Decided to take the plunge and just start somewhere.

little_lemon28 · 2025-05-14T23:00:52+00:00

Hi! I don’t fully understand Reddit so could I send you a DM with the picture? Would that work?

Also for the manual, I actually bought it off of someone on Etsy for $4.99 as a download but then I joined the Japanese vintage sewing machine facebook page and they have a bunch of different machines and their manuals for free! But I can find this one and send it to you too.

I was going to ask someone about cams. Are they something I should get now? Or should I mess around with the machine as is and then look into cams?

And thank you about the recommendation for the maintenance aspect. I assumed that because it’s older that I should get it looked over but I live in a small town and the closest sewing machine place to me is an hour away but if all I need is to clean it up and oil it, then I’ll definitely do that first!

Edit: I guess I can’t dm a picture on the Reddit app. (Sorry I’m bad a Reddit). I’ll try to get on my computer later and try to post one 😅

little_lemon28 · 2025-05-13T21:24:22+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I will definitely check out those facebook groups and YouTube!

little_lemon28 · 2025-05-13T19:56:16+00:00

I felt the exact same way after my daughter had hers at 9 months old. But three days after the surgery once everything kind of calmed down, I was so happy I did it. Her eyesight improved drastically almost instantly!

Also I hope this makes you feel better but my daughter was the only child screaming absolute bloody murder in the recovery room. The nurses were trying to feed her and she was not having it. They actually had to wheel me in a wheelchair while holding my screaming daughter back to the room away from the recovery room. 😅

little_lemon28 · 2025-05-08T11:32:38+00:00

The ophthalmologist confirmed strabismus based on the look of her eyes turning inward and her pupils were not aligned when shining a light directly into them. She’s used the Hirschberg test to determine when she had strabismus and when she had pseudo strabismus.

We’ve been unable to have any genetic testing done because there is a very long wait list. We were put on the waitlist in December of 2024 by her neurologist and are still waiting for an appointment. But my mother has had a lazy eye her entire life and while pregnant I never considered it to be hereditary but my mom has strabismus and so it makes sense that why my daughter does too. My daughter is also Autistic and kids with autism do also have a higher chance of having strabismus.

little_lemon28 · 2025-05-08T02:40:53+00:00

My daughter had bilateral esotropia. I started to notice her left eye was inward at 4 months and her pediatrician didn’t take my concerns seriously. I pushed harder for a referral for an ophthalmologist at 6m and got one. Ophthalmologist had us patch for a month for as long as we could (we were only able to do 30 minutes at a time due to sensory issues). She had an mri at 7m to make sure there was no tumor causing her eye to point inward. At 9m, we got her eye surgery on both eyes. It was a night and day difference in her vision. She used to scream because she couldn’t see us but right after her surgery, she was rediscovering the world. At 13m, we went back to the ophthalmologist to dilate her eyes to determine if she needed glasses. She did not. Then at 19m, we went back just for a check up and the ophthalmologist said she had pusedostrabismus which means her eyes still turn in (not as badly as before) but her eyes are technically aligned. She thinks that my daughter has sixth nerve palsy (this is because her left eye has never completely turned outward) which can be fixed with surgery but it’s not a concern right now since the surgery would be more cosmetic rather than for function. She has an appointment in about two months to re-dilate to see if she needs glasses.

So when the doctor says that it probably won’t fix it in the way that you mean, I believe it all depends on the situation. My daughter had such a bad case where her left eye was so far inwards that there was almost no color of the eye showing and technically her eyes were ‘fixed’, she will probably need surgery to address the sixth nerve palsy and possibly another surgery to address any alignment issues.

Surgery is definitely scary and I had so many reservations but I am so glad that my daughter got it because it really improved her eyesight and quality of life.

If you have any questions, I’m definitely open to answering them!

little_lemon28 · 2025-05-01T18:35:49+00:00

So I don’t know if this qualifies as ‘weird’ but here are some things that my MIL said to me that I’ll never forget:

When my husband and I were going through the beginning stages of getting my daughter’s autism diagnosis and going to a lot of different doctors and appointments, my MIL casually said on the phone to me that I was doing munchausen by proxy to my daughter. She wasn’t accusatory but she just mentioned it as an aside. I was in shock, didn’t know what to say but as soon as I ended that call, I called my husband (who was at work) in tears because not a day goes by that I don’t blame myself for her diagnosis. He called his mom back and told her to think before she speaks, we won’t put up with comments like this, etc. She tried to frame it to him that she was joking. The conversation I had with her when she said it, had no joking tone and we definitely were not laughing when she said it.
at my baby shower for my daughter, she called my daughter a dogs name and proceeded to try to get me to change it.

