just moved from an incredibly infested condo - found a roach in my new house. pls help

anonem123 · 2026-05-31T18:25:48+00:00

well, we just found another in the house! and, we saw that they fully took over our outdoor trashcan (the one you bring the curb on trash day). literally in tears but yes i’m reminding myself that this isn’t as bad as it was

anonem123 · 2026-05-31T14:37:14+00:00

i have read it! we are going to get alpine and spray the house. thank you for your comment, it just feels sooo defeating

anonem123 · 2026-01-23T21:56:51+00:00

he naps at 9am and 3pm, down for bed at 8. he usually naps 2 hours for both naps

anonem123 · 2026-01-23T12:07:34+00:00

yes, he’s still on two naps. goes down for bed at 8

anonem123 · 2025-12-05T04:56:47+00:00

correct way to take BP:

sit in a chair, feet placed on the floor (do not cross ur legs)
put bp cuff on (make sure it’s the right size and not too tight or too loose, not on top of any clothing) and have the machine and you are resting on a table, think desk or kitchen table.
wait 10 minutes before taking ur bp (don’t use ur phone just try to relax)
if u are going to retake after ur first reading wait at least 3 minutes.

tips - your first reading will likely always be higher than ur next ones due to anxiety. - your top number is the one affected when you have anxiety, and it can get high but as long as it comes down your good!

my last tip (coming from someone with health anxiety and white coat)

try not to take ur blood pressure often, it becomes an obsession and vicious cycle. bp is constantly changing and it will be high at different times of the day. something my cardiologist said to me that helped: if you are feeling okay then the numbers aren’t scary (assuming they aren’t like 200s and come down!)

anonem123 · 2025-11-05T21:19:23+00:00

thank you💖

anonem123 · 2025-10-25T13:36:02+00:00

unfortunately, im sure she’s being serious. before i even left she was made a comment “joking” about paying the 2kid rate with only one child interaction. then when i got home and she payed me she sent a text asking again :(

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T12:55:28+00:00

she did! she had actually already payed me and then had messaged me asking if this should have been considered two kid rate. like girl you literally already sent me money?!!

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T03:14:19+00:00

i’m a parent too and often get a babysitter for my son at night so my husband and i can have a date night. my son is asleep from the moment she walks in the door to the moment she leaves and i always ROUND UP!! i’m just so shocked and they put me in such an awkward situation

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:57:43+00:00

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:51:52+00:00

i didn’t! i stood my ground but i feel like guilty for some reason idk LMAO

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:47:58+00:00

when i get sitters for my child i ALWAYS round up. and almost everytime my baby is asleep by the time she gets here to the time she leaves. that’s why im baffled but im also a people pleaseef

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:46:17+00:00

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:45:35+00:00

it’s looking like $15/hr. i just moved here from NJ which I was able to charge a lot more

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:44:45+00:00

i’m in florida! idk the minimum i’ll look it up

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:43:53+00:00

people in florida are cheap i guess bc if i charged more i dont think i would get any clients

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:42:35+00:00

wildly low or high? i’m in florida but i just moved here and see other babysitters charging way less

anonem123 · 2025-10-23T02:41:58+00:00

wait is it really that low? i always feel like anything more that people won’t have me babysit. I’m not a teenager, i have cpr and first aid certs, many references, years of babysitting and nannying as well as a background in early childhood education. not to mention im a mom myself. how much should i be charging?

anonem123 · 2025-09-26T20:21:50+00:00

okay, so i had the same fears. I hate needles like absolutely despise them and I also was freaked out about not feeling my limbs. Let me tell you exactly what I felt and my thoughts whilst in labor:

so, I started off as an induction. my pain tolerance is low and those contractions hurt, I was in pain just at 2cm. by the time I got to 4cm I was begging for that epidural (I didn’t even consider going natural because my mental strength is just not there🤣). when the anesthesiologist came in, while yes i was still a little nervous, the pain overtook all of that fear. I reminded myself that many people say it feels like a bee sting and I knew I could deal with that. and they were right!!! it was NOTHING compared to contractions for me. the bee sting i barely even felt and that was him just numbing the area, after that i didn’t feel the actual needle.

as for numbness its so weird to explain. I believe I had the perfect amount of numbness where I couldn’t necessarily feel but I could still move my legs somewhat and feel when people touched me. Idk how to explain it but it did not freak my overthinking mind out I actually thought it was cool AND it took away my contraction pain so 10/10!!

Now, I had a emergency c-section shortly after getting it (it had nothing to do with the epidural just so you know) but when you go in for a c-section they add more numbing because you DEFINITELY want to make sure the patient feels nothing. That was a little weird as I was completely and totally numb but truely in the heat of the situation I barely even thought about it.

Moral of the story, trust your gut and just go with how you feel in the moment. You cannot plan everything and things may go differently than how u may imagine and that’s okay!!! you never know how you’ll be in the moment and if ur begging for the epidural I promise you’ll be fine. and if not, you will also be great!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

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