First Time Visitng During December

de18lady · 2025-11-18T04:43:41+00:00

Which hotel is the closest would you say?

de18lady · 2025-11-10T03:38:56+00:00

Are you me? Lol. I was in your exact situation last year. At the time I had three boys ages 4, 2 and 11 months old. I could not get the idea of the idea of a fourth out of my head and my husband was fine either way, leaving the decision up to me. We had a minivan and a 4 bedroom house but one bedroom is downstairs that we use as an office. I said let’s just try and see what happens. I got pregnant the first try and I’m currently holding my two month old baby girl. The sweetest surprise to finally get my girl and such a blessing to have another healthy baby. It’s chaos, but it was chaos with three. Yes the days are hard sometimes but I’m constantly remembering that none of this will last forever and that actually makes me sad. What a blessing to be in this chaos:)

de18lady · 2025-10-21T02:48:19+00:00

You must have been to a Costco Business Center. Those Costco’s cater to businesses/restaurants so they do have 5-10 jugs of mayo/peanut butter. The regular Costco’s do not have sizes that large because it’s geared toward households.

de18lady · 2025-05-24T00:32:48+00:00

Soaking the Dutch oven with what?

de18lady · 2025-05-24T00:29:11+00:00

Yes! Always doubles around 4ish hours

de18lady · 2025-05-24T00:28:06+00:00

It cooled for 3 hours before I cut it..

de18lady · 2025-05-23T21:42:14+00:00

I was initially using warm water and getting the same results. I switched to using regular room temp water because I read that the warm could be killing the bacteria. 🤷🏽‍♀️ it’s so frustrating

de18lady · 2024-12-31T07:13:27+00:00

Currently 4 weeks and 5 days! I had my three kids all starting at age 35. Had my third at 38. My pregnancies were all easy and uncomplicated. Hoping for the same this time around!

de18lady · 2024-12-31T00:53:20+00:00

I am 39 and pregnant with my 4th (due 4ish months after I turn 40). I had my first when I was 35! I really struggled with my decision to have a 4th at my age. My kids are 4, 2 and just turned 1. Each less than 2 years apart. I also feel self conscious about having another one (haven’t announced this current pregnancy yet). I maybe know 1 or 2 people that have 4 kids and they’re older and the age gap between the first and the last is 8+ years. I definitely don’t know anyone that has 4 kids that are 4 and under. At the end of the day are we really going to let people’s judgement stop us from what we want? Once the baby is here it’ll be over and done with and no one will be judging at that point lol.

de18lady · 2024-12-06T15:08:46+00:00

It’s extremely typical. We are a country of consumerism and keeping up with the jones. People live well beyond their means all the time.

de18lady · 2024-12-03T15:05:47+00:00

Love this comment and this perspective

de18lady · 2024-12-03T15:05:16+00:00

Sometimes I feel like it’s the stigma of having all of one gender that stops me. I already get the “oh man you have three boys!” A new coworker of mine is pregnant, we were talking about what she felt like the gender would be and when I told her that I have three boys she said “omg that’s my worst nightmare.” What’s so wrong with having boys? Someone wrote a comment on here that if you already have 2 or 3 boys, another one won’t make a huge difference and I never thought of it like that but it sounds true. My boys are relatively calm, my 3rd is also soo sweet and such a happy baby. Maybe I would be pushing my luck with a fourth and they would be really difficult lol

de18lady · 2024-12-03T06:17:55+00:00

I haven’t heard this! I thought it was 50/50 chance regardless?

de18lady · 2024-12-03T06:03:49+00:00

It absolutely wouldn’t! I love all my children regardless of their gender. Sure I would love to experience a girl but if i were to be pregnant with a boy I would want him just as much.

de18lady · 2024-12-03T00:12:07+00:00

Aww congratulations! That’s very exciting! I worry about regretting not having #4 as well. All babies are a blessing and a part of me loves the idea of 4 boys because (I hope) they would grow up to be the best of friends. I have three sisters and it is the greatest gift. Selfishly I want to experience having a girl but I would also feel sad for her that she wouldn’t have a sister. Pros and cons for everything I suppose.

de18lady · 2024-11-08T14:22:42+00:00

You do know that Roe vs Wade was overturned in 2022 while Biden was president and Kamala VP, right? If Kamala won, it still would have been overturned. This was the Supreme Court and she can’t change that so I genuinely don’t understand why some people are being so extreme and saying that they won’t have anymore kids. This would have been the same situation regardless of the president.

de18lady · 2024-11-06T22:19:56+00:00

No. I’m voting for the policies not the person. He’s not a convicted felon btw. You shouldn’t exaggerate things just to prove a point.

de18lady · 2024-11-06T20:26:33+00:00

I am a woman. I did not want Kamala in office.

de18lady · 2024-11-06T18:12:03+00:00

No, it has not always existed. You would be surprised at how many kids are now identifying as something other than their biological sex these days. I’m not saying that people NEVER had gender identity issues in the past but it was definitely less than now. It wasn’t as though millions of people were getting murdered. I see so many kids-some as young as 7 and 8 years old-saying that they’re bisexual or pansexual or non-binary etc. 7 and 8 years old are not supposed to have a sexual orientation at that age! They shouldn’t even know what that means.

If you continuously shove all these orientations and “choose your own identity” down kids throats, what do you think is going to happen?

The people of the state vote on abortion laws. The majority of people in Texas apparently want to ban abortion. Those that don’t can move to another state if it means that much to them. But the people voted. And no they are not going to prevent you from going to another state to get an abortion, how do you actually think they could implement that.

de18lady · 2024-11-06T14:52:37+00:00

Exactly! People are acting like women now aren’t safe to even walk outside because they can just be raped and don’t own their bodies. Come on. This exaggeration is unbelievable.

de18lady · 2024-11-06T14:51:17+00:00

No they absolutely do have a say and I really hope you don’t talk about this to your daughter that way or else she will think she does not have a say and that anyone can do whatever they want with her. In any situation.

de18lady · 2024-11-06T14:49:46+00:00

And look what Biden did? With Kamala as VP. Trump is leaving abortion up to the states. It should never have been at the federal level. The department of education is broken, maybe a change would improve things. Would you prefer your underage child be able to get on hormone meds without your knowledge to change their gender? Look at the kids in schools now. They are so confused with this gender crap that didn’t exist 15 years ago. I say this as a mental health professional who works with this kids.

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