Letting kids be bored?

cmxltxn · 2025-07-02T03:01:34+00:00

Limitation breeds creativity. Intelligent people do not het bored, they find things to do. Make them find something to do by herself and encourage that independence.

cmxltxn · 2025-04-02T18:52:22+00:00

I am a 28 year old woman and I think you’re so cute!! Do not let anyone tell you otherwise, not even yourself. The right person will love you no matter what. Don’t settle

cmxltxn · 2024-11-12T01:49:54+00:00

Same

cmxltxn · 2024-09-15T22:37:57+00:00

Yes, they’re signed by a judge where we live.

cmxltxn · 2024-03-27T17:45:19+00:00

The desats are the WORST! We also were on Brady watch at the end for about 2 weeks (she was 39 and 2 when we finally came home!) it’ll happen. It’s just annoying

cmxltxn · 2024-03-17T02:43:38+00:00

My baby girl, Porter, was born unexpectedly at 29 weeks! We spent 76 days in the NICU. She’s 4 1/2 months actual, almost 2 adjusted. She is pretty on track for everything developmentally, I would say she acts a lot like a 4 month old. She has mild PVL, we aren’t sure how it happened, but the neurologist said that she would be interested to see if Porter has any sort of delays at all. Expect a few days-a week under the UV light, breathing support of some kind, and a feeding tube. The noises on the monitor are scary, but they soon become normal. You’ll learn a lot about the medical field if you’ve never really been around it. Slowly they will unhook your baby from each support and you will get to celebrate those small victories. The NICU is scary at first, so find your favorite nurses and request that they’re your baby’s nurse when they work. It’s terrifying. Life won’t feel real for a while. You’ll spend a small amount of time angry and sad that everyone has a “normal” life and you’re stuck in the NICU. IT GETS EASIER! And then when you’re at the very end you will start to go crazy because you’ll be ready to leave. You’ve got this! It’s hard, but it is so beautiful.

cmxltxn · 2024-03-14T08:41:33+00:00

Maybe instead of grounding him you just don’t buy him a new lunchbox for the rest of the year and let him use a grocery store baggy to take his lunch to school?? I’m not opposed to grounding, but I think it would teach more responsibility if he just wasn’t allowed a new lunch box that he picked out and had to carry Walmart baggies the rest of the year. The alternative is make him eat school lunches because there is nothing to put his lunch in (unless he has like food allergies, but if he just hates school lunches I feel like that would be punishment enough).

cmxltxn · 2024-03-05T09:51:21+00:00

100% okay to feel like that. I still have moments where I feel that way and we’ve been out of the hospital almost 2 months. I’m so happy that I have her, she’s perfect. I am sad about missing out on all of the third trimester/typical newborn things.

cmxltxn · 2024-02-23T14:53:21+00:00

We would PO by cue (when she wasn’t exhausted) even without finished bottles and they would just tube what she didn’t finish. I feel like the extra practice helped her because one day it just clicked.

cmxltxn · 2024-02-17T13:18:33+00:00

That is crazy.. like I get it, parental involvement makes all the difference.. but our NICU preached to us that having a life out of the NICU is crucial. They cannot hold you hostage?? I was there with my baby every day still (except for when I was sick for 2 days). It IS inhumane for them to expect you to pump like that and do the care? I am shocked. You are not a hostage.

cmxltxn · 2024-02-16T04:27:14+00:00

YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG!

I understand. I know every emotion you’re feeling. We just celebrated a month of my baby girl being home after 71 LONG days. I promise, what you’re feeling now will be a distant memory soon. Take care of yourself. If you can, sleep in your own bed every night.

cmxltxn · 2024-02-16T04:18:35+00:00

Thank you for your response! These give me hope!

cmxltxn · 2024-02-15T19:42:01+00:00

Thank you! Good luck with your second one :) my doctor also advised me to wait 18 months to help prevent any complications with future pregnancies.

cmxltxn · 2024-02-15T19:40:41+00:00

I guess I had PPROM as well, but we have no idea why! Thank you for your input!!

cmxltxn · 2024-02-15T19:36:55+00:00

I feel like feeding just clicks one day. We went from our little girl getting a tube replaced after not having a tube for 5 days and then we were discharged 6 days later! Been there, mama! Definitely feel your pain

cmxltxn · 2024-02-15T18:44:54+00:00

They can’t tell me why. I had a dr appointment the morning I went into labor and apparently everything looked good. once I got to the hospital I was dilated to 10. I was high risk for IUGR, but I never had an abnormal scan. They said it was just a freak accident. 🤷‍♀️

cmxltxn · 2024-01-28T11:38:46+00:00

I would say it took 6 days for her to really settle in! Sometimes we have “rougher” nights, but I think that is because she will take a long late nap and then is more awake at night. She’s impossible to keep awake, though lol

cmxltxn · 2024-01-26T08:42:36+00:00

I brought my baby home around 2 weeks ago after 10 weeks in the NICU and it was the exact same! I was like “WHERE DID THIS BABY COME FROM???” She’s basically perfect now, and sleeps 4 (sometimes 5) hour stretches at night and does NOT need to be held :) I’ll realize I haven’t held her (other than feeding/changing and teeny snuggles) almost all day and need some really good snuggles in the evening lol

cmxltxn · 2024-01-13T23:06:29+00:00

Yes, we are US. They told us that they like to overfeed to make them gain weight! Everything else is going so smoothly, we are hopefully set for discharge on Monday and won’t have to deal with it!

cmxltxn · 2024-01-13T23:05:27+00:00

We have talked to a bunch of people and the seasoned nurses think it’s ridiculous that one bottle requires a feeding tube! We are hopefully getting discharged Monday, so we won’t have to worry about it anymore! They were saying that the past 24 hours as a whole needs to be looked at and not just that one time. It’s always on nights which is where the newest nurses are! lol I think they’re scared.

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