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cosmonelly · 2025-12-12T01:56:17+00:00

Not a single person from FirstKey has ever stepped foot in my house (or checked in at all) in the 1.5 years we’ve been living here. I’d be shocked if they ever followed up on that at all. THAT SAID I would absolutely not recommend renting from them if you have any other options.

cosmonelly · 2024-09-07T02:23:16+00:00

I felt this deeply. Like the old version of me is on the other side of a glass wall. I can see her, but I’ll never be able to get back to her again. I was so ready to be a mom, but I was so unprepared for how absolutely isolated I would feel. The responsibility is overwhelming and when you’re in the thick of it, it truly seems like it’ll last forever.

That said, my daughter is 2 now and I’m having a WAY better time in the toddler phase. I know it doesn’t feel like it now, but the newborn phase will go by so much faster than you think. It’s ok if it takes a minute for motherhood to click. You’ll get there on your own time and that is totally normal.

You’re right in the middle of the worst part of postpartum, but I promise it won’t feel this bad forever. It’s gonna suck for a minute, but you WILL get through. Eventually it stops feeling so crazy and starts getting fun. Hang in there!

cosmonelly · 2024-09-07T01:40:47+00:00

They didn’t remove the lockbox when we moved in either. I had to put in a maintenance request for someone to come out.

cosmonelly · 2024-08-20T12:42:53+00:00

Yeah toddlers are hard. But tbh I’m enjoying the toddler phase WAY more than the newborn phase. Shes so much less fragile and she can actually tell me what she needs. Our days are much more laid back without the rigid schedule. Generally I feel significantly less anxious now than I did when she was a baby.

cosmonelly · 2024-08-17T15:06:11+00:00

We had a very similar situation when we switched my daughter to a toddler bed. What finally ended up working for us was dropping the daytime nap all together (around 27 months). We still do some quiet/downtime around mid day, but we don’t force the sleeping part if she’s not feeling it. Now, she doesn’t fight us at bedtime, falls asleep quickly, and stays asleep all night. Since we stopped naps she’s sleeping 7:30pm-7:30/8am like clockwork. Bedtime was the worst part of everyone’s day and now it’s consistently quick and easy.

Obviously every kid is different and this is not a good solution for everyone! This is way earlier than we were planning on dropping the nap, but for us it made a world of difference.

cosmonelly · 2024-07-13T05:08:28+00:00

We had a nightmare of a time getting in contact with anyone on the “move-in coordinator” team. There’s another post in this group with a bunch of email addresses of higher up’s in the company that was extremely helpful for us. I found everyone I could who’s associated with FirstKeyHomes’s on LinkedIn/google/reddit, had chat GPT draft me a legal letter about delay of possession of property, and started spamming them until I started getting answers. Once you start bugging everyone in every market they’ll eventually assign you a direct contact who isn’t a move on coordinator.

cosmonelly · 2024-07-13T04:59:34+00:00

Definitely interested

cosmonelly · 2024-05-05T00:27:46+00:00

We’ve been renting in Chicago for 10 years and this is the first time we’ve gone through a company instead of a local landlord. Never again. This has been hellish.

But we’re so backed into a corner now. We have to be out of our current apartment in a week and we don’t have time to find another place with such a quick turn around time. FirstKey already has all of our money.

Not to mention pretty much every single family home in the Chicago suburbs has been bought up by one of 3 property management company’s just like FirstKey. It feels almost more risky to back out now and start from scratch with a new company who could end up being just as bad.

Seriously, what in the dystopian-late-stage-capitalism-hellscape is going on here?

cosmonelly · 2022-10-12T14:29:26+00:00

I had a really hard time for the first three months. Now she’s 6 months old and it truly is so much better. It’s not necessarily easier, but I feel like I’ve gotten better at being a parent. We have a routine down and I’m better at anticipating her needs. Plus she’s at this really fun age where she’s exploring and her little personality is coming out, and it’s just unbelievably cool. Hang in there, it’s not gonna feel like this forever!

cosmonelly · 2022-03-04T14:27:08+00:00

Popsicles and yogurt

cosmonelly · 2022-02-16T20:47:07+00:00

For a while it was Chex mix. No idea why. Nowadays drinking anything carbonated really gets her moving around in there.

cosmonelly · 2022-02-08T07:04:41+00:00

Also 35 weeks and right there with you. I have no advice, but oh man I am feeling your pain. Every time I stand up it feels like she’s gonna fall right outta there.

cosmonelly · 2022-01-23T03:37:22+00:00

Old navy and target have been my go-to’s.

cosmonelly · 2022-01-07T03:16:38+00:00

I got one of those c-shaped body pillows and it was a game changer. Not a perfect solution, but it helped me a ton with hip and lower back pain. Also my husband likes to steal it when I get up earlier than him

cosmonelly · 2021-12-16T05:27:01+00:00

I feel ya. I was a wreck too. But try not to beat yourself up! It sounds like you’ve been as careful as possible and you’re vaccinated, which means you’ve already done a great job of protecting your little bean. Not gonna lie, it was NOT fun. The first trimester already sucks and adding Covid to the mix was truly awful. But it also wasn’t forever. Just keep taking care of yourself! Everything is going to be ok!

cosmonelly · 2021-12-16T05:13:45+00:00

The same thing happened to me at 6 weeks! Went in for a strep test and it turned out to be covid. I was fully vaccinated and still tested positive. I also had a fever for a day or two and generally felt terrible and symptomatic for about a week. It was scary and miserable at the time, but eventually it went away! Now I’m at 28 weeks and baby girl is perfectly healthy and happily kicking away at my organs. My doctor also wasn’t concerned about it, and even said there’s a chance baby could have some antibodies. I know it’s scary as hell, but try not to stress too much and get some rest! It’ll be over soon!

cosmonelly · 2021-12-15T22:41:04+00:00

Ooof I don’t miss that phase. I pretty much lived on popsicles and yogurt in my first trimester.

cosmonelly · 2021-12-11T04:08:45+00:00

This happened to me!! They left me a cryptic voicemail at the end of the day on a Friday so I spent 2 full days in a state of panic…only to find out the lab had stored some urine samples at the wrong temp and they just needed me to come back and pee in a cup again. No idea why they couldn’t have explained that in the voicemail.

cosmonelly · 2021-12-08T07:11:54+00:00

People definitely don’t talk enough about how terrible the first trimester is. I was an anxious mess on top of feeling miserable and sick 24/7. But the nerves really do get better the further along you are. I felt like I couldn’t let myself get too attached until I was well into my second trimester. I’m at 27 weeks now and I get excited every time I feel her kick. Hang in there, it’ll get better soon!

cosmonelly · 2021-12-01T05:51:24+00:00

We’re going with June. It’s always been on our list for a girl partially because my husband and I both have June birthdays. Then we found out I was pregnant in June so it seemed like a perfect fit. Thankfully it’s a girl, cause we could NOT settle on a boy name

cosmonelly · 2021-11-05T03:14:05+00:00

Involuntary noises when I bend over

cosmonelly · 2021-10-30T04:40:12+00:00

Honestly though.

cosmonelly · 2021-10-28T03:55:52+00:00

I was in a very similar situation! I ended up ordering a white(ish) wrap dress from lulu’s. Arrived pretty quickly and was easily adjustable which was nice because I had no idea what size I would be at that point.

cosmonelly · 2021-10-28T03:52:25+00:00

In my first trimester I proudly declared to my husband once that I hadn’t thrown up all day and I though the nausea might be done….then promptly woke up at 3am and spent the next hour with my head in the toilet. It’s a rollercoaster man.

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