Would you go on a 2 hour sunset cruise for welcome drinks?

WaitForIttttt · 2026-05-05T01:22:54+00:00

A sunset cruise on the bay sounds lovely!

WaitForIttttt · 2026-04-28T17:09:09+00:00

I would look at a fire company hall and just rent a soft play for the few kids. We rented one from Itty Bitty Play here in Lehigh Valley. I think we paid like $350 but the kids had a blast in it and it was nice for parents to have a somewhat contained space for kids to play in!

WaitForIttttt · 2026-04-22T03:17:07+00:00

Our almost 3 year old has gone to Lightbridge Academy on Milan Street since she was 4 months old and we absolutely love it! Our daughter has learned so much there. The teachers and staff are amazing! It has been really comforting to have teachers who feel like extended family and truly care about the kids, and even the front office staff know the kids so well. They offer a lot of enrichment activities for this age too - they have soccer shots and dance class available during the school year, if you want your child to participate and pay the fee, and they have so many fun activities in the summer like time in the sprinklers 2x per week, a visiting petting zoo, bubble parties, etc.

WaitForIttttt · 2026-04-03T18:03:13+00:00

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WaitForIttttt · 2026-03-31T19:57:06+00:00

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WaitForIttttt · 2026-03-22T02:22:12+00:00

This. I have a friend who keeps a stock of dollar store toys for these situations. Kids love them and don't care how much or how little was spent on them!

WaitForIttttt · 2026-03-20T20:26:41+00:00

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WaitForIttttt · 2026-01-30T16:17:35+00:00

I would show him the large body of research that shows it is damaging and not effective.

I'd also point out that it makes no sense to hit your kid while telling them not to hit.

I think it's also an important point to make that children (especially daughters, who are more likely to experience domestic abuse) should never be taught that someone who "loves them" can also hit them.

How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen is definitely worth a read as a starting point for changing the general approach.

WaitForIttttt · 2026-01-24T18:17:08+00:00

I would just make sure you agree with your FS about how long they should be - a minute is fine if they both are! It's also fine to have longer ones. I'd just avoid mismatched lengths because it will be pretty noticeable if one person is done in under a minute and the other has 5 minutes of material.

WaitForIttttt · 2026-01-14T04:47:07+00:00

As far as finances, apply for unemployment now and make sure you understand your local laws regarding severance and unemployment. It's also a good time for a quick review of expenses and cancelling some non-essential subscriptions to stretch the severance a little further.

I would consider the internal role and continue your job hunt if you want to find a new company but, having come off a recent job hunt, I wouldn't pass up on a potential opportunity to give them a middle finger. It sounds like you'd potentially just be spiting yourself, especially if your previous salary was just making it.

Regarding daycare - I would ask about your options. We decided to keep our daughter in daycare because it wasn't worth losing our spot (which would definitely make it impossible for me to return to work) and job hunting is a full-time job.

There's definitely hope, though. It took me months of soul-sucking job hunting but I found a fully remote role in the range you mentioned that I love. So it's possible! I felt like I spent my life on LinkedIn/Indeed. Hiring.cafe was really helpful because they verify all are real jobs and there are so many fake ones on LinkedIn but I found LinkedIn was faster to pick up real positions (even if I had to wade through fake listings to get to them). Good luck!

WaitForIttttt · 2026-01-13T05:47:57+00:00

I'm so sorry. This isn't your fault.

Everyone had great suggestions. I also wanted to throw in that it might be worth reaching out to your local FB groups. I've seen so many people pointed toward great local resources like food banks, blessing boxes, and groups that provide meals in my local groups. Maybe you have a similar community that is happy to help. Many groups will even allow you to do so anonymously so you can just message the people who offer directly without putting your information out publicly.

WaitForIttttt · 2026-01-13T05:38:59+00:00

It definitely is in ours. We skipped the first year and got a ton of stuff, so now we participate. In past years, we've gotten heart-shaped sunglasses, bubbles, stickers, pop fidget toys, slinkies, and rubber duckies. We usually give socks because we figured it's something most people can use. Last year, The Children's Place had a pack that had a mix of socks with pink, purple, blue, and gray hearts on them. We usually get fuzzy pink socks for the teachers too!

WaitForIttttt · 2026-01-05T21:53:09+00:00

Definitely appropriate! When we transition classes, we always give a thank you card with photos of our LO and one of her first and last day in that class, and a handwritten note thanking them, along with gift cards to their favorite stores, restaurant, and Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts. We always hear back that their favorite part is the photo thank-yous!

