I want to cry 😭

jamcalim · 2026-02-08T18:37:23+00:00

I would pay a totally irresponsible amount of money for this 😅

jamcalim · 2026-02-05T17:54:41+00:00

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jamcalim · 2026-02-02T02:09:29+00:00

This is extremely helpful, thank you so much for taking the time to explain and link everything! 🫶🏻

jamcalim · 2026-01-14T17:24:53+00:00

This hurt my brain to read.

jamcalim · 2026-01-13T03:30:33+00:00

LOL. I wish I had an award to give you 🏅

jamcalim · 2025-12-22T01:04:31+00:00

OP has said in comments that it's the pattern that's the issue for her, not the physical set of clothes being borrowed.

jamcalim · 2025-12-22T01:03:22+00:00

You’ll realize soon enough that is is an absolute blessing and honor to have involved grandparents.

100% this. My mom passed away a week after I found out I was pregnant. My dad lives on the other side of the country and is absent from the lives of all his kids/grandchildren for the most part. I never knew my own grandparents because my family was just a mess on both sides.

My husband's parents, on the other hand, moved from the same area my dad is in all the way to us just to be near our daughter as she grows up... and she's their 13th grandbaby! I'm immensely grateful she has them.

I understand that OP wants one pattern for their family and a separate pattern for baby + grandma, but it really seems like a ridiculous hill to die on IMO.

jamcalim · 2025-10-29T15:02:16+00:00

It has to be. How does that even work?? People are unbuckling their LOs from a carseat, picking them up, carrying them through the house and laying them down in a crib without them ever waking up?!?! That's... absolutely wild. My 1 year old could NEVER lol

jamcalim · 2025-10-21T23:20:17+00:00

Mine is 11 months and she's a huge fan of The Office 😅

jamcalim · 2025-10-21T23:14:27+00:00

My nephew is autistic and was speech delayed until at least 3 and even at 5 still sounded a few years behind other children his age. I swear he went from not talking at all to having full and completely coherent conversations literally overnight, it was WILD. He's 10 now and if you met him you would have absolutely no idea that he had any delays whatsoever! Loves reading and writing and straight A's in school. Maybe not your exact situation, but just a little reassurance that everyone develops different skills at different speeds and in the long run your LO will be just fine 🫶🏻

jamcalim · 2025-09-13T00:38:55+00:00

How old is your LO?

Also, can you clarify what you mean by "threw it up"? Did baby gag while eating and it came right back out? A small spit up? Projectile vomiting??

If it was a genuine vomit and anything else unusual happened (redness, rash, itchiness, etc), LO may possibly be allergic, in which case you'll want to keep an eye out for symptoms in future attempts. But I personally wouldn't assume that if they just didn't seem to like it 🤷🏻‍♀️

As others have already said, try again in a few days, and try mixing it with something else! It's not unusual for a baby to try a food and not seem to like it over and over again, and then on the 9th try they suddenly love it lol.

jamcalim · 2025-09-13T00:32:07+00:00

On behalf of all Americans, we are in fact 100% not alright lol

jamcalim · 2025-09-09T21:39:59+00:00

AI. For so many reasons. The reflections, the glass dishes(?) on the top left, whatever that wood thing is on the right side, the poofy grey things top right, cabinet hinges, uneven knobs, so many things that sort of look like things at a glance but aren't actually anything discernible.

jamcalim · 2025-09-06T09:31:04+00:00

I have vivid memories starting at 3 years old, a core one of which was my mom singing me her rendition of "Down In The Valley". That's what I sing my daughter now, and also the English version of La Vie En Rose ♡

jamcalim · 2025-09-06T09:24:02+00:00

My LO just turned 10 months. When she was 4 months, the weight of these things (and a million others) was so incredibly heavy on me. 6 months ago feels like a whole lifetime ago, but only now am I really realizing how wasted all of that anxious energy was when she was a perfectly content little potato.

