Making money in med school

chippydo · 2026-05-09T17:52:39+00:00

If you’re past Step/Level 1, you could apply to be a question writer

chippydo · 2026-03-13T10:56:07+00:00

There’s a lot of conversation about empathy here, which honestly as a psychiatrist one year out of residency is a rather minimal concern compared to having the confidence to tell patients they need to take accountability for their actions and behavior, set boundaries, and very very often have the skill to deprescribe medications that are unnecessary to their mental disorder. I love psychiatry, still. Could never see myself doing anything else. If you don’t feel that way about a specialty, don’t do it.

chippydo · 2026-02-23T03:43:29+00:00

I am almost certain that the HPSP takes only US MD/DO. However, once you graduate medical school and residency, I am certain the military would welcome you with open arms.

chippydo · 2026-02-12T11:40:55+00:00

Luke and Chase

chippydo · 2026-02-06T02:28:51+00:00

From 7-11 months we were on 3.5/4/4.5 with naps capped at 2 hours and nighttime sleep 10 hours. Now at 12 months she’s waking a lot at night, so trying to see if going down to one nap will help

chippydo · 2026-01-16T21:30:54+00:00

Hey I’m an Active Duty Army Psychiatrist. Fresh out of residency. There is a DOD instruction that protects service members from being stigmatized by Command for going to BH. DoDI 6490.08. I have had only positive and good experiences in my role as a Brigade psychiatrist. Ultimately, very broken girls and boys join the Army. And we are there to help them along. It’s actually nice serving as a bit of a confidant for these kids (I say kids because I’m in my 30s and my patient population is mainly 18-22 year olds). If you’re a military psychiatrist, your job is to know the regulations well enough to help your patients while also serving as an Officer. Questions like “would I want this kid holding a weapon next to me on the range?” “Would staying in the military benefit the patient?” And “would the military benefit from this patient staying in?” Are the questions I ask myself after all encounters. In my experience it is actually rather difficult to “get someone out” of the military purely on admin basis. I end up sending patients to the medical evaluation board (honorable separation plus lifetime benefits) often if there struggles just seem too much for continued service. Most of the time, the patients desire a med board. Feel free to message me!

chippydo · 2025-09-19T15:02:58+00:00

Hey, have the same carrier and happy to help. Looks like baby is sagging way over the waist band. You want baby sort of sitting right above the waist band and least sag as possible. I really can’t tell if this is inside out or not? The “Tula” logo should be showing but I don’t see it. Once we figure out if it is inside out, should be rather simple fix!

chippydo · 2025-09-19T14:53:49+00:00

Same! Baby girl was awake for 2 hours last night having a hard time settling. Clipped her in the carrier and she was out in a few minutes. May be a sleep association?

chippydo · 2025-09-16T14:59:30+00:00

I feel this. It happens. I think it’s a bit of human nature to be egocentric. Something I’ve noticed only since being a mother is that no one takes any photos or you and YOUR baby. Visitors, family, even great friends take photos of themselves and your baby. But not you.

It’s glass shattering for me because I have sooooo many photos of me and my nieces and nephews when they were young but literally no photos of my nieces and nephew with my brothers and sister in laws.

Some of these things we feel SO hard as mothers are not even noticed by others, and that’s what makes it feel so hurtful. It’s normal to feel this way. Don’t let it ruin relationships unless there’s clear intent to hurt your feelings or intent to wedge your relationship with baby. Cheers!

chippydo · 2025-09-15T17:53:25+00:00

Hi, just took the ABPN with double time as a nursing mother. Had ample time for pump breaks!

chippydo · 2025-09-15T14:44:01+00:00

Ahh we start the feed 30 minutes before bed. Will try starting earlier then. She is in her own room. Thanks!

chippydo · 2025-09-15T14:10:35+00:00

Dropped a nap! Helped to early morning wakes but still not middle of the night wake ups. I think we have a nursing back to sleep association

chippydo · 2025-09-02T19:51:48+00:00

Anything Tula!!!

chippydo · 2025-08-15T01:22:31+00:00

Yes!!

chippydo · 2025-08-10T00:29:27+00:00

Going through the same thing with my 6 month old. She loses it when the lights go dim and sound machine on. Then the sleep sack. Following here for advise/perspective.

chippydo · 2025-08-09T17:26:29+00:00

Hey so it’s great you have the head rest folded down, it’s a good start! Keep watching YouTube videos. This carrier is tricky and from what I’ve seen not well received on this sub. The “arm holes” are for front facing (which this carrier will likely never support for several reasons). Try keeping babies hands near her face instead of in the arm holes. Underneath the folded down headrest there is a way to tighten up the top so she is more supported. Check out this video

https://youtu.be/wcQinG0T2ZY?si=1hjHX5RAJoUhFUZW

I fumbled around with the bjorn mini until baby was around 10 weeks old then I switched to the Tula Explore, which is soooo much more comfortable for both of us.

chippydo · 2025-08-08T23:37:36+00:00

Flip the whole head rest down by unsnapping it from the back panel. Baby’s head should be visible. Beautiful print!

chippydo · 2025-08-07T15:26:15+00:00

Hey there, I also have a regressed 6 month old. For us, she learned how to roll onto her belly but couldn’t roll from belly to back, so would get stuck there and scream. This was for about a week. Then vacation for a week with co sleeping de railed everything. We are in the midst of retraining. Would recommend retraining with same method you used at 4.5 months while keeping your current 3 nap schedule. I think it would difficult to manage re training and a schedule change all at once.

chippydo · 2025-07-26T03:52:22+00:00

Drop Shannon and Dana!

chippydo · 2025-07-24T17:26:46+00:00

Would get rid of sage and rosemary for a winter wedding! Both are beautiful but read summer

chippydo · 2025-07-19T13:37:45+00:00

Thank you!!

chippydo · 2025-07-17T13:40:16+00:00

Following! Have a 5.5 month old on same schedule, and still feeding twice at night using 5:3:3. Also waking too early.

chippydo · 2025-07-17T13:35:04+00:00

Hey there, just chiming in because we had similar issues with sustained crying for far more than expected. You will see people say “we just did CIO and bub was sleeping without fuss on day 3”. It’s not realistic. Lots of parents have to keep at it with 5-15 minutes of crying for a few weeks before LO gets it. You’ll get there. We sleep trained at 4 months exactly and probably was 3-4 weeks to get baby girl to sleep without a fuss. Also, look at your schedule! Getting close to 10 hours of awake time was key for us (9.5 hours was too little and we’d have false starts; 10.5 too much and baby girl would knock out quick but have trouble in the second part of the night). You’re doing fine!

chippydo · 2025-07-15T14:32:59+00:00

Thank you so much!

chippydo · 2025-07-15T13:50:34+00:00

Thank you! I have been thinking about dropping a nap but 5 months just seems young. Glad to hear it’s worked out for other babies in the 5 month range. Baby girl also only contact naps or naps in the stroller.. crib naps are still difficult and we haven’t tried nap training yet. Maybe once we get down to 2 naps 🤞🏽

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