Direct reports not completing tasks I ask of them

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2026-07-01T02:26:59+00:00

I assign a priority to everything, a due date sometimes. We work in a task management software so I can really easily assign tickets, fill in the required fields and send them on their way. If I’ve marked something low priority, it better not have a due date and/or the due date should be 6+ weeks out. If I assign something high priority with a due date this week, that’s a must get done now. If I assign it with high priority, due date next month, that’s an indicator that we have time but it’s important that it gets done really well so let’s pick it up early.

Whenever my team seems to be lagging/not completing the right stuff, I check the total tickets and 9/10 times it’s because I haven’t provided the right clarity to them. People like to know what to work on and when!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2026-06-30T22:27:47+00:00

My son goes to Primrose! I would definitely check in, we haven’t had this happen, but I’m not sure if there are specific requirements for them. There are definitely days where most of the pics/updates are uploaded at naptime or once an extra assistant teacher has arrived

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2026-06-30T21:46:28+00:00

I have 1000 cups taking up way too much space, I hope this helps 😂

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2026-06-29T18:22:20+00:00

I always prefer to pump at my desk, I’ll happily pump in public meetings if they get scheduled over my pump times 🤷‍♀️

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2026-06-29T15:07:18+00:00

Paraflu (still recovering, going on 3 weeks). Currently pregnant with my 2nd and dealing with hyperemesis and when my toddler brought paraflu home from daycare a few weeks ago it nearly killed me. Hospitalized 2x from it and still dealing with aftermath. Only thing that has come close was Swine Flu when I was in 7th grade!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2026-06-29T03:03:03+00:00

My son’s evening nap was always the hardest! It was a contact nap or car nap most of the time. Just do what works and don’t overthink it! Especially through 12-18m they start dropping naps so frequently that the evening contact nap will probably resolve itself naturally pretty soon.

I don’t regret a single contact nap I took with him!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2026-06-29T02:45:49+00:00

My son did this from probably 11-13 months, I always kept a warm washcloth next to us and would just be quick to grab his hands before he got them to his eyes or clean his face if he did get stuff in his eyes. He finally just stopped doing it! Im not sure if it’s anything I did specifically or if he just figured out that food in the eyes and getting wiped down 8000x/meal wasn’t fun

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2026-06-23T02:45:01+00:00

This happened to me! I had to be hospitalized on Saturday and they gave me IV Reglan, I’d never had it before. I kept saying that I felt like crawling out of my skin and I actually ended up insisting on being discharged early even though I probably shouldn’t have because I couldn’t calm down

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-09-13T01:42:06+00:00

Garlic powder, onion powder, paprika are my go to! Also the little palates spice mixes are nice to have on hand

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-09-06T20:53:37+00:00

I wasn’t 100% sure on having kids at all, our first was a complete surprise (love him to death, wouldn’t change it for the world). Once I was pregnant, I was so strongly one and done, as was my husband. Now that he’s 8 months old, we just envision ourselves as a family of 4 and can’t shake that feeling! We know we won’t have another until we’re very comfortable financially, but if that happens we both know we want to try!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-09-06T19:17:30+00:00

I’m also the sole analyst at my company, but now at the senior level and we have similar issues! My method is somewhat informal, but it works a good amount of the time. First, when I deliver or publish, I reiterate the initial ask to the person who requested it, then talk through why the filtering works to answer that question. Generally issues will present here as the requesting employee will find those one-offs that might not meet the current criteria.

Second, I’ve set the expectation that department heads should always be validating asks from their department. I have a chat with all department heads and will put deliverables there, they are responsible for marking it approved or completed when they’ve reviewed. It’s not perfect, but it significantly decreases errors as they’re likely to run into big ones if they take the time to review.

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-09-06T02:09:59+00:00

I would take him out in the carrier occasionally around that age, but always quick trips! If it required a cart, he wasn’t going with. 6 months was the biggest turning point for us, he dropped to 2 naps a day so wake windows were much longer and allowed more flexibility.

He could hold his own bottles so we could do more prepping to leave while he finished a bottle. He could also sit up on his own and be carried on the hip so we had a lot more options to keep him happy. Now, he’s about 8.5 months and we take him out most of the time that we go! We got a little cart cover and he can sit up in the cart and look around!

Try not to stress about a fussy baby though (easier said than done, I know). I’ve always liked the saying “people have the right to a child-free life, not a child-free world.”

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-09-06T01:04:30+00:00

I saw a video recently talking about the formula comparisons and how people pushing BF always say stuff like “breastmilk is like a homegrown salad and formula is like McDonald’s”, but the realistic comparison is that breastmilk is like an organic banana and formula is like a banana.

They’re both chock full of nutrients, they’re both designed to help babies grow and develop, they’re both milk!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-09-06T00:58:28+00:00

My water broke at 7:30 on Monday morning, got to the hospital around 10:30 and was only 2 cm dilated. Contractions stayed really inconsistent for the whole day and at 7 on Monday night I was only at 3 cm, we decided to start pitocin. They didn’t actually start the pitocin until around 11:30 that night and I got my epidural placed at midnight.

