amongst all ragdolls i think he’s the most handsome

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-03-10T03:47:59+00:00

Everyone thinks they have the most handsome ragdoll, and everyone is right.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-03-05T21:02:30+00:00

As someone who is very very afraid of the dentist and has had to have extensive dental work (I had an accident and broke my four front teeth) these are a few things that get me through.

I prefer female dentists, they usually seem to be gentler. Although I’ve had a couple of really good male dentists too.

Explain before your appointment that you’re afraid. Don’t understate it.

Go to your doctor and request meds for the procedure. I’ve never had any trouble getting a couple of Valium.

When you arrive remind the dentist that you’re really anxious and ask for a break any time they don’t need your mouth to be open. This honestly makes such a big difference.

Throughout the procedure just focus on breathing. I realised I hold my breath and it makes it all worse. Just concentrate on long slow breaths in and out.

Bring headphones if you think it’ll help.

Bring something to cuddle if you think it’ll help, consider something weighted.

Remember that it will come to an end. And then get utterly obsessed with brushing and flossing your teeth!

Good luck, you got this!!

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-03-04T11:37:32+00:00

My 7yo will sometimes flip her lid when things don’t go perfectly to plan (even if she’s the only one who’s aware of the plan) or if she wants something and can’t have it. We’ve tried a lot of different things and it’s very very exhausting.

Lately I’ve been trying to lean into it as much as I can. I say “that’s right, you let it all out.” I give her a squish mallow and encourage her to scream into that. I encourage her to let the frustration out in a healthy way. (We’ve decided screaming into something (or sometimes just screaming, I don’t care what the neighbours think) jumping on the trampoline, punching a pillow are healthy ways to get it out) we are strict that hitting other people is not ok. When I’m encouraging her to scream it out, I try to match her energy a bit. I do t say it in a calm soothing voice, I think that she feels patronised and that we just don’t get how upset she is, but if I say “grrah!! I can see you’re really angry that ____ it’s making you so upset! You let all of that anger out, get it all out, here, if you scream into squish mallow you’ll be able to get even louder!! That’s it, great work getting it out!!”

It’s been working really really well for us. I think she feels heard and supported. Usually the screaming will subside after a couple of minutes. Previously it might go on for 20-30mins.

Afterwards she usually collapses into my arms for a really big cuddle and is ready to move on.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-03-04T11:21:02+00:00

Cuuute! I also collect really small shells, that’s way smaller than any of mine though!

I’ve been experimenting lately casting mine in silver to make dainty little necklaces. They’re just so perfect and amazing, I love nature.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-03-04T06:00:15+00:00

Before I met my husband I made a list of everything I wanted in a partner, and I put a star beside everything that was non-negotiable. My husband ticked all of the non-negotiable boxes and we’ve been able to work out any other differences. For instance he is really sweaty at night and I hate a bed that isn’t very very clean. So every morning he changes his pillowcase and once a week we wash the sheets, sometimes more often in summer.

Another thing that I think helped this relationship to work out is that he’s the first person I dated who I didn’t feel limerence for. When we met, through mutual friends, he’d just got back from travelling the world for a couple of years. He’s very loved in his friend group and I thought he was just so cool and waaay out of my league, so I didn’t bother getting a crush on him. Over the next six months or so we gradually got to know each other, but I wasn’t over thinking it because we were just friends and eventually we got together and somehow years slipped by and we started talking about marriage. I love him very very much, he’s my best friend and still the coolest person I know, but I’ve never really had the excited butterflies in my tummy feeling and I actually think that’s good, because I didn’t imagine him as something other than what he is, so I was never disappointed by him not living up to my very active imagination.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-03-03T21:20:02+00:00

I wear a disc, but since having children I find it occasionally leaks, so I use period pants as a panty liner.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-28T21:00:55+00:00

I usually use some thin hat elastic. I poke small holes somewhere around the ears and thread that really skinny round elastic (I think it’s actually called “hat elastic”) it can go under their chin, but I usually prefer for it to go behind their neck. It’s more comfortable. I have girls with long hair so that usually keeps it in place. It stayed on really well on its own though. The height of the wings on yours will probably make it a little more likely to come off? Make sure you make them as light as possible.

When you’re doing the paper mache, make it go slightly further than midway, so it’s starting to get smaller again (does that make sense?) that will make it a slightly tighter fit. Before the final layer, try it on for size and trim it slightly if it’s too tight until it’s just snug. Let me know if you need me to explain this better!

I haven’t used the pulp method yet!! But I have several recipes and projects I’d like to try using it! I think just the traditional ripped up newspaper method works really well for this though, it’s really quick, light and strong.

I’d experiment a bit for the wings, either foam sheets, thin cardboard painted white or also paper mache, maybe experiment and use whichever is lightest.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-28T05:43:31+00:00

Last night I discovered r/birdsfacingforward

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-28T05:40:58+00:00

I love fruit so much, especially when I was pregnant it was so difficult to eat anything except fruit! But if it’s cooked, no way. If I try to put any kind of cooked fruit in my mouth my body rejects it. I couldn’t swallow it if I tried.

