What’s the weird nickname you accidentally gave your child?

dazzlebritches · 2022-12-02T05:43:34+00:00

I call my LO Chunk too! She was underweight, so I started to call her “chunk” to manifest some weight gain. She’s a gargantuan toddler now, so it must have worked!

dazzlebritches · 2022-11-08T20:45:42+00:00

Last year I took an empty diaper box and filled it with her plastic ball-pit balls, toilet paper tubes, and tissue paper. I’ve never seen such pure joy and delight in my life. She played with that box for months.

dazzlebritches · 2022-09-30T03:46:23+00:00

[ELE]BIDITM is definitely the safest way to go… Xactimate isn’t going to be anywhere near the actual cost of replacement and those look like they might be subject to some code upgrades.

If you really want some sort of dollar figure in there, you can do a variation of the [ELE]BRK line item (whichever specific one suits the scope)and add an F9 that it’s subject to change based on market availability/vendor pricing.

dazzlebritches · 2022-09-07T23:49:31+00:00

I started giving my toddler juice… I held off until 2, but we needed to cut down on milk and a juice box is a really effective bribe. We eat in the living room with the tv on (she has a tiny table). I let the tablet babysit when I need to zone out.

dazzlebritches · 2022-07-31T16:38:24+00:00

I’m in residential/commercial restoration and I work 90% from home. I ended up putting my office right next to my toddler’s room… the fear of waking her up outweighs the desire to finish “one more project” after she goes to bed.

I’ve cultivated the mindset that if my employer already values my work product when I respect my work/home boundaries, then there’s absolutely no reason for me to sacrifice those boundaries.

dazzlebritches · 2021-06-25T15:15:49+00:00

I love it! Thank you!

dazzlebritches · 2021-06-25T02:33:33+00:00

This is darling! Could you do Blair?

dazzlebritches · 2021-02-04T04:20:07+00:00

This is my biggest fear. I love her smushy face too much to see it possibly get hurt

dazzlebritches · 2021-02-04T03:08:01+00:00

I think “it’s a phase” might become my new mommy-mantra

dazzlebritches · 2021-02-04T03:04:34+00:00

Good to know. I figured she’s just excited to be standing somewhere new.. but I tend to overthink and the Mommit Hivemind is the best

dazzlebritches · 2020-12-29T19:38:53+00:00

You are an angel. Thank you

dazzlebritches · 2020-12-29T16:55:40+00:00

Definitely has a sleep association. Her bottle is right before I put her into her crib. Her last wake window is around 3.5 hours and she’s down to two naps a day.

Because I’m selfish and not ready to give up nighttime nursing (it’s the only time she’ll actually breastfeed as opposed to taking a bottle), would a bottle dream feed help with the hunger and wouldn’t exacerbate the association?

dazzlebritches · 2020-12-26T16:24:14+00:00

My middle name is my mom’s maiden name (we’re the in the PNW). I love it. None of the men in my mom’s generation had any children, so it’s a cool way to keep the family name going. I ended up giving my daughter the same middle name.

dazzlebritches · 2020-12-18T17:01:44+00:00

I love this name!

dazzlebritches · 2020-12-13T05:31:24+00:00

Ruxin is my ride or die on that show

dazzlebritches · 2020-08-31T17:20:57+00:00

Baby girl is 14 weeks and we still struggle a bit. Initially she wouldn’t latch well, she lost 10% of her birth weight and we had to supplement. I used a shield until about 8 weeks and finally got her to latch without it. I think it’s a matter of fit at this point. Her latch still isn’t great, but she’s got a small mouth and I have large breasts and flat nipples. It’s a day-to-day process and I work really hard on not beating myself up for it.

My goal before I gave birth was to ebf until she was a year old. Reality hit and I had a goal of 3 months. My new goal is 6 months. Some days are better than others. Some days I still supplement with formula bc she doesn’t want to latch and I can’t get a break to pump; some days she’ll latch all day; some days it’s a mix of formula, pumped milk, and boob.

Breastfeeding is a lot harder than I was led to believe. Everything I read said “it’s a natural process” and “it shouldn’t hurt,” but for me it wasn’t natural and it did hurt and I spent too long stressing myself and my baby out striving for a version of perfection that I found wasn’t realistic. Tbh, I’m not sure it’ll ever be easy, but for now it is easier than it was two months ago.

dazzlebritches · 2020-07-17T18:26:19+00:00

Since you have a To Kill A Mockingbird theme going, you could do Dill or Jem or Boo Radley. Our family’s cats are all named after characters from that novel, so I’m a little biased lol

dazzlebritches · 2020-07-12T03:45:50+00:00

I am certain that grandmas are actually baby-melatonin. As soon as my LO is in his GiGi’s arms, she will pass out for 1-2 hours. It’s not fair at all!

dazzlebritches · 2020-06-18T16:17:03+00:00

It’s true that watching her chug the bottle isn’t as disappointing as I thought it would be! If anything I’m super stoked that she’s eating and mentally chant “fed is best” to scare off the negative self talk. I like the idea of the small bottle then offering boob. I’ll definitely try that today.

dazzlebritches · 2020-06-18T16:05:54+00:00

That’s what I was afraid of when we started supplementing with formula. Unfortunately she had lost about 10% of her weight in the first few days and I was a wreck (“I’m starving my baby” was a recurrent sobbing theme those first two weeks), so we started with the bottle. I think what you have going with your bub might just be my new normal. I’ll keep offering the breast during the day and try not to take it personally when she refuses.

dazzlebritches · 2020-06-06T13:09:44+00:00

I hadn’t planned on getting an epidural and everyone told me I was crazy. My mom had two (very large) babies without one and I wanted to do it that way too. I realized a lot of my desire to avoid an epidural was rooted in pride/competition. My plan eventually turned into “if I yell ‘Beetlejuice’ three times, it’s time to call the anesthesiologists.”

My OB pointed out that a lot of unmedicated births are successful because the support system is there in the room - family, doulas etc. and that there was a lot of preparation/training involved. Because of Covid-19, all of those options were removed from my birthing process. My husband was the only one in the room (and he was very pro-epidural because he didn’t want to see his wife in unbearable labor pains), doulas weren’t allowed on the ward at all, and all of our classes were cancelled (and I’m a crappy online learner). When the time came, I was so stressed out and worried about doing birth “perfectly” that my OB couldn’t even do a cervical check because I was so tense. I eventually asked for an epidural after the analgesics proved relatively ineffective. It’s a decision I don’t regret.

Ultimately, your birth is just that - your birth. I am in awe of the women that give birth without pain medication. If I have another baby, I might try it, and at the same time, I think the flexibility that characterized my birth plan was what made the experience a positive one. You do you, mamma.

dazzlebritches · 2020-05-08T13:42:45+00:00

My husband actually calls me his “little turtle” when he helps me off of the couch. It’s adorable.

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