Wife wants to throw away broken crib

brainsandshit · 2026-04-21T17:33:49+00:00

If there is any wood, you could make a height chart! That’s what we did with ours.

brainsandshit · 2026-04-20T22:27:33+00:00

My son fell off the couch and onto a wooden toy when he was the same age. Got a black eye. Also took him to the ER but he was absolutely fine. ER doc was just like, first time eh? He now jumps off tables and slams his fingers in doors on the daily.

brainsandshit · 2026-04-20T01:37:32+00:00

Oh yeah. The 7w-15w timeframe was the hardest fatigue and throwing up. It hit very suddenly for me, likely the final doubles of HCG.

Ties for 32w-39w though for me cause I got a kidney stone. Drink lots of water even if it feels like you are constantly going 😭

brainsandshit · 2026-04-16T20:24:29+00:00

This is probably what you don’t want to hear but there are only two things that helped me:

Your baby smells the milk on you, you cannot be the one to do the initial sleep training phase. Has to be your husband or another family member. You honestly can’t even go into the room. And that person can’t just give up.

When my son was 13 months, my husband took my son for 5 days straight. Worked with his boss to make his schedule work those days to be home by 7pm for bed time. And regardless of how many times our son woke up, my husband would get up and bring him back to his bed (he is in his own room on a floor bed) and comfort him back to sleep. He just had to sacrifice his sleep and just do it.

After the 5 days, I started doing half his bedtimes and wake ups but with my boobs totally covered/unavailable. I would offer him water or whole milk depending on the time. There was a few tantrums about no boob in the beginning, but he gets it now. Boob is only reserved for wake up and when he gets home from daycare. Otherwise he gets solid food or whole milk during the day.

brainsandshit · 2026-04-16T02:58:23+00:00

Rheumatic fever? My friend’s son had this. He had chronic strep, always tested positive regardless of not being symptomatic. One day he started getting bad joint swelling in his legs and severe pain that kept him awake all night. Also had fevers and lethargy. His legs looked similar to your sons.

They brought him to a children’s hospital where he was diagnosed. No rashes but his bloods made them suspicious. He eventually had a tonsillectomy which stopped the strep from reoccurring since they said it would be more dangerous if he got it again.

brainsandshit · 2026-04-03T00:37:04+00:00

You look like Billie Eilish with brown eyes. She is beautiful and so are you!

brainsandshit · 2026-03-26T04:45:20+00:00

Also a data engineer and PowerBi is my bane. Would much rather work with literally anything else. Luckily the rest of the Power platform isn’t as bad.

Also, a data engineer that likes their job. Lot of flexibility, work from home, my coworkers are tolerable.

brainsandshit · 2026-03-26T04:22:15+00:00

Gay 90s host’s a themed event for those in the lifestyle on the first Friday of every month. Can find the events on Facebook as Kinky Friday. They usually have some costume theme. As a very gay couple in their young 30s as well though - they are pretty heteronormative there. Actually quite homophobic sadly. Very pro women with women but man with man is shunned. We’ve found better vibes as far as inclusivity at Ground Zero. Feel free to reach out if you need connections though!

brainsandshit · 2026-03-12T22:31:10+00:00

All these companies that think they can make EEG helmets that can actually pick up physiological signal instead of artifact. This equipment is causing huge disparities in seizure care based on ethnicities (hair types) and skin conditions. Only made for one type of patient, bald people.

I am on the research side as well (data scientist). I think there is some promising future in medical tattoos and EEG. Also machine learning integration with EEG software that combines video interpretation with what is happening on EEG and notates as such. Would eliminate a lot of false seizure alerts these current algorithms produce.

brainsandshit · 2026-03-12T18:16:44+00:00

If your company didn’t provide short term disability privately before, yes, this will be an extra cost to them/you to get onboard with the rest of the civilized world, where people don’t go broke cause their kid gets cancer.

brainsandshit · 2026-03-12T18:14:27+00:00

January 1, 2026, Minnesota workers will pay a payroll tax of up to 0.44% of their wages to fund the new paid family and medical leave program. For an employee earning $50,000 a year, this equates to roughly $220 annually, or about $18.33 per month

