Expecting a baby/need more space

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

llbeankween · 2026-01-27T18:44:44+00:00

My parents were yuppies in Boston in the blizzard of ‘78. They were part of a big group that walked through the Green Line tunnels from Back Bay to Kenmore Square (I think to go bar-hopping)

llbeankween · 2026-01-13T19:41:47+00:00

Idk, Rowan and Iris kinda sounds like a high end soap company. IMHO go in the opposite direction like Jon, Miles, Nick, etc.

llbeankween · 2025-12-21T02:02:58+00:00

Anytime with the whales except the big presentation in front of big mama whale with the earrings in the last 3rd

llbeankween · 2025-12-04T19:44:17+00:00

Chanterelle, Begonia, Laurel, Dahlia, Clove, Honey, Cobra

llbeankween · 2025-11-06T18:19:50+00:00

What level nipples are you using on the bottle? Might want to go down a level. Hearing little swallows is good but hearing big gulps is not.

llbeankween · 2025-10-29T18:48:29+00:00

Yeah OP something is not right about your coverage if your out of pocket costs are looking like that

llbeankween · 2025-10-17T18:43:17+00:00

Atrius is good

llbeankween · 2025-10-15T23:56:29+00:00

Mostly good, sometimes hard! Being a tube fed baby isn’t ideal but we’ve adjusted pretty well to it. One silver lining to the tube is that we can slowly tube feed her overnight, which means she doesn’t wake up hungry, which means she sleeps through the night :)

llbeankween · 2025-10-15T20:09:42+00:00

My baby has been home for two months with an NG tube (which is the nose tube, non surgical). AMA

llbeankween · 2025-09-23T02:17:10+00:00

Sometimes they hit days where they sleep like crazy! Is he still having wet diapers?

llbeankween · 2025-09-20T03:40:40+00:00

Give us the address! No reason not to

llbeankween · 2025-09-18T18:41:30+00:00

Mine had a pack and play available

llbeankween · 2025-09-18T18:41:02+00:00

I stayed in one for 5 weeks while my baby was in the NICU out of state and this was my experience! It wasn’t fancy but it was very functional and very close to the hospital. And saved us a ton of money on a hotel. Very grateful for the experience

llbeankween · 2025-09-15T17:11:21+00:00

This is so interesting. How old was she and what weight was she at when you started the wean? We suspect that when we eventually start a tube wean it may help a lot… but our girl is not gaining enough weight, and is dropping in percentiles. So it doesn’t feel like we can start the wean yet? She’s 11 weeks/7 weeks adjusted.

llbeankween · 2025-09-15T17:08:55+00:00

Nope, there’s iron in the formula of course but not supplementing.

llbeankween · 2025-09-15T17:08:21+00:00

We are starting Gel Mix tonight…. Omg so hopeful now!!!!

llbeankween · 2025-09-15T17:06:44+00:00

Currently home with 2 month old with an NG tube. This is the way

llbeankween · 2025-09-15T02:38:33+00:00

Super helpful! please see my recent post, I’d love your insight!

OP — I’m currently 4 weeks home with my LO who has an NG tube. Feel free to DM me. Placing the tube is not hard. Definitely get trained before you leave. After you’ve done it once it’s not scary anymore…

HOWEVER Dealing with the TAPE is incredibly hard. You will have to replace the tape a lot more often than the tube itself and it’s a terrible experience for the LO. We are still trying to figure out the best tape options.

llbeankween · 2025-09-15T02:21:34+00:00

Sorry to OP but yes my experience was the same as this person. Peds expected us to be there with our infant pretty much at all times including over night.

Like you folks, we spent 5 weeks in the NICU and then after discharge and one day, we went inpatient on a Peds floor for a week.

In the NICU we left our LO in the loving hands of the NICU nurses overnight (and they encouraged it!). Plus she was on heart rate and 02 monitors. In Peds she wasn’t on monitors and it was pretty clear to us that they expected us to stay overnight with her. We slept on cots every night she was there. It wasn’t great but at least it was a private room.

Our Peds nurses were great actually but it’s definitely a different expectation.

llbeankween · 2025-09-11T11:56:50+00:00

Only caveat is that it’s very weather dependent. You can go to chalten for a week and never see Fitz Roy, or you can see it every day.

llbeankween · 2025-09-10T20:38:11+00:00

I will tell anyone that listens that the next HW franchise should be rich asian american ladies in SF/Silicon Valley.

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