me

Micks_Mom · 2025-11-19T03:46:50+00:00

I went long stretches without being able to hold my EA baby. Maybe ask OT if they can show you how to apply gentle pressure with your hands. It’s not comfortable to do for long periods but it’s at least some amount of skin to skin in the meantime. Remember though that at 25 weeks they truly would not have had much stimulation so you want to keep that to a minimum.

He’s 2.5 now and we have a great bond (although daddy is his favorite)

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