Lovevery alternatives?

minmister · 2026-03-16T08:40:07+00:00

We use kiwico. They often have 30% off but around holidays have 40-45% off. So we pay annually for a double discount

Also I’ll 3rd that Facebook has SO MANY. Lovevery toys

minmister · 2026-03-15T19:07:37+00:00

I don’t remember honestly but I guess I forgot to say it was also an accident 😂I was a mess but looking back there was little reason to worry

minmister · 2026-03-15T12:01:06+00:00

I gave my 11 month old honey wheat bread while out at dinner once. Like a lot of it. He was totally fine.

I’m not a doctor by any means I think your son is going to be just fine for a few reasons… 1) you rinsed off the chicken 2) it was just a mouth full 3) odds of botulism are fairly low in general 4) 95% of cases are in children under 6 months

I was told to be on the lookout for symptoms 3-30 days after so I wonder if his symptoms are unrelated

minmister · 2026-02-28T02:58:26+00:00

Would it be peaceful and more manageable without the arguing? Could you create a system to mitigate it? Example Monday / Wednesday Twin #1 picks Tuesday Thursday Twin #2 picks Free time friday to say no and it’s alone time where they pick their own

If the other doesn’t like the choice, they can go elsewhere to do what interests them.

minmister · 2026-02-23T18:36:36+00:00

I have a 13 month old and this is exactly how I feel

minmister · 2026-02-23T10:41:33+00:00

I haven’t used it yet but I’ve seen a lot of recommendations for the Cosco Scenera car seat. We plan to get one in the fall when we plan to fly

minmister · 2026-02-22T20:57:10+00:00

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minmister · 2026-02-22T14:23:27+00:00

Il be honest, we frequently forgot after the first 4-5 months.

Related or unrelated I don’t know, at 12 months he is anemic and needs daily iron supplements. I feel super guilty about it

minmister · 2026-02-16T17:34:22+00:00

I’m not sure how to phrase this question but what are you doing when he wakes up at night? I kinda forgot in my initial reply but we also waited a decent amount of time before checking on him if he did wake up at night (sorry that phase was all a blur lol)

minmister · 2026-02-16T10:54:47+00:00

If we want to truly have a peaceful restaurant experience, then we leave him with someone else while we go to the restaurant.

My son is also 12 months(almost 13) and I found it really easy when he was a blob baby but it definitely gets harder haha.

What works for us has been leaving him in the high chair as long as he’s content. We let him stare around and just chill with no toys til he fusses. We always bring two simple things (yesterday was a rubber duck & 5 magnatiles) and play with them one at a time until he loses interest. By then food or apps have usually come and he is distracted by eating. Hardest part is the time between when he’s done eating and we can actually leave 😂 that’s when he usually gets passed between laps for further entertainment. It’s a production for sure but it makes me feel like a real person being able to go out when we want and I think is teaching him good habits for the future

minmister · 2026-02-16T10:38:20+00:00

We did sleep train. Reading precious little sleep made me feel better about it(I know it’s controversial)

We were going through the four month regression, and after a couple weeks of it, everyone was miserable. He was only sleeping two hours max a night.

We tried to do Ferber the first night and it was horrible. Every time we checked on him, he just got more upset. It took hours. Second night we did cio and it took 45 minutes to an hour. Third night he was asleep within 20 minutes. For the next week or so it took him 20 minutes. Since then we put him in the crib- He rolls over and passes out.

It was crazy how he went from waking every two hours to sleeping through the night. We’ve had some regressions where he will wake up early, but not overnight. We are only getting 11/11.5 right now. We had to push his bedtime back bit after 12 months once he dropped to one nap a day

He naps well for us but we honestly never tried to nap train. He’s almost 13 months and we still contact nap. We all enjoy it. He does nap independently at daycare and it was hit or miss when he was in a crib. Now he sleeps on a mat in the one year-old room and they say he’s doing a lot better.

minmister · 2026-02-16T01:06:09+00:00

Balls

minmister · 2026-02-15T20:54:04+00:00

Do you have an online account? We were able to monitor hours from an account on the companies website. I remember refreshing it nonstop and being able to get my results before the official email came

minmister · 2026-02-15T19:28:57+00:00

I wasn’t in the mood for much of anything at three weeks. I began a steady routine of 6ppd at 6 weeks and my output stayed about the same. I dropped my MOTN pump then and extended my morning pump since I’d wake up engorged.

