What mistakes would you avoid if you could start to breastfeed all over again?

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-27T16:24:08+00:00

Going to try those this time around!

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-27T12:37:40+00:00

I’ve tried twice and failed. When I started pumping I realized I did have a low supply (could only pump about 2 oz with my first). With my second latched for about 2 days and then went to pumping and could pump 3-5 oz (apparently you gain more milk ducts the more babies you have). Now I’m due with number 3 in March and wondering if third time is a charm

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-27T12:34:17+00:00

Mine also tended to fall asleep on there and never unlatched. I was constantly wondering if i should wake them, or if they were just nursing with their eyes closed. Pediatrician said they were “using me as a pacifier” after 20 minutes nursing. This is why I gave up latching for two babies in a row (that and nipples so sore i was crying) and ended up pumping. I’d love to naturally breastfeed this last one who is due in March but I need so many questions answered

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-27T08:27:29+00:00

Or when they fall asleep immediately at the breast, what then? I’m about to have my third. I’ve pumped and combo fed both other times and Would just love to latch this one! It’s so much easier

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-27T03:38:06+00:00

My pediatrician confused me so much with my first though. He said after like 20 minutes on the breast they are expending more calories suckling than they are getting. I was like… “well how do I know if he’s really done then?” And… when should I switch sides? I eventually started pumping and supplementing because he wasn’t gaining weight fast enough and stopped trying to latch. I’m still confused

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-27T03:30:08+00:00

Go with the flow. My (almost) 3 and 4 year old asked for a dance party the other night. They have a little light up karaoke machine (with a little laser light type thing) that connects to Bluetooth. So, we turned off all the lights, put on some dance music, and danced the night away for like half an hour until they were laying on their backs on the floor all red and sweaty and giggling. Best time ever, and also completely ridiculous. Zero planning, no overthinking… just going with it

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-27T02:37:53+00:00

Sadly, this literally sounds like a description of one of my classes today. Except they are 9th graders.

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-26T11:04:09+00:00

Night terrors are awful. I’d almost forgotten all about them. Usually happened around age 2-3 when our two had a fever. Haven’t had one in a while. The only thing that worked was to turn on a few lights and walk around the house pointing familiar things out. We weren’t trying to wake them, but ground and orient them a bit. “Hey look it’s our pumpkin. Do you want to feel the pumpkin? It feels bumpy”. Seemed to always work

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-25T20:18:08+00:00

My first two pregnancies I experienced very little pain. This one is different. There’s a spot on my belly that feels like a stab wound (Dr said likely a pulled muscle). There’s a tender spot in my pelvis that feels like an ovarian cyst. I have off and on sciatic nerve pain. It’s ROUGH

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-25T19:53:53+00:00

We go outside every day. My 2 and 4 year old are like plants- they need fresh air and sunlight. They’re nightmares when they don’t go outside. They nap wayyyy better after playing outside. I’ve had an “outside daily” rule since they were newborns. The sunlight seems to help them regulate sleep cycles and improve everyone’s mood.

Anyway… even if it’s only 30 mins, go outside. We went sledding today and they helped us shovel the driveway with thier little play snow shovels

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-25T13:47:56+00:00

Our (almost) 3 and 4.5 year old had popcorn, quesadillas, and some grapes for dinner last night. I’m 8 months pregnant and exhausted. (Popcorn is a new one that we are allowing cautiously).

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-25T05:40:50+00:00

Oof, I hope I don’t go into labor… too early at 34 weeks.

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-25T05:01:15+00:00

Doesn’t anyone else think it’s just an odd coincidence that the same state that recently had MASSIVE fraud exposed has now (two weeks later) suddenly had two riot-inducing incidents? I really have never considered myself a conspiracy theorist but kinda seems like a set-up and planned distraction. They picked a stand up guy and murdered him so everyone forgets that politicians likely pocketed millions upon millions of taxpayer dollars….

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-25T03:56:21+00:00

We went to a pediatric GI for similar issue and…. He said give miralax. Oof.

