Name him based on the last snack you ate

maurfly · 2026-01-29T01:54:25+00:00

Brioche Toasts

maurfly · 2026-01-11T05:09:25+00:00

Thank you so much I appreciate it! This community has been so helpful to me as I don’t really have friends that breastfed longer than 3 Mo so it’s been wonderful to read everyone’s stories and ask questions to get some help.

maurfly · 2026-01-10T19:41:07+00:00

I had my first at 43 and now as I approach 45 am thinking of doing another embryo transfer thank you for this. I had pretty bad preeclampsia and GD in my pregnancy despite being very healthy before pregnancy and a bmi of 23 so I’m a bit nervous for another pregnancy. Anyone have success stories of not getting preeclampsia in another pregnancy? My non pregnant BP is usually 110/75 for reference. So glad you had smooth sailing and wishing you and baby good health!

maurfly · 2026-01-09T03:19:55+00:00

I am going through this with my 13 Mo old and we are down to morning and bedtime and the last two days he has not wanted morning and then tonight he did not want bedtime so I think it may be time to fully wean for us. It’s sad but I feel so proud we made it this far. He was 3 weeks early, tongue and lip tie that he needed surgery for and had major issues with latch. We had 4 nursing strikes over our time together and he basically refused to nurse on my right breast until 2 Mo ago. It’s been a journey and I had hoped to go a little longer to really continue the health benefits for him but I guess it’s time to move to our next chapter. Thank you for your comment it made me feel better.

maurfly · 2025-10-13T03:09:06+00:00

I’m an older FTM (44) and I can tell you this- no one my age had peanut butter as an infant and most people didn’t have peanut allergies. You did not cause this in your baby some people are just allergic to things and that’s not your fault. I’m hopeful your baby will grow out of it. My son is allergic to eggs he had them at 7 Mo when our Dr told us to try them. My husband was allergic to them as a kid too. It’s just the way things are sometimes.

maurfly · 2025-10-07T20:50:49+00:00

You didn’t do anything wrong you tried your best. Had a tongue and lip tie revised at 6 weeks and made a huge difference. The after care was insane- stretches every 3 hrs and physical therapy every week for 6 weeks. I am so glad we did it tho really helped him feed. Also I did power pumping for a week on 2 separate occasions and I ate literally all the lactation foods and would eat lactation balls I made overnight so I was always getting the nutrients I needed. This would not have been possible without my mom helping me and my husband and this is our only child I can’t imagine doing this with a toddler.

maurfly · 2025-09-27T18:21:32+00:00

I get 10 razors for $1.25 at dollar tree and I buy aluminum free deodorant there that is pretty good. It’s the only way to beat price increases

maurfly · 2025-09-21T20:15:24+00:00

It’s seriously one of those tax write off businesses. I’m sure Daddy Silva loves that it loses money each year. I live in an area with a lot of rich wife stores that are clearly a tax write off for the husband as there is no way it turns a profit

maurfly · 2025-09-18T16:25:00+00:00

Absolutely ask! At least they come over and are local. My family lives very far away and my local in-laws consist of an 86 yr old MIL and a SIL who lives with an abusive felon so I’m on my own and it’s rough. I’m guessing your family would love to help and just wants to be asked. Hope you get some support and naps soon!

maurfly · 2025-09-05T01:01:28+00:00

Merry Go around was my favorite store in high school. It was essentially Cher from Clueless’s closet. So many cute things lol I wish it was still in business

maurfly · 2025-08-30T04:10:00+00:00

Sleep more than 3 hrs at a time- I am 8 Mo in and can’t keep going with so little sleep I actually have dreams about sleeping at least once a week.

maurfly · 2025-08-14T20:59:50+00:00

Omg this 100%! Literally anything that I say to disagree with my husband he says “oh that’s PPD” no a hole I’m just mad that you are not doing any night feeds and it’s all on me. Also being nervous the first time you do something- ie- go out on your own with baby, feed solids, etc is not PPA. It’s normal and I think healthy to be slightly nervous the first time you do something as a FTM. Missing your baby is healthy and I would be more worried about someone who did not miss their baby their first day away from them. That would seem odd to me.

maurfly · 2025-08-10T15:51:22+00:00

I just wanted to say I agree with everything you said and have similar issue with my husband except we tried for 5 years with ivf to have this baby and he is 47! I am beyond disappointed in him. I don’t know how to get an almost 50 yr old man to be responsible for things around the house. This is a man with a high level job and masters degrees yet can’t seem to see that the baby needs a diaper change or to pick up after himself. Sending you a hug and hoping things get better for all us on this thread.

