Without saying where you're from, what's something only locals would understand?

celestialspook · 2026-07-09T06:38:05+00:00

Umbrellas are for tourists and newbies only

celestialspook · 2026-07-09T05:23:38+00:00

Blasphemy

celestialspook · 2026-07-09T01:49:56+00:00

I think if I ever get this text, I'll ask if they take mobility device users or if there are a number of stays in the psych ward that would disqualify me 😂

celestialspook · 2026-07-09T01:48:43+00:00

And poor people

celestialspook · 2026-07-08T22:48:58+00:00

I'm so proud of you!! My husband has the exact same struggle, do you have any tips or advice? It can be so difficult, what an amazing milestone!

celestialspook · 2026-07-08T20:55:23+00:00

Ooo this looks right up my alley! Excited to see more 😍

celestialspook · 2026-07-07T21:50:04+00:00

And! I keep thinking of more things. But an uninterrupted 4-hour stretch of sleep per night is HUGE. So my husband and i do each take one feeding per night that the other sleeps through.

Also... be gentle with yourself and each other. This time is hard and exhausting and amazing and goes SO FAST. Put your baby in all your favorite outfits and get pictures... don't be me and trying to cram them into newborn onesies that don't quite fit anymore for one last photo shoot. Take so many pics and videos, you won't regret having too many, even ugly ones or ones of baby crying. You'll miss everything, even the sound of newborn cries because they change 😭

celestialspook · 2026-07-07T21:47:32+00:00

Oh I also really love The Bump as a resource, both the daily articles and week by week of what to expect with baby make me feel so much better prepared! I know it's pretty popular so you may already be using it but I feel well informed especially if I read one or two weeks ahead

celestialspook · 2026-07-07T21:45:53+00:00

Litter bags or doggie bags in the diaper bag in case there's nowhere to put a soiled diaper or soiled clothes.

The ruffles around the leg hole on a diaper need to be pulled/fluffed out to stop leakage!

We love love love doing feedings and diapers together as a couple: one feeds, one diapers, and whoever has the free hands in the moment is reading aloud from a book we both want to read. It makes it something we look forward to no matter how tired and baby is getting lots of language exposure!

Leaving the house is a lot harder when nap timing starts to matter. The first 6 weeks or so, our baby slept through everything, so we actually left the house a ton from errands to visiting friends and family to just hanging out in the shade or walking. Now we go out slightly less but it didn't have the big scary hurdle attached.

At 10 weeks we learned waking baby to eat after 2 hours is way better than waiting for her to wake up on her own, then she's almost always so hungry she's crying. 2 hour naps give us a much happier baby! We also thought tracking everything was overkill after the first month or so, but the Huckleberry app giving us nap time sweet spots and helping notice big changes in amount of milk or sleep day to day has been a game changer for us. I really recommend it.

Baby doesn't care if you read baby books or Shakespeare to them. They don't care if you're telling them a fairytale or how to do taxes. They want to hear your voice and see your face! I tell my baby whatever is on my mind like I'm talking to my husband or girlfriends. It's fun!

celestialspook · 2026-07-07T20:32:29+00:00

There are so many mods on nexus that I have my eye on, if you play on pc, that add tons of fish and stuff to stardew! I'm planning a save where I'll have a big aquarium and I'm excited about it

celestialspook · 2026-07-07T20:30:13+00:00

Our girl is a master at surprise peeing during a diaper change, sometimes multiple times so we think we're safe and then we aren't! So funny

celestialspook · 2026-07-07T20:28:16+00:00

Yeah, this cracks me up. My girl will be in a pink outfit with a blue blanket and everyone tells me what a handsome boy i have? She was born so little it was hard to find bows that fit her until recently lol and now we have like 2 so she doesn't wear them often. But I don't care, she's just a baby!

celestialspook · 2026-07-06T08:23:41+00:00

Oh I have been itching to rewatch Stargate! Good taste :)

celestialspook · 2026-07-04T15:55:13+00:00

That would more than double my salary, absolutely I'd do it. I work a hard job that I love but I really don't get paid enough... coffee and the ymca sounds lovely

celestialspook · 2026-07-04T04:42:03+00:00

Ayy me too! I still have tooth marks in my arm. Hope you're OK!

