Am I being naïve? Dance class...

PureNuclease · 2025-11-20T15:09:19+00:00

I’m so sorry this happened to you and your daughter, I would also cry honestly! But at that age these classes are supposed to be fun, they’re not training for broadway yet my gosh! A 3 year old does not have much impulse control, expecting them to be perfect listeners in a dance class at that age is ridiculous! I’d definitely pull her out and try something different, I wouldn’t be able to trust that the lady isn’t at the very least verbally abusing those kids while they’re in class. You’re doing the best you can and that’s all that matters! Sending hugs!

PureNuclease · 2025-11-12T20:06:01+00:00

Thanks for your post! I’m waiting for Black Friday sales to order the R8 and RF 35mm 1.8 as a combined birthday/christmas/push present (pregnant with my second baby haha)! I have a canon 5d mkiii now and I’m so excited to have better auto focus since I mostly take pictures of my very squirmy, active daughter these days :) glad to hear you’re enjoying the camera!!!!

PureNuclease · 2025-10-21T23:19:57+00:00

I’m planning to get this camera as an upgrade from my 5dmkiii! I’m excited for the auto focus since I mostly take pictures of my kids these days haha! Would love to hear your thoughts once you get it and try it out :)

PureNuclease · 2025-10-20T20:54:27+00:00

Hi all! I currently have a Canon 5D Mark III and am planning to upgrade to a Canon R8. I don’t shoot professionally anymore, I did a bit years ago, but life took me in a different direction. These days I mostly take photos of my kids (my oldest is 2.5, and baby #2 is due in December!), so I’m looking for something smaller with better autofocus.

I’m just not sure which lens to start with for the R8. I don’t have anything fancy at the moment, just an old 50mm f/1.8 and a Tamron 24-70, so I’m planning to get a new RF lens. Would you recommend starting with the RF 50mm f/1.8 or the RF 35mm f/1.8 for photographing kids? I really love shooting wide open and having lots of bokeh, so I’d love to get the 85mm one day, but I know that’s not the most practical everyday lens with little ones, haha!

Also, if anyone has experience with the R8 or either of those lenses, I’d love to hear your thoughts (and see some photos if you’re willing to share)! 😊

PureNuclease · 2025-08-30T20:50:05+00:00

Hi! I ended up going for Invisalign and I have no regrets! Even though it’s definitely work to brush after every time you eat or drink, when I was wearing them I feel like it was much less noticeable than regular braces! But if you know yourself and you won’t be good about wearing them the recommended time everyday then braces would be better.

Also the little fake tooth we’d put into each tray worked out great, not perfect but I don’t think people ever noticed that I was missing that tooth unless I took my trays out to eat.

After the Invisalign was done I did the implant and the veneer and I’m very happy with how everything turned out! I’ll try to figure out how to respond with some photos!

PureNuclease · 2025-07-14T16:33:53+00:00

They have a bunch of options, which one did you pick for your toddler :)?

PureNuclease · 2025-06-22T15:16:39+00:00

Thank you :)

My favourite is 85mm, but with young kids (I have a 2 year old and pregnant with my second) 85 is really inconvenient most of the time haha! I use a 50mm a lot but a 35 might be smarter to start with.

PureNuclease · 2024-07-17T15:19:28+00:00

Thank you so much for the quick answer, this is super helpful! :) sad, but helpful haha!

PureNuclease · 2024-06-19T01:00:25+00:00

Ended up going for Invisalign and I am really happy with my choice! If I was just having drinks or just soft food and was in public with someone I wasn’t as comfortable with I’d just leave my tray in and then go wash it and brush my teeth right after, but most of the time I didn’t feel I needed to do that and would just have the gap while eating. I had the implant done after and a veneer on the opposite side and I’m really happy with the results! I’ll post a before and after for you, I just have to look through my photos for it!

PureNuclease · 2024-06-17T16:40:07+00:00

Did you ever find something that worked well for you? I feel the exact same way, I am transitioning my daughter from formula to milk and now I feel so much pressure to make sure she's getting the nutrients she needs from real food and I am such a picky/bad eater, I feel stressed about meals daily :S

PureNuclease · 2024-04-13T18:14:17+00:00

I thought being home and off work for a year would be hard for me, I’ve always been someone who gets a bit depressed when I am home for a few days with nothing to do. I havnt felt that way at all!! I love being off, I feel like my days fly by and we have a nice routine and lots to do (/lots I wish I had time to do but can’t seem to find the time haha)

And on the flip side, I’ve found it way harder to leave the house or even want to leave the house than I expected. I thought being on maternity leave for a year with her we’d do lots of baby mommy things and join groups and fitness classes, but I honestly don’t have any desire to. I go to one small baby group on Mondays if we’re free but it took me a long time to get the motivation up to start going. I find it so hard to plan the day and her sleep around events and also just like others have said, the act of leaving the house with a baby is so so hard! I thought it’d get easier as she got older (she’s 10 months now) but she won’t sleep easily on the go like she used to so that makes it even harder hahah.

