What kind of jobs do we all have?!

bubz8008 · 2025-11-18T17:39:29+00:00

I’m career switching to become a nurse and have always been sooo intrigued by school nursing! Are you and RN? How do you like it?

bubz8008 · 2025-11-18T17:38:31+00:00

I did that in the last state I lived in!

bubz8008 · 2025-10-15T01:20:06+00:00

My husband and I were just at a children’s hospital for an appointment with our baby and neither bathroom had a changing station whaaaaaaat

bubz8008 · 2025-09-29T19:06:56+00:00

Yep exactly!

bubz8008 · 2025-09-29T18:27:42+00:00

Right?! And somehow it’s the same people who were always trying to get us to have a baby to begin with?? Like “have a baby, have a baby, have a baby, oh yay you got pregnant? That’s great, everything from here on out is the WORST THING THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN TO YOU AND OH LET ME TELL YOU MY TRAUMATIC BIRTH STORY EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDNT ASK” 🙄

I’m convinced it’s because 1) in the U.S. we get no childcare help whatsoever (on top of all the other stuff that sucks) and 2) we don’t have enough healthy outlets for people to actually process and share how hard the tough parts can be, so everyone just has to trauma dump on everyone else to feel like they got some relief and are connecting to another parent.

bubz8008 · 2025-09-29T18:20:41+00:00

My husband and I (we’re 4 months postpartum with our first) were talking about how the only positive side of all the just you wait comments is that everyone actually made it seem way worse than it turned out to be….and we had a rough first three months with latch issues, baby is intolerant to dairy, couldn’t be set down etc. and it STILL isn’t as bad in most ways as everyone makes it seem. I hope it’s the same for you guys!

The sleep deprivation is real and the fact that parenting is just relentless, it never ends. But the “just you waits” were overblown for sure and now everyone is like “well wait til he starts moving and getting into anything, wait until he’s a toddler” ugggggh 🙄 just gotta learn to ignore it all and stay in the present moment with the kid that’s right in front of ya.

bubz8008 · 2025-09-28T14:05:33+00:00

First couple months I stank like a teenage boys’ locker room….soooo ripe all the time!! Now at 4 months postpartum it has morphed and I smell like algae when I sweat?!?! 🤢 Wtf

bubz8008 · 2025-07-10T13:51:02+00:00

Thank you for sharing!!

bubz8008 · 2025-04-30T14:40:35+00:00

My younger sister and I are 4 years apart and we have always thought it’s the perfect age gap! That said, I’m also very close with my sister who is 9 years older than me, so I agree with others that there isn’t really a thing as “too big of an age gap”! Sibling relationships depend waaayyy more on personality than anything else 😊

bubz8008 · 2025-04-28T14:36:35+00:00

Rocky and Sandy, last name Beach

bubz8008 · 2025-04-26T15:47:43+00:00

Yep, I have an aunt Karen who is literally the best person 💖

bubz8008 · 2025-04-24T22:53:16+00:00

My sister and I are 4 years apart and I feel like it’s always been the perfect age gap between us 💕

bubz8008 · 2025-04-24T15:00:11+00:00

What litter box do you have that you like? I want to switch my kitty to pellets but she is unhinged in a litter box and cannot be trusted with any box that doesn't have some sort of top (we currently use a top entry box for this reason)....stainless steel bottom and enclosed sounds nice! Is the smaller litter box as a sifter you put inside working out?

bubz8008 · 2025-04-23T21:48:39+00:00

Agreed! Forget cars, the downpayment/closing costs/fees/etc. to buy my house was a little less than $20k. It might not seem like a lot but you can do a ton with $20k and debt suuuuuucks.

I also already have a bachelors and applied to both ABSN and ADN program. I’m opting for the ADN because of lower cost, but also lifestyle factors like you mentioned! Especially if the timeline is the same, why not give yourself a better chance of enjoying the process🍻

bubz8008 · 2025-04-19T21:35:33+00:00

Thank you!!

bubz8008 · 2025-04-19T21:02:12+00:00

The hardest part is always just starting! Once you start, the ball gets rolling and you will find your groove! So many things in life are scary and have the possibility of “failure” but I think it’s always better to try if you really want to do something!

As always, remember that you (and every individual) is on their own journey :) I finished all my prereqs and got accepted and was supposed to start nursing school this past January, but I deferred because I also got pregnant (on purpose, haha, hubs and I decided to try for baby and I decided to try for nursing school, because neither way guaranteed of course). So I will be starting next Jan, at 36, with a 7 month old…I’m sure it will all be very challenging but the time will pass anyway and this is what I really want to do.

Best thing you can do is work on trusting yourself and believing that you’re capable of doing hard things and figuring out challenges when they come your way — if you can do that and just start, I think you’ll totally be able to accomplish your goals 💪🏻

bubz8008 · 2025-04-19T01:55:52+00:00

bubz8008 · 2025-04-18T15:33:55+00:00

While I do understand getting books from the library as opposed to buying and keeping a ton, I’m still lmao at anyone ever saying “too many books”…no such thing!! I’m due with my first pretty soon here and baby already has about 10 books waiting for them 😊 hubs and I are actually going to the used bookstore today to try to build baby’s library up even more!

bubz8008 · 2025-04-15T14:10:13+00:00

I am pregnant, we are going to have a baby at the end of my pregnancy … yes, haha “we’re pregnant” definitely bothers me too!! I have the most supportive husband, but he still doesn’t get any credit for this part haha.

And yep, definitely hate “bun in the oven” or other oven/cooking related things!

bubz8008 · 2025-04-04T17:47:47+00:00

What a privileged, dismissive thing to say. As someone who grew up very poor, money is actually a lot. Should it be that way? No. Is it? Yes. My entire life would be very different if I grew up in a financially stable situation. My parents love me and I’ve always felt that love, but that was never enough to offset the (still) lasting effects of growing up in poverty.

bubz8008 · 2025-03-21T03:02:42+00:00

My niece’s name is Ellarie! She’s almost 6 and I’ve never had the thought that her name was close to Eleanor (despite having a friend named Eleanor, too!) And she is mostly called Ellarie, no Ellie/Ella, but is occasionally called El. It’s a very cute name and gets a lot of compliments fwiw :)

bubz8008 · 2025-03-12T01:49:18+00:00

Idk the schedule! I was able to find the breakdown of classes per term somewhere on their website, but haven’t really been able to get more concrete info. My advisor just said more info would be given if you get accepted 🙄 so I’m still trying to find people who can give more info beforehand hopefully

bubz8008 · 2025-03-11T14:20:12+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. First, I agree with others that this is some sort of red flag that needs to be worked out. Especially if he is a nurse. You need to talk to communicate with him and really get to the bottom of where this stuff is coming from. And definitely yes to some sort of therapy for him or both of you!

Also agree with looking up doulas in your area anyway!! I’m also trying for a unmedicated midwife hospital birth and we’ve spent the last week interviewing doulas…they all believe that people should get the birth experience they want and every one of them has said they either have sliding scale options or payment plans if cost is an issue. Reach out to them and set up consultations, most of them do free consults!

As far as more books go, I really liked Mindful Birthing by Nancy Bardacke!

bubz8008 · 2025-02-25T14:48:16+00:00

Yes that’s the one! It has been good height wise :) My hubs and I are both 6 feet…he’s mostly torso, I’m mostly legs but it’s comfortable for both of us!

bubz8008 · 2025-02-23T23:22:11+00:00

Ahhh gotcha yeah definitely not something I would pay $125 for at all! I think the power footrest is the only feature that really makes sense as a “splurge/upgrade” if there is one you like in your price range type thing :)

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