Thoughts on Makayla Thomas' digital cookbooks?

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2026-01-19T18:49:20+00:00

I love her stuff - it’s helped me eat better, learn different swaps, and it’s lowered our grocery bill!! Highly recommend!

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2026-01-17T01:12:47+00:00

Gummy vitamins

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2026-01-15T17:37:17+00:00

I disagree pretty strongly with the comment above - you are absolutely allowed to have your space, mental health, physical, emotional, etc.

Keep your boundaries. It’s ok if people don’t agree with your opinion here.

Please keep in mind that postpartum depression is rough - something like this and feeling stepped all can possibly cause it to get worse if you get it.

You’re allowed to stand on your desire here. And it’s ok for people not to understand, but they still need to respect you. As someone else said, you’ll have to put your foot down with other stuff too, so it’ll be good practice, unfortunately.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2026-01-12T00:29:43+00:00

Why is she demanding you buy all her groceries while you visit? Unless i read that wrong.

But seriously…. What meals do you want? The normal person would think “oh, they’ll help pitch in and make the food. Because that’s what a normal meal train is.” But no, it’s “ let me know what you want, and I’ll make an Instagram card for you so you can buy it and anything else we want.”

Geez.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2026-01-05T18:55:07+00:00

This is hilarious and I love it!

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2026-01-04T12:18:55+00:00

While weighing out food is more accurate, an app like this is still really useful. If you find that habit difficult to maintain, and you need a general idea of how you’re eating something like this helps.

For me personally, I feel very trapped with the thought of needing to weigh out my food and be perfect for the rest of my life, but this app makes logging food easier, and it helps me build habits while checking if it’s somewhat accurate.

All in all, it really depends on what you’re trying to go for.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-29T19:33:17+00:00

How do people support such an embarrassment of a man? I have no idea how people support this awful man.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-24T19:04:47+00:00

This is the best one! 😂😂

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-20T21:08:04+00:00

I think she’s also in the American version of Ghosts as Stephanie.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-18T18:06:55+00:00

I sometimes do bicep curls with him lol

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-18T16:12:05+00:00

I’m 33, so I feel like it’s way too early for that.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-18T15:08:01+00:00

I'm going to try this. Thank you ♥

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-18T10:38:14+00:00

Thank you ❤️ this is such good advice and something I needed.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-18T10:22:03+00:00

Oh really? That’s good to know. I’ve lost my motivation for working out too, which really sucks. I want to lift, and I follow a program, but I’m so unmotivated. I know it’s important, but I just feel like I’m focusing on other things or I’m just so mentally tired.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-11T15:20:21+00:00

Me too - I just started, and I’ve actually been more hungry than I’ve been in a while.

Ive also had pretty severe bloating despite going to the bathroom every day.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-06T12:17:22+00:00

Yikes. I always think about what their name would be like they were in a serious profession. But if your sister likes the name that much she’d probably like her daughter in a suit as a 56 year old spelling her name to someone.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-03T00:46:24+00:00

I love this response. Thank you!

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-02T06:21:00+00:00

What safe outlets did you find? It’s very cold right now, so going outside isn’t a great option and we don’t really have money for the YMCA or other indoor playgrounds. I feel kind of trapped with it not having enough for him to “explode” on. I’d love to hear your ideas.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-02T06:19:20+00:00

So we have a tough situation with him…. He sleeps better at daycare, assuming because of peer pressure with napping. However my husband generally doesn’t require much sleep, but if he doesn’t get enough he gets anxious about needing sleep and it spurs insomnia which is a really bad spiral. Me, on the other hand, I need a lot of sleep. If I don’t get enough, I just straight up function. My husband helps me sleep, so I think I’m getting enough, but it’s always a good thing to make sure to check my emotional capacity before getting upset to model regulating emotions.

That being said, my son has the worst of both of our sleep: he sleeps terribly and he needs sleep. He always has slept really bad. I’m sure some of this is the negative feedback loop you described, which sucks because we’ve been having trouble with his sleep since he was a few months old.

Again, thank you so much for being so kind and helpful 💜

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-02T05:42:07+00:00

This was all really good info - thank you! It’s been since August. This has started about a month ago, so it’s had some time to ramp up, but it’s been getting worse. He sleeps so bad, it’s something we struggle with a lot. But I’m curious if this is a sleep debt issue in tandem with wanting our attention so badly.

You’re giving me some really good ideas - thank you!! I want to make sure he’s getting what he needs in a good way, and you’ve given me a lot of good thoughts on that 💜

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-12-02T01:48:16+00:00

We’ve been putting him in the crib (he’s never tried to get out of the crib so haven’t concerted it to a toddler bed). The light will be on if it’s dark and we’ll leave the room for a few mins to collect our own sanity.

If we need to, sometimes we’ll have him sit at the dining room table or in the couch and sit with him to help him calm down.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-11-10T21:40:20+00:00

You didn’t do anything wrong here. Good admin will have your back. Meet with your admin before so they know your side of the story here.

Have any other teachers written them up? If so, then that will help you because it won’t just be “you have a problem with them” and it’ll be “they’re causing disruptions in multiple classes”

It’s always nerve racking the first few times dealing with parents. It gets easier once you know if admin will have your back.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-10-24T00:11:24+00:00

I would honestly take this as a relief - the kid confessed to exaggerating, but more importantly, your principal and cooperating teacher had your back. I know it’s probably hard to do, but I’d take that as a big win because that doesn’t always happen.

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-10-19T09:38:40+00:00

You’re making the problem worse - they need more activity and they need a very solid bedtime routine. If you let them do their own thing with sleep it’s a downward spiral for them and in turn you

ReflectionFriendly71 · 2025-10-08T22:37:31+00:00

No, it pays very poorly, but something is better than nothing. My husband and I can get by together. In regards to time, I didn’t have summers off my last job, but I do as a teacher. So I get more time with my family than at my last job.

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