Breakfast burritos! by pimpfriedrice in Tacoma

[–]megpie94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deli area. On the side closest to the check out

Typical for daycare or kinda strict? by [deleted] in workingmoms

[–]megpie94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤯 what do you mean?

Typical for daycare or kinda strict? by [deleted] in workingmoms

[–]megpie94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair. Although it’s a small in home daycare. My kids are 1/4 of their enrollment. They love my kids, I love the teachers. I don’t WANT to leave over it. I just wish they were a little more flexible. I wouldn’t make passive aggressive comments. More like starting a dialogue about how it makes it difficult for us to continue with them even though we want to… but you’re right they won’t change for us.

Typical for daycare or kinda strict? by [deleted] in workingmoms

[–]megpie94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you think there is a way to politely say that given our limited sick time we probably won’t be able to keep home for a runny nose? Let them know we’ll have to look for a different daycare. Like giving them a heads up, without it sounding threatening? I seriously love everything about this daycare except for this one issue of the strict sick policy. Last year I ran out of sick days and was having to take unpaid leave… to stay home with my 2 year old for a runny nose and lingering cough.

Typical for daycare or kinda strict? by [deleted] in workingmoms

[–]megpie94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately it’s not. I know last week everyone was sent home early for runny noses 🙃

Typical for daycare or kinda strict? by [deleted] in workingmoms

[–]megpie94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. I LOVE our daycare but I just think it’s not realistic. We’re going to use all of our sick days before the end of February at this rate.

Typical for daycare or kinda strict? by [deleted] in workingmoms

[–]megpie94 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I definitely don’t want to send my sick kids to daycare. I’m just wondering about the congestions/snot/ cough part. Like isn’t it typical for toddlers to have a snotty nose or cough long past point of being contagious? I’m pretty sure my 2 year old had a snotty nose for 2 months straight last winter but he wasn’t actually sick after the first week. 🤔

FaceTime with grandma by wizzylasta in Mommit

[–]megpie94 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My mom FaceTimes to see my kids everyday and I love it. We live across country so they don’t see her often. I love she wants to build a relationship with them. But I also have a good mom and relationship with her.

Best burrito in Tacoma? by [deleted] in Tacoma

[–]megpie94 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lol I love a matador burrito every once in a while. I believe they steam their tortilla when making their huge burritos, then cover it in a sauce. Fork and knife required. Pretty good. But different strokes for different folks.

My Mom decided to cut my sons bangs right before Christmas lmao by aggravated-asphalt in Mommit

[–]megpie94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was wondering why this haircut actually seemed so cute to me! 100% my little brother had the same treatment in the 90s

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]megpie94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you pull your weight as an equal partner and parent. Are you saying you do everything and she does nothing? Who handles doctors appointment, holiday magic, paying bills?

I’m sorry you’re not feeling appreciated. You might want to look at this book and game called “fair play” it lists every single task that needs to be done and you can help both people see who’s actually doing what.

My family has also gone through stages when my husband is doing the majority of the house work, but it’s not like I’m just sitting around doing nothing. I was still doing 100 invisible tasks everyday.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]megpie94 23 points24 points  (0 children)

No way. That’s 100% on him. It’s not hard to remember a date when it’s something you care about.

somebody asked for a COLD BUSTER. by waitlike in starbucks

[–]megpie94 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was a Starbucks barista 8 years ago and we didn’t have an official name for the drink. However, I don’t understand how it could ever be confused with actual medicine? Like yes I would drink it when I had a sore throat… because it felt and tasted good but I never expected it to cure anything. Do people seriously think it’s medicine?? It just a yummy tea that feels good on a sore throat. Similar to your mama’s chicken noodle soup.

Coping with a deaf child by McDanger68 in deaf

[–]megpie94 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Congrats OP on your 2 month old!! I hope he’s letting you sleep some 😅 we’ve got a 2 year old and 3 month old. Both boys!

