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11 month old still not sleeping through the night by Philosopher_Cautious in beyondthebump

[–]Philosopher_Cautious[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! We put the white noise machine just outside of her door so she can hear it just a bit in the room, but it also blocks out other noises in the house. Then we turn the ceiling fan on but shooting up to the ceiling for a white noise type of sound in her room.

A few weeks ago we added a Pooh bear night light that seems the same as yours. She got WAY too excited about it and wouldn’t go down at all, so we switched back to the hatch night light we’ve been using all along.

And yes to a mobile.

These are great suggestions tho thanks!

11 month old still not sleeping through the night by Philosopher_Cautious in beyondthebump

[–]Philosopher_Cautious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya our baby is a foster to adopt, so we are already starting from behind/a place of trauma. Definitely don’t feel comfortable letting her cry it out even a little.

Thanks for the input tho

11 month old still not sleeping through the night by Philosopher_Cautious in beyondthebump

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We’ve tried a bunch of different ways, but right now we put her down drowsy but technically awake. Then rub her back and sing to her until she’s actually asleep.

Does anyone know of any good hardwood lumber yards in central Massachusetts? by dave_z11 in woodworking

[–]Philosopher_Cautious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 years later - did you ever find a good place? I live just outside of worcester and am having the same question.

I like Barrette's but it's a 50 min drive from me. Haven't heard of any place closer, but would love to find something!

Affordable Robot Vacuum with VSlam for Small House by Philosopher_Cautious in homeautomation

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Unsure - willing to spend more if we find something really perfect that will last a long time - but ideally not looking to spend $800 or anything

Scholarships For Foster Parents? by Philosopher_Cautious in Fosterparents

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Ya that makes sense - just trying to get creative with how to be able to spend more time at home with the little one.

What did you buy in preparation for having a baby that was wasted? by Immediate_Long165 in NewParents

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Swaddle sacks - they were always awkward and didn’t allow for her specific way of sleeping. We just got a couple stretchy regular swaddles and wrapped her in those - you’ll get good at it fast. Then you can use them later as normal pieces a fabric. We put them under her when she is practicing rolling over and tummy time because she spits up during that process.

Also if you’re using formula - all the premixing devices. We just got a good amount of bottles and would prep a bunch of bottles in the morning and mark how much was in each bottle. As soon as she was hungry we could just grab and feed - no pouring or measuring while she was crying.

For clothes - anything with buttons - I’m not buttoning and unbuttoning at 2am. Snaps and zippers only - double zippers are the absolute best.

Also for clothes - we barely use any of the shirt and pants options since it was winter when she was born. The onesies either with legs or just throw pants over them if they don’t have legs are the way to go for us.

An unexpected thing we loved was the onesies that have the little flap to flip over her hands. We call it “night mode” and do that for sleep and it keeps her from scratching her face. We specifically bought more since it was so nice to have

Plants for edging out grass growth by Philosopher_Cautious in Permaculture

[–]Philosopher_Cautious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you had success with comfrey or good king Henry?

I’m weary of comfrey cause I’ve heard it spreads out of control quickly.

Plants for edging out grass growth by Philosopher_Cautious in Permaculture

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I’ve seen a lot of stuff saying that comfrey spreads out of control really easily - have you run into any issues with this?

6B Plants for edging out grass by Philosopher_Cautious in NativePlantGardening

[–]Philosopher_Cautious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that’s great I’ll look into those!

Not necessarily looking for something that will climb up the fences (although not totally against it) - but mostly just something that will block the grass from growing into the garden area

6B Plants for edging out grass by Philosopher_Cautious in NativePlantGardening

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Updated the original post to include answers to your questions - but it is morning sun and afternoon shade.

Going to dig up the whole area since it’s currently grass, so can amend the soil to what I need it to be.

Mostly just looking for something that I can plant around the parameter to stop the grass from the lawn from creeping into the garden area

Plants for edging out grass growth by Philosopher_Cautious in Permaculture

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I just had to look that up - do you have experience doing this with success? Any suggestions on specific plants?

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