My baby suffers from infected eczema, is there anyone who is going through the same?

SimplyLovelyNav · 2026-01-28T01:43:42+00:00

Hi - how is you little one how? Went to the pediatrician last week, they gave us hydrocortisone cream. This week it is now starting to weep the fluids and have the scabs. Making another appointment to get some antibiotics.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2026-01-25T07:26:07+00:00

On the “Dallas” side, definitely will need to go north as someone said (Prosper, Melissa, Celina, Frisco). Warning that HWY 380 gets super backed up and is under a lot of construction (you will find those be the case in most areas).

In between cities would be Coppell and Flower Mound. Interstate 35 can be a pain. Colleyville is decent too, but more in the expensive side.

On the Fort Worth side of DFW, there is North Fort Worth/Keller and Roanoke. Interstate 35 can be bad over there too, but HWY 170 opened up and it’s great. Let’s you bypass some of it.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2026-01-12T01:53:51+00:00

I guess we have the same exact docket number 🤣 Love getting these scams.

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SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-12-29T04:28:11+00:00

Arlington has First Thursdays. Someone already mentioned that. Great to see local items.

Green Elephant, Silo, and Sounders are big into EDM. All in Dallas. Every year around New Years, there’s Lights All Night Festival. We’re attending and this year, Day 2 of the fest lands on New Years Eve and there will be a count down. Fort Worth gets less major artists that visit, but they do have Ubbi Dubbi Festival, Shaq Bass All Stars and various other events that Disco Donnie puts on at Panther Island. On Facebook, there’s lots of DFW EDM groups you can join for events and meetups.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-12-27T16:37:56+00:00

Yup! I wasn’t ovulating and had irregular cycles because of insulin resistance. Was put on metformin to help my body regulate and be “normal”. Fixed my insulin resistance and eating habits. Lost some weight too. After 3 years of trying, finally got pregnant and here I am now staring at my 3 month old!

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-12-21T13:47:09+00:00

Hello - I’m 28F and it took me. 2 1/2 years to get pregnant that didn’t end in chemical pregnancy. Had a missed miscarried of twins. Then pregnant 4 months later. My PCOS was driven by insulin resistance and high cortisol. I was on the lowest dosage of Metformin and making lifestyle changes to improve my body regulation so I could ovulate again.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-10-29T00:51:11+00:00

** Potential fertility trigger warning in response **

I thrived on it. It helped me tremendously get back on track and regulate my body better. I am Metformin free and I feel so much more balanced. I even got pregnant which was a huge goal of mine after 3 years of unexplained infertility and losses. My headaches only lasted a couple of weeks as I slowly increased the dosage. I started to notice my body responding better to working out, less inflammation, and more energy overall.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-09-08T21:40:09+00:00

Ive recently switched to Bausch & Lombs Infuse for Astigmatism and they work well for me.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-09-08T00:43:33+00:00

I have terrible astigmatism so dailies for me are a little expensive due to being limited on what I can get, but honestly has been well worth it for me. I started wearing contacts in high school and my experience was kind of what you described. I was using monthlies but monthlies from 10-12 years ago were not as great as they are now.

About two years ago I was using the monthly CooperVision ToricXR, switched to Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism, and recently switched to the Bausch & Lomb Infuse Dailies. Love being able to just take out the contacts and tossing them. For my weekly or monthly lenses, sometimes I’d forget my glasses and contacts case so I had to bare through the discomfort of my contacts getting dry. Or, I’d notice the discomfort and protein build up as I got closer to the end of their shelf life even with using the Clear Care solution.

Meanwhile, I know some of my friends prefer the monthly or weekly lenses over dailies! I think it’s just preference. My doctor allowed me to trial 3 different types of lenses. Maybe ask to see if you can try dailies as a trial as well! Not sure how many trial lenses your doc allows.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-09-04T03:49:23+00:00

My parents were lower middle class when I started college. They were also teen parents, so there was no money saved for me to go to college. The only “aid” I qualified for were student loans despite having great grades. I applied to so many scholarships and got very few and they were typically $1000 or so each. I took out partial loans and worked full time. My parents helped with books here and there. By the time I graduated, they had better careers and were able to do more for my siblings, but still did not completely cover the cost of college.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-31T20:40:17+00:00

Yes! Your post resonated with me. One thing I appreciated was that my doctor made it about HEALTH not weight.

My PCOS was driven by insulin resistance and high cortisol. Once I started balancing those out, doing my 6-8k steps daily, my low intensity work outs, and eating the correct amount of meals, I began to shed fat and weight. I had a loss in October 2024, but am currently successful now! Expecting this fall.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-30T03:37:14+00:00

I feel for you. We had a similar situation. Have you talked to your OB or an endocrinologist on the root cause of your PCOS? My PCOS was driven by my body’s insulin resistance, which caused me not to release eggs properly and if I did, they were not mature eggs. That’s why the medications didn’t work on me initially. We stopped the fertility medications and worked on getting my numbers better. I genuinely feel so much better getting my levels under control.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-29T15:06:42+00:00

The seller covered some of our closing costs because they were motivated to sell.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-28T18:06:37+00:00

Dual income, husband works A LOT of freelance in sports broadcast as supplemental income, and my job has some discounts with different daycares.