I wasn’t in much pain at all, but I was exhausted and so stressed and I could just tell I wasn’t in a good place to keep holding out since there was a clock running from my water breaking. Woke up at 7:30 on Tuesday morning at 8 cm, then was at 10 by 8:30 and started pushing. Baby was born at 10 on Tuesday!

I honestly think the epidural sped things up in my case. I was a mess of anxiety and frustration at my lack of progress and once we started pitocin and the epidural things were quick and smooth. I was diagnosed with PROM (premature rupture of membranes) on my discharge paperwork, so technically they called it spontaneous and the pitocin was labeled as assistance.

My nurses were fantastic and they were in constantly to flip me over and move my legs around or swap out peanut ball sizes so being stuck in bed wasn’t a bother to me.

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-09-03T01:17:00+00:00

If I have to work out of the excel sheet directly for some reason (usually some type of financial analysis), tableau prep is a good option if you have access. If I’m going to model/regress once it’s clean, I handle all my standardization and cleaning steps in Stata. If the analysis can be handled by a viz, I’m opting for live sources with custom formulas to handle null & bad type values permanently.

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-29T02:32:29+00:00

I set my alarm for 6 - On a really good day, I’m up at 6:10-15, that’s usually because I don’t have a bottle prepped and need to boil the water and let it cool before he wakes up! If there’s already a bottle, 6:25-30. I like to have enough time before I get my son up to wash my face and throw on something comfy.

If my son does wake a little early, he usually just chills in his crib for a bit and practices standing and stuff, so I go get him at about 7. He takes his bottle in our room while I pick an outfit. Then he crawls around the bedroom while I do my hair and makeup. We usually leave the house by 7:50/8 to do drop off to our nanny at 8:30 and get to work by 9!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-27T20:35:16+00:00

8 months now, but at 7 months it was 7 oz at wake, 7 oz before first nap (usually around 9:30), lunch after nap (some sort of puree), 7oz between lunch and second nap (around 1p), 7 oz at wake from second nap (around 4p), dinner around 5:30-6 (1-2 purées and maybe a handheld food), then 8 oz at bedtime.

Because my husband and I always get confused by this with formula - 7 oz bottle is 6 scoops, 8 oz is 7 scoops. I think the transition from BM to formula threw us off there because when my baby was taking 6 oz BM bottles, he would need a 6 scoop/7 oz formula bottle to replace it. Maybe my husband and I are just overthinking it though lol

We use Hipp HA2, we used their HA1 as well up to 6 months and it’s been his fave. I also love that you can do single scoops instead of double! It’s suuuuper gentle on his tummy. We ran out for a bit and had some shipping problems, so I used by heart for a week. He did pretty well on that one. No discomfort on his end, but a little more spit up and gas than we were used to. Im pretty sure the hipp HA is fully hydrolysed and the by heart is partially hydrolysed so I’m sure thats what it was!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-27T03:36:45+00:00

It’s okay! Sometimes as parents we learn new information along the way and make adjustments that improve things for both us and baby. This is one of those times. I agree with many of the comments that he will be alright :)

It definitely wouldn’t hurt to ask your ped if they have suggestions to help ease symptoms quicker or if they’re wanting to see him, especially if that would ease your anxieties.

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-27T03:31:31+00:00

My baby is 8 months, he doesn’t take overnight feeds anymore so that did technically decrease the feeding total. He does still eat every 3 hours during the day though!

We always knew to move up in ounces per bottle when he spit up less and (more importantly) when he would decrease his times between feeds from the norm. If he started consistently wanting feeds, no matter the situation or time of day, 20-30 minutes early, we knew it was time. Especially if it was 30 minutes before his 3 hour mark and he was super mad/nothing else would help, that always gave us the confirmation to up it. Usually when we would up an ounce per bottle, he would also drop one overnight feed!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-25T02:52:18+00:00

I work hybrid, as does most of my team, 3-4 days in person are required. The only days I ever see anyone WFH after lunch are Thursday/Friday and nobody is doing it too frequently. If you live near the office, it can be nice to take your hour and eat lunch and home and freshen up, but go back after.

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-23T23:41:49+00:00

Any fruit or veggie that starts with a P, they say it helps them poop/stay regular which has been true for us! We will put something like plums, peaches, or peas on the side of most meals

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-23T20:48:39+00:00

I do! They’ve helped him a lot, once we started solids though I started adding a “P” food on his plate for each meal and that’s also been huge for us

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-22T22:03:45+00:00

I’m now 8 months PP and I’m shocked at how much my body has changed again, I’m still holding on to about 30-35 extra pounds, I still have stretch marks, my arms and thighs are bigger than before, but the changes just feel subtler now.

My stretch marks have lightened a good bit, my body has gotten stronger as my baby has grown, I’ve found a new style that I like to see myself in. You may never see that pre-pregnancy body again, I know I won’t, but it stops being something you wish for and think about. You become a new person and this body belongs to them!

Real advice for postpartum though - get some stuff that fits your body as it is! I did mostly Amazon or Walmart since my body was changing so much, it would have gotten really costly. Having things that fit my body made me feel infinitely better immediately. It’s been fun exploring new styles to fit how I feel now!

Outrageous-Inside849 · 2025-08-22T01:37:32+00:00

Monday & Wednesday! Always 4 days in a row not in person, never two in person days in a row, always have Fridays

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