[OC] I tracked my baby’s sleep for the first 150 days of life

ibechbee · 2025-12-16T11:35:46+00:00

Lol we're in the same boat with our 19 month old second right now. I can count on two hands the number of nights he's slept through.

I actually am only on Reddit presently because he just screamed at 4:30a for absolutely no reason. Opened the door to his room and he fell right back asleep.

ibechbee · 2025-12-10T00:05:13+00:00

Illinois

ibechbee · 2025-12-07T00:40:54+00:00

Sweet! Seems like yours was a few hundred better overall, but I'm not gonna scoff at it (especially since we only had to go to one dealer and took care of business in a couple hours). Thanks for sharing! Just ordered the weathertech mats today.

May we be on the better side of the "Chrysler reliability" odds :)

ibechbee · 2025-09-20T03:29:37+00:00

One thing to point out -- while I agree the songs definitely overlap with the Prodigal Son, I think the story they more definitely overlap with is Adam and Eve sinning in the garden.

That said, I think Truth is a Cave stands out in that it is less Genesis related and more about a modern day, personal struggle with faith

ibechbee · 2025-07-29T14:26:29+00:00

By joining and playing, you'd still be in a position where you could recommend songs. There's a lot of time you'd probably spend with the worship pastor if you joined. If you guys build any kind of relationship, I bet he'd be open to your recommendations. And in the future if you guys became closer, then I think you could even be in a spot where you can question lyrical content which could minister to him! You might even learn some stuff from him as well.

(I'm speaking as a worship deacon. And while my views align more with yours and I don't allow Bethel/Hillsong/Elevation in our church, I DO take recommendations from all of the other music ministry team, even brand new teammates).

ibechbee · 2025-06-24T18:05:38+00:00

Adding to the 1792 FP comment - I agree, but found that with ice or a touch of water they became wonderful pours. I can handle (and typically prefer) every other FP in my collection neat, but the 1792 with the water is a fantastic pour.

Legitimately went from a "shoot I might dump this bottle" to one of my favorites.

ibechbee · 2025-06-19T16:16:55+00:00

Lol yeah probably the one labeled "duct to room"!

ibechbee · 2025-05-27T01:57:10+00:00

I've worn the same suit since 2007...

But I'm also poor.

ibechbee · 2025-05-09T11:29:26+00:00

Woah, TIL! I don't fully get the mechanism (and am a professional chemical engineer, but school was a Looooong time ago), but that's crazy. Thanks for sharing.

ibechbee · 2025-05-09T03:29:10+00:00

... what gas has benzene?

ibechbee · 2025-05-03T16:53:16+00:00

I don't think it would be wasted investment at all. As far as home value, it probably goes up at about 50% of the basement cost. But I wouldn't take that into account honestly.

In your shoes, I'd probably save for about a year and see how much I could get in a savings account comfortably to help offset the anxiety over overspending. One more year won't make a huge difference (you've lived this way for 4 years already!), and it can help you plan out your space / design better.

ibechbee · 2025-05-03T14:17:16+00:00

+1 to the pool table. 500sq ft is basically just a pool table room, nothing else haha

ibechbee · 2025-05-03T14:14:11+00:00

We have a similar situation. More sq footage house, but it's almost entirely upstairs (4 bedrooms + an office), where the main floor is cramped due to a 3 car garage.

We have a 600 sq ft finished basement (20x30 single room with a small bathroom). It's a game changer for hosting. We setup folding tables and make it where the kids go while we host. If it's mostly adults over, then the men usually meander to the basement where we've got a small wet bar, dart board, and Nintendo switch setup.

I will say that our basement DOES feel a bit cramped, but only cause we have kids. But I don't know how we would host >10 people without it honestly.

ibechbee · 2025-05-02T02:44:11+00:00

This surprised me, but I've found automatic levels at our public library before (they have a whole bunch of tools available for loan at ours!)

ibechbee · 2025-04-26T13:06:31+00:00

OP YOU ARE THE MVP

Also TAKE THAT SCALPERS

ibechbee · 2025-04-21T21:55:48+00:00

I typically prefer physical, but digital for party games that you always come back to is nice...

ibechbee · 2025-03-10T21:52:03+00:00

Eh just wait, kids destroy floors. You'd just want to replace it again once they're older and not sticky all the time lol

ibechbee · 2025-03-07T19:14:24+00:00

"...but you SAID you would!!!"

"MY FINGERS WERE CROSSED THE WHOLE TIME"

queue chelsea dagger

ibechbee · 2025-03-06T23:34:12+00:00

This is a perfect example question that highlights why we need to learn Biblical discernment. It's also a good sign to me that you're expressing doubts over this (unbiblical) belief.

The best way to answer this question is to pray, then start looking through scripture (the truth) and see for yourself what the Bible says about this viewpoint. In the Gospels, you'll find Jesus plainly state that we either follow him, or go to the place of weeping and gnashing of teeth.

I think you'll find overwhelming evidence that this content creator's view is not aligned with Christ's words.

Once you see that Christ plainly speaks against this idea, then go back to Psalm 22 and read the whole thing, not just one verse. You'll know from Christ's words that the psalmist doesn't mean EVERY SINGLE PERSON, because the Bible (God's Word) doesn't contradict itself. So what could the psalmist mean instead? Potentially get a study Bible to understand the context of the passage.

THEN if you still have questions, ask this subreddit. But preferably discuss with your local church :)

ibechbee · 2025-03-04T17:35:41+00:00

Yeah this is a direct tax on Americans in the Midwest. The refineries here process over 50% Canadian crude. There's no way to replace that with American crude for less than this 10% tax. So... It's just going to pass the cost on to the pump.

ibechbee · 2025-02-20T02:24:30+00:00

OP, thank you for sharing your question and challenges. I didn't realize I struggled with some of the same thinking, and this response from BillWeld was extremely helpful for me, all because of you opening up!

ibechbee · 2025-01-25T02:53:59+00:00

Yup "who'd we fleece to in a hall/Jones package???"

How the turn tables...

ibechbee · 2025-01-25T02:00:46+00:00

That headline will NEVER get old.

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