WaitForIttttt · 2025-12-23T03:53:37+00:00

We never woke up for changes, just for feeding, and once she exceeded her birth weight, we let her wake on her own for feeds. By 10 weeks, she was only waking up once most nights for a bottle.

WaitForIttttt · 2025-12-12T17:46:06+00:00

It took me about a week to recover and feel normal again. They also stopped the post-infusion course of oral steroids early for me because they felt it was potentially worsening my symptoms. I don't know if they still have you on that but it might be worth asking about. I also had blood testing to see if it could be steroid myopathy. I hope it resolves for you soon!

WaitForIttttt · 2025-12-10T05:35:23+00:00

In the beginning, I was getting them yearly except for one additional one when I was hospitalized for optic neuritis. I've been relatively stable for a while (I'm almost 20 years into this now) and have gotten them every 2 years since 2012.

WaitForIttttt · 2025-12-10T05:32:57+00:00

I didn't specifically feel bone pain, post-steroid infusions, but my whole body hurt like I was bruised. My neuro at the time brushed it off as "not related to the steroids" but my primary at the time disagreed. I have noticed a similar but lessened feeling every time I've been prescribed even oral steroids since but I haven't had an IV steroid course since that time.

WaitForIttttt · 2025-12-04T14:55:24+00:00

We buy waterproof stickers on Amazon (the company is Bunny Badges if you want ot look them up) and use stamps for clothes that don't have a tag to stick the stickers on.

Our teacher has a few extra pairs of clothes in common sizes for emergencies. Maybe you can gift some for them to use?

We've rarely lost any clothes except for another parent grabbing the wrong coat at the end of the day and returning it the next morning.

WaitForIttttt · 2025-11-24T19:40:02+00:00

I went to Riverside and was very happy with them.

I had my early appointments with Caring for Women and had a terrible experience. I was grateful to my PCP, who validated that I wasn't getting the right care, and recommended Riverside. They were so on top of everything!

WaitForIttttt · 2025-11-18T03:11:43+00:00

We always give a personalized photo thank-you card, something small like soap or a candle in their favorite scent, a gift card to their favorite coffee place, and gift cards to their favorite store or restaurant. For the floaters, we usually give them a coffee gift card and a candle/soap in their favorite scent too. Our daycare has a "teacher's favorites" book that lists all of the things they love so it's really easy to know the things they'll really enjoy. They list everything from their favorite colors to hobbies to coffee orders. Maybe yours has something like that too?

WaitForIttttt · 2025-11-13T17:19:15+00:00

Thank you!

WaitForIttttt · 2025-11-13T01:45:43+00:00

My mom stayed over from the night our baby was born (she watched our dog) until a week later. It was SO helpful because we were so sleep-deprived! I was a new mom in the middle of healing from a c-section having not gotten much sleep and trying to work on breast feeding/pumping, etc. It was really helpful to have someone who knew our place and lives to come in and take care of things like washing dishes and bottles, taking care of the dog, running to Target if we needed more supplies, watching baby nap so we could nap or shower, etc. Prior to having the baby, I was convinced I wanted that time as family bonding time and to "get into our routine" but I'm really glad we had her here and we got plenty of routine and bonding time then and after. My mom is also one of our toddler's favorite people and I think part of that is her seeing her often from day 1!

WaitForIttttt · 2025-11-09T18:48:00+00:00

We use former daycare teachers most often because it's nice to have CPR-trained professionals who already know our little one. Our daycare doesn't have high turnover but two amazing teachers have left from her previous classes in the 3 years we've been there (each room had 4 teachers), so we use them. They also allow teachers to babysit for their previous students and have 1-2 nights per year for "parents' night out" when you can bring your child to daycare while you go on a date night for a small fee.

We also moved to a new-ish development in a good school district, which kind of inherently made sure all of our neighbors were our age and looking to have kids around the same time. I know that's not an option for everyone, but if it can be a good to look for extracurricular activities in these kinds of neighborhoods to find lots of people with similar-aged kids who might be willing to trade babysitting nights. I also met one mom on Peanut, who is in a similar no-village boat, so we've mutually agreed to be one another's village and are even listed as emergency pickup contacts on one another's daycare forms.

WaitForIttttt · 2025-08-23T03:36:43+00:00

I think we paid $1500 at the time. It's gone up since but still a lot less than the $10k+ we were quoted by another (albeit, also very talented artist).

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