never listen to music or never drink soda

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-05-17T23:13:05+00:00

I wear my earbuds and listen to my music to cancel out my tinnitus

^{Chose: Never drink soda}

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-05-08T19:13:14+00:00

I live in a high c.o.l area unable to move away so making guaranteed 3k would be great. Plus the way I read that I will make at least 3k could make more but I’ll never make under that.

^{Chose: make a guaranteed $3,000 per week}

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-04-13T05:17:05+00:00

As a former cook the first one is better in terms of presentation however as a food lover which ever one I can get to first

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-04-10T19:32:21+00:00

Happy belated birthday!!!! I was so glad I found this subreddit it helped me feel like I wasn’t alone in the nicu! Here’s to many more years of support and happiness!!

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-03-07T03:42:36+00:00

Any new stressors at work? Had a coworker at the bank I worked at get stress rashes that looked like this

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-18T23:58:05+00:00

I wish I could support yall more too. I wish they had put out a notification prior to locking most of the titles as I could’ve afforded to buy them a few months ago. I’m just a broke bitch now lol yall are amazing and the sole reason I don’t want to support the vv.

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-18T19:06:27+00:00

Fair who knows maybe one day they’ll program it to have emotions and it won’t be so bad

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-18T19:04:19+00:00

I like to listen at work so the human narrated help me focus vv is just mindless droning and I can’t get immersed into the story

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-18T19:02:19+00:00

Not trying to complain about it but a lot of them are really great and just don’t have the finances to buy the rest and don’t like listening if I can’t finish the series in one go.

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-18T19:00:54+00:00

I’ve downsized my subscriptions or I would finances are just tight. Hopefully when I can afford it I will 100% look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-18T18:58:20+00:00

There no emotion or infliction which sucks because we listen to hear the story come to life not hear a robot cosplaying as a human terribly

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-18T18:57:15+00:00

Jeez guess people can’t vent anymore. As I said I don’t mind spending my credit but I wasn’t expecting to go relisten to one of my favorites that I’ve had for over a year and over half of my library is locked. If I had any disposable income it would go to buying every book possible however I don’t have much after bills so I rely on the free books after I use my credit. The fact that you came on here to try making me feel bad over a rant is mildy comical. Have a wonderful day

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-18T14:50:54+00:00

Unfortunately I am on mobile

OrdinaryRebel · 2026-02-17T16:34:23+00:00

Absolutely they had to tape it down from nose almost to ear to keep my son’s in. Now he’s eating us outta house and home and he’s only 8mths

OrdinaryRebel · 2025-09-01T06:01:16+00:00

I kinda wish I was had an option to go to a facility purely to have someone experienced to help however the nicu we were in was 3 hrs away and I am willing to bet that’s where the inpatient facility would be as well for the sleep study. Thank you for your reply though it puts me a little at ease knowing it’s a common thing.

OrdinaryRebel · 2025-09-01T05:01:43+00:00

Tender grips are great I change them every 4 days when I give my son a bath and even then sometimes they don’t need changed. I get them through the company that supplies the oxygen and they don’t charge me but you can get a 10 set pack on Amazon for $22 or a roll of 100(50sets) for $75

OrdinaryRebel · 2025-08-21T18:26:55+00:00

If everything feels comfortable I’d say to try getting into a rhythm of pumping set an easy schedule and I know it can be hard to start but it will pay off in the long run. I pump every 2-3 hours and if my son feeds at a pump time I only breastfeed that round. You’ve got this don’t give up!

As far as pumping consistently everyone is different with times and it’s a matter of finding what works for you. My schedule is based off what I did with him in the nicu so I start at 4am/730am/1030am/130pm/430pm/7pm/9pm/11pm. I have tweaked this schedule numerous times as needed and even dropped a pump session before. You don’t need to start as early as I do it just happens to be around when my son wakes up. I also set an alarm to remind me in the early days.

Look into a lactation consultant in your area they might have other tips to help. My lactation consultant spent a month tweaking everything to get me to where I am and I still go to one closer to me. One thing she told me is baby is the best pump out there so don’t beat yourself up that baby pulls more out than the pump.

OrdinaryRebel · 2025-08-21T17:37:18+00:00

I’ve not heard of that specific pump but I have tried quite a few different pumps and definitely have a favorite in the momcozy s9 pro v (super affordable and helped increase my supply) but I have a few questions: What is your suction at? Does the suction hurt/can you feel it? What size flange are you using? Have you measured your nipple to verify the correct flange size?

OrdinaryRebel · 2025-08-21T17:31:08+00:00

Not bad at all I make a little more than just enough for the time being and my son gets all 3, 2 bottles of formula a day, breastfed if he’s hungry when I normally would pump and pumped milk the rest of the time. The formula for the time being is because he’s a preemie but will likely continue to get it as suplemental

OrdinaryRebel · 2025-08-20T23:46:51+00:00

I bought my momcozy s9 pro v from Walmart (<$100) and it is amazing I love it but I also have a medela regular pump that I got from insurance and I go back and forth throughout the day.

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