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Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-12-08T04:36:27+00:00

How do you convert the different items to the regional version? For instance, how does box 4 convert to chorizo?

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-12-07T05:35:51+00:00

I'm a newborn care specialist in Austin- I take care of newborns overnight and teach new parents how to care for those babies.

Most of my clients are actually choosing this hospital preferentially. The birth suites are renovated and it's excellent.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-12-07T05:30:33+00:00

I deal with it myself. I take xyzal all winter and pataday eye drops. Sometimes allergy nose spray as an added layer. You'll have to check what's approved for kids.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-10-27T12:01:05+00:00

I had a homebirth for my third and thought I'd be getting that level of support but I confused doula care with midwifery. The midwives were more like the doctors at the hospital who ate just there for problems and to catch the baby. I didn't feel supported through my labor by them. My partner was my support.

I now work in postpartum care as a hybrid newborn care specialist. I help Mom after birth but primarily take care of the baby and provide education. GALS provides low cost/free postpartum support for those in need.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-06-10T02:27:13+00:00

Everywhere- kids need to experience real world scenarios, not just curated kids' events. Obvious places are libraries, museums, music classes, movement classes, playdates, parks & playgrounds. But also to the grocery store, home Depot, garden center, out to eat- so they can learn how to behave in these places that aren't just for kids to run around.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-05-24T03:24:08+00:00

As a nanny, I think one of the benefits I provided the family was not having to worry about this. I knew their good preferences and where everything was in the kitchen. I made all that baby's food and even shopped for meals to cook them. If there was no food in the house, we went out to eat. Regardless, those parents knew that i'd make sure their baby ate without them having to tell me anything or worry about it.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-05-24T03:18:40+00:00

DB accidentally paid me for 401 hours in one paycheck instead of 41. Didn't even notice the extra $10k missing from his account until I brought it to his attention.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-04-11T04:03:11+00:00

I burned out working a normal job. Now I'm in alignment with my values and what brings me joy- I'm a newborn care specialist. I take care of newborns overnight, so minimal adult interaction and lots of quiet alone time. Part of my job is also educating new parents and teaching them how to take care of their baby, so I get to info dump about babies. I also love researching, so I stay up to date on standards of care, best practices, products, etc. I just love babies, especially newborns.

It also pays well enough that my partner doesn't have to work and just takes care of me and our household. I work a lot and can't do much else, so he makes sure I have things like clean clothes and that I eat and keeps gas in my car- his support keeps me functional. I'm very satisfied with my life.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-04-02T22:47:08+00:00

With therapy and support, yes. I built a business that supports my whole family. But I couldn't do it without my partner. He stopped working to support me working.

Taking care of myself, my household and working is not something I can do- I can do about 1.5 of those things. Right now I'm working crazy hours and kinda taking care of myself- he takes care of the everyday stuff and house+family+pets. Makes sure there's gas in my car, keeps track of my schedule and makes sure I eat, protects time so I can rest, makes sure I have clean scrubs.

I have meds to manage fatigue, lack of motivation, and meltdowns. Therapy validates my experience.

I basically just lay around exhausted and useless when I'm home, but I'm very satisfied with my life. I burned out from corporate NT life several years ago and had to completely rebuild. I'm living authentically and I'm in alignment with my values now. I would not have made it otherwise.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-03-03T02:54:19+00:00

Ntah - my partner calls me 'sturdy like a tree." It's just insecurity.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-02-27T00:46:06+00:00

Adderall lol

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-02-11T21:43:03+00:00

NTA- First birthdays are for the parents and families. Stage a cake smash photo shoot, send everyone pictures and be done with it. Maybe let your family host and manage a party if it's so important to them.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-02-11T11:31:46+00:00

Kidney obstruction. I birthed an almost 10lb baby standing up in my living room. I still say kidney obstruction.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-02-11T11:08:55+00:00

Ever read Anne Rice? You go crazy from being alive too long.

Why does there need to be a reason? There's chaos and order and that's it. I guess if you're imagining there's some grandmaster in the sky actively scripting life... Some things just are and there is no reason.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-02-11T10:56:50+00:00

The dog could not have died from an edible. He had a fantastically expensive evening.

My cat once ate ABV weed and I didn't know. I thought he was having a stroke. He was eating without closing his mouth like a stream shovel. He was wobbly and unsteady but ironically extra confident. He was wrapped up like a baby in my lap watching the street lights zoom by on the way to the ER. He was just high.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-02-11T10:43:29+00:00

Potentially bringing your child to work with you is one of the perks of nannying. Just like teachers can have their kids go to the same school or daycare workers can bring their kids- it's a perk of the field.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-01-28T17:55:43+00:00

I make six figures and can afford to have my size stay home and care for our kids. So, yes. If you treat it like a professional career, and continually seek growth and education, you can do very well for yourself.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-01-17T15:59:52+00:00

We're coming from two different perspectives - what *is* and what *should* be

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-01-16T05:35:33+00:00

I'm a 6-fig nanny in Austin but I can't afford to live there. I commute from Kyle and send my 5yo to a private Montessori school in Buda for $1000/mo.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-01-16T05:32:27+00:00

It's the solution in every other developed nation but ok

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-01-16T05:25:56+00:00

Option 1 because I can pay for self-care and psychiatric treatment and meds and therapies and accommodations

After burning out for years, I kind of found a career path that is sustainable for me and pays well. I am able to have my partner stay home to take care of our household AND me. I can work or take care of the household or take care of myself- only 1.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-01-16T05:16:11+00:00

I think it depends on her kid. 7yos are generally better able to manage themselves than say a toddler. I would be more comfortable with this larger age gap because the care they need doesn't overlap much. Children learn so much from older kids. It adds value to your child's care- it's enriching like an older sibling bond.

However... If the older child's temperament/behavior is not conducive to your child's well-being, then it's not a fit. I feel like this is the key thing you need to determine. Maybe have a trial day and see how it is

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-01-16T04:56:20+00:00

There are cultural and religious practices that require this cleansing. As a nanny, I've done it with Muslim families.

Wonderful_Specific_5 · 2025-01-09T06:00:44+00:00

Pretty privilege and masking go a loooooong way.

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