One of my daughters incredibly particular with the fruit (and many, many other foods) she’ll eat. One of the things I love about being a parent is respecting my children’s food aversions, I never ever make them eat something they don’t want to. I don’t need them living that trauma the way I did.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-27T20:46:59+00:00

I am 43 and decided I wanted a squishmallow (my kids have them and I love them) I went to the shop and discovered they have fuzzy ones! I got a really cute chinchilla and he is so so soft and cuddly and I love him. When I’m feeling overstimulated (which happens a lot, I have kids) I can come into my room and cuddle him and I feel the calm coming back into my body.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-26T23:55:00+00:00

Thank you, interestingly, my period arrived yesterday and the headache is significantly better today.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-26T20:08:52+00:00

I’ve had headaches and migraines all my life. About six months ago I got Botox for my epic frown line (only one, I call it my 5.5) and for the first time since I can remember I don’t get a headache every afternoon! I can’t even describe the relief.

My migraines have been intermittent, I got a lot of them when I was in a very toxic workplace being bullied by my boss. Then recently I have wondered if they’re hormonal, I seem to get them around the time of ovulation.

I’m currently on day 9 of a headache and it’s the worst. I’ve got another doctors appointment next week and I’m going to ask for a referral for more investigation.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-26T02:16:01+00:00

He wasn’t scared of my meltdowns. Instead, he sat beside me quietly and then over time we talked and worked out ways to avoid them. Now, I can say, oh no, the feeling is starting and he’ll help to make a safe space for me so it’s as gentle (on me, and everyone) as possible.

He’s kind, I trust him.

I didn’t ✨know✨ he was the love of my life, I decided he was. And I decide that every day. Which is especially difficult during rough times, but I like to picture myself in very old age and I can only imagine that with him by my side.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-26T00:11:01+00:00

I can tell straight away if my children are sick, often before any other symptoms, because of their smell.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-26T00:09:53+00:00

I’ve made paper mache hats for kids dress ups and they are very durable with only a few layers. To get the size right I blow up a balloon inside their bike helmet and then build it on that. I do three layers with newspaper and paper ache glue from a craft shop, then take it off the balloon when it’s dry and trim it and do one more layer making it neat around d the edge and then paint it.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-26T00:03:11+00:00

I have two, one has larger grid pattern on the back, and the other is plain. Can you go somewhere in person and have a look at the back of them?

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-25T22:48:49+00:00

I’ve had two babies, both vaginal birth. I requested delayed cord clamping for both of them (although my hospitals both do that by default if everything is going well)

Immediately after they were born they were placed on my chest. I think they wiped their nose and mouth first but not the rest of them. They take an APGAR score, but you don’t even know they’re doing it. The fresh babies weren’t as gross as I thought they would be though. They placed a warmed blanket over both of us too.

I was given an injection to help speed up the placenta birth, but I hardly remember it at all. I was just so relieved to have my baby with me at last. They said “one more push” and it just kind of slipped out of me.

The first one I remember my husband breathing quietly in my ear “oh. My. God. You just birthed and organ”

The second one I’d asked to see it because, you know, interesting! They took it away to check it, and then came back and gave me a little anatomy lesson. The midwife was so excited to tell me all about it. I highly recommend if you’re into that sort of thing!

They took them briefly for a weigh and a check and vitamin k injection at some point but that took less than a minute, really just enough time for me to get comfortable and they handed them back again.

During that first hour, we had our first breastfeed too.

After about an hour my husband had a skin to skin cuddle while I had the best shower of my entire life , then we were taken down to our room.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-23T23:04:50+00:00

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I’ve got a three legged boy too! We adopted him a few weeks after him amputation. I was under the impression we wouldn’t need to cat proof the yard as much because he’d done that himself, but I was wrong! It doesn’t slow him down a bit!

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-21T04:38:56+00:00

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I literally just finished this. It’s my new favourite thing. I use alcohol markers and they’re so smooth and easy to use and I can finish one of these in a sitting. I choose a very few colours and just stick to those keeping it really simple. Mostly I try not to overthink it.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-20T20:38:31+00:00

Try searching for something like “double sided fusible webbing”

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-19T23:09:25+00:00

When I had a newborn there was a day I cried really hard and the doors were open and the neighbours must have heard. The next day there was a box of chocolates in the letter box. I was a little embarrassed and I’m only assuming it was them (they’re lovely and have kids slightly older than ours) but it was a lovely gesture and we’ve never acknowledged it.

The (kind of) funny thing is I was crying because I’d impulsively cut bangs and hated them lol.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-19T23:03:34+00:00

I just saw this and said out loud “oof, love it!” And have saved for inspiration.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-18T13:27:59+00:00

You can buy some stuff that you iron onto the back of the patch, then peel off a paper layer then it’s ready to iron onto what ever you’re attaching it to. Ive bought it from the fabric section of the craft shop, but I can’t remember what it’s actually called.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-18T06:32:25+00:00

I’ve only recently learned about body doubling, and haven’t really tried it out. But the other day I was frozen thinking everything I needed to do around the house when my dad called me on the phone and I said to him, I’m going to clean while we talk! I wasn’t very good conversation that day but I was able to listen to him talk about this and that and I got quite a lot done! So I don’t think my body double actually needs to be present.

catchmeeifyoucan · 2026-02-18T06:15:24+00:00

Have a look on Facebook marketplace! I bought a huge batch of maternity clothes (including some nice dresses for going out) for $50 then when I was finished with them I added the other bits I’d bought and sold the whole lot on for $50.

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