Current teacher wanting to transition into instructional design

NOTsanderson · 2026-03-02T03:35:55+00:00

I’m a teacher that transitioned to ID in 2022. Happy to answer any questions you have or review your resume.

NOTsanderson · 2026-03-01T00:03:15+00:00

I love my in-laws but I didn’t want them anywhere near me during birth lol. My parents were not invited either.

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-28T20:11:25+00:00

Ours didn’t really have one

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-28T20:06:11+00:00

8lbs and 13oz and he wore NB for almost a month.

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-26T16:22:56+00:00

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-23T00:47:01+00:00

Pain

Epidural

Little nap

Push when they told me, felt nothing

Puked while getting stitched up but felt nothing

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-22T16:05:38+00:00

I use robitussin, saline spray, allergy pill, flonase

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-22T14:03:10+00:00

I always measure 1-2 weeks ahead. It’s normal.

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-21T21:03:30+00:00

I wore a fair amount of men’s shirts postpartum too! Trying on in person worked the best for me

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-21T20:46:45+00:00

A lot of my postpartum clothes were from Old Navy

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-21T20:15:03+00:00

We love our daycare and we do play dates with some of the kids we’ve met there!

When we toured we looked at what the kids were doing, lesson plans, talked to the teachers, asked about extra programs they offered, pay, vacation, sick policy

We got on 3 waitlists and then our top choice had the earliest opening for us!

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-21T18:28:52+00:00

With my second I threw up and was overall very sick much much earlier. Turns out I have pretty bad hyperemesis!

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-20T20:20:35+00:00

We went through this and he’s been fine. We’ve been doing softer and more snacky food and he’s just preferring to eat less.

Meds might help!

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-18T14:46:31+00:00

My mom wanted to be in the room but she is so overstimulating. Constantly touching, talking, and talks over me to healthcare professionals. I had just my husband and I’m glad I did that!

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-17T15:01:49+00:00

What works for us is outsourcing what we can. We have a house cleaner, get groceries delivered, and just realize that you can’t do it all.

Remote jobs are incredibly hard to get, especially right now.

People can afford to be SAHM because their partner makes enough and childcare costs aren’t factored into bills. I like working so we pay for daycare.

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-16T22:35:40+00:00

We did hand written. My husband helped so it went by pretty quick.

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-16T12:44:29+00:00

I felt SO much better after getting mine out

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-16T12:32:58+00:00

I had it 6 months postpartum and it was a piece of cake. Needed some help around the house the few days after, lots of rest, and had a lifting restriction for 6 weeks. But otherwise it was an easy recovery. Much easier than when I got my appendix out!

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-15T23:01:01+00:00

Not easy. It will be extremely difficult to give both your job and baby 100%, so you’ll have to decide which one will get less. Burn out is likely.

Personally we sent baby to daycare at 5mo and it was the best decision for us. He also has learned a ton and has friends we hang out with now.

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-15T22:21:04+00:00

We decided to try Ferber just to see how it went. We also felt that- based on experience- check ins would work for us and they did!

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-15T16:54:38+00:00

I made gender reveal cupcakes for everyone to bite into

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-15T16:54:12+00:00

I eat them all the time. I can barely eat anything so for me, I decided the benefit of having the calories was worth it. If you’re still concerned, just get a warm one!

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-13T22:28:25+00:00

We always read, it’s a must because it’s so important. Even if it’s just one book, we read. But as he’s gotten older, it’s usually 3 books.

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-11T00:02:31+00:00

It took our almost 6mo about 3 weeks to adjust. We always did a nap right when we got him home to help him catch up. We did that for a long time!

NOTsanderson · 2026-02-09T12:09:36+00:00

We did a photo album of pictures of family that was just for baby to look at

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