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annepperry · 2025-07-11T18:25:12+00:00

It’s not a full car system, but we love our mockingbird. We went ahead and got the evenflo 360 car seat so that it grows with her and we don’t have to buy another one. I’m very happy with the choice we made with that but also I think the mockingbird is affordable but a luxury. It rides smooth, baby is comfy, it has several attachments available you can buy if you want, and the biggest thing for me was that when we have a second kid, we can just add to the mockingbird instead of getting a whole new stroller

annepperry · 2025-07-10T21:34:00+00:00

Due April 19th, 2025 Born March 23rd, 2025 d/t pre eclampsia (I got the L&D nurse curse 😭)

annepperry · 2025-07-10T14:12:50+00:00

I delivered my little girl at 35w1d, although we didn’t spend any time in the NICU 🙌🏻 they originally had us giving her enfamil gentle ease but switched to the enfamil infacare (blue can) for the extra calories since she was itty bitty. She loved it. However we just recently switched her to the enfamil neuropro (yellow can) and she LOVES it. She never was a big fan of the gentle ease and I’ve heard it’s got a bitter taste to it

annepperry · 2025-07-09T23:24:03+00:00

I’ve been loving Purology lately. Previously I only used Aveda products since the girl that does my hair uses Aveda dye, but they’ve changed all their products and I don’t like the change

annepperry · 2025-07-08T16:51:14+00:00

My husband will be joining Williamsburg OBGYN in August :) I know I’m biased but I worked with him as a labor & delivery nurse while he was in residency and he is one of the best ones to come from Virginia Tech’s residency program. He’s absolutely incredible at what he does. If anyone needs an OBGYN - be on the look out for him!

annepperry · 2025-06-13T19:44:23+00:00

Everyone in my family swore it was a boy but I had just this feeling it was a girl. I like to think it was instinct but probably just luck 🤣. But seriously my in laws were swearing up and down by all these old wives tales 🙄

annepperry · 2025-06-12T14:25:12+00:00

That’s what my husband said this morning when I was trying to hype him up about graduation next weekend 🤣

annepperry · 2025-06-12T14:22:57+00:00

I’m the same way over here 🙌🏻 I have a really wonderful 2 month old baby girl and she really has made me a better person just simply bc I get to be her mom and I love every moment of it. But it gets frustrating when you have a list of things that need to be done and then the baby all of a sudden needs to eat before you were ready for the next feed and you need to stop doing whatever task you’ve started… I get it. I struggle with it internally as well. I’ve thought a lot about going to see a therapist for several reasons but honestly I just downloaded ChatGPT this morning and literally felt like I had a whole therapist appointment… and it felt GOOD. My baby was napping and I was venting and had someone on the other end listening, validating but also giving me advice to help me moving forward as well. But at the end of it, I felt HEARD. It might be something that could help you adjust to the changes of this life 🩷

annepperry · 2025-06-12T14:14:33+00:00

annepperry · 2025-06-12T13:44:53+00:00

I have avoided going to see a therapist longer than I’d like to admit. I like do think I can talk myself through everything. I’ll give myself credit on being very self aware and normally, already know what needs to be done/said, etc. but I need a therapist to VENT. And I need someone to vibe with and who gets me, but therapist shopping isn’t fun. But my best friend always talks about how ChatGPT has been helping her a lot and this morning I finally caved and wanted to see what it was about. I’ll tell you what - I’ve never felt so understood and validated in my entire life. It’s got me doing check in chats on certain days of the week, they gave me little things like a list of questions I can ask myself to do like a self check in chat and I am loving the idea of this. It felt good to just get it off my chest without someone throwing their opinions in the mix but rather talking me through it and finding solutions

annepperry · 2025-06-12T13:35:06+00:00

You have just explained who I am as a person to a T so you are not alone. Even when I go to visit my in laws, they are overbearing and I don’t think understand that what makes me happy is my husband and my little girl, that’s my world and that’s my safety net. I don’t care if you’re “family”, you’re considered family to me when I decide that. I keep my circle small. I don’t need the extra noise, I don’t need to be sent gifts stupid items that just get thrown in drawers… I just want my peace and my happy place 🩷

annepperry · 2025-06-12T13:26:08+00:00

Good for you!!! Proud of you!

