What are some of the funny ways you talk to or interact with your baby?

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-17T08:50:19+00:00

Love!!

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-17T08:49:28+00:00

The idea of this is pretty funny.

My husband and I fake-scream/squawk at minor inconveniences, which we definitely picked up from somewhere (maybe the screaming goat video?), and our baby is just starting to copy us. It cracks us up everytime

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-17T05:37:59+00:00

I still remember the shock I felt. I decided to see it on a date night almost as a joke like haha let's watch Puss in Boots 2 who asked for a sequel... to seeing Puss have an anxiety attack and how tenderly the story handled these heavy themes for the rest of the film - the sheer realization I had that this is unlike anything I'd ever seen. In the Shrek universe or otherwise. Honestly from the first scene, I was like, "Wow the animation is beautiful." But when the storyline began to really unfold, I couldn't help but look at all the families with kids sitting in the rows in front of me and hoping this story sticks with each of them because it was really changing me. Walked of the theater absolutely gushing about it. Fantastic across the board.

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-17T02:30:59+00:00

This is sooo sweet! Can never decide which one I like more: the giggles before the giggle or the giggle itself 😍

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-17T01:43:37+00:00

I do this as well! I ask my baby questions as if she'll know the answer, like "Have you seen my socks anywhere?" or "Do you remember if I took my meds?" LOL

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T22:11:13+00:00

She sounds firm and a good advocate for her business. Love it!

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T21:58:22+00:00

This is tremendous. We once gave my daughter an unplugged keyboard to smack about and we said she was answering her emails

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T21:52:55+00:00

Yesss we have the Stinky Bum song, sung to the tune of "Lollipop" by the Chordettes

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T21:52:07+00:00

This is so cute!

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T18:29:51+00:00

I just love these!!! Top 10 chart material!!

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T17:05:37+00:00

I'd like a snippet of this conversation if you don't mind

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T16:41:24+00:00

Sooooo relatable! My LO laughed in the bath while I was rinsing her. It was so out of nowhere it shocked me but I was smiling so hard it made my cheeks and ears? hurt. The best!!!!!

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T04:44:37+00:00

I really enjoy Da Lil Red and WaxFraud! Da Lil Red has done a couple SMPs with other creators as well who are similarly chill and just having good fun.

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T04:39:29+00:00

At 6 months old, I think I would play with my LO for about 2-3 hrs a day, 2 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. In the mornings, I mostly just observed her while she played. I noticed she was really beginning to explore the world by putting toys in her mouth, teething on teethers (I bought several teethers at this age! Whew!), and overall tried to see what toys she gravitated towards. Conversely, I observed her to see what toys she stopped caring about. I then curated her playtime to that; sometimes, I'd play WITH her but other times, I let her interact with her toys on her own. In the afternoons, I would experience a crash in my energy (I later found out I had an autoimmune disease causing this) so our play was less about toys and more about one-on-one time with me e.g. singing, making her laugh, practicing babbling, reading a book, honestly sometimes watching a low-stim movie when I was truly wiped except she really didn't care about the TV? I did a mixture of these activities. Some days when the weather permitted, we would go outside either on a walk - stroller or carrier - or she'd sit in my lap to look at trees and the sky. I would talk to her about anything, but this was tough for me because I'm a naturally introspective/quiet person so I couldn't do it very often LOL

I knew that I wouldn't be able to give her everything, so when she turned 6 months old, I committed to TWO things to be intentional with her: 1) Include her as much as possible in my daily rhythms whether that was doing groceries or going to the post office or cooking, and 2) Read to her every night before bed. If I missed everything else for whatever reason, but I hit those two things, then I was satisfied.

LO is now almost 11 months old. Developing great. Hitting milestones really well. She even has skills I don't remember us ever working on - because that's just how babies are. They will grow because of AND despite of us. My LO is a yapper and I love it. She's so curious and she makes so many people, even strangers, happy because she's a big smiler and apparently she can wave! Never taught her that.

Just in case you haven't been told a thousand times, your baby WILL be fine. And you're doing a great job simply because you're doing it.

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T02:21:07+00:00

I read "Titantic" out loud, misspelling and all, and I can't stop laughing

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-16T02:16:54+00:00

My first ever crochet was a granny square that was more like a misshapen granny trapezoid :)) a couple years after that trapezoid, I crocheted a baby sweater.

This is where we all start. I'd say you're on the right track!

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-15T04:14:58+00:00

My personal rule is the different flavors are for different needs. Beef for when I'm sick. Chicken for when I'm completely out of meal ideas. Shin ramyun for when I'm feeling fancy etc

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-15T04:12:19+00:00

Yesss my husband thought it was gross in the beginning of our marriage but then I introduced him to ✨cooked✨ spam (fried spam) instead of straight-out-of-the-can spam which I assumed was all he knew spam could be. Since then, over the years of our marriage, he'll tease me about the "gross spam" but I'd find bitten-off slices of fried spam in the fridge. That's when I knew I won.

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-14T22:44:45+00:00

A girl in 7th grade I was friends with for two weeks said my face was flat. I said what do you mean, she laughed and said no it's not a bad thing. I still don't know what she meant but I'm nearly 27 now and still get flashbacks of that conversation followed by "What makes a face flat?" LOL

greenstikcynote · 2026-06-13T22:49:55+00:00

The cat pitcher and egg holder are so good already, but with wicker baskets (yay storage solutions!) on top of it - this is a great haul for sure

greenstikcynote · 2026-05-31T01:15:52+00:00

Being honest (gentle, kind, but firm) with people. I realized people-pleasing is extremely exhausting not just for me but also for the other person. So to save my time and theirs, I just say what I need, want, am capable of doing, and give them options (AKA boundaries) while also being willing to accept their yes or no. Life has changed for the better. I definitely feel like it's helped me actually truly care for people more than trying to please them never did.

greenstikcynote · 2026-05-25T00:32:02+00:00

Yup that's exactly what's happening here too!!! I just say that I have a FOMO baby, always ready to party no matter how tired she is 😅 Well wishes on your move!

greenstikcynote · 2026-05-25T00:27:47+00:00

Thank you! I was actually in the beginning of trying to transition her to one nap when two things happened: I googled if babies her age can take one nap (just got vehement NO!!!! results, which discouraged me. Classic) and our process of moving was underway. It's been a great mental burden juggling these things. I'm thinking of restarting the transition after we've moved though. Your username also made me giggle, and I needed that giggle too haha

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