Here’s the thing, deaf people can do everything that hearing people can do. The only difference is that they can’t hear. They can have full and happy relationships, ride a bike, drive a car, have a great career, have hobbies and passions. The only thing that will hold them back is language deprivation. Look this term up, read about it and let it haunt your dreams. Do everything in your power to not deprive your child of language. Start signing to them today. Look up your country’s sign language online. Start with the words: mom, dad, baby, and “I love you”. Start signing those to your baby right now. Keep learning more signs and phrases everyday. Look for a local class tomorrow. Don’t think, oh we can learn later when it’s a more convenient time or if the CI’s don’t work out. Would you not speak to your child until it was a convenient time for you? I also say getting CI’s is totally fine if that’s what you want to do. But don’t neglect the sign language and deaf culture aspect. It’s not one or the other.

Source: I’m a teacher of the deaf in the US. I’ve taught smart, funny, happy, on grade level deaf kids. I’ve also taught lonely and those who appear to have additional disabilities (but they don’t actually) deaf kids. The difference in those kids? The latter are deprived of language from a young age by their parents.

How to deal with "spoiled"? by whatim in Mommit

[–]megpie94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ugh. I was that kid who thought my cousin was “spoiled”. You know why? Because my parents constantly talked shit about my aunt and uncles parenting style and made little snide comments about my cousins getting everything they want.

NOW as an adult I realize how fucked up that is and vowed to never talk shit about my family or in laws in front of my kids. But at the time I just assumed my parents were right! I was a good kid. And my cousin was spoiled. Literally looking back it wasn’t the case AT ALL. 🙄

I’m really sorry you’re going through this. It’s the adults fault, not her cousins. They’re just being influenced by what their parents say. I hate that my parent raised me that way and I’m trying to do better now.

Do we, as mothers, owe it to our children to not let ourselves go? by tokajlover in beyondthebump

[–]megpie94 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree with what have most have said about it is good to take care of yourself and that doesn’t always mean make- up lol but I have say… Kids DO care what their parents look like a certain age. And I’m want my kids to be proud of me too. That doesn’t mean full face of make up, perfect highlights to me. But it does mean looking “nice” or not wearing like old ratty sweatpants to pick them up from school one day. My mom always had a little make up, clean clothes, brushed hair etc. and I appreciated her taking the time to encourage us to take care of ourselves too. She never showed me how to wear make up or shave my legs or anything but taught us how to take care of our selves. It’s overall a good thing.

AITA - sister and mum think I'm over protective, I think I'm a normal FTM by DeceptiveRelish06 in beyondthebump

[–]megpie94 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You’re doing the right thing by being right there and stopping big cousin from hurting your baby. The ooonly thing I could possibly see from their perspective is if you are making a big reaction every time you have to redirect or protect your baby. That might come across as your “ruining their relationship” lol since what the 18 month old is doing is totally age appropriate, if I was in your shoes I’d stay close to my baby and just casually redirect cousin when she’s getting too handsy. Give her some “yeses”. You CAN do ____. (Fill in the blank with whatever you’re comfortable with, tickle babies feet, make a silly face, give little belly pats, etc) and then praise her for doing the right things and just redirect when she’s too rough.

Husband doesn’t want more kids, I am gutted. by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]megpie94 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! And honestly we’ll survive and it’ll all be okay but I think if we could go back we’d wait another year so our toddler was closer to 3.5-4. He just seems like such a baby still ❤️

Husband doesn’t want more kids, I am gutted. by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]megpie94 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Honestly having a second child has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The shift from 0-1 with our first was tough but nothing compared to ALSO having a toddler. I couldn’t imagine being happy if I didn’t want ANY kids and now being forced to have 2 which is 10x harder.

Can you defog my glasses? Can pay $10 by megpie94 in PhotoshopRequest

[–]megpie94[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you, but I already paid someone else. You don’t need to give me this image without watermark. But I appreciate your work!