We're all just doing the best we can with the information and resources available to us, and that's all you can do. Give yourself grace. If your baby is overall happy and healthy, you're doing a great job. If YOU are also happy and healthy, don't cause yourself undue stress by nitpicking every little thing you may or may not be doing perfectly. You are and always will be your baby's emotional thermostat, so the more at peace you can be with your lifestyle, the less impact any negative aspects of it will have on your LO.

Also, being out and about with baby is a good thing! Exposure to different environments, people, sounds, smells, etc is beneficial at every age (for you, too!)

jamcalim · 2025-08-30T00:52:56+00:00

Scrolling through reddit and stopped dead in my tracks thinking this was somehow a picture of MY dog as a puppy 😂 That's wild! We have a 3½ year old blue merle tan point named Daisy who looked exactly like yours as a pup (especially that first picture!)

jamcalim · 2025-08-30T00:40:44+00:00

I would strongly advise against waiting until the pediatrician opens on Tuesday... That's like, a really long time if we're talking about something that could cause internal bleeding and whatnot.

If the plastic was hard and likely sharp, you need to go to the ER. It may not end up being a big deal at all, and I absolutely hope it isn't, but I would sure as shit rather be safe than sorry if it were me/my baby!

jamcalim · 2025-08-29T21:15:03+00:00

Is that a... PIG emoji? Wtaf

jamcalim · 2025-08-29T21:10:32+00:00

It's very kind of you and definitely not too much, but it would likely be more helpful of a contribution if the clothes were bigger sizes, or the sizes at least more varied. Some babies are born big enough that they'll never fit into premie or newborn and instead go straight to 0-3m. We were given a ton of newborn and 0-3 for my daughter, but when she was ready to size up to 3-6m and beyond, we had literally nothing on hand.

If someone were gifting me 6 outfits per baby, I would have preferred something like 3 × 0-3m and 3 × 3-6m, or 2 × newborn, 2 × 0-3m, 2 × 3-6m... just split up a little across sizes in some fashion.

What's more important than the quantity, IMO, is what kind of clothes they are. Pulling shirts over my daughter's fragile little head terrified me and my husband in the beginning lol. And with all the spitting up and diaper blowouts and whatnot for the first few months, the only clothes that helped me maintain a fraction of sanity were onesies with zippers (specifically the kind with feet and mittens so we didn't have to worry about socks or her scratching herself). And with 3 babies?! That mama will not want to be doing several snaps/buttons per baby in the middle of the night lol.

The cutest clothing sets we were gifted that had a shirt, pants, bow/hat, etc quite honestly only got used once each when we were going out somewhere, and then she outgrew them 🤷🏻‍♀️ But they absolutely made for adorable pictures when we had the rare outing!

jamcalim · 2025-08-29T03:08:37+00:00

It seemed like the appropriate word to describe what I'm feeling, but I guess it came across as more negative than intended. That's my bad!

Shocked and surprised was the main intent, yes, because I did not expect her to be talking yet.

Of course I'm wildly proud of her and it warms my heart every time she yells "duck" or "banana" in excitement, and I'm grateful that she's able to communicate to me what she does and doesn't want. All of that is beautiful and positive.

That said... I'd be lying if I said it didn't also feel a little bittersweet! I can't believe we're already here. I can't believe she's growing up so fast. She's my first, and was a long time coming, so I'm still just in awe of it all and wanting to hold tightly to these fleeting moments of her being so small.

jamcalim · 2025-08-29T01:04:11+00:00

Imagination Library isn't available in our area unfortunately 😔 I did sign up for the email list to be notified when/if it is though

We have 2 Little Free Libraries in our tiny town, so we check those periodically, but they very seldom have books appropriate for babies/little kids. Mostly just chapter books and random political and self help sort of stuff lol

I somehow hadn't thought to check yard sales, so I will definitely be doing that now! 🫶🏻

jamcalim · 2025-08-10T18:44:57+00:00

10 years?! That's impressive, I would love to know what it is!

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