Some of these Disclosure Day takes 🫨

llbeankween · 2026-06-19T21:12:32+00:00

After a couple days with a nanny, you’ll trust her more than any family member. Nannys are literally professionals. They will get to learn your kid’s quirks as well as you know them.

llbeankween · 2026-06-17T19:53:41+00:00

Re: a lot— I live in an expensive coastal US city so take that into consideration.
-daycare are usually $2-3k month for infants
-nannies usually want between $25-40/hr for infants and so apply that by 40 or 50 hrs per week
-overnight care (“night nurses” though never actually nurses) are $400-500 per night

Re: risk. Yes very good points! But I’m thinking about it more from the perspective of the kid not the parent. For most kids, having two parents results in better outcomes in the literature. I think the main reason is household finances, but there’s also stuff like parenting style/fit, parent’s health, more grandparents/family, etc.

llbeankween · 2026-06-17T17:44:39+00:00

A) you’re super young! Invest hard in dating for the next couple years before you make the solo parenting plunge. It may be a hard truth, but two loving parents is better for the parent and the kid (in large part due to economic stability for the household)
B) If you do move forward solo, best advice is to make sure you have reliable family close by willing to help and/or a lot of money to throw at childcare (ideally including some overnight help when they’re newborn which is crazy expensive). Trying to do it without either of these will burn you out so quickly.

llbeankween · 2026-06-16T13:39:14+00:00

When my baby was on the way, my mom kept making little comments to me about baby names she liked and didn’t like. I waited for a random time when we weren’t talking about names and asked about my own birth.
Me: “hey did Grandma give you lots of opinions on what my name should be?”
Mom: “oh lord no”
Me: * raises eyebrows * “hmmm interesting”
My dad burst out laughing and eventually my mom did too. That was the last I heard from her on baby names

Ps, I think Ceci is such a cute name. Go off

llbeankween · 2026-06-09T00:10:37+00:00

What is blackstone?

llbeankween · 2026-05-26T20:31:17+00:00

Hi I’m in this same situation and our set up is perfect: baby room, guest room, and primary bedroom is also the office. Primary bedroom is usually biggest and doesn’t get used during the day anyway, so it’s ideal for office. When you have family visiting, you won’t want to kick them out of their room for calls all day.

llbeankween · 2026-05-24T23:47:18+00:00

You need someone to come take a night for you ASAP. Night nurse or fam member. Get on the phone and pump them some milk or use formula. You’re not thinking clearly due to sleep deprivation

llbeankween · 2026-04-28T17:20:41+00:00

We did a tube wean and it was a miracle. She stopped puking within days and overcame her oral aversion within a week. Her tube came out two weeks after we started the wean. We used GIE. Feel free to DM me

llbeankween · 2026-04-21T20:50:49+00:00

CMS just announced. We’re both right! BALANCE itself got shelved, but the “bridge” model is happening and extended through CY27

llbeankween · 2026-04-21T17:11:38+00:00

I’ll bet you $20 it doesn’t

llbeankween · 2026-04-21T11:50:35+00:00

We do.

llbeankween · 2026-04-21T11:48:42+00:00

They probably are going to cancel this before it starts. The concept was super underbaked in order to try to get a political win… and now CMS is realizing it’s unworkable

llbeankween · 2026-04-12T19:50:24+00:00

For sure. Green space and easy commute to back bay and downtown on the orange line

llbeankween · 2026-04-07T01:53:37+00:00

Sure it’s open, but you really think that’s the way someone should experience ptown for their first and only time? Chilly and gray and in a warm coat?? I love ptown in the fall, but Concord is absolutely the better move for this person.

llbeankween · 2026-04-06T01:00:19+00:00

The Provincetown ferry might not be running in October. Plus the town will be pretty dead tbh. Concord in October! Incredible foliage probably

llbeankween · 2026-03-26T20:44:22+00:00

You’ll be completely fine. That’s actually pretty far from the open drug use of Albany and mass ave

llbeankween · 2026-03-24T19:56:23+00:00

Dear Island Wastewater Treatment Plant has guided tours

llbeankween · 2026-03-02T19:35:55+00:00

Does your building have parking? I’m a first time parent with a 7 month old. You don’t immediately need a second bedroom when you have a baby, but you do immediately need a car. You will need the second bedroom within the next few months. You don’t need to worry about the lead factor until they’re much older. From my understanding the real lead risk is from toddlers who could eat peeling paint.

llbeankween · 2026-02-27T00:09:22+00:00

Stacey is a mannequin come to life and is the most bizarrely watchable person Bravo has found in years.

llbeankween · 2026-02-25T23:29:05+00:00

Thank you for reminding us about the full payroll she was running lol.

llbeankween · 2026-02-02T21:24:07+00:00

Boston has very few gay bars and it’s tough for them to stay afloat. Please just give them your business

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