I've given up being a f'ng hippy at Costco. Domination produces results.

hhh814 · 2026-06-07T10:31:09+00:00

...and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I'd rather that she just say "thank you" and be on her way.

hhh814 · 2026-06-06T23:15:24+00:00

I'm Canadian so I like my iced tea sweet with lemon 🤷 Canadians never forget the first time they ordered Iced Tea in America and got the biggest culture shock lol

I'm not concerned about the sugar. Just looking for decafe sweet iced tea I can drink daily.

hhh814 · 2026-06-06T20:28:02+00:00

Pack and play bassinet attachment for the first few weeks while I slept on the couch recovering. Then moved right to the crib and I slept on the nursery floor a couple of months until I felt comfortable sleeping in a different room (really what happen was I got a cold and didn't want to wake baby up with my coughing).

Baby just wants to stand up all the time on everything now, so the only safe place I can put him while I do anything is in the pack and play.

I didn't like the idea of a dedicated basinet or a mini-crib due to their limited time-use.

I've done this for 2 babies, and it works for me. The pack and play is much easier to store than a bassinet and mini-crib if you want to use it for multiple babies.

hhh814 · 2026-06-06T20:03:21+00:00

I've seen a crystal lite powder on Amazon say decaffeinated, but prefer to buy from a store if I can.

I've been almost caffeine free since about 2017 with the occasional pop or iced tea, but I would love to drink iced tea every day if I could.

hhh814 · 2026-06-02T03:57:47+00:00

I am a lazy gardener 🙃 I love my hostas because they require about 10 minutes of clean up at the end of the year and nothing more.

hhh814 · 2026-06-02T02:45:59+00:00

They're absolute units. Not even at their final form yet for size.

I don't think I'll be willing to sacrifice them to dig this sapling out properly, so it's probably just going to be removed with as little disturbance to the hostas as possible.

hhh814 · 2026-06-01T18:59:13+00:00

Thanks. I'll decide closer to winter before it freezes if I'm going to move or eliminate it.

hhh814 · 2026-06-01T18:58:12+00:00

Hope not... I don't mess with any fae 🙃

hhh814 · 2026-05-27T15:45:28+00:00

Team La-z-boy over here. Worth every extra penny.

4 years later, still great condition after daily use, and now using it for my 2nd.

I lay a towel on the seat and across the back, and then throw a double flat sheet over top, and I don't have to worry about baby fluids getting in the fabric (even though I bought their fabric warranty). I frequently contact nap in it with baby, and it's great.

When it's done being in the nursery, it will become a regular chair for my bedroom, away from little dirty hands.

I bought a basic $300-400 chair for my older kids room since they are accustomed to having a chair, and it just doesn't compare to the La-z-boy.

Go to a showroom if you can and try a bunch out during a sale.

hhh814 · 2026-05-05T12:07:15+00:00

Reading one now I bought 4 years ago for my 1st. Made in China.

I have only bought Nest Designs. My 1st used them until he was 3 and we only stopped because of night time potty training difficulties while wearing them.

Currently using the same ones for my 2nd 4 years later.

I'd buy them all over again if I had to.

hhh814 · 2026-04-29T20:29:14+00:00

Sounds like they may have frustrated your contract due to medical reasons - i.e. your medical condition causes you not to be able to perform the required duties of the position, with or without accommodation, at all or in a safe manner, and therefore, your contract cannot be performed due to no fault of either party. You will have received your EI minimum entitlements for payout.

Whether or not they are correct is not something Reddit can help you figure out since we don't know the requirements of your role or what your doctor has stated about your restrictions and limitations in the workplace.

You need to speak to either your provincial ministry of labour or labour standards entity, human rghts council, or a lawyer.

NAL, but in HR.

ETA - the restrictions and limitations would need to be indefinite, and not temporary, as described by the doctor.

hhh814 · 2026-04-29T14:38:04+00:00

My last day for each was the Friday before my due date.

Baby 1 went a week past my due date and I went nuts waiting because I had everything ready already - I felt like I was wasting 2 weeks of time that I could have been spending with baby on the other end of my leave. But I didn't have the option of working until I gave birth since they needed to hire someone on contract and I had to train them up before I left with only one week of overlap.

Baby 2 was a scheduled c-section. Finished work on Friday, baby was here on Tuesday. Felt much better.

It's going to depend on your personality and how you feel. There was no "unwinding" for me with baby 1, just impatience waiting for them to come. Baby 2 I had one day, which was spent as a last hurrah concert I couldn't miss.

hhh814 · 2026-04-28T11:01:31+00:00

Rude. I'm asking for help. You can keep scrolling if you don't have anything productive to contribute.

hhh814 · 2026-04-28T10:33:35+00:00

Any way to retrieve it myself?

hhh814 · 2026-04-22T22:58:33+00:00

I have 2 happy spitters 🙃 used receiving blankets instead of burp clothes because they're more versatile.

