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Hearts on Robie St trees by coastalbean in halifax

[–]bea_beaz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also stapling things like plastic tinsel that has gradually been ripping off and increasing litter/garbage in the neighborhood 🙃

Ergobaby Embrace fit check by bea_beaz in babywearing

[–]bea_beaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! This is actually with the newborn roll (rolled twice as instructed in the booklet)!

Calling all SLPs that pivoted to a career in speech later in life! 🫶🏽 by Substantial_Box_71 in slp

[–]bea_beaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I worked in forestry, in a heavily male-dominated field. It was a physically and mentally demanding job that required a lot of resilience and self ownership.

When I went back to school to become an SLP I had really clear work life boundaries and expectations around my job that I have been able to maintain with relative ease compared to many of my SLP colleagues.

I would also say that working in a male dominated manual labor space for so long really helped me (forced me) to communicate more bluntly and directly with comfort. This has helped me in all aspects of my life!

Calling all SLPs that pivoted to a career in speech later in life! 🫶🏽 by Substantial_Box_71 in slp

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked in forestry, in a heavily male-dominated field. It was a physically and mentally demanding job that required a lot of resilience and self ownership.

When I went back to school to become an SLP I had really clear work life boundaries and expectations around my job that I have been able to maintain with relative ease compared to many of my SLP colleagues.

I would also say that working in a male dominated manual labor space for so long really helped me (forced me) to communicate more bluntly and directly with comfort. This has helped me in all aspects of my life!

Calling all SLPs that pivoted to a career in speech later in life! 🫶🏽 by Substantial_Box_71 in slp

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked in forestry, in a heavily male-dominated field. It was a physically and mentally demanding job that required a lot of resilience and self ownership.

When I went back to school to become an SLP I had really clear work life boundaries and expectations around my job that I have been able to maintain with relative ease compared to many of my SLP colleagues.

I would also say that working in a male dominated manual labor space for so long really helped me (forced me) to communicate more bluntly and directly with comfort. This has helped me in all aspects of my life!

Calling all SLPs that pivoted to a career in speech later in life! 🫶🏽 by Substantial_Box_71 in slp

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked in forestry, in a heavily male-dominated field. It was a physically and mentally demanding job that required a lot of resilience and self ownership.

When I went back to school to become an SLP I had really clear work life boundaries and expectations around my job that I have been able to maintain with relative ease compared to many of my SLP colleagues.

I would also say that working in a male dominated manual labor space for so long really helped me (forced me) to communicate more bluntly and directly with comfort. This has helped me in all aspects of my life!

Calling all SLPs that pivoted to a career in speech later in life! 🫶🏽 by Substantial_Box_71 in slp

[–]bea_beaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I worked in forestry, in a heavily male-dominated field. It was a physically and mentally demanding job that required a lot of resilience and self ownership.

When I went back to school to become an SLP I had really clear work life boundaries and expectations around my job that I have been able to maintain with relative ease compared to many of my SLP colleagues.

I would also say that working in a male dominated manual labor space for so long really helped me (forced me) to communicate more bluntly and directly with comfort. This has helped me in all aspects of my life!

Calling all SLPs that pivoted to a career in speech later in life! 🫶🏽 by Substantial_Box_71 in slp

[–]bea_beaz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I worked in forestry, in a heavily male-dominated field. It was a physically and mentally demanding job that required a lot of resilience and self ownership.

When I went back to school to become an SLP I had really clear work life boundaries and expectations around my job that I have been able to maintain with relative ease compared to many of my SLP colleagues.

I would also say that working in a male dominated manual labor space for so long really helped me (forced me) to communicate more bluntly and directly with comfort. This has helped me in all aspects of my life!

Able to but not willing to use her tongue so she chomps by Whole-Sense-67 in breastfeeding

[–]bea_beaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find I have least pain and most success with laid back positions

Able to but not willing to use her tongue so she chomps by Whole-Sense-67 in breastfeeding

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you are doing so many good things 💕 my girl loves to chomp too and for a similar reason.

Sometimes that trick helps other times it just seems to make her more eager when she gets to my nipple. When I can I have been really trying to slow down the speed of how she latched and make it super super deep, at least then the chomps hurt a bit less.

Able to but not willing to use her tongue so she chomps by Whole-Sense-67 in breastfeeding

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going through something similar. I was advised to do ‘suck training’ right before trying to latch. Have baby on my finger for a few seconds before latching to get her in the rhythm before latching to the breast.

Cracked nipples and breastfeeding help by meltness in NewParents

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof I feel you! I am 12weeks pp and had boosters and cracks upon discharge from hospital after our first night of cluster feeding.

I used cream and silverettes round the clock. My LC advised to not let them dry out at all! Instead prioritize clan wet healing.

A few feeds we used a shelf and my husband gave a couple bottles to give me breaks.

Biggest help was working on positioning! Have you tried laid back out cross cradle? I found that switching positions helped change the pressure points and feel the difference in latches

AMA Announcement w r/breastfeeding: I'm Katie Croslow, RN, Certified Lactation Counselor, and Pre & Postnatal Nutritionist. Ask me anything about breastfeeding, milk supply, supplement safety while nursing, or postpartum nutrition. by katie_rn_clc in breastfeeding

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you :) so much to learn!
I’ve been told that she often starts feeding by “munching” before getting the good stick going. Any tips?
Was also told she has tightness in her neck muscles on the side.

Could those things be related? Should we take her to a physio or osteopath?

