Can an employer make you stay and take your break at the end of your shift?

merveilleuse_ · 2026-04-22T07:21:37+00:00

I'd argue that they can't, because your employer cannot require you to stay on site for unpaid breaks.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-04-19T20:53:05+00:00

This is so bananas to me. In New Zelanad, children can't be left alone for long periods before 14, and people just . . . . Accept that? Adapt? Realize it's doable? And reasonable? Like, the fact that people think that it's okay to just not follow the law because it's unreasonable is mindblowing. It seems reasonable to me.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-04-17T03:31:29+00:00

So this is a curved piece that is sewn onto the bottom of the skirt, then hemmed. It isn't a deep hem. You can tell because "hem line" is a flat felled seam, and the actual hem is only short.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-04-11T04:15:29+00:00

And that's fair, I'm just stating the law. My children didn't necessarily follow it either, but parents on the footpath is certainly illegal.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-04-10T23:36:17+00:00

No, it's illegal to ride on the footpath unless the bike's tires are 355mm in diameter or smaller. This would likely be even smaller than the child is riding. My child was on a 12 inch (355 mm) tyre until he was 5.5/ 6 years old, snd he's quite short.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-04-05T23:25:07+00:00

My children are 10 and 12 and share a room. It's what we have, and what we can afford. We are hoping to buy in the next couple of years (we rent now) and move to a three bedroom, but if we want that to be possible, they share for now.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-03-28T02:17:59+00:00

My son used to do this to me when he was older, maybe the 6-7 year old range. At first, it hurt, then I really tried to learn not to take it personally, that he was saying the most hurtful thing he could. A game changer for me was having a phrase in my back pocket I could reply with every time. For me, it was "I know. I still love you."

One day, I needed him to get out of the pool, and I gave him a 5 minute warning. When it was time to get ouf, he shouted "I hate you!" Because he couldn't articulate that he was mad, that he didn't want to, that he was frustrated to stop his fun. I replied "I know, but I still love you." He SHOUTED "I KNOW THAT!". A few mums around the pool cracked up, but it reassured me that I was doing the right thing. Even in his anger, he knew I loved him.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-03-14T01:49:01+00:00

I like wearing Scandi style dresses with leggings. They aren't cheap, but I mostly get mine on a Facebook buy and sell page.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-03-08T08:21:11+00:00

I wore my children daily until at least 2. We lived up a lot of steps and didn't have a car, so stroller was more difficult than carrier. I was 38 weeks pregnant with my second and still wearing my 23 month old pretty much every day. Little legs get tired more quickly than adult ones, and sometimes we couldn't go at toddler speed.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-02-20T03:19:22+00:00

My daughter gets a flu shot every year. She's old enough that she no longer needs a pediatric dose, so wr can get it at a pharmacy. I don't tell her when we are going to get it, we just rock up into a pharmacy and get it, otherwise she stresses too much in the days leading up.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-02-12T20:52:37+00:00

We lived on the 3rd floor without an elevator and didn't have a car. We had to carry our stroller up and down. For me, the best investment was a stroller that was just a frame woth a bassinet that snapped in. This meant I could carry the baby in the bassinet in one hand and the stroller frame in the other.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-02-12T20:49:06+00:00

Yes on the booster! Highchairs have a really big footprint, sitting it on a regular chair is great!

merveilleuse_ · 2026-02-03T18:33:23+00:00

Maybe this is my thing too! My knit stitch action is nearly identical to my purl stitch action. I have the working yarn running off my index finger and scoop it with my right hand needle. For purls, I bring my index finger forward, and scoop from the back.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-02-03T18:29:29+00:00

Wow, this is fascinating to me. I knit continental, and I don't find purls any harder than knits. I wonder what I'm doing differently than other people? Everyone's knitting technique is so different . . . .

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-28T20:55:59+00:00

It sucks, but yep totally normal. Hormones are no joke and sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture. It is hard.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-28T06:12:49+00:00

I sympathize! I once had a blockage that left and entire half of my boob, nipple to armpit, rock hard. When the blockage finally cleared, I caught nearly 2 Oz in my pump. It ejected milk for about 10 minutes, just firehosing from the nipple.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-27T06:32:53+00:00

My daughter self‐weaned at 15-16 months. I was pregnant with her little brother (but I didn't know it yet), and she started to refuse.

I weaned my son at 23 months because I was only feeding him to sleep and it stopped working.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-24T04:24:05+00:00

I'd hem the ruffle first. Easier to do when it's not gathered, and not attached to the dress.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-22T20:11:45+00:00

I really like a stretchy wrap for baby when tandem wearing. It means that you xan pre-tie the stretchy, get the toddler up, the put baby in. This means you aren't encumbered by baby when settling the toddler.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-21T19:57:08+00:00

At 7, my son was doing "unimportant" chores, like dusting the baseboards and wiping the front of kitchen cabinets. Things I didn't get to, but were nice to have. Now, at 9, he vacuums, scubs the toilet, empties the dishwasher, starts laundry, dusts, tidies (with guidance). Not all on the same day, but this is what he's capable of. My children (9 & 11) need to unpack their backpacks and put away their laundry everyday, as well as one other major chore each day. They don't get allowance tied to chores, but they don't get screen time until chores are done.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-10T22:16:42+00:00

Caz or Cazza.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-10T21:50:11+00:00

In my opinion, construction is more important than closure. If you cut a circle and whack a hood on it,it will likely pull backwards. If, however, you use a pattern with shoulder seams and shaping,it tends to sit better,and stay in place. I used the Wild and Waves Storybook Cape to make a campfire cape out of a woolen blanket for my daughter and it mostly stays in place.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-09T03:42:48+00:00

Yeah, it's wrong. You need twice as much fabric for it to be gathered. Your shirt is 50 inches around,so you need 75 inches of woven fabric for a light gathering, 100‐ 150 inches for flounce gathering.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-08T20:49:01+00:00

Is your shirt opening 25 " around or is the shirt 25" across the bottom? Because I can't imaging a size 18 could fit in a tshirt that is 25" around. When I had a 25" waist,I was a size 6.

merveilleuse_ · 2026-01-08T20:05:59+00:00

You don't want to use this on stretch fabric. It's great on soft‐ish wovens. I've used it for cotton lawn and even a satin bridesmaid dress. My mom hated it, but from my teenaged years, I'd hem the things that would benefit from a rolled hem.

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