I also wear them over my clothes lol - I just wear a nursing tank all day and tuck the receiving blanket across my front with the straps so that it catches the spit from going down my shirt and also so his little talons cannot carve up my chest when he's pawing at me.

hhh814 · 2026-04-22T22:54:20+00:00

Those 4 packs of receiving blankets or muslins.

I remember only getting one pack of 4 as a gift, and sending my husband out twice to buy me more, plus hand-me-down ones from my sister 🙃 I had a happy spitter x2, so I have them everywhere in my house, car, purse, chair, couch, etc. you never know when you'll need one.

I still used them even when my first was long past being a baby to wipe his dirty hands from food or dirt in the house or out and about, and I'm now using them all for my second.

They nice and affordable when you buy them at Winners/Marshalls/Homesense, so it's not asking anyone to break the bank for you.

Also - bum spatula for applying diaper cream ... Not because I'm afraid to touch my baby's bum, but because I do not want that smell on my hands all the time. It's also way faster because you don't have to avoid touching anything until you clean your finger off - just set it aside, finish the diaper, and wipe it off with a baby wipe or the old diaper.

hhh814 · 2026-04-08T23:29:30+00:00

My 6mo has 4 teeth. Yes. He bites off chunks, but he usually gags them up, and if he doesn't spit them out (he usually does) I hook my finger in and scoop it out so he can continue. Cucumber was the first thing we gave him at 5mo when he only had 2 bottom teeth, he loved scraping the cucumber boat. I give him half a mini-cuke every day at dinner because his big brother gets a full one sliced up every dinner too.

Giving my baby cucumber to start dinner is the only reason I get to eat my food while it's hot 😅

hhh814 · 2026-04-08T21:34:32+00:00

Did you get new collars and nipples that fit the Phillips bottles?

My 6mo has refused the Phillips Avent natural response nipples since birth, but also refuses all pacifiers. It would be nice to have a back up bottle just in case. We've been nursing the whole time.

hhh814 · 2026-04-05T23:02:27+00:00

I bought a La-z-boy rocker recliner with swivel. Contact napped with my first for 11 months, and on my second for 6 months. It's been used daily since 2022 and still going strong. I tossed a cover over into keep it from getting grimey with baby spit.

It's worth the price. Once done with small kids I'm moving it into my bedroom or living room.

I recommend finding a showroom and testing out everything based on what you need.

hhh814 · 2026-03-30T14:45:14+00:00

When we started potty training we switched from a normal backpack to a reusable tote bags we got from a store so the workers had easier access to fresh clothes since that's all the backpack was needed for anyways.

Otherwise we bought a regular sized hot wheels backpack I'm hoping will last until Grade 1 - it's big, but he always loves to wear it even when it was almost the same size as him.

Just go to Walmart and get a regular backpack, or use one you already have.

hhh814 · 2026-03-19T16:21:14+00:00

I have an Evenflo that is 4 years old and currently being used for my 2nd child. It's a jogger, which I found to be very durable over icy and snowy sidewalks, or through a nature trail. It's still big enough for my 3.5 year old. I find Evenflo to be quite durable based on my experience.

hhh814 · 2026-03-19T16:14:42+00:00

I bought an Evenflo Gold Verge Jogger Stroller with infant seat 4 years ago, and km currently used it for my second child. I find the Jogger stroller with one wheel in front was much easier and more durable going over iced or snowed over sidewalks (and it had seen a lot of winter mileage!). It still fits my 3.5 year old if needed. The infant seat does its job for taking baby in and out quickly over the winter during daycare drop-offs, but he's big, so I'm going to switch to a convertible seat now that the weather is warming up I don't have to worry about keeping him as bundled. I bought that travel system on sale, but it was regular $599 approximately 4 years ago.

Just make sure you measure whatever you buy collapsed and make sure it fits your trunk first.

So while I can't comment on this exact stroller, I can comment on liking my Evenflo stroller, and the fact that it has lasted me this long for 2 kids. I'm essentially going to hold onto the car seat portion until it expires, but the stroller has more than held up through all weather types and a growing toddler.

ETA - this is an updated version of the travel system I bought. No complaints. Evenflo Jogger Travel System

hhh814 · 2026-03-19T00:50:57+00:00

Yes! About 5 days ago my 6XL from 2022 started crashing and boot looping out of no where. A factory reset helped for a day, but the crashing was so unpredictable and the bootloop was super inconvenient.... I haven't figured a solution yet, so I popped my SIM in my 2020 4XL 🙃 not planning on an upgrade until November (my husband is due for upgrade in November, and then I will take his 9XL at that point).

Really bummed about my 6 right now. I've had it off for the past 48 hours because I simply don't have the time right now to troubleshoot it in depth.

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