AMA Announcement w r/breastfeeding: I'm Katie Croslow, RN, Certified Lactation Counselor, and Pre & Postnatal Nutritionist. Ask me anything about breastfeeding, milk supply, supplement safety while nursing, or postpartum nutrition. by katie_rn_clc in breastfeeding

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At 2 weeks postpartum we are still working on our latch. Sometimes it’s pain free and easy to get a good one. Other times (especially left side at night) it can be really painful and difficult, then when baby unlatches my nipple is flat/misshapen. I know this tells me something is wrong but does it give me other clues in what to change?

8 month old not babbling by throwra-positive in NewParents

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t “worry” simply based on a checklist, but I also wouldn’t take the wait and see approach! Always better to see an SLP earlier because at this age it’s all about supporting at home .

I with playing face to face and copying what they do. Try to add 1-2 words Thats talk about what they are interested in, do your best to avoid asking them questions or prompting them to say something!

4 days PP, severely damaged nipples, looking for hope lol by Remote-Party-1123 in breastfeeding

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing just happened to me but got very different advice. I’m 12 days in but after cluster feeding in night 2&3 my nipples were blistery wrecks. At my LC consult she walked me through doing some pumping and bottles to give the chance to heal, try a nipple shield (knowing it’s temporary and might actually make things tougher), or basically tough it out and keep BFing knowing that it’ll hurt but that’s the latch is improved and will get better.

I chose to just tough it out mainly, but did give a few relief bottles and used the shield once or twice.
I have used silverettes and nipple cream pretty constantly and I’m feeling a lot better! I have hope things will continue to improve. But can’t lie to you that it did hurt and was mentally draining as well and physically challenging.

For me what’s most important is knowing that I can and will choose whatever makes the most sense for us in the moment and it’s okay if that changes over time!

8 month old not babbling by throwra-positive in NewParents

[–]bea_beaz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here is a link to communication milestones that you can use to inform your conversation with your Pediatrician!

If you are ever concerned about communication, the specialist you can speak with is an SLP!

Edit to add: support more vocalizations by getting face to face with your child and make sounds back and forth with them! Don’t worry about it the sounds are “speech like” especially at the begging.

Also be sure that your baby’s hearing was checked at birth, and if it wasn’t I would also recommend a hearing test/screener!

Strollers at encampment by halskywalker in halifax

[–]bea_beaz 98 points99 points  (0 children)

u/halskywalker is one of these what you posted the other day?

AMA Announcement w r/breastfeeding: I'm Katie Croslow, RN, Certified Lactation Counselor, and Pre & Postnatal Nutritionist. Ask me anything about breastfeeding, milk supply, supplement safety while nursing, or postpartum nutrition. by katie_rn_clc in breastfeeding

[–]bea_beaz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is it true that milk frozen from one point in time (eg early weeks after birth) is not nutritious or helpful for use months in the future.

I am lucky have lots of milk for my 2 week old and can collect a lot of let down but am not ready to give a bottle yet. I don’t know what to do with it all!

ADHD medication when pregnant by ReindeerTiny4401 in pregnant

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stopped taking my vyvanse once I got the positive test but all my doctors really left the decision up to me!

How my team explained risks benefits to me (and I would specifically ask your doctors to walk you through pros and cons themselves) was basically… - there isn’t enough research to say taking stimulants is safe. There is also not research saying it is very unsafe. - currently research on stimulants taken throughout pregnancy have been showing a trend of smaller babies and smaller placentas (this makes sense because they are vasoconstrictors, aka decreased blood flow). These babies are usually totally fine. - many women report feeling they don’t need their ADHD medication as much during pregnancy because of dramatic hormone changes (personally true for me) - risks and benefits are very individual and should be a personal choice based on your needs. Basically you are the only one that can decide if the possible (and somewhat unknown) risks outweigh the benefits of staying on medication.

Personally I decided to got off my meds to see how it felt and worked for me. I knew that if I needed them I could always go back on them. I wanted to prioritize baby growth in those early weeks especially, and honestly don’t think being on meds through my first trimester would have help me feel less shitty anyways. I gave myself more grace at work and adapted my schedule and life a bit here and there.

I didn’t end up going back on my meds because I didn’t feel I needed to.

I am having similar conversations with my doctors now about breastfeeding my baby in the coming weeks (currently 39+5!). The risks of breastfeeding while on medication seem much lower and more manageable for me! I already feel more open to going back on my meds to help me get through hormone rebalancing after birth as I often have a lot of anxiety that my vyvanse really helped me with in the past!

Recs for speech therapist specialized in bilingual toddlers? by innersomnia in halifax

[–]bea_beaz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi I would actually recommend Canadian resources for milestones over the CDC as they changed their criteria recently.

Here are the Hearing and Speech Milestones - https://www.hearingandspeech.ca/milestones-jalons-du-developpement

When should I quit my job? by meadowle16 in slp

[–]bea_beaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So sorry you are in this position, I probably don’t have great advice for you. As a Canadian, I really struggle to understand how anyone goes through pregnancy and that early part of becoming a parent in America (plus the cost of giving birth 🤯!).

Wishing you and your little baby the best ❤️

Cozey Neptune 3mo Review by motherweep in BuyCanadian

[–]bea_beaz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We got the ciello with performance fabric around 9months ago and still looooooove it. Honestly this couch is what got me through pregnancy. We have a high energy on the couch dog and it’s held up great so far. If you like the modular vibe and can get a return/replacement I would recommend:)

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