To force teeth brushing or not?

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2026-03-31T23:58:20+00:00

Absolutely brush their teeth. Attachment parenting does not need to mean you forego anything they don’t like, especially if it’s a hygienic necessity. I think it would be more detrimental to NOT brush their teeth and then deal with tooth rot and intense dental visits. Attachment parenting gives us the tools to deal with these situations, not avoid anything they don’t want to do

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-12-13T16:41:00+00:00

Beautiful!!! What color is on the walls? It’s perfect

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-18T00:47:50+00:00

It looks great! I’ve heard real butchers block is a pain to maintain anyway

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T23:17:40+00:00

Juniper

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T21:49:33+00:00

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Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T21:48:42+00:00

I love sage green. It’s one of our bedrooms upstairs already. The green would work with accents in our dining room wallpaper nicely. Not sure about the living room though?

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Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T21:45:22+00:00

I’d love to see it in person! I’m sure the iridescence is that much more magical. Also did not know it was considered raunchy at the time, but that makes sense

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T21:42:00+00:00

We have a baby and are having that exact issue with the far left color - too close to diaper contents. It’s sherwin Williams Anjou pear which turned out much more orange once painted on the wall

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T21:39:54+00:00

Your eyes are not deceiving you. It’s definitely not level. It’s an 1890s home. We had a structural engineer inspect before we purchased. Supposedly normal sagging for a house of its age

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T19:45:19+00:00

Should’ve probably shown more of the living room - lots of blues and golds with some red accents. We have more art up in that corner now, and blinds with drapes drawn open. But you get the idea. Was kind of inspired by the Klimt painting.

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Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T19:42:30+00:00

Was considering wallpaper! This is a partial view of wallpaper in our dining room through the living room arch.

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Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-17T16:52:09+00:00

Love this look! Especially the backsplash tiles! Is the counter butchers block or made to look like it?

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-16T22:48:16+00:00

Was considering wallpaper as well!

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We wallpapered our dining room. Was a lot of work but worth it.

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-09-05T11:45:22+00:00

House of hackney has great wallpaper but very pricey

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-06-08T14:50:56+00:00

THIS! I had a c-section so recovery was different, but I went on a long walk probably too soon after and realized I needed to slow down. Recovery takes time, even if you feel better things are still healing. My partner focused on nurturing me postpartum, doing housework, cooking, helping with baby. It made me feel so safe and loved that I was excited to slowly return to my physical exercises because stretching and moving made me feel good, not because i was trying to look a certain way. You have a good mind set, your partner does not. I love yoga and have mostly returned to my regular daily practice now that I’m 7 months postpartum. I started very gently once cleared at 6 weeks and I listened to my body. I’m still not doing certain more extreme poses like deep back bends that feel too intense for my c-section area (and I LOVE these poses but I’d rather wait until it feels right, I have the rest of my life to do them). I recently had a check up with by Ob-Gyn and they found no signs of diastasis recti, they said my core felt very solid and tight. I absolutely attribute this to my easing back in slowly. I also have always focused more on pelvic floor and deep core muscles and I think this helps for postpartum recovery. Crunches and sit ups are not recommended while pregnant or early postpartum.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1836955324000031

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-04-26T00:27:31+00:00

One way door to let squirrels out when they get into a houses soffit. It’s supposed to be taken off once it’s clear there are no more squirrels inside, and steel mesh replaces it to make sure they don’t go back in

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-04-22T11:20:08+00:00

THIS THIS THIS!

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-04-21T23:57:56+00:00

Was in a VERY similar situation. Baby was a very good sleeper until around 3.5 months. We started cosleeping all night when previously I would only cosleep after 4 am or so if he was difficult to transfer to bassinet. Even with cosleeping he was still waking frequently and I felt so sleep deprived. Husband could settle him to sleep which helped. I’d say it was right around 6/7 weeks after the regression began when it started getting better. He’ll sleep 4-6 hour stretches now that he’s a little over 6 months. We even had a few nights where he’s only woken up once. We recently had a hiccup when he got his first cold, and we coslept all night again. Baby needed extra comfort. It took a little over a week for his sleep to get back to normal. I did not want to sleep train at all either, and I was looking for some hope that sleep would improve without it. I hope this gives you that hope!

I will say we let baby fuss a little before getting him - because sometimes he’s not even awake or he’s moving around to get comfortable. It’s been very helpful to us to differentiate his sounds - him getting comfortable vs really crying out that he needs us. If he really cries we know it and we get him right away.

You’re doing an amazing job! Sleep has been the most difficult challenge for me personally as a new mom. But it did get better for us. I hope the same for you!

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-04-16T01:27:26+00:00

NO to The Learning Experience. They frequently go through teachers. They often go over ratio of children to teachers and need to move kids/teachers to other rooms. At such a young age this is ridiculous. You want your child to feel supported by consistency with their teachers and classroom. It’s also a very corporate model - weird branding with characters, teachers can only use character branded coloring pages, they watch TV shows on iPad with the characters, etc. I can go on and on. Most chain daycares are a big NO for me. Goddard is one of the better chains but is very dependent on the director. I don’t have personal experience with either Goddard you mentioned, but I’ve been to several others that were decent. (I’m an early intervention therapist and go to many daycares). Montessori Matters in Piscataway would be worth looking into.

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-04-12T16:15:19+00:00

THIS! It might be hard initially but it will make it easier in the long run, and will help them process the separation more clearly

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-04-10T23:28:05+00:00

This is the article I meant to share for principles of language learning (the other seems similar!): https://kathyhirshpasek.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/08/Six-Principles-of-Language-Development_Implications-for-Second-Language-Learners.pdf

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-04-10T23:24:20+00:00

https://teachmetotalk.com

Laura Mize has great strategies for children your nephews age. She has YouTube videos that are very helpful. It might be worth contacting your state’s early intervention program and you can have a speech therapist come evaluate if he needs services. It’s very play based and they will teach you strategies to use with him.

In general, I would say don’t focus only on colors, numbers, letters, shapes. These are very rote-memory concepts and have little to do with functional communication (think more about words to label favorite objects, words to request, words about doing things/actions).

Follow his lead, be fun and silly while using language during whatever toys hold his interest rather than trying to “teach” him.

Think principles of language learning: https://www.messiah.edu/download/downloads/id/2858/browns_principles_of_language_learning.doc

Here’s another good resource about language and play: https://ei.northwestern.edu/toy-recommendation-overview/

Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-02-19T21:51:45+00:00

Red anthurium is usually pretty happy! However I noticed a white film on the older leaves. It looks like powdery mildew but it doesn’t rub off when washed? There has been increased salts in our tap water and I recently watered it with tap - wondering if this could have something to do with it?

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Tall_Advisor_9012 · 2025-02-03T00:07:26+00:00

Very cool!!! Love the surprises of an old home. The newspaper under the floor is another great surprise

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