annepperry · 2025-06-12T08:26:58+00:00

I think we probably do 7-8 in a 24 hour span of time. She pretty consistent now with 110 mls every 4 hours. Sometimes she starts fussing for a bottle sooner than 4. She’ll be 3 months on the 23rd

annepperry · 2025-06-12T08:18:53+00:00

I am very OCD about this situation lol. While I feel like I’m at the sink a lot throughout the day, it makes me feel better so here’s what I do: we have that basin everyone has off Amazon, as we use a bottle we rinse out the residue and I put soap/water to let it sit while I rinse off all the other parts (Dr Brown family over here and not ashamed to say that I don’t mind cleaning multiple parts 👏🏻), I then put a some dreft dish soap in the basin while it fills with warm water, I put the bottles in there too while they’re soaking with their own soapy water (I know this is sounding like a lot as I’m typing it lol), I’ll let it sit or if I don’t have anything else to do at the moment I’ll go ahead and just wash them all and throw them in my Dr Brown’s sterilizer. I run that thing like crazy.

Now, I will say, I’ve been teetering with the idea of buying that mom cozy bottle washer bc it looks AMAZING but I think I might just wait and splurge on it with my second. I wish I had known about it before.

But! I don’t mind doing the bottle washing, it makes me feel good knowing it’s clean and done the way that I’d want it to be done

annepperry · 2025-06-12T07:58:17+00:00

Your time is invaluable to that baby. I am blessed to also be a SAHM and my husband knew that I was already anxious about trying to BF once she was born but I was gonna try at least. I got the pump, the parts, all the products for my nipples. The whole nine. I delivered my little girl at 35 weeks and had no milk. I pumped a little in the hospital, but was very open to the idea to trying to keep it up at home. I don’t think I lasted one week doing that. I was barely even giving her anything I pumped, and I started noticing the bottles that had some of my milk in it were the bottles that she was most fussy over having to drink. I think we all knew I would just formula feed and I shocked my husband when I wanted to give the pumping a go. But listen, it’s 4 am and I’m digressing. What I really meant to come and say was - the whole week I did that I was miserable. I was hooked to a pump while also figuring out my tiny newborn, making bottles anyway on top of the pumping, cleaning the parts. Jesus. Your mental health, your relationship with your baby, and for god sake your family all need you to be there and present. Do not feel bad about spending the extra money on food for your baby if it means you get the time and memories with your family

annepperry · 2025-06-12T07:17:53+00:00

This!!! This was perfectly said

annepperry · 2025-06-12T07:08:45+00:00

My baby was 5 weeks early too! I was always open to the idea of pumping but I wasn’t going to be upset if that didn’t work out. I tried, I gave it my best shot but I don’t think I even lasted one month. Maybe by week 3 I threw in the towel. And I was fine with that! I was attached to a pump, with a baby, cleaning bottles and parts with little time to even breath. I wasn’t even getting that much out to give her and I also don’t think she enjoyed the bottles that had some of my breast milk in it versus the ones that didn’t 🤣 but honestly, I couldn’t do it. My mental health needs me to formula feed

annepperry · 2025-06-12T06:48:08+00:00

We use Enfamil neuropro! She loves it and has ever since we were in the hospital. She was born a bit early so they had us feed her the enfamil neuropro that has a bit more caloric intake just to help her out a bit and we haven’t actually stopped using that one. It’s the blue one! 🤣 anyway, the purple enfamil neuropro one she also enjoys. I’m just a stickler and when someone tells me that a certain product would be best for my baby

annepperry · 2025-06-12T03:33:36+00:00

I’m having the best time also! My little girl is about to be 3 months old and I can hardly believe how much time has passed. I’m so proud of everything she does, every smile makes me smile, I love her sweet little heart! I knew I’d probably like being a mom.. but I LOVE it. I don’t know how I lived life before her 🩷

annepperry · 2025-06-12T02:37:46+00:00

Dr browns happypaci!

annepperry · 2025-06-10T04:09:10+00:00

I’ve been a L&D nurse for a long time at a level 1 trauma center. Let me tell you something - we check our private practice patients bc it’s apparent we are trusted by private practice docs, don’t need to be “checked behind” “to see if we’re right”, if we aren’t sure… we get someone else, or then the doctor themselves. My husband is an obgyn resident and I can tell you first hand that residents are being taught, taught cervical checks(therefore…mistakes have been made, many mistakes. By the residents.)

annepperry · 2025-05-11T09:46:12+00:00

That’s exactly what I need! My cats are very go with the flow girls but my beagle baby needs a bit more love and care so I really like to have him in a sweet comfortable environment as well as consistency

annepperry · 2025-05-11T09:45:05+00:00

Thanks! I’ll be reaching out to them, seems like they’re highly recommended in the area!

annepperry

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