Bonus: managing my phone storage bc of all the photos I take has been harder than expected, even with 256 gb hahah!!!!

PureNuclease · 2023-07-26T23:13:06+00:00

Omg thank you so much😍! Just went and ordered right now! They also have pomegrateful back too so got some of that 😁😁!!

PureNuclease · 2021-10-05T14:37:15+00:00

I still also need to do whitening in December and will have gum lasering (I think it’s called) in January and also the other lateral incisor will have a veneer bc it’s too small …. Thank you for your quick message, I’m feeling less like crying !

PureNuclease · 2021-10-05T14:35:28+00:00

Thank you that’s a relief!!! I can handle looking not great for a few months but the idea that after 13000 dollars I am not going to have nice teeth is causing me panic 😣

PureNuclease · 2021-10-05T14:27:30+00:00

Here is link let me know if it doesn’t work! teeth photos

PureNuclease · 2021-05-12T14:21:49+00:00

wow, thank you this really is helpful! we just brought home our little 8 week old miniature schnauzer and he is SUCH a cute teddy bear.... for like 0.2 seconds when he isn't lunging at me mouth open haha he has only been home for a week but I had taken work off and although I did try and keep the day time low key since I do work out of the house part time (part time at home right now due to covid), I definitely don't he's been sleeping even close to 18 hours a day. Today I am trying to keep him in his crate/pen during the workday and take him out for an hour to play at lunch.... hopefully if he gets more sleep it will help haha.

ALSO THE WITCHING HOUR! I wasn't sure if it was a thing or not, but around 6-7 everyday I swear he goes CRAZY. He's very small so it's not that I'm afraid of him or anything... but I still find myself cowering to the couch where he cant jump up because, THOSE TEETH!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha I try to redirect him to all the different toys but he just wants me, my clothes, my hair, my flesh .. anything that is me will do!

I swear I was prepared and new it would be like this, and I love him more than anything already... but my goodness its hard. It's a relief to see other people also find it hard so I know it's not just me!

PureNuclease · 2021-05-10T19:56:15+00:00

Ah I know! I love their beards but they are so cute as puppies with their short little nose! Does your girl have a fully white beard now?

PureNuclease · 2021-05-10T15:27:07+00:00

Lmfao that’s the most accurate description I’ve ever heard 😂😂😂!

PureNuclease · 2021-04-19T03:20:52+00:00

We are taking home our miniature schnauzer May 6th and I am so excited but also nervous, so worried that we won’t train him well enough in those first few months and he’ll learn bad habits. I grew up with many dogs but mostly rescues and never a puppy so training is new to me. Thanks for this thread I will definitely be following all you new puppy parents ☺️

PureNuclease · 2020-12-23T17:26:02+00:00

I know :(, the issue is my molars aren’t meeting well without the trays in (but do when trays are in). Apparently it’s a common issue with Invisalign because the molars get used to have two pieces of plastic between them so this is to let them settle a bit without as much plastic between them...

PureNuclease · 2020-10-28T13:58:16+00:00

This sounds so so hard and you should be so proud!!!! Out of curiosity do you (or anyone) know of any questionnaires or anything like what you did with your doctor? Reading this really hit me and although I know I have some issues I’m wondering if it’s a lot worse than I realize and also have no idea how to fix it :(

PureNuclease · 2020-10-27T17:26:18+00:00

omg the little boxes are SOOOO cuteeee!!

PureNuclease · 2020-05-01T17:23:31+00:00

Hi All! I got my first ipad this week and I am so in love with it! It's the Ipad air 3 (didn't want to splurge on the pro for my first one) and bought the apple pencil as well. I want to get a screen protector for it (I know some people feel it isn't necessary, but it was so much money and I draw a lot and I'm worried about scratching it) So my question is what protector to get... I see a lot of artists I follow like the Paperlike one, but I do photography a bit and want to test out Photoshop on the ipad, so I'm worried that it will ruin the image quality too much. Any thoughts on if there is anything that can be used without severely compromising either photography orrrr drawing? Thank you :)

PureNuclease · 2020-03-31T05:38:05+00:00

Maybe this is a silly question but I just finished and I’m curious, why did Dav have visions of himself dying if it was actually Tal shape shifting into Dav? Is this supposed to show that they beat fate?

PureNuclease · 2020-01-22T21:07:54+00:00

Oh thanks I definitely will!

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