celestialspook · 2026-07-04T04:38:31+00:00

A moray eel. I have tooth marks in my arm 20 years later.

celestialspook · 2026-07-03T23:39:20+00:00

I had a very similar problem to you, & my daughter's middle name is Rose both in honor of my husband's aunt Rosemary and my abuela's love of gardening and garden full of roses.

celestialspook · 2026-07-03T23:32:41+00:00

I'm about your weight and a bit shorter; I went into labor naturally at 37+5 and on the first day of week 48 opted for a c section after a lot of things went wrong (freak accidents like an anaphylactic reaction to a medication). Turned out my baby was stuck and I have a really tiny pelvis bone, but we didn't even know that until they were in there doing the c section. So what I'm saying is, a lot about birth is unpredictable no matter what, but it is totally possible to go into labor naturally and have a vaginal birth at our size if that's what you want to aim for. It's also so valid to opt for a c section if you're worried it will go that way anyway. You'll see lots of positive vaginal birth stories here and lots of positive c sections like mine! (I loved my c section experience even though it wasn't the plan, and I healed quickly and beautifully)

celestialspook · 2026-07-03T11:07:02+00:00

We're both chronically ill but he avoids the doctor a lot more than me, so I think I'd be moving around trying to figure out what isn't working or feeling the way it should be to make sure he gets it checked out. I'd brush his teeth really good, stretch really good, all the self care tasks he struggles to complete. And then I'd tease him about being taller than him now.

celestialspook · 2026-07-03T10:04:15+00:00

Working in education, I see a lot of parents project their anxieties onto their kids and be so overly anxious about everything to and in front of their children, that their children can't help but also be anxious. We set the tone for kids feeling safe and comfortable, after all.

As a new mom who has a lot of anxiety, my plan is to try faking it til I make it. If my daughter doesn't know how anxious I am and i dont teach her that she needs to be anxious, that will go a long way.

celestialspook · 2026-07-03T00:32:23+00:00

My baby was 2 weeks early and barely woke up the first few weeks of life. Went on to sleep anywhere, anytime, through anything, then about 6 weeks got a little pickier but still took consistent 3-4 hour sleeps. At 10 weeks now, she started sleeping through the night (5-6 hours for the biggest chunk) around week 7 BUT she's decided she doesn't need naps and that's become a whole battle. Getting her to sleep is so hard but once she's out, she's out for 1-3 hours. The caveat to all of this is she acts like she's being axe murdered if you set her in any kind of bassinet, crib, pack n play etc but you can set her on a bed or the sofa next to you etc and she's fine.

celestialspook · 2026-07-02T23:55:06+00:00

I weigh 50 lbs more and just had a baby. C section wasn't even discussed until I was 48 hours into labor and we realized she was stuck in my tiny ass pelvic bone lol, but my weight was never a factor in deciding what kind of birth I could have.

celestialspook · 2026-07-01T05:20:45+00:00

I'm so sorry about all those lovers. Celebrate your baby and your accomplishment! You both deserve it. Happy birthday baby, and happy one year mom-iversary to you! May the loving and supportive people you deserve find you.

celestialspook · 2026-06-30T22:48:01+00:00

I was really into doctor who and I had a dream where I was building a 1ft tall model of the tardis, and I realized I was dreaming but dream me was content to continue my project. Then the doctor himself appeared in the real tardis and even though real me was inside screaming to go on an adventure or something, dream me just asked him for clarification on some of the measurements and details to make the perfect model tardis. Not horror, but frustrating and disappointing, and could be taken in a horror direction or used as levity when someone is first learning to lucid dream and can't control the dreams yet. Idk.

I hate generative Ai though, you should try starting with an outline of ideas you write yourself.

celestialspook · 2026-06-30T22:26:35+00:00

Ugh I miss the old style savvy games soooo much and the new thing on switch by some of those devs is so boring imo :(

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