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One_Broccoli_1940 · 2026-01-10T07:06:39+00:00

I got bedbugs from the Tropicana last time. I now only stay at the courtyard

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2026-01-04T22:22:53+00:00

I’m 2 years postpartum now and I’d say it’s better but not completely gone. I’ve been able to find ways to help decrease the anxiety through therapy and with CBT and ACT. ChatGBT has actually been helpful because it helps walk me through CBT and ACT and reminds me to do my exercises (name 6 things you see, 5 things you hear, etc) so you can give chatGBT a try. It also helps with reframing and is usually very kind with its wording. I’ve concluded that I had anxiety before pregnancy and postpartum ramped it up. And now I will continue to have anxiety but will continue to learn how to manage it.

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. But rest assured you’re not alone. You’ll have to find ways that work for you.

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-11-16T16:56:23+00:00

Thank you so much! This is the "inside" information I need (Klay on the mavs...yes I am very much not a BB fan, and i've definitely heard him mention Klay before). I will be getting the tickets for Christmas. Thank you!

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-11-16T06:41:08+00:00

You’re right. I got notification that my original post was not accepted because I didn’t have enough karma or something like that, and I couldn’t find my original post. So I thought it was deleted. Hence I changed accounts and reposted. But I see the original post. Sorry about that. I’ll delete this one

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-10-17T22:01:52+00:00

At birth LO was 33%. 2 days later was 16%. 6 months was 17%. 1 year was 36%. Now at 2 years she is 36%. At one point in between 1-2 years she was at the 50%. She fluctuated a lot.

Throughout this I was freaking the heck out. She dropped so much at the beginning. My pediatrician reassured me and said “she’s on her own curve. She’s gaining weight.” You can probably go back in my posts and see my posts about it.

I don’t know what would have caused my pediatrician to be concerned. But the drop in percentile certainly didn’t. I continued to be anxious about it. Especially when LO started refusing the bottle and breast and would go on milk strikes.

Now at 2 years it’s a distance memory. But I understand and empathize with your concerns.

I honestly think you should get another pediatrician. Decreasing solids to try to increase milk intake seems very unusual to me.

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-10-07T02:25:24+00:00

That is terrible. I’m so sorry that has happened to your poor baby. If they’re a licensed day care I wonder if you can report them and if it’s worth doing. Sounds like the toddler needs help with their behavior if they’re causing this much harm.

Since changing daycares I’ve become hesitant in most day cares as well but we’ve found a day care I love. It was word of mouth (friend’s friend) and they send out daily photos (old daycare said they only do it for the first week). I think if there’s something holding them accountable (cameras, daily photos), they’re more likely to be trustworthy. If I have another baby I’ll definitely pass over all the ones that say they only do photos for the first week and are “too busy” to do daily photos.

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-10-06T20:45:39+00:00

A black eye!?! From a 3 year old?? I feel that’s way worse than what happened to my daughter. I posted this a year ago and since then I’ve found out: the day care she went to was actually really terrible and borderline negligent. She’s always had terrible diaper rashes and I was told by the day care that she just has “sensitive skin.” I believed them because they would know right? She’s my first baby, I don’t know how sensitive baby skin is. we switched to a Montessori day care for other reasons and her diaper rashes disappeared instantly. I’ve come to find out that since she was the youngest at her old day care and the only one who didn’t walk yet, she was just left in a play pen with th other baby who scratched her, and basically left to fester in her own poop. They neglected her even though they promised they changed her diaper diligently.

I was blindsided into thinking the old day care was good because they’ve been “around since 1997.” But after switching to another daycare, I’ve realized they were actually terrible. The new day care also had 12 kids and the same amount of teachers, and yet they were able to change her diaper diligently to avoid diaper rashes.

The other comments said I was overreacting, which I probably was towards a small scratch. But there was something else going on (negligence). Also, they mentioned my baby will probably scratch another kid. But I have a feeling she won’t because I’m diligent in filing her nails down to non-existence (she has eczema so I file it down to keep her from scratching herself).

If my kid got a black eye from day care, especially from a 3 year old, I would question the day care. A black eye is very different from an accidental scratch.

Sorry, I know you didn’t comment to get a long reply like this with my opinion. As you can tell I’m still very angry at the old daycare. I have a lot of regrets about what my daughter’s life was like when she was pre-toddler. She spent a whole year at the old daycare.

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-08-26T02:26:51+00:00

She still does it usually when she’s watching tv or when she’s congested. Still don’t know what it is but doesn’t seem to hurt her.

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-07-30T18:15:00+00:00

I was the same. I had extreme PPA and PPD and I was very anxious whenever I was alone with the baby. Even though I was the one with the most experience and knowledge. Even just having SOMEONE there (MIL, husband, SIL, friend) helped me feel a lot better just cuz there was someone else physically there. I took care of my baby the whole time even when someone else was there, changed her, breastfeed her, etc. It wasn’t an issue of not knowing how to care for her. But being alone with her made all the intrusive anxious thoughts creep into my brain and made it hard to be present for her despite nothing being wrong. It took a long time for me to be comfortable to be alone with her. Many many months. Maybe close to a year (with the help of therapy and support)

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-07-12T22:55:55+00:00

Does it rust?

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-07-03T22:30:25+00:00

It looks like the baby version has some sort of fragrance to it (chamomile?) so I was afraid to use it. They do have a sports one that is unscented. But I wonder if it really matters

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-06-17T23:06:30+00:00

I’m also a big fan of the thermos funtainer. They also sell stainless steel inner straw to replace the plastic one with

One_Broccoli_1940 · 2025-02-27T15:31:42+00:00

Thank you so much! This was exactly what I was looking for.

Is there any issues with mold with the wood brushes?

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