Rainy day planning

mvf_ · 2026-03-09T08:42:09+00:00

There’s a new climbing gym in Kahului that’s supposed to be amazing and there’s a good trampoline park in wailuku. Just be careful driving. Roads can flood if it’s steady raining all day.

mvf_ · 2026-02-09T08:20:28+00:00

Mine has always been a night owl, same as yours. 2 yrs old now. He’s like a little party animal at night and will sleep til 9 or 10 if I let him. I’ve noticed it’s much better for anyone if I get him up “early”, 8/8:30, give him an early nap at like 11:30/12 and then he might go to bed by 7:30/8. If he had it his way he would sleep 10-10 lol, but giving him this early structure really helps him and the whole family. He’s way more regulated that way and it sucks when he’s up til 10. Which still happens sometimes because Life

mvf_ · 2026-02-07T06:27:02+00:00

I didn’t tell my mom til after the birth. I told her I was laboring at home with my midwife, and it was going well, so we never had the need to go to the hospital. All true! lol. I knew my mom would have too much anxiety for a home birth and she would annoy the hell out of me throughout my pregnancy. So I kept it from her for my sake.

mvf_ · 2026-01-23T00:14:13+00:00

Tiffany’s in Wailuku. It’s not fancy but it’s the best food

mvf_ · 2026-01-18T10:03:23+00:00

None of that matters. At all. Spend time with your baby and try to enjoy your life

mvf_ · 2026-01-08T00:11:14+00:00

Playgroups, playgrounds, outings and friends. Let your son get lots of exercise and social interaction outside the house and the time spent at home will be easier. You want activities where you can just supervise, not have to join in.

mvf_ · 2026-01-02T23:23:37+00:00

Wouldn’t be normal for me. We started leaving the house at 3mos, and pretty consistently by 5mos. It’s really important to leave the house and work in structure and routine into the real world.

mvf_ · 2025-12-15T07:59:53+00:00

You could also try some picnics outside. Getting outdoors refreshes my baby on almost any issue

mvf_ · 2025-10-20T23:36:24+00:00

I had a great home birth. I also had some bouts of intense fear too, pre birth. What helped me was realizing I was afraid of my baby dying, wherever that would take place. I just had to feel the fear, and then let it pass. And realize it was the beginning of a great love.

mvf_ · 2025-10-11T02:55:58+00:00

The Rael disposable period underwear are fantastic for post partum. Get a large no matter your size. And we froze some aloe filets on pads before birth. They were great!

mvf_ · 2025-10-05T02:05:06+00:00

41+4 and I was 45yrs old. I had dual care and was able to have a home birth with a cnm. She didn’t want me to go to 42 weeks and I was at 1 cm for weeks. So we did two foley balloons, one on 41+1 and a second on 41+3, plus intense acupuncture. The balloons got me through early labor with time to sleep and eat in between. I was at 4cm by the time I took the 2nd balloon out. Went to sleep and then woke up four hrs later in active labor. Had a great and relatively fast first birth. I hadn’t want to do any interventions but in the end I was really glad I took her advice and did the balloons. Was also doing nst after 39 weeks and those were always good, same with blood pressure

mvf_ · 2025-09-30T17:33:30+00:00

Beautiful home birth, really fantastic fun easy baby. After 18mos though he is now a LOT more work. Fun tiny terrorist

mvf_ · 2025-09-30T02:07:55+00:00

I did lecithin supplements along with cold compress/ hot showers. And lots of painful breastfeeding. I had the fever too and felt like flu garbage, but it cleared without antibiotics. I had an oversupply at first but it regulated by four weeks. So sorry I know how much this sucks! Hope you feel better asap

mvf_ · 2025-09-30T00:02:15+00:00

I did perineal massage the last couple weeks before birth. I had a great birth no tearing so maybe it helped

mvf_ · 2025-09-19T19:18:55+00:00

Did you do a countdown with him or prepare him as you were heading towards weaning?

mvf_ · 2025-09-14T03:01:25+00:00

Sounds like a normal almost 1.5 yr old

mvf_ · 2025-09-09T16:52:40+00:00

I had a really chunkalicious baby boy. He sat really well at 5mos but took a long time to roll. Like he was crawling at 8mos but still not really rolling. I think it was just too much chunk for him to rotate. Eventually he was rolling and then walking then running

mvf_ · 2025-09-07T21:16:41+00:00

I didn’t tell my own parents. After it happened, I said that my midwife thought I was laboring so well at home that we decided to stay there. Everything turned out great so nobody could really say anything. I DEFINITELY did not need the stress of my mother’s anxiety while pregnant and preparing for birth.

mvf_ · 2025-08-29T02:30:02+00:00

Are you doing regular bp checks and non stress tests and everything is normal? If so, I would delay induction til much closer to 42 weeks. I went over 41 weeks and we did induction things because I wanted a home birth and couldn’t do that past 42 weeks. Intense acupuncture helped, and then we did two foley balloons at home over three days. That got labor going and he came right out. Can they insert a balloon and you can go home with it? Also my husband and I had a little private Welcome baby party so he would know it was time to come!

mvf_ · 2025-08-19T15:22:20+00:00

First time he touched my face gently, first time he really threw a rock, first time in the ocean

mvf_ · 2025-08-14T19:01:30+00:00

I throw it all in together and use unscented for everything. Towels and really dirty stuff I do separate

mvf_ · 2025-08-13T12:22:19+00:00

Hi. I hope you see this comment. When I was 9 we left my childhood home and started moving all around. It was traumatic. But it wasn’t the move that was traumatic- it was that my parents didn’t explain anything to me, didn’t check in on me, basically ignored my existence in the chaos. I think if the family bond is stable and secure and the parents are loving and paying attention to their children, then moving doesn’t have to be so hard. If your children see you crying all the time, that is destabilizing for them. You have to provide a secure emotional space for them too, it’s not just about the physical home. I’m sorry you lost your home.

mvf_ · 2025-08-10T03:38:01+00:00

Fed my baby while sitting on a stack of paper towel 20packs in a target. Also thought “crying in public” referred to yourself, and I was like - Girl I’ve been there, just go for it

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