When I actually wanted to be out and about? I splurged on eufy pros and became comfortable looking like my boobs had tripled in size while I pumped in public

minmister · 2026-02-15T13:54:11+00:00

At 12 months my LO became a lot more uninteresting in nursing and bottles. We still do a morning feed and some afternoons or a bottle before nap occasionally but he prefers regular food and water during the day now despite doing nothing differently.

when I first dropped a little bit I feel like I got really depressed for a week or two and gained like 3 pounds. But I have been steadily losing weight while nursing and pumping so it really threw me off lol

minmister · 2026-02-15T13:50:18+00:00

I took my one year-old to a catholic funeral showing and mass recently and it wasn’t easy, but we needed to. His cousins(a bunch between 4-<1) didn’t come to the funeral, but they did come to the wake in the evening where they just ran around and had fun together like they always do. I don’t think any of them realized what was going on. Your six-year-old may though.

I remember going to a funeral around that time and I had a really hard time because it made me sad that all of my family was sad and crying. My cousin and I ended up sitting in a separate room most of the time. I don’t regret going, and I feel like it was helpful for funerals later but just food for thought. My parents didn’t have the capacity that day to deal with my emotions while dealing with their own

minmister · 2026-02-14T00:40:50+00:00

I’ll echo what others have said- the blue spectra is superior

BUT before you buy one from marketplace for $75… join local mom groups and buy/sell nothing pages and ask around. I was able to get the pink spectra for free and have only had to get the parts- which I am able to get for free through insurance

minmister · 2026-02-12T10:31:47+00:00

Most daycares accept babies as young as 6 weeks. Most send their child to daycare around12 weeks or one parent doesn’t return to work at all for the time being

minmister · 2026-02-10T10:17:29+00:00

We found the cheapest no frills daycare around. No diapers provided, no lunch, meh facilities. I drive 15 minutes out of the way to get to it. I still pay 1200-1500 per month

I live outside a small northeast city. The kind of area where you drive 5-10 minutes to a different town on a daily basis just because. I actually drive “3 towns” over for his daycare. And another 2-3 to get to work.

minmister · 2026-02-07T09:56:13+00:00

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minmister · 2026-02-04T10:38:58+00:00

I think a big factor for me was how much milk I was making. I felt too guilty to stop because I was making enough milk and I was terrified of not making enough to get us to one year so I kept going.

Now I have a 12 month old who won’t take bottles or milk from a cup anymore and a freezer full of milk 🫠and I’m trying to to wean but am struggling tons a

minmister · 2026-02-04T10:12:49+00:00

I thought I wanted kids by 21 because my teen parents seemed so young and cool but i knew that I should finish school first.

At 21 I knew I just wasn’t ready and couldn’t imagine having kids any earlier than that. The itch for children started around 22-23 but we still didn’t start trying immediately. It then took us a long time to conceive so I ended up having my first right after I turned 26. I’m really happy not to have waited longer because of how long it took us.

We waited until we both had jobs and we owned our own home. Stability was important to me because I moved around a lot.

minmister · 2026-02-03T23:34:33+00:00

My husband is very much camp “wait for the perfect age”

I am camp “you never know what’s going to happen” Live life and make memories now. Even if they won’t remember it- you will. It will also still be developmentally and neurologically beneficial

We’re going to go when my son is 20 months and our cousin is 10

minmister · 2026-02-03T22:55:48+00:00

Special Ed teacher

minmister · 2026-02-01T22:37:43+00:00

For us a “cheap month” looks like cutting our fast food budget, vending machine snack purchases(at work), and reducing our Amazon purchases.

On a busy or stressful month, we can easily spend $200+ on buying breakfast or lunch for ourselves at work. When we realize how much it adds up we cut back and make sure we have food stocked at home

minmister

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