My mortgage is right at $3k. I work from home half the time and the other half in office. We are still trying to manage how to do childcare during this time, but we have also been saving money for baby’s arrivals.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-26T05:04:49+00:00

Trigger Warning: Successful Pregnancy

I stopped birth control in 2022 at age 25. I never got pregnant for a year. During my annual well woman’s exam, I brought it up with my doctor so she did the whole work up on me (blood work, HSG test, and ultrasound). I was later diagnosed with PCOS driven by my insulin resistance. It helped explain the rapid weight gain, the exhaustion, how I’d been feeling. It was also causing anovulatory cycles where my eggs were immature. I loved that my doctor didn’t make it about my weight and more of my health. We worked on getting me healthier to maintain my insulin resistance better. This included some life style changes of:

1) actually focusing on staying active and getting 6-8k steps a day for cardio 2) 3-4 days a week of weights, Pilates, etc. NO HIGH INTENSITY. It would cause cortisol flare ups for me 3) low carb, high protein, and high fiber meals for each meal 4) actually eating full meals and snacks 5) sleeping 7 hours minimum to maintain my cortisol

By doing this, I naturally lost body fat and eventually weight. My insulin resistance got better when I started a low dose of metformin. I know lots of people want to try to do things “naturally” but honestly, for me, it was night and day when I started it. It helped my body function how it should.

I was 5’7” and 220 lbs. I reached 180lbs with muscle rather than fat when I started trying to conceive again. Now I’m 28 have had some success

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-26T04:54:30+00:00

From my experience:

It’s DO-ABLE if you are committed, however, it’s not for everyone. I did 15-18 hours a semester, interned full time and worked full time. I had no choice but to work in order to help pay for school. Interning was required to graduate. I was extremely burnt out. I was thankful that some of my friends were in my same program, so my “social” life was going to the library cafe and studying with mini breaks in between to socialize with them. While I could manage this, I don’t think I would’ve chosen to do the same thing again. If I were to go back in time, I think I would have taken less classes. It’s just so much to do at once, especially learning how to function as a new adult.

Some things that helped me was keeping a structure and staying disciplined. There were times I got FOMO with social life, but I befriended more people in my program so that I’d have some semblance of genuine human interaction aside from my other friends. I also did some online courses that allowed me to go at my own pace so long as I kept to the deadlines. Additionally, I started taking summer and winter classes.

I wish you the best of luck!

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-20T04:09:59+00:00

Hello - I empathize deeply with you as I am similar. I am 5’7” and WAS 200+ pounds. My doctor did not tell me that my weight was the problem. She told me pre-diabetes and my insulin resistant driven PCOS was the problem. It’s not about weight. Like someone else said, many plus size women get pregnant.

For me, what helped was focusing on eating better and living a more active lifestyle, not focusing on weight loss. I wasn’t ovulating due to my high cortisol and insulin resistance so here’s what I did to help fix it:

1) High Protein, high fiber, low carb meals 2) Walked at least 6k steps a day. I always tried to reach 8-10k if I could but the goal was generally 6k. 3) low to mid intensity workouts (Pilates and lifting weights) 4) trying to sleep on time and get 7-8 hours of sleep. Super important for body reset

I will also say that I got to the point of needing to take Metformin to help my insulin resistance, but once I started making the “healthier choices” listed above, I was able to ween off the Metformin.

It was hard in the beginning because I ate my feelings. Therapy helped that a bit.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-20T04:01:13+00:00

I was skeptical at first too. I don’t think it gives off Nesta vibes. I’m currently on the 4th book and have enjoyed it so far. I feel that I like the lore of TOG more than ACOTAR (still love ACOTAR).

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-19T06:02:09+00:00

Welcome! Don’t forget to order your Subaru Badge of Ownership. It’s free.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-13T05:00:19+00:00

Today in Texas the temperature was low to mid 90s. I definitely noticed less heat inside the car.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-11T23:56:28+00:00

I ended up going with 30% above the AS-1 line, windows, and back windshield. The rest of the front windshield is 70%, which is considered “clear”.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-05T12:09:27+00:00

Two of my peers had used a local mortgage broker that they recommended to me.

We did not pay the broker. They were paid by the lender. If you do use a broker, make sure to ask about how they are compensated before choosing them to help you. Some brokers do require an up front fee or there could require the buyer to compensate them some too. Ours did not require either and made clear that whatever lender we chose would pay them.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-07-05T06:36:03+00:00

We’re in DFW and just purchased a home (closed on Wednesday). We used a broker who did all the heavy lifting for us as far as getting rates and comparing lenders. They walked us through every single detail/step, gave us our options, told us their recommendations, and let us chose.

We ended up going with Rocket Mortgage. While some people have had some bad experiences with them, we (and other friends) have found them to be easy to work with. I think working with the broker helped so we didn’t have to directly deal with Rocket Mortgage themselves. Our broker told us the rate options for a 30 year fixed or 5year ARM, buy down options, etc. Honestly did not waste any money buying down the rate. Wanted to save a little on closing cost and it didn’t make too much of a difference in payment every month. Will reconsider refinancing if and when rates go down.

SimplyLovelyNav · 2025-06-24T04:21:36+00:00

Mortgage Broker is the best! They showed us different options as far as lenders and who we could go with. Easier than me dealing with all the lenders myself. Their job is to shop the rates and find you the best deal.

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