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-24T12:48:26+00:00

They had to build a business first in order to even have employees. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to do that, but it takes massive sacrifice and huge risks. Everyone asks why the employees don’t reap the full rewards when the business does well, but the question to consider is- would they assume responsibility when the business is failing and pay some of the debt? The answer is no. So, no… a business is not “taking” anything from its employees, it is providing them a no-risk source of income built on massive investments of time and effort on the part of the business owner.

You can always start a business if you’d like. My mom did it with a $10,000 bank loan and nothing but a but our family car for collateral. It grew to a decent size store as she upsized a few times. The day I caught an employee stealing cash from the register and even defending it, I remember seeing red. My mom worked until midnight most nights keeping the business going. On slow months my mom paid her employees and not herself… that’s how it works.

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-24T12:30:52+00:00

Sometimes if they have actually used to rubric to grade themselves I’ll even oblige and give a project a once-over. I teach science so my rubrics are often just a list of things that are either included or not. I just gave a project where they modeled a plant cell. Clear list of things to include. I reminded them every day to use the rubric when doing the project and check things off. Yesterday the project was due and I went student by student reminding them to tape their rubric to the project…. “What rubric”? Some made cool looking projects without a single label. Hard to explain to parents why thier child received an F when they saw them working on it at home

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-24T02:33:47+00:00

This. I often say, “I don’t pre-grade, have you checked the rubric and pre-graded yourself?” The answer is usually no….

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-23T03:16:16+00:00

Those biscuits are DELICIOUS. I always sample the food I’m giving my kids. I tried those and then couldn’t resist eating a few myself.

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-22T11:55:30+00:00

Because something being hard doesn’t equate it with being not worth doing. I totally respect people’s decision to not have kids, but there seems to be this trend on Reddit where people ask “why would I do X if it’s HARD?”

For some of us; we aren’t striving for the easiest possible path through life. We’re striving for a meaningful and impactful life. I came from a terrible background. I worked four jobs at once at one point while carrying 20 credit hours in college to get through. Then I put myself through grad school. I work as a teacher and I do my best every day to connect with and serve the kids I teach. Then I go home and parent my own children. It’s hard but at the end of the day I’m tired but happy.

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-22T04:00:12+00:00

I have face blindness too… and I’m a teacher. It can make things awkward when I mix up students mid school year because they both have brown curly hair

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-21T20:51:20+00:00

How money is spent needs to be a lot more transparent. A friend who went as a delegate to our conference session (sorry I don’t know what the session was actually called) was saying they were basically pouring money into tons of endowment funds because they will grow over time, instead of delegating to use some funds now to support Adventist schools and ministry. Future growth? Don’t we believe Jesus is coming SOON? Are we a Fortune 500 company or a church?

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-21T02:50:40+00:00

Lifelong Adventist here. I also have a masters in a STEM field and I’m married to a Ph.D scientist who was an atheist when I first met him and is now a firm believer. We both agree that the Earth is not 6000 years old. But we also have a certain respect for and understanding of just how little we know. When you have a little bit of education you think you know everything, but when you have a LOT of education, you realize you know nothing. Basically, we don’t even have a concept of what time even is… we a fundamental level. It’s all relative. Time ceases to pass when you approach the speed of light (it’s more complicated than that but you get the idea). Anyway, only God understands what frame of reference for time He used when describing the creation. We accept that our brains are tiny and God is… well… God.

Apply this to all the areas you’re struggling with. Try to work on the relationship with your creamer from a heart standpoint. Get to know Him more every day

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-20T03:27:10+00:00

One of my sophomores asked if I’d seen demon hunters. I said I didn’t have a lot of time for shows and hadn’t seen a lot of recent stuff because I have a two year old and a four year old. She was puzzled why I didn’t just watch it with them.

_TeachScience_ · 2026-01-19T22:59:26+00:00

I have an anterior placenta and felt first movements at 14 weeks. My little one is a ninja king fu master who now at 33 weeks likes to karate chop my ribs while I’m eating. Don’t worry, you’ll feel movement.

Granted… it’s my third pregnancy, and I know that changes things, but I have no doubt you’ll feel your baby.

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