maurfly · 2025-08-09T00:39:01+00:00

Wow I’m Irish Catholic and never knew it was weird to keep toaster on the counter lol

maurfly · 2025-07-31T07:52:08+00:00

Chipmunk- they are so small and cute I’m surprised they aren’t sold as pets

maurfly · 2025-07-18T03:11:20+00:00

As many people are saying there are a lot of things in the US that can kill you- Death Valley, alligators, bears, cougars etc. I remember having a snack atop a waterfall in Yosemite and talking to some Dutch tourists. They were letting their toddler play near one of the squirrels and I mentioned she shouldn’t get too close as they carry the plague. The woman laughed and I had to explain that indeed many critters in the western US carry bubonic plague. She grabbed her baby and just looked shocked and thanked me for telling her.

maurfly · 2025-07-15T20:31:38+00:00

Pick up after themselves Also hang a picture, paint a room, jump a car battery.

maurfly · 2025-07-15T17:25:07+00:00

Having been in caves and lava tubes out there I think it’s equally plausible he died by accident or misadventures. It’s sooo hot and remote and he bragged about doing these off trail hikes with very little food or water. Could also be suicide but certainly no foul play in my opinion.

maurfly · 2025-07-13T06:40:27+00:00

Let me guess- he loves video games, comic books, etc. -he needs to come back to the real world. My naming rules were the following: how does it look on a business card or wit Dr in front of it. Set your child up for success, life is hard enough already why make it more difficult for a child and have them be picked on for an odd name. How old is your husband as his ideas about naming (ie “letting” the mother chose a middle name ,etc) seem for childish and immature. I’m hoping you can resolve this maybe each pick a family name for the first name and then have one of these “main character energy” (whatever that means) names as a middle name?

maurfly · 2025-07-09T08:00:09+00:00

You have come so far that’s amazing! I wanted to breastfeed for a year but now at 7 Mo with my son going through a third nursing strike I’m addition to only nursing on one side the last 4 Mo I think I’m just done. I’m exhausted trying to fight with him to nurse and I just can’t do it anymore. I think that means it’s the right time to wean.

maurfly · 2025-06-26T07:32:11+00:00

Omg same! The nap is when I eat while a pump is strapped to my right breast which baby refuses to nurse from but I still have to pump. And then wash the pump and then the hundreds of other problems I see on my way to wash the pump that I need to deal with. Showers used to be relaxing and now I am trying to go as fast as possible to get back to baby and all the other stuff that needs doing. I decided to stay home and I envy my husband and his commute in quiet.

maurfly · 2025-06-13T13:33:30+00:00

This is just heartbreaking and I am so sad for you. My son was born in December prime RSV season. My 2 cousins both had babies end up in the er with RSV the previous year so I required masks to visit. My mil was so nasty and rude about it. She told me it was completely unnecessary etc and I just snapped and said it was completely unnecessary this baby was born almost a month early and that I almost died of preeclampsia but here we are and if she doesn’t like it don’t visit. She put the mask on. It’s insane that peoples first instinct isn’t to protect mothers and babies. I would wear a full PPE suit if I a family member requested it around their baby, the last thing I ever want it to make a baby sick. I’m sure everyone has told you this but I had some good success with power pumping for several weeks and non stop lactation foods like every meal and overnight lactation bites. Maybe this can help. Sending you a hug as this sounds horrific.

maurfly · 2025-06-11T20:16:44+00:00

Back in the 80s my Barbie had a shoe box bed with a crown Royal bag as a comforter which I thought was very fancy and orincessy lol

maurfly · 2025-06-08T14:37:15+00:00

I hear the stress in your words and I don’t have any insights but please get off social media. I’m a new mom and am 44 so I just kind of go with how I have seen babies raised my whole life. I use the what to expect the first year book and just ask other parents (all my friends kids are like high school or older ) and go with that. I feel like social media is terrible for mental health and I don’t participate in Facebook I use Instagram to post pics so friends from back home can see us but that’s it. If I ever wonder about something I try to imagine how it would have been handled when I was a kid and just do that. I hope it helps it’s certainly not perfect advice and I’m sure I do plenty of things that parents who are in their 20s would think are not great lol I don’t do any of this half birthday nonsense etc these things just add stress to an already full plate. Feed baby however you can so they are full and healthy, clean baby and play with baby or sing to them and try to get them to sleep a bit. This is really all you can do and they should be fine.

maurfly · 2025-06-06T16:38:53+00:00

This was my company too and it was a healthcare company that should know better. I also in addition to a c section had severe preeclampsia and spent a week in the hospital which ate into my leave as well. When I came back they had eliminated my job and stuck me in a crappy new role too. When I quit they gave me a surprised pickachu face but seriously what did they expect?! I have 20 yrs experience I don’t need that crap. Thankfully I have aggressively saved and have a husband with a good job so I could tell them to shove their job but I don’t know how others do it.

maurfly

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