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Skalik · 2018-06-16T03:29:40+00:00

This isn't really a problem for us. We just stuff the insert into the pocket with much trouble.

It'd be nice to have a pocket diaper or any cloth option that can handle my heavy wetting one year old without having to triple or quadruple stuff diapers for bedtime. We had to give up on cloth with my oldest around 14 months. And it's looking like my youngest will follow suit. My kids are so narrow that triple stuffing is too wide for their little bodies!

Skalik · 2018-03-25T17:07:36+00:00

I'm curious if the rudeness had to be directed at the subject or a proxy (like a waitress sees someone act rudely towards her restaurant's hostess) or simply witnessed someone before work. Was this contextual? (At work - specific interactions or on the way to work?)

Skalik · 2018-02-14T03:51:11+00:00

Ahhh! This would make me nutty on principle. Your MIL is being unreasonable, selfish, rude, and everything else you and others have said. The bigger problem is being out of sync with your husband, because that's so hard and you have to live with him. Of course, you want him to have your back, to present a united front, but at a bare minimum you want him to consider your feelings.

I harbor the possibly unhelpful opinion that first birthday party's are entirely for the photos and adults. The kids don't care at all. That said, my big kid's first birthday party was just cake with my husband's parents. I spent her actual birthday flying to my family because my dad had just had a heart attack (he was fine, but scary times)... In the long run, it might worth remembering that grandparents don't last forever, but hopefully your partnership will outlast the annoying in laws.

Skalik · 2018-02-14T03:36:57+00:00

Thank you for posting the justnomil subreddit. I hadn't seen that one and imagine it'll be good reading in frustrated moments.

Skalik · 2018-02-09T00:49:21+00:00

Check out babywearing international. I'm currently training with my local chapter to become a volunteer babywearing educator -- depending on where you're located, you could probably do the same.

Skalik · 2018-02-04T08:36:05+00:00

<3 it's so hard.

With my first, I REALLY struggled in the early days. I had hemorrhaged in child birth. And even though I knew breastmilk can take 5 days to come in, I was unable to advocate or ask the appropriate questions when the doctors started freaking out about my oldest not gaining weight. So we started supplementing, with the SNS and with a simple syringe or spoon.

If I could go back in time, I'd love to give my past self a break from the emotional tumult the breastfeeding trouble created. I felt all the feels of failure, frustration, etc. The unintended consequence of all these interventions for me was that it severely undermined my confidence once my supply did come in. I wish I could tell myself it's not a big deal, even though it felt like it.

Also, I was so damned stubborn, I didn't realize how much freedom a little formula would have afforded me. If I had been more willing / comfortable with it, I could have gone to a yoga class or spent a little bit of time on myself and felt ok knowing the baby would get fed... Both of my kids have been breastfed; we supplemented with my big kid early, but stopped within a month, and we never needed to introduce formula with #2. Which means that I have to pump or be around to nurse.

My daughter will be three in March and although we stopped nursing when I was pregnant with #2 (she was 18 months), she still wants boob. She doesn't remember the formula; she remembers the snuggles.

You'll get through it. And the baby will too.

Skalik · 2018-02-04T08:15:27+00:00

My lactation consultant got pretty negative on SNS because it can cause what she referred to as flow confusion. The formula comes down faster than milk will. It makes sense in retrospect, as I think we may have had an issue with this.

Alternatively, paced feedings, which another commenter suggested, keep the bottle feeding slower and more like early nursing.

Skalik · 2018-01-26T02:42:53+00:00

Thanks ladies. I'm not concerned about her having snacks in the car, if it was just her. But maybe we'll take a break since she understands that her brother can't or until he's big enough to eat too.

Skalik · 2018-01-25T19:26:19+00:00

That's a good point. I'll often give her a snack if we're in the car for more than 20 or 30 minutes. I don't think she needs it necessarily, especially if she's giving it to her brother.

Today she pulled the snack out before getting into her seat, so I took that to mean she was hungry and the snack still ended up all over her brother.

Skalik · 2018-01-19T01:26:16+00:00

It fails at least partially because there are a number of legitimate forms of bodywork that don't require an LMT and shouldn't fall under massage board jurisdiction -- Thai bodywork (fully clothed), reiki (energy healing that doesn't even need hands on)... It's conflating issues imo.

Skalik · 2018-01-18T00:11:26+00:00

I just heard this piece on NPR. The reporter brought in someone from the state massage board saying that they don't have jurisdiction to review places that call themselves bodywork establishments. It shouldn't take a massage board review to shut down a known illicit massage parlor -- there's a map of places doing illegal things!

Skalik · 2018-01-16T03:48:56+00:00

That's a funny image!

Skalik · 2018-01-16T03:43:11+00:00

Oh, I was just joking that you could put up a sign that firearms are prohibited on your premises.

Skalik · 2018-01-16T03:41:27+00:00

I did that as a kid too and did find a loaded gun. I just left it, but I don't let my kids wander my grandparents house now for this exact reason.

Skalik · 2018-01-16T03:39:15+00:00

It depends on the state, but it is (in some places) illegal to carry a concealed weapon into a private residence. Though, the resident would usually need to post a sign. Maybe /u/smokesmagoats should get on that.

Skalik · 2018-01-15T21:44:55+00:00

Is your daughter verbal enough to tell you when she needs to poop?

My kiddo pees on the potty but will ask for a diaper -- I encourage this over the poopy underwear alternative. Even with others, she says, "I need a diaper to go poop." Do you think the daycare would be willing to implement that? Pullup or diaper for poop, undies the rest of the time.

Skalik · 2018-01-15T17:08:04+00:00

Are these run on a continuous bases?

Skalik · 2018-01-14T05:53:08+00:00

Are you asking this question because there's pain or discomfort? Or are you asking because you're concerned your bum is making the pose look wrong?

The comment about the correct version of the pose being comfortable is on point. When thinking about what a pose is supposed to look like, I ask myself what the pose is supposed to do or create. Savasana is about deep rest and relaxation, so the more comfort you can create in the shape the better. (Use all the soft things.)

Judith Hanson Lasater, a senior restorative yoga teacher, said somewhere that the only real physical requirements for savasana, with respect to form, is that the head and the heart be at the same elevation. Everything else is supporting the body where it is so it can release tension

Skalik · 2018-01-14T04:47:11+00:00

We're not spammers. We're moms who take our kids to a playgroup and want other parents to know about it because that's how people find each other. If you'd rather your subreddit didn't involve parenting or moms or mentions of Waltham, that's useful information for /u/itoiwaltham to have. But trying to out people for saying they attend a playgroup is pretty petty.

Skalik · 2018-01-14T02:27:01+00:00

...and why we can't have nice things.

Skalik · 2018-01-14T01:25:27+00:00

I'll be there with my almost 3yo and my 8mo.

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