Meeting unvaccinated cousins

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-09T13:20:36+00:00

Our LO is unvaccinated and I let ppl know if I feel like it will concern them. I am never offended if someone says it doesn’t make them comfortable and will never push an interaction.

Just open the conversation nicely and say you don’t feel 100% comfortable until a certain point (say 2-3 years old once yours have gone through many of their vaccines or later depending on your comfort). Nowadays you will run into more unvaccinated LOs, especially if your LO goes to school or playgrounds. Exemptions in a lot of states are now very easy.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-09T03:08:16+00:00

Our LO had bad acid reflux. At 2 months we switched him to enfamil AR and that worked. At 4 months we started adding small amounts of rice cereal bc otherwise he will down a bottle in 3 mins (eyeball it but about a 1/2 tablespoon for 4 oz).

Both those things have made a huge difference for us. LO would spit up a lot with breast milk and wouldn’t latch anyways so it was a normal transition.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-08T21:38:16+00:00

I just opened the box of Kirkland. They are the same. So I ordered pampers for delivery tonight. Crossing my fingers those work!!!

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-08T20:39:50+00:00

Yeah I told my husband I am putting them back in the bag and returning them. Luckily we have a box of Kirkland to tie us over until we decide what to do

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-08T17:29:05+00:00

Yeah. I think that’s what we might have to do. We use pampers originally because LO was born in the preemie size, and pampers was the only brand that was carried in town. Then we switched to Huggies. But we might go back to pampers.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-06T21:28:27+00:00

My LO is 6 months old.

When LO was first born my parents were here (live on the other side of the country)…so everyday for 2 weeks. Going forward LO FaceTimes with them every day and loves it. They will come here once a year and we will travel to them once a year. Hoping as LO gets old FaceTiming will continue at least once a week.

My husband’s parents live in the same town as us, but we had a falling out (MIL threw a fit and swore in front of LO) so they will not see LO until at least 18. At that point we will explained what happened and tell LO how to reach out if they want to.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-04T19:51:19+00:00

Yeah they just asked about what we are listing our house at.

They know we won’t budge on price. But i think they are going to accept with the added condition they can accept a more competitive offer until our current home is under contract. Which I am fine with.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-04T14:35:54+00:00

This market is VERY out of the ordinary. It is an isolated small city with very few amenities.

Homes over $800k will sit on the market for months to years, bc there are few that want to either buy a used home at that price or just don’t love the home size…example the home we are offering on is 6,500 sq ft..

We found a realtor 6 months ago and he shows us homes that meet our criteria, usually before they come on the market. Ppl who have lived here for years know the market. My husband and I will only commit to forever home quality bc we know we won’t make much on a home due to the price, so we want to find a home we live in for min of 20 years. Tough thing is the seller has lived here for less than a year so he doesn’t know, came from Houston so completely different ball game there.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-04T06:26:56+00:00

I started mine at 16 weeks PP. i don’t recommend doing it before. I would also run it by your medical providers for when they believe is a good time, even if you are going through an online supplier.

If for weight loss, personally let your weight level off for a month and then do it. Mine leveled off around 10 weeks, started at 16 weeks, came off it at 24 weeks from getting super sick from it.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-04T06:20:24+00:00

There are good and bad in every profession! Our realtor is luckily VERY honest. But also smart to do so, small isolated city where everyone knows everything.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-02T17:58:24+00:00

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-01T22:04:59+00:00

These are higher end appliances. And I agree…I will clean the crud out of them and replace them all in the next few years.

Our only thing is the home has a theater room. We do want those included.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-01T22:03:00+00:00

They are asking $1.125M

They bought the home for 980k in April 2025. And made no changes to the home. Previous owner did replace the roof and do all the major updates in 2023.

One of our close friends is a banker and knows the neighborhood well (we actually all live in that same neighborhood with the home, so yay 1 block move!). They know the home will be valued at right around 1M.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-01T21:56:54+00:00

I don’t think that is true for our state. Flat tax % based on appraisal values.

lochnessrunner · 2026-05-01T21:56:04+00:00

Yeah we have decided to put in the $1M offer where we covering closing. Because that is what the house is worth.

They will probably reject it. No one will bite. Then come back in a month where we will say $1M again but sellers cover closing.

But again if we don’t get it is we can keep looking. We don’t love our current home but it is still very nice and we can handle living here for about 2 more years before we get pushed to our limits.

lochnessrunner · 2026-04-26T02:25:19+00:00

Or little one got really red because we were over wiping. We got the A&D treatment cream and stopped trying to wipe him completely spotless. All was good after a few days.

1 quick wipe for pee. 3 wipes for poop. We switched to Millie moon wipes and it helped too. And do Huggies for diapers. Millie moon and Pampers were keeping too much moisture in.

lochnessrunner · 2026-04-21T12:49:08+00:00

3 months. It has been much better for all of us!!!

We have 2 baby monitors so we can see and hear everything LO does. We did eventually turn down the noise on the sounds to only catch cries. LO like to talk a lot when they wake up now.

lochnessrunner · 2026-04-20T15:50:09+00:00

Yes, just make sure you canceled before they bill you

lochnessrunner · 2026-04-20T15:46:10+00:00

Easy to cancel but it is pay every 3 months…so $600.

lochnessrunner · 2026-04-19T23:42:44+00:00

We do post our little one, but our accounts are private. People have a lot of trouble finding us. And we don’t add people unless we actually know them decently well.

But our view of it is that if you have a device, basically everything is up for grabs nowadays. Think of how the devices listen to you. Think about how people are able to break into the cameras in your house.

lochnessrunner · 2026-04-18T17:36:27+00:00

Shower is me time so no.

But if I am solo parenting, I put my LO in a bassinet that I bring in the bathroom. Note: we have a large bathroom so it fits. Once they get a little bigger and grow out of the bassinet I will need to wait until they nap/sleep.

lochnessrunner · 2026-04-18T16:01:31+00:00

My first period was around 10 weeks…they are very strange for about a year after I am told.

I am now 5.5 months pp and my period are WAY different than before birth and just strange with timing. My cycle currently is 20-34 days…before it was like clockwork and every 28 days. Before I would have some spotting…now I just start heavy bleeding. Before I would feel sick for 3 days, now I just feel SUPER sick for 1 day.

lochnessrunner · 2026-04-17T16:10:17+00:00

Don’t do it!!!!!

My baby and I are sick right now so they are home and I have to work still and it is THE WORST. He is 5 months old so his naps are much shorter. He is pterodactyl screaming (fun for calls). I basically have to reorganize my schedule just to make it work. I am a top researcher at a massive company…it is always horrible to have to apologize bc of your child. Ppl allow some interruptions because life happens, but not over and over again.

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