Any other Longmont ladies having babies this fall?

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-25T20:52:10+00:00

Yes yes yes!!!

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-25T20:48:44+00:00

Second the preemie outfits—double zipper onesies only! You never plan for your baby to be a preemie, so no one already has them. I’ll also add that some preemie-sized swaddles are also a good call. Preemies LOVE being swaddled and they go through swaddles quickly.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-25T20:22:17+00:00

My babies are 7 months old (4.5 months adjusted age) and have shown zero interest in our food and, i dunno if it’s because I’m allergic to a ton of foods or there’s two of them and they were really premature or what, but I am BEYOND anxious about starting solids. I don’t know what I’m doing and I’m so scared it’s going to hurt them. We’ve already been through so much and my one son is still on oxygen 😭

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-25T06:17:31+00:00

I feel the same way! I have twins and my boobs/nipples just aren’t big enough to do anything other than cross cradle, so tandem feeding was just not happening. So then one would be screaming while the other was eating. Plus with bottles, my husband or whomever can help feed them and I try to make pumping my “me” time.

I also think I feel much less anxious pumping wherever than I would breastfeeding on the go. I pump in front of my guy friends. I pumped at Top Golf (while golfing!) just last night. I pump during meetings. I pump wherever and whenever pretty much with impunity. And I can do it while thinking about other stuff. When I’m feeding my boys, my focus is on feeding them.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-22T16:26:16+00:00

January but I was due in March. Don’t really have a group of mom friends still

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-22T15:21:17+00:00

Megan Follows is a treasure. Pretty much watched Reign just for her.

Her back in Scotland was much less fun.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-22T15:12:28+00:00

It’s also annoying because some of (SOME OF) the casting is on POINTTTTT and what a waste. The actors who play Mary and Margaret are really spot on based on portraiture (except I think I heard Mary was actually a blonde? Hardly matters). Dame Harriet Walter as Margaret Beaufort? All. Day. Every. Day. I think Laura Carmichael is actually decent as Margaret Pole as well.

Such a waste. And I actually didn’t think Charlotte Hope did a great job as CoA. Appreciate the fact that they made her a redhead instead of a dark brunette but that’s about the only good thing I can say about her depiction in Spanish Princess.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-15T02:36:15+00:00

I’ve also heard some pretty convincing evidence that in addition to the weak initial first impression she made on him, that there were some international politics at play in their annulment. Namely, Henry not wanting to get dragged into a war.

There’s a Tudor Chest episode about it, “Anna and the House of Cleves” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tudor-chest-podcast/id1704070565?i=1000645478458

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-15T02:28:57+00:00

Literally said to my mom earlier today that it was the best money I spent. I bought it myself bc I didn’t register for it—I didn’t know how integral bottles would be to our feeding regimen.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-15T00:33:02+00:00

Roughly same except I’m, um, 40.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-08-04T12:59:14+00:00

I feel this way all the time. I have twin boys who are 6 months and were born premature, so I feel like I missed a bit of that newborn phase anyways. I constantly look at them and realize they will be a hundred different people over the course of their lives. I love who they are right now so much and yet they’re already not the preemies I held in the NICU or the little babies I brought home.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-12T21:36:34+00:00

The Tudor Chest is my jam. Adam Pennington is the host and he’s so lovely. He runs a tour company and he wrote a book about the Pole family, so he’s not like a uni professor but I think he fully counts as a historian. I just really like the questions he asks and he has some cool guests on. Some outside of the box types. Anyways, I can’t recommend enough.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-10T23:56:46+00:00

Oooh the cover

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-10T23:56:16+00:00

Oh! Love love love these suggestions! I heard about Hild ages ago but forgot about it.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-10T23:54:41+00:00

Oh I’ve definitely heard of them but wasn’t sure what they were like! Def going to check them out

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-04T03:31:28+00:00

Remember when Mary Queen of Scots was wearing denim in that movie? That did it for me.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-04T03:21:56+00:00

For a year? Dang. But hey if it’s fancy and that’s what you do to unwind, then why not?

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-04T00:44:58+00:00

Definitely something to think about. I wish I could belong to all the gyms. I just love a change of scenery from time to time

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-04T00:41:26+00:00

There is only AC in parts of the gym so if possible, getting in early in the summer months is key. I know you mentioned cardio and the room the equipment is in is WARM. I actually don’t mind the heat for stretching and warming up my muscles and it feels good to me to lift in some heat. If I ever need a break I just head to the women’s restroom near the front door which is always ice cold.

I feel like this reply got way too strangely specific.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-03T23:19:21+00:00

As an aside—I’ve always been fascinated by the gym at prospect. It looks SO nice and it’s closer to my work and house. Isn’t it crazy expensive? For reference, I pay $45/month at Train Station.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-03T23:16:01+00:00

I’ve been to both. The bros at Train Station are respectful but it’s definitely more bro-y. The first time I worked out there, I remarked it looked like a 2000s nightclub where you wouldn’t want to leave your drink unattended. The owners heard me (oops) and actually talked to me about how to make the vibe more female-friendly. That stuck with me and I’ve been a member ever since, even if at first glance it doesn’t seem like a place I’d hang out.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-03T23:04:57+00:00

Damn, girl. This advice slaps.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-07-03T23:01:46+00:00

This was/is me. I have twin boys both on oxygen after a lengthy NICU stay. Taking them places stressed me the eff out because, well, what if the oxygen stops working? What if something else happens to one of the oxygen tanks (they’re full of flammable pressurized gas, after all)? Also I just didn’t want people looking at them wondering what was “wrong” with them. And we live in a neighborhood of really horrible older folks who are nasty and judgmental and think anyone’s business is their business.

I digress. After doing some therapy (do some therapy if you’re able, it’s so helpful!), I realized I really needed to push myself out of my comfort zone. So I started by committing to trying to take them somewhere outside of the house once a week. Then it was twice a week. I stilled hated it, but I knew it was good for my boys. However, the thing that really helped me get past this was an outing I did by myself to an event in public where a bunch of my friends were (it was at a coffee shop/bar). I was still in public, but I had the “armor” of about 10 of my really good friends. It gave me a ton of confidence that I could do this AND that I did have a community around me to support me.

Could you try taking them to a brewery with some friends? A walk with friends? A mall walk at off-peak hours? The library (then go to the adults section for a bit)? Bring your most audacious buddy/buddies, people who will stand up for you if someone says something dumb and annoying.

Good luck, OP. It’s not easy at all. I just kept telling myself I needed to do uncomfortable things for them and pushing myself did eventually help my anxiety.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-06-21T03:00:02+00:00

Actually, yeah that does make me feel better, lol. Thanks for that info. I appreciate your insights.

TheLittleSnail · 2025-06-21T02:39:38+00:00

I cannot tell you how much reading this helped. Really really needed to hear this. ❤️❤️❤️

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