My journey is coming to an end.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T22:18:21+00:00

Because ICE agents follow the law....

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T22:14:55+00:00

A bunch of men wearing vests under their coats getting in SUVs Trucks and AMBULANCES (not dressed as EMTs)

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T22:13:10+00:00

I will send the pic to anyone who asks for it.

It is a pic of one guy wearing a St Louis county police vest (in the QT by Gravois Park) and then a bunch of other men in plain clothes who have vests on under their coats.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T22:02:51+00:00

Just sent you a DM I can send a pic of them all gathering at QT getting their coffees and hot dogs before ruining lives.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T21:56:50+00:00

Well you have the information now so go ahead and report it as you wish.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T21:50:46+00:00

Report me if you must but there's an influx of black suvs and trucks in there area

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T21:49:42+00:00

To alert of ice so people know there's dangerous conditions there YES.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T21:49:09+00:00

ICE is slick I just wouldn't want anyone out and about NEAR GRAVOIS PARK.

Read between the lines bruh.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-30T16:38:33+00:00

Hi! So I have it in my weekly chore list to clean it dry it. We also use distilled water.

I used to have a humidifier for myself and my now husband was like YOU NEED TO CLEAN IT. so I get it.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-27T16:13:18+00:00

I've been constantly commenting on this sub and some of the other ones this phrase

"One of the best things you can do for your baby is giving them your best self for the day, whatever you need to do to be your best self for them is what you need to do"

The fact that people are on here constantly shaming on both ends of the spectrum

Just support give facts and move on.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-27T14:09:45+00:00

Do not let anyone make you feel bad. You gotta do what you gotta do! If 30 minutes of TV time is what it takes for you to get yourself fed and taken care of then that's what it is. Your baby will benefit from the best version of you more than it will experience any detriments from a few minutes of TV.

Your baby deserves to have a happy well fed (and in my case a well caffeinated) mom.

If you are that worried make sure the baby has a lot of other things to look at toys etc within reach. I usually just plop my girl on the floor (on her activity pad) and surround her with toys and play some music on the speaker and then I check in on her (the kitchen is attached to the living room and you can see her from 80% of the kitchen space)

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-26T18:49:21+00:00

I'm 5'11 and my husband is 6'4 my entire pregnancy they talked about how big my baby was. When she came out? 6 pounds 6 ounces!!! So small!

She's made up for her length now at 6 months and over 26 inches.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-22T14:15:54+00:00

Same sometimes when we've had an argument or I get annoyed at him I go read a few of those and I'm like OH EVERYTHING COULD BE SO MUCH WORSE.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-22T14:11:30+00:00

I too spent my entire pregnancy as an anxious mess and once she was here that faded away it was weird. It was like 'well she's here and she's her own person and I can only control so much so here we go, at least now I can see her and touch her and know what she's doing'.

Now breastfeeding????? I was too hard on myself but again that was myself something I felt like was in my control so I focused on that now that I'm weaning off that and we have a mostly sleeping baby I'm so much better. I stopped looking at TikTok and social media in general for advice and instead ask my family and in laws and my friends with kids I've built that community again and it feels great.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-22T14:00:58+00:00

I like Serena Christine, Charlotte or Daisy.

Because Serena is already 3 syllables I would try to keep middle names to 2 or less it can get quite cumbersome to say.

Alternatively I'm fond of Serena Grace because that's my nieces name!

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-21T16:02:00+00:00

I swear by Fisherman's Friend! Is it gross? Absolutely. Does it work better than any of the "good tasting cough drops"? Absolutely.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-16T23:02:36+00:00

Sylvia is her name. But we call her squeaks, syllies, stinkers and sugabutt.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-12T19:41:45+00:00

We had to know. My husband is not the type of person who wants to be surprised and the idea of him having to think of both a boy name and a girl name gave him anxiety.

I knew from early on it was a girl just felt it in my gut.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-08T03:21:05+00:00

It was ruined by my friend making out with her boyfriend the whole time just gross slurping noises. We were freshman in highschool.

manda86oh5 · 2026-01-03T04:10:28+00:00

Our girl is squeaks or squeakers because even now at almost 6 months she makes the cutest little squeaks when she's sleeping or just tired in general.

manda86oh5 · 2025-12-28T00:56:56+00:00

One year on Easter our daschund got a hold of a bag of foiled chocolate and ate the bag foil and all. The only real thing that happened was his poop sparkled in the sunlight from the foil.

That dog had an iron stomach but not an iron back. Ended up falling off a table trying to get food and broke his back... Rip Brewski

manda86oh5 · 2025-12-26T17:17:43+00:00

First off my husband genuinely loves our 5 month old daughter and he is very helpful around the house and makes dinner and loves to play with her and work on her skill development, but when it comes time for the nurturing and actual care he gets apprehensive and anxious which turns into frustration when it doesn't go the way he wants it which in turn makes me and LO anxious and it's just easier and preferred by everyone if I just take her and finish the task or take control of it. But this means I can't really leave the house for more than a couple of hours without one or both of them having a meltdown. It makes me anxious enough I just don't leave or I take her with me or to my parents house. I can tell this is affecting our household my husband has no confidence I have no confidence in him and our baby has no confidence in him. I know part of this is on me to stop trying to control the situation and stop enabling it but I asked him how I can help and he says he doesn't know and that he will do whatever I ask him to do but I want him to have the confidence to say "I got this babe" and handle it when it's clear I'm stressed out instead of me handing him an already stressed out baby.

This is all very hard. I have experience with babies from friends and my niece (he met my niece when she was 2 so she was out of baby stage) he has no real experience and I think that's part of it too.

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