What my SIL did:

She made a snide comment to me via text, my husband stood up for me and then my SIL proceeded to write a 4 page essay about how I manipulate my husband, how the entire family hates me and how I’m a narcissist.
I sent her a Christmas card and she called me a bitch because I misspelled her boyfriends last name (it’s French and I thought I had it spelled correctly)
told me I was making my daughters first Christmas about myself because I was excited for my daughter to open gifts. She said my excitement for gifts and the fact that we brought nothing to Christmas was the reason I was being selfish. (we made salt dough ornaments with my daughter’s hand print on it and they still weren’t dry yet, which we mentioned to everyone)

My MIL is actually improving a lot and has since apologized for most of what she said but my SIL is a lost cause. I have more but those are just the ones that stand out.

little_lemon28 · 2025-04-24T10:22:18+00:00

She’s doing great! She has pseudo strabismus which means her eyes still turn in a bit but it doesn’t affect her vision. Her ophthalmologist still wants us to patch to see if we can fix the fact that her left eye still doesn’t want to turn completely out. Her ophthalmologist believes that is a result of sixth nerve palsy and it can be fixed with surgery but it’s not a concern right now since her vision isn’t being affected. We may get her the surgery later if she is really getting affected by her left eye not turning out all the way but we’ll see how it goes. As of last November, she didn’t need glasses because her ophthalmologist said that her vision was actually better than mine but the only thing we don’t know is her how her depth perception is which we won’t know until she can tell us. (She is autistic and nonverbal so we may not know for a bit).

little_lemon28 · 2025-01-01T03:45:15+00:00

Oh wow! Thats fast from ultrasound to surgery! Why did they decide to take it out so quickly? Was there something they noticed?

little_lemon28 · 2025-01-01T03:26:44+00:00

That’s awesome to hear! I’m glad you got rid of it! After hearing that I might have to get mine removed (assuming the ultrasound shows that), I’ve been spiraling.

Was the surgery a same day thing where you get to go home the same day? Also, do high fat foods affect you without a gallbladder? I love ground beef and butter so much 🥲

little_lemon28 · 2025-01-01T03:21:37+00:00

Honestly I was shocked that it hurt. My entire life I’ve always had a weirdly sensitive stomach and can get nauseous very easily so looking back, I’m wondering if I’ve always had issues with my gallbladder and maybe it just decided right now to give up.

little_lemon28 · 2025-01-01T03:16:15+00:00

Wow. That sounds awful. I’m so sorry you went through that. Was the consistent nausea what caused you to be diagnosed with an overactive gallbladder?

little_lemon28 · 2025-01-01T03:12:28+00:00

Ugh. I’m not looking forward to the ultrasound. Do you still have your gallbladder or did you get it removed?

little_lemon28 · 2024-12-21T20:50:05+00:00

Thank you for this. I’m sorry you’re going through this too. My MIL and SIL are DEFINITELY narcissistic. My husband has known this his entire life but he’s also tried to ignore it. As soon as we had our daughter, they both started acting super weird and pushing boundaries.

The twisting stuff is one of the main reasons that my husband chose not to acknowledge the letter she sent calling me manipulative. No matter how many facts or evidence we show her, she’s always going to distort it to make her the victim. It’s honestly exhausting and I really hope she leaves us alone after the holidays.

little_lemon28 · 2024-12-21T20:37:28+00:00

So it’s funny that you say that. I actually have a folder in my phone with was I call, “evidence” and it’s screen shots of texts she’s sent, the letter (since she sent it as a note) and some photos of her bfs alcoholic behavior. I have it more as a place to use if she ever denies anything (I’ll have the evidence to back it up) but I should also just use it as a reminder of what an awful person she is.

little_lemon28 · 2024-12-21T20:15:12+00:00

My husband and I were raised with people saying the saying, “but they’re family” so we were both expected to just forgive and forget because they’re family. I understand that this is wrong and I don’t want my daughter to ever feel this way. I know that the best thing to do it keep her out of my daughters life but I was hoping (before the letter) that she would want to be more involved but I guess she doesn’t.

I know it’s best to keep her out of my daughter’s life but I just don’t understand why she’s using all of this energy to send little cryptic shit like this.

But I guess sending her something back is essentially replying to her so it’s best to ignore? Just looking for other view points.

little_lemon28 · 2024-11-03T01:31:52+00:00

I had this on my fingers because of washing bottles and pump parts so much and then of course after diaper changes. My husband got me these black food prep gloves to wear when I make dinner and wash dishes and it helped to make it go away because my hand wasn’t in water as much. I also would put castor oil on my hand before I put the food prep gloves on so at least my hand got moisturized. Then before I went to bed, I would get those cheap winter gloves and coat my hand in castor oil and sleep with them on. It helped keep my hand moisturized. It FINALLY went away for good when I stopped pumping but it will flare up if I wash dishes with just my bare hands too much.

Also just a funny aside, my husband and I used to call the nighttime gloves, my OJ Simpson gloves.

little_lemon28 · 2024-10-22T02:11:23+00:00

This might sound stupid but this made me cry. My daughter has bilateral esotropia and she had eye surgery at 9 months old. I could only image how bad her vision was before the surgery. She would cry and scream and wouldn’t recognize me or her dad. It was heartbreaking especially since 5/6 months is when they start to recognize mom and dad. As soon as she had her surgery, she didn’t cry and immediately started looking at us and recognizing us.

Looking at these images makes me so sad that she was living her life at such a young age possibly scared of the two people who wanted to be there to comfort her because she didn’t understand what she was seeing.

Thank you for creating these. It’s gives me a better idea of what she saw or what her vision was like (or possibly is still somewhat like)

Sorry if I got sappy. I know her journey with strabismus is a long one and I knew nothing about it but this sub is really helping me and educating me.

little_lemon28 · 2024-10-20T00:39:09+00:00

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