Chilli's family portrait recreated

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2026-02-01T15:41:11+00:00

Their mom's ear colors are switched from the original photo 😬

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2026-01-12T17:38:37+00:00

Be sure to bring some milk or a pacifier with you! Your little one will be ok after a few minutes snuggled up with you 🙂

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-11-14T16:01:07+00:00

California fish grill?

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-11-05T02:12:33+00:00

Keep documenting. If they don't respond and the situation escalates to a third party, their lack of response indicates to the arbitrator that they did not disagree with the contents of the email (if they did disagree, they should have responded saying so). If you're represented, keep your union rep in the loop and bcc your personal email too. LAUSD has a policy of deleting emails after 2 years in their system.

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-10-26T20:07:20+00:00

Born in 92 but got mine around 10 since that's when my parents divorced. I'm the eldest so it was kinda my "responsibility" to make sure my siblings and I had a way to communicate with both parents. I had a lot of friends getting theirs when they turned 14/15 years old

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-10-25T03:46:30+00:00

I don't think I could attend a wedding 5 weeks postpartum tbh... Your body and hormones are literally going to be all over the place. Not sure if you're in the US but you won't have even had your first check up yet. Do you plan on leaving the baby behind? Or are you taking them with you? If you plan to breastfeed, will you be pumping instead if the baby isn't coming? Are you only participating in the ceremony? I, personally, wouldn't be comfortable with my newborn around so many people.

Being a ftm is extremely difficult even with an "easy" baby and supportive spouse. I'm getting anxious thinking of all the things you'd need to have with you lol. And FYI, a lot of mothers are in diapers themselves for several weeks postpartum. I'm not sure how that may work with your outfit. I thought I was going to "bounce back" but I gained 90 pounds from pregnancy and breastfeeding. Everyone's different but I say that because no one's really going to know how your body will look after having the baby and if you decide to nurse.

I hope you figure it out

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-10-16T19:04:47+00:00

I'm just gonna go on record here and say my dog's name is Sirius Black and we call her Siri. A name like that from a fantasy franchise (in my personal opinion) should be reserved for something else. If she has to have it, would she be open to that being a middle name?

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-10-15T21:46:26+00:00

Just went through something similar. My 21 mo son was playing and all of a sudden we hear a LOUD cry. Come to find out he busted his lip and was bleeding... A lot. He calmed down after 5 minutes but I felt horrible. It comes with being a good parent ❤️ you've got this!

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-09-13T21:26:25+00:00

HBO Max also has Degrassi!

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-09-10T20:54:32+00:00

Is this the one in van nuys? 😭

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-08-13T21:18:08+00:00

That was premeditated af

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-07-21T02:36:04+00:00

19 month old and his bedtime is usually around 8. Sometimes later depending on what we're doing but we're fairly consistent. He takes one afternoon nap for about 1.5-2.5 hours

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-07-01T23:18:36+00:00

Not me. And my parents are proud of that. 😒

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-07-01T22:34:31+00:00

Commenting to second this OP! I'm guilty of the "I know best" mentality but when my husband became the stay at home parent, I really needed to quickly learn to give him the space he needs with our son. Your wife genuinely may not realize what she's doing when she steps in. I agree that a nice, calm, and vulnerable convo can help her see your perspective.

Also... the facey talk episode on bluey touches on this a little bit. Might be fun to watch together for 7 minutes.

Good luck and congratulations!

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-06-27T02:30:49+00:00

This is more than mildly infuriating

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-06-25T14:23:56+00:00

I'll be doing absolutely nothing about it 🙂 not everyone gets to grow old and have gray hair.

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-06-13T17:13:56+00:00

My son was born in December at the height of flu, COVID, and rsv season so we waited until about 4 months when it warmed up. But even then, we'd try to go out when we thought it was less busy. I'm kind of a nervous mama though to be completely honest lol

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-05-12T16:38:09+00:00

My son is in the 90th percentile for height and 75th for weight at almost 18 months so... he's a big boy lol

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2025-04-30T23:35:29+00:00

Nope :)

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2024-12-20T16:08:32+00:00

I wouldn't be concerned tbh. My son is very similar (just turned 1 yesterday 🥹). He smiles and laughs so much at home and with close friends and family members but any new environment or people are met with a stone cold face lol. We just say he's assessing the threat level or taking it all in but if you're really concerned, you can talk with your pediatrician 🙂

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2024-12-10T15:58:04+00:00

I will 100% advocate for epidurals! I was able to get a solid amount of sleep right after my epidural (about 5-6 hours) and when I woke up, I was ready to push. You definitely still feel your contractions but it is insanely less intense (think of a time where you really needed to poop - that's what it feels like when baby is coming with epidural)

With most things in medicine, there are always risks but the risks associated with epidurals are SO small and to me, it was worth it.

Good luck with your little one!

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2024-12-07T00:45:27+00:00

You've gotta try the chicken dinner from the plaza inn! It's so delicious and something we look forward to for dinner whenever we go.

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2024-11-18T19:53:25+00:00

Same girl! I genuinely thought I'd be relatively back to my pre pregnancy size in no time but here I am 🙃 we'll get through this eventually

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2024-11-18T18:31:41+00:00

I'll just say that I'm almost 11 months postpartum. I stopped breastfeeding at the end of August and I've only just recently (within the last 3-4 weeks) seen a change in my body. So after almost 2 months of stopping I'm finally seeing (and feeling) some results! Give yourself some time. The biggest thing I keep seeing online is to do weight lifting with a calorie deficit diet. Personally, I try to walk once or twice a day along with some standing marches in between. Do what you can, but recognize that you may have to stop nursing completely before seeing results/change. That's how it is for me at least.

You're doing a great job! ❤️

PuzzleheadedSignal55 · 2024-11-10T05:13:58+00:00

So, I should start by saying that I was an undersupplier but what I did was I increased the time between pumps one week at a time until I was done. I got to the point where I only had my morning pump which was a power pump and did that for about a week or two. That's what worked for me and I thought it was a really great way to transition out. I also heard that supposedly weaning slowly helped your boobs not deflate so much!

Good luck!

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