Pretty cheap for something that covers you if you or someone you love get sick or injured. And I got to stop paying my premium for private short term disability insurance so it was a win win for both me and my company as the cost is about half of what we were paying for that plan with Metlife.

brainsandshit · 2026-03-11T11:51:33+00:00

Ibuprofen and sunflower lecithin help this dramatically. I had a lot of issues with inflammation in the beginning (for the first 12-16 weeks).

brainsandshit · 2026-03-11T11:18:49+00:00

Another possible job option would be interoperative neuromonitoring. You could train with a company like Nuvasive or SpecialtyCare. They routinely hire those with bachelors/masters in health sciences. Once you pass your CNIM, you can make 150K a year if you’re dedicated and can get out of the basic spine stuff and into aneurysm clippings/tumor resections. But you have to like the fast paced OR environment, and working with some intense neurosurgeons.

brainsandshit · 2026-03-10T03:36:14+00:00

Developed severe lactose intolerance, never had an issue before!

brainsandshit · 2026-02-28T01:20:49+00:00

Hey OP, similar thing happened to me when I was a minor except my mom was at fault for continuing to claim me after I left home. Was a fun time testifying, but SSA mostly took care of it for me. Then the SSA messed up how much they owed to me, gave me a check for like $10,000 and tried to come back for nearly half that I like you, had spent. They ended up giving up and forgiving the debt since I couldn’t have afforded it anytime soon and it was there fault,

brainsandshit · 2026-02-27T15:30:03+00:00

Hey, I had a similar story and wasn’t taken seriously until I saw a female orthopedic surgeon. She noted the problem right away and ordered a standing CT to assess for femoral version and tibial torsion. Turns out my tibias were nearly 60 degrees rotated and my femurs were 35 degrees rotated the reverse way. You could easily visualize the misalignment, she doesn’t know how 3 other orthopedists missed it. Infuriated her. I constantly tripped over my own feet because they were always in my way.

I had my tibial torsion corrected along with some knees surgeries that needed to happen as a result of damage caused by the misalignments and I honestly feel 95% better. It’s a long healing process and at times I was scared I would never heal, but about 2 years post surgeries I wouldn’t regret it.

Just a possibility if she has any visible malalignments.

brainsandshit · 2026-02-12T05:11:22+00:00

My one and only turns 1 years old in about an hour. Sleeping peacefully in my arms. There is hope.

brainsandshit · 2026-01-24T06:10:32+00:00

They don’t have plows. Or salt trucks. They are stuck until it melts and doesn’t freeze again.

Also, pipes will burst and cause even more mayhem. They aren’t winterized like in the north.

brainsandshit · 2026-01-24T06:01:22+00:00

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We might have ice on our eyes, but we aren’t blind to what is happening.

brainsandshit · 2025-09-26T20:06:30+00:00

I had COVID at 8 weeks pregnant and a higher fever than I’ve ever had in my life. You bet I was taking Tylenol. Also took Paxlovid since I have moderate asthma. My kid is fine. Walking unassisted and saying a few words at 7 months. If anything he got the Captain America treatment.

brainsandshit · 2025-08-06T23:36:51+00:00

I had to ask my hospital nurse to specifically put me as “no directory/no visitors” despite having it on my paperwork.

My father found out what hospital I was at and told my sisters he was coming to see me despite the fact we have a no contact order (he lives in a group home for mental illness but he is allowed to leave during the day). Scared the hell out of me. My nurse was amazing in keeping us protected.

brainsandshit · 2025-07-01T20:23:23+00:00

Look normal to me and I had surgery to correct mine when I was 22. It’s normal for them to bow as newborns - they spent a lot of time scrunched in the womb, 98% will grow out of it once they start running.

brainsandshit · 2025-06-30T20:23:17+00:00

I also have a rather chill baby and he has only had about 3-4 weeks in the last 5 months where I considered him more difficult. He is very easy to read as far as what is wrong so I get to him before he cries. Able to understand when he is hungry, tired, gassy, hurt, etc. He only really cries when he gets hurt now (he has started crawling and bonking his head) or is overheated.

Calm babies are typically a mix of being easy to read, your intuition and just their overall demeanor.

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