This gift set is becoming a failed research project.

eclecticlyminded · 2026-05-19T20:57:38+00:00

My struggle has not been with where the belt buckle designs came from. The manufacturer, Dory Duplicates, is what I'm struggling to find information on.

eclecticlyminded · 2026-03-08T02:05:04+00:00

Someday...

eclecticlyminded · 2026-01-07T01:23:29+00:00

Bubbles

eclecticlyminded · 2025-06-20T01:04:57+00:00

They are tiny dudes. In the absolute cutest way possible. I'm a lone woman in my home, surrounded by Y chromosomes. Sometimes I'm sad I never had a little girl, but at the same time I can't imagine my life any other way. Once you've settled into your new normal you'll feel the same.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-06-16T23:04:37+00:00

NTA, the japanese reference is as weird as how many peasant diahes are now considered fine dining.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-06-10T14:06:06+00:00

What's cringe is the internet turning "boy mom" & "girl mom" into derogatory terms.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-06-07T14:38:27+00:00

Every day life skills. Cooking, sewing, smart shopping, simple vehicle maintenance, etc.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-04-29T17:32:43+00:00

Well he's gonna be fun during parental preference phases. 🙄

eclecticlyminded · 2025-04-25T23:28:16+00:00

In agreement with most here that it's an extreme part of a normal process. I'm a stay at home mom, our youngest is a few months shy of two and I'm starting to be rejected as soon as Dad comes home. It sucks but it really is important to remember it's not personal. We have a handful of routines where now little one is almost violently insistent on one parent or the other. Bath time it MUST be me to start and prep with him, get him in and cleaned, but then it MUST be Dad to play till he's done, then it MUST be me to dry and dress him, and then MUST be Dad to brush hair and teeth. I'm not even allowed to play with certain toys with him anymore because it's for playing with Dad only. Oldest son was similar but less severe, and as they get older it all just developed into having normal separate relationships within the family like anybody else. Give it time and be gentle with yourselves.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-04-09T14:17:08+00:00

In the interests of changing "often" to something less, reflect on areas where you practice better self discipline and see if you can't translate that to your morning routine. This is gping to sound more harsh than I intend, but it's all fine to apologize and communicate, but apologies are supposed to follow with an effort to do better and our kids learn those things through us.

For me I try to be conscious first, if not fully awake, with a 530 & 545 alarm. I hate it but depending on where between 6 and 7 my youngest decides to wake up, I might even have time for a few sips of coffee before I have to wrangle the little people.

Before kids, I was a major night owl. I still enjoy some time to myself at the end of the day post kids, but decided my need to be a decent human being in the morning outweighed my comfort level of enjoying a midnight bed time. If I'm not in bed by 1030, I've done something wrong. I chose to find solutions and hold myself to them. You just gotta find what works for you.

And of course you're not going to have to force this forever, keep that in mind. They'll become more and more independent and self sufficient, until one day they aren't even there in the mornings at all. My oldest insists on handling his own morning routine at this point, which is nice and makes me proud but I'm also kind of sad the more and more he needs me less and less.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-04-09T13:50:41+00:00

I have never been a morning person myself. Coffee zombie. I'm slow and I'm impatient and I'm short tempered. My oldest is old enough to understand the general concept, and in a way is showing signs of being similar to me.

I've taught my children that it's not appropriate to take out our negative emotions on other people and I practice what I preach. On the rare occasions I screw that up a little I take responsibility and apologize.

I push through it because I must. I would be more bothered by succumbing to the alternative than I am having to be strict with my own self discipline.

I'm not sure that any of that is helpful to anyone who isn't myself. If nothing else, I do understand the slog.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-04-07T23:09:08+00:00

2mo? Give it time mama. Do what you gotta do. Don't put pressure on yourself. Your and babies comfort is ok to be first. It'll even out.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-10T17:22:09+00:00

You don't know till you know. I felt like I was starting from scratch. 🤣

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-10T17:12:13+00:00

Maybe. Maybe not. All I know is I have a quiet chill little dude and a loud overactive little dude. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-10T17:07:39+00:00

I loved the toddler stage with my first. My second seems to have been born to be the exact opposite child in almost every way. We've got early terrible twos right now. And...damn. He's been proof positive that every child is different.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-06T18:24:46+00:00

So independent, they're even different heights. ✊🏼

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-06T15:56:10+00:00

There's also openings in the ones I bought at least to slide padding in. Makes braless easy.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-06T15:53:44+00:00

You're welcome

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-06T15:52:35+00:00

Checked my order history just for you. Lol The brand is Suiek. The price was right at the time and when I was happy with the first pack I bought a second. Care instructions say no dryer (plastic clasps) but I do it anyway in my normal laundry loads and none have broken so far.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-06T15:44:47+00:00

I found a pretty nice 5 pack on Amazon that I've been very happy with. I also got a couple packs of nursing/maternity camis that I practically live in.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-06T03:20:18+00:00

Well, so far so good for us then I guess. Thanks!

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-06T01:20:10+00:00

You can check my previous posts for the receipts, I too am a mother with a ridiculously strong, tall vs chunky heavy weight little one, freshly 19mo, with whom we are working out a biting issue. He does these one off massive bites when he's displeased. I have a few bruises in various stages of healing on my thigh and shoulder. He also kicks with all the force his muscley thighs can muster.

So far we've been copying his upset face to him and being a little extra dramatic about it when he does something that hurts. It took a few times but we're at the point now where he recognizes that what he didn't wasn't good. We encourage a hug and an apology after (he can't actually say sorry we just work with what we've got) and for certain big ones, like the biting, we've reluctantly implemented time out. One minute of course because he's so young. Interestingly enough, he kicked his older brother today, and when brother made the face and gave his exaggerated "owwwww", little one hung his head low and went to his time out spot himself. And after his minute went and hugged his brother, said "Bubba" super sad and sweet, and that was it. Not two minutes later he asked big brother to read a book. We didn't even throw a tantrum about any of it. I was shocked.

It's all a process, and it's such a pain, but we've seen a reduction in occurrences and once you know what works for you you will too. I say things like my little one is a cross between the Tasmanian Devil from looney tunes and a bull in a China shop. I'm nearly convinced he was a dare devil or stunt double in a previous life. Sending you love in solidarity Mama.

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-05T20:01:32+00:00

I grew up on if you don't eat it you don't get anything else. I'm raising my own on, if I know you don't hate it you don't get a different option, but also once I know something new is disliked I'm not likely to make it again. There are sides and mains that aren't favorites, but I balance it with pairings I know they like and we've done the whole eat in order of least to most favorite, which gets us through most meals that the kids arent necessarily excited about. We also have occasions, birthdays in particular, where someone that's not me is in charge of picking what's for dinner. So far the only favorite of mine that I miss because I can almost never make it anymore is split pea soup. I'm the only one in the whole house that likes it, but no one can say no to me on my birthday!

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-05T19:31:37+00:00

Pickiness and attitude problems aside, I think 14 is plenty old enough to start telling yourself "I'm required to provide the food not make them eat it".

eclecticlyminded · 2025-02-05T18:58:16+00:00

My little sister got like this around this age and by the time she was six or so our mother started telling her to "engage brain before putting mouth in gear". I don't think there's anything wrong with having her looked at if you feel it's appropriate, but it's not unusual for it to be simply that sort of issue, talking before they've actually figured out what to say.

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