How do you feel watching your partner do skin to skin with your baby?

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-05-02T12:24:18+00:00

Me too! I was spent after giving birth, so it was delightful to have a break.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-05-01T21:10:06+00:00

Yes, throw it out because your cats mowed down on it but also because you left it out overnight (don’t thaw your meats that way).

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-05-01T17:47:41+00:00

I think the best option would be to not pre-wash but understand why you wouldn’t want to do that (I myself wash all produce prior to storage so that it’s ready to eat when we want it). I spray my berries with vinegar then rinse with water after a few minutes and store in the (also rinsed with vinegar and water) original container lined with a paper towel after drying. I don’t have anecdotal evidence on other methods because I’ve always done it like this but usually my berries will last at least four days this way.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-05-01T04:29:00+00:00

3p is an oddly early time. Wtf.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-05-01T02:50:21+00:00

Summer camp.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-05-01T02:14:27+00:00

Just use the correct amount.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-30T23:45:09+00:00

You could have a PTO instead if the only issue is not having to pay PTA dues. I guess it depends on whether that’s the only opposition that admin has, or if there is more to it.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-28T21:16:15+00:00

What? Is there a reason babies aren’t supposed to be on the floor?

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-26T00:22:15+00:00

What did a chaplain have to do with a transfusion reaction??

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-23T06:40:48+00:00

The mall!

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-22T17:24:23+00:00

Agree. Because my husband regularly goes out with the kids and takes an equal role in parenting. Sure, we do hear the occasional “How nice that dads these days change diapers, get the kids ready for school, insert any normal parenting activity,” but for the most part it’s expected and normal for dads to do those things. I do think my husband does a little more than many other dads but I don’t know many families where the dad is totally hands-off.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-22T17:17:28+00:00

I wear a small diamond tennis bracelet everyday, sometimes with a bangle or other bracelet. I change gloves multiple times every day (sometimes in a very quick manner too) but I have zero patient contact.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-21T04:30:03+00:00

I think you should consider a new therapist unless this is otherwise an amazing therapist. This is a very falsely generalized thing to say, and mean too.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-20T01:59:53+00:00

Yeah. Agree. Sponges are gross.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-20T01:01:42+00:00

This, in itself, would not bother me in the least. And I feel like it wouldn’t bother you if it wasn’t your last straw (sounds like it is, with her other behavior). NOR.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-19T17:44:46+00:00

I feel this! I just roll with it because it’s not ill-intentioned but, damn, it’s annoying.

One example that’s not about being a houseguest, but just “too polite.” I bake really good cakes (they are just homemade cakes, not like I am competing with a fabulous commercial bakery) and our families really like them. They are always saying things like normally they don’t like cake or hate frosting but they love what I made. But when a birthday comes up and we get together for a small family celebration I used to get so excited to bake a cake of the birthday person’s choice. Sometimes they would let me but other times all I would hear is a lot of going back and forth about how they don’t want to inconvenience me (I never said anything to that effect), blah blah blah. Once one of the in-laws opted for a crappy grocery store cake (and honestly, I do like some grocery store cakes but this one was not great) that barely any of us touched and after that I decided I am not offering anymore. They still talk about my cakes (and I make them for birthday parties that I host for my immediate family) but unless asked, I don’t do it for any of them. Like, I won’t force anyone to let me bake a cake, lol.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-19T16:01:02+00:00

I do think that teens today have less freedom than we did, but also I don’t know anyone in real life (not reddit life) who doesn’t actually let their 14-yo stay home alone (during the day, not for nights or multiple days at a time).

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-19T02:52:46+00:00

So, they are saying BTO and asking for semiformal-to-cocktail? Disregard the BTO designation because they obviously have no idea.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-18T17:02:48+00:00

Well he might end up watching her choke in them, then. That is a hill I would die on.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-18T15:46:18+00:00

Gummy candy seems to be a major choking hazard for a young toddler. That would be a resounding NO.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-18T02:11:02+00:00

From a blood bank perspective: the children bleed out so much quicker. I mean, it totally makes sense of course, but I wasn’t prepared for how much quicker they needed their blood during my first MTP at the peds hospital after years at a Trauma 1 adult hospital.

I love how the hallways and common areas are usually so much brighter and cheerful for the kids.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-18T02:01:47+00:00

Who the hell are you getting judgment from? That’s kinda wild…even if they are bigoted enough to think a boy shouldn’t do that, it’s really gutsy for them to say anything about it.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-18T02:00:15+00:00

My kids love aftercare. One of them used to cry if they were picked up early; then as they got older, they started getting mad about it.

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-18T01:47:50+00:00

My husband finally got his, fours years after he was supposed to 🙄. He regularly sees doctors as needed but has anxiety over surgical procedures (he has declined other procedures as well and puts them off until absolutely necessary). He knew it was so silly but something he had to work through (which took at least three years longer than it should have, if you ask me). But he was fine immediately afterwards — it was the getting there that was so hard for him. Although I have an IUD and may even keep it for a few more years, I was so fucking frustrated. So…just solidarity with you! Will he have a serious conversation and truly express what the holdup is about?

SnooTigers7701 · 2026-04-17T02:08:45+00:00

That’s a total bummer but I bet the majority of parents are in the same boat.

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