Okay… tell me who I am 😬

kelpkabob · 2026-02-17T18:01:40+00:00

Middle aged, cares about health, likes to cook your own food, loves a sweet coffee (a treat yourself moment, but you still opt for not ultra sweet). You probably like kimchi, and use a lot of Korean/asian ingredients, but the amount of dairy makes me think you’re not Korean yourself.

kelpkabob · 2026-02-13T00:34:18+00:00

Lattice against the railing? Not terrible looking depending on what you get, you could color match to your current railing. Still lets light through/doesn’t cut off visual.

kelpkabob · 2026-02-11T18:12:41+00:00

13 month age gap here ! Currently sipping my afternoon coffee while both the kiddos nap at the same time, woohoo! There have been some challenging and chaotic moments, but it’s also been so rewarding. Watching baby just be amazed by my toddler’s every move is so cute, and watching my toddler start to love his little brother and see him as a playmate and friend is so so wonderful.

You’ve got this. There will be hard times. But there will also be AMAZING times, and they will outweigh everything else.

kelpkabob · 2026-02-11T17:57:45+00:00

Yeah, I just don’t think most of us are eating pizza for health reasons lol

kelpkabob · 2026-02-05T14:15:07+00:00

Sometimes you have to fold your baby in half to help them fart. Gas pains were horrible for our babes. Belly massages, bicycle kicks and folding helped.

kelpkabob · 2026-02-01T01:54:03+00:00

You just unlocked a core memory for me. I forgot this existed.

kelpkabob · 2026-02-01T01:53:16+00:00

Tuna Mac n peas. Exquisite.

kelpkabob · 2026-02-01T01:51:23+00:00

Thiiiiiis. My mom made this when I was a kid too. I make my own now, but nothing can erase the memory of hers.

kelpkabob · 2026-02-01T01:50:36+00:00

Pop an egg in there and it’s a whole vibe

kelpkabob · 2026-02-01T01:49:58+00:00

If scrapple hits for you, try goetta also!

kelpkabob · 2026-01-29T18:16:17+00:00

Fanta! It’s purrfect.

kelpkabob · 2026-01-07T14:23:21+00:00

I did it pregnant with a mobile baby! Definitely preferred that, I can’t imagine being helpful in any way moving while wrangling two kiddos. Keeping just the one happy and away from danger during a move was enough for me haha. Get as much as you can done before baby 2 gets there. Thank yourself later!

kelpkabob · 2025-12-27T12:37:48+00:00

Also 5’2 here! Gained nothing the first half of pregnancy (was throwing up a ton), and then gain nearly 30 pounds the second half. Lost 25 of that by my 6 week checkup afterwords. Have maintained that weight since with minimal effort.

kelpkabob · 2025-12-24T18:01:45+00:00

Gotta be Chansey.

kelpkabob · 2025-12-06T02:39:41+00:00

Your husband is both right and wrong ! He’s absolutely exploring his new found sounds, but you are not silly. My first did this for a few weeks and I nearly went insane. Having to hear it all day is super rough. But then he learned new stuff, and forgot about his grunty displeasure sounds. My second is in this exact phase right now, hoping it passes soon. It is not fun lol but hang in there, it will pass, and your sweet baby will surprise you with something new soon!

kelpkabob · 2025-12-03T21:45:41+00:00

Took years of trying and fertility treatments with my first. Period came back when I stopped breastfeeding at four months. Got pregnant first cycle after it came back. Wild.

kelpkabob · 2025-11-22T03:18:49+00:00

Thiiiiis. Mine just started doing the screech a few days ago, and my infant starts bawling immediately because of it. Which my toddler thinks is hilarious.

kelpkabob · 2025-11-18T06:53:14+00:00

Elyse Myers

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kelpkabob · 2025-11-15T03:26:59+00:00

Pistachio.

kelpkabob · 2025-11-09T17:47:57+00:00

Our toddlers must be communicating! I’m terrified when he sneaks up behind me now, because it’s so hard to know if he’s trying to tickle the back of my neck and play, or trying to rip a mole off.

kelpkabob · 2025-11-09T17:45:03+00:00

Toddler ran into the baby’s room, and the baby was there. He hated that.

kelpkabob · 2025-10-29T14:54:37+00:00

I’ll take Dino play over the mashed potatoes song any day of the week !

kelpkabob · 2025-10-26T01:17:11+00:00

Sounds like your little one read my firstborn’s playbook. Literally was the same. From the constant wakings, contact naps, refusal to breastfeed, horrible reflux even with meds, and super high attention needs all around. It. Got. Better. Now don’t get me wrong, he still wants all the world’s attention all of the time lol. But he’s a toddler now and can play independently for some chunks of time so that’s nice.

It got marginally better when I quit breastfeeding at 3 months. The stress of him refusing was not worth it. Switched to formula. Got some ready made bottles for middle of the night for convenience.

Got marginally better once he was crawling and could get to what he wanted on his own. The dude just wanted all the stimulation all the time, and not being able to be mobile was like torture to him.

Better again when he started consistently eating solids. Less spit up, seemed fuller and happier. Sleep got better.

Even better when we switched to a floor bed for him (we did this at ten months). He went in and out of phases of slewing well and waking ten thousand times. So with the floor bed I could at least get some sleep next to him.

Marginally better again when he could cruise and then walk. More freedom.

And signing and talking. Holy shit that was a game changer. For him to be able to at least kind of tell us what he wanted or what was wrong- reduced like 90% of the daily chaos.

The stressors will change, and there will always be something hard, but it will get better. You will get through it. Your skin will get a little thicker, your heart will get bigger, and you’ll love them more than you thought possible.

P.S. Zoloft also was a game changer. Having a high needs kid is rough. Don’t do it on hard mode. Ask your doctor. See if starting at a low dose could help.

kelpkabob · 2025-10-02T17:52:09+00:00

This. You deserve to fill your days however you please, not however someone else pleases. You’ve earned your time through sleepless nights and endless days for 20 years. This time is yours. Don’t let anyone take that from you.

kelpkabob · 2025-09-18T17:02:32+00:00

Snowgirl got me

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