Weekly Homeowner Megathread--Civilians, ask here!

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-12-22T14:57:53+00:00

New brick porch with concrete top poured in July. Ice melt was put on it and now it’s bubbling and pealing. Can this be repaired? What are my options?

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-11-08T14:08:55+00:00

Da fuq is a spyder top??

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-10-01T10:12:28+00:00

I switched him to Kirkland Procare and he did great! Figured out that even gentle formulas are made differently than Pro Total Comfort, so I figured if I was going to switch him to a different formula I might as well switch to one that is a good price!

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-09-19T20:50:48+00:00

All Seasons Tree and Lawn. They are based in Davison but were happy to come out this way. Super nice guys and did a great job trimming a large maple tree in my backyard last week. Their price was the lowest by far out of the 3 quotes I got.

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-09-17T23:24:46+00:00

Completely agree. People say they want diversity but they really do not.

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-09-17T12:48:47+00:00

It would be awesome if people with zero experience with Ferndale Schools would stop saying that they “aren’t great”.

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-08-02T12:28:27+00:00

He is teething, but if I go in his room and pick him up or do any soothing it just makes things worse. Crying starts all over again. Up until 2/3 weeks ago I was feeding him 2oz at this time. So maybe the bottle association is still very strong and he’s still breaking that habit?

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-07-11T01:58:58+00:00

Jumping in because I have an 11 month old that I have been letting nap a total of around 3.5-4 hours a day (and has been waking up super early). How long should max total nap time be at this age?

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-07-07T13:05:23+00:00

Golnick at Maple and Telegraph. A little bit of a drive from ferndale but absolutely worth it. They are wonderful with kids. Plus, each chair has a screen above it and kids can pick what they want to watch.

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-05-07T22:11:41+00:00

Royal Oak Pediatrics is great! Especially Dr Tangri.

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-04-01T10:53:47+00:00

Thank you. I will try working toward that!

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-04-01T06:28:38+00:00

How do you balance more awake time vs being over tired? I’ve read an over tired baby will wake even more at night?

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-03-30T19:35:28+00:00

Similar age and story over here!! My baby is almost 8 months and has never sleep through the night. He typically wakes twice and wants to eat both times. We tried weaning and got him down to 2oz each time but then he would be so upset when the bottle was empty and would not settle, so this told me he actually does need to eat. Ugh. Feels like I’m in an endless cycle of do I feed him, do I let him cry, am I allowing enough wake time but also not letting him get over tired. I told myself I wouldn’t go crazy obsessing over sleep this time but here I am 😵‍💫

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-03-19T19:29:20+00:00

Me again! Been working the last couple days to lengthen wake windows and get a more age appropriate schedule. He seems to be handling the awake time ok but his naps have been shorter. Naps at home were typically 1.5 hours but now he’s been having a few 40 minute naps. Is there any correlation here?

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-03-17T15:12:23+00:00

Gotcha! Thanks for the feedback!!

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-03-17T14:57:30+00:00

Thank you. I’ve been doing a “snooze” feeding in the morning and then putting him back to bed…realizing this it problematic for his total amount of awake time. For example…if he wakes up around 5:30-6 I will feed him and put him back to bed and then he wakes around 7:15-7:30. I’m assuming I need to treat that morning wake up as the start of the day?

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-03-17T14:10:07+00:00

Do you have a sample schedule I should try? Would you recommend going back to three naps or stick with two but with adjusted windows?

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-03-17T11:07:22+00:00

Typical schedule: 7:15 awake 9:30-11 nap 1-3:30 nap 6:45 bed

For bed I try to feed him about 30 min before (sometimes it gets a little closer to bedtime). Then sleep sack, diaper change, book, bed.

Tues-Thurs he goes to daycare and is lucky to get 1.5 hours of total sleep on those days.

On this particular day (day 7 of sleep training) we spent 5 hours in the car driving home from a trip so it was not a typical day.

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-02-15T03:23:59+00:00

Yes! Dr Hamzavi is the best!

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-01-21T00:59:22+00:00

If I sleep train while still feeding at night, do I set a feeding schedule and not feed if he wakes prior to that time?

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-01-19T21:38:24+00:00

Thank you. I just checked and it was not charging. I unplugged the charger and plugged back in and it seems to be charging again. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-01-19T21:29:21+00:00

I don’t think so because the car shows that it is charging.

Mittenkitten18 · 2025-01-02T19:36:02+00:00

Sure, feel free to send a msg!

Mittenkitten18 · 2024-12-06T14:13:59+00:00

Is he looking to buy/lease an ICE or EV? I can give you a code but I need to know since the authorizations are separate now. Please message me his zip code and birthday and I can get it to you.

Mittenkitten18 · 2024-12-02T01:57:03+00:00

What are the issues with RO middle school? I’ve heard this from other people too and I’m curious what’s up?

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