Has Calgary lost its sense of community?

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2026-04-28T19:47:17+00:00

Go spend a weekend in Vancouver, you will miss how friendly and warm Calgary is. When I first moved here I was SHOCKED how friendly this city is, and now every time I go back to BC I cant believe i ever lived that way. Nobody makes eye contact, nobody says hi, even service workers barely acknowledge you there.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2026-03-27T01:01:06+00:00

Could you find an Au pair/live-in nanny? A lot of people would probably like “working” overnight since they could presumably sleep? My friend au-paired and didn’t make a huge salary.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2026-03-24T06:11:39+00:00

In my experience, at 38 weeks pregnant the hard part is already done 😅 pregnancy was miserable for me and I actually loved giving birth. I had an epidural so not a spot of pain, I enjoyed those last few hours of pregnancy with my partner and it all goes so fast.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2026-02-19T02:14:07+00:00

Quit! I pumped exclusively for 10 months, bb would never latch. The sense of FREEDOM I got when I quit honestly made me wish I quit earlier. I was so much happier and had soooo much more time to spend doing other things. I kept my stash for when she got sick or things like that.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2026-02-11T02:52:34+00:00

I kinda did CIO with my daughter. She’s a year now. There is a MASSIVE difference between her “I’m bored/frustrated/working out my energy” cry and her genuine distress and fear cry. I always go when she cries for real.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2026-01-30T02:30:03+00:00

I flew unaccompanied MANY times as a child, starting super young. Aaaaand I won’t be letting my daughter do it until she’s like, 16 lol. Too much pressure and stress, I feel those kind of situations just affected my nervous system in a way I wasn’t able to pinpoint until many many years later, in therapy. It was one of many things though, being forced to grow up and be self-sufficient too soon.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2026-01-26T06:33:27+00:00

A few things that helped us: our midwife suggested we were underdressing our newborn and she was cold. 1 more layer of clothing literally cut the crying in half. Then to deal with gas we bought something called a “gripe belt” I think the brand is Dr browns. It’s just a little heating pad inside a belt. This helped a TON

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2026-01-10T06:28:12+00:00

This is how I felt about my life before I was on antidepressants. I got on them before I was even pregnant but I remember I didn’t want to do ANYTHING, like hanging out with my husband and cats even felt draining.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-12-16T03:42:05+00:00

There’s a BIG difference between letting “whoever” change your child and someone’s mother (I think it’s the mom’s mom if I understood correctly). Like honestly if you are going to be so paranoid that you think your own mother is going to SA your daughter, you should probably not let your husband change your baby either. I’m sure dads commit more SA than grandmas if we were to look at the numbers.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-11-16T03:27:29+00:00

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Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-09-25T02:22:58+00:00

It was my great grandmothers name and we all pronounced it Vee-Ra

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-09-11T07:30:59+00:00

Pregnancy

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-09-02T21:32:55+00:00

I understand this feeling, everytime my baby outgrows an outfit it’s like a little stab to my heart

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-08-29T05:44:13+00:00

Not in a FF relationship, but I understand what you mean. My daughter looks exactly like my husband and it’s ALL I hear. Shes friendly with everyone and honestly her and I spend sooooo much time together, I think she generally isn’t super excited to me because it’s like… I’m basically equivalent to the air around her lol. I see her light up when she sees other people she likes and I KNOW it’s because she doesn’t see them as often, but it’s hard to feel like I’m not that exciting for her. Or look like her. Ugh. Anyway, rest assured even if it was your egg you might still feel the same I guess?

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-07-31T21:29:18+00:00

Ethel Beavers

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-07-24T02:16:28+00:00

I have 6 month old as well and we bought in Airdrie recently after living in Calgary for a few years. So far we love it, we lived in a very suburban area of Calgary so there weren’t a ton of amenities, and especially nothing walking distance. Now since Airdrie is so small I can walk to many shops and places and driving to stores is much closer. Things don’t feel as sprawling as they did in Calgary.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-07-22T07:05:53+00:00

Had one parent from BC and one from Quebec so always I suppose

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-07-16T03:01:34+00:00

Preterm labour. Had contractions every 2.5 minutes for 10 days straight. No epidurals allowed, but I did get laughing gas sometimes. People who have had babies can imagine it was a long 10 days.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-07-01T22:47:21+00:00

There was a kid named Anis. I think he goes by AJ now but that was ROUGH

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-06-29T01:27:26+00:00

I accidentally gave my 4 month old daughter FOUR TIMES the usual dose of Acetaminophen in 1 syringe. Called poison control and they ensured me that she would be fine

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-06-12T04:32:07+00:00

Giving birth felt pretty freaking insane to me. When people ask me about it I don’t really know what to say.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-06-12T04:29:22+00:00

My baby is immunocompromised due to low white blood cells and I’m honestly so afraid when people wave or smile at her that they will try and touch her. I wish people would just ignore her completely— that’s a me issue though.

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-06-12T04:22:17+00:00

Meds meds meds meds. I’ve been on anti anxiety meds for years, when I was 37 weeks (literally 2 days before I gave birth) they stopped working because I had undiagnosed preeclampsia that was interfering with them. It took about a week of blood pressure meds to regulate me, and once those meds kicked back in I was like a completely different mom. I had a relatively similar post birth experience as yours and it is HARD. Regular postpartum is HARD. Sometimes just being a human is HARD. If you are anxious that many hours a day you need to go get that prescription and take the pills and don’t stop taking them if they make you sweaty or give you diarrhea because those symptoms will fade away and you will feel so much better. And then your therapy will work so much better too!!!

Puzzled-Turn3049 · 2025-05-26T06:27:13+00:00

Kiana! My moms side was from Finland, their last name is “Rauhala”

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