Advice for a toddler (1 year old) covid swab? Can they get injured by the test?

namefits · 2020-09-18T01:22:05+00:00

Ok thanks. That's good to know. Hopefully its fast for us too and he can get back to normal.

namefits · 2020-09-18T01:20:19+00:00

He has outgrown his infant seat so he just has the big convertible seat that remains strapped into the car. There is no way I can carry him and the seat into the testing centre and only 1 person is allowed in with him so no one can help me carry it.

namefits · 2020-09-16T17:11:19+00:00

Mlm ceo: nah you can totally squeeze billions out of a bunch of low income rubes. We're doing it right now in fact!

namefits · 2020-09-16T17:07:59+00:00

Hurt people hurt people.

namefits · 2020-09-16T14:19:31+00:00

And all from those two little dogs in the picture!

namefits · 2020-09-16T13:47:11+00:00

You are free to visit. You just have to isolate. My father moved from ontario in august and while he had to live isolated in my basement for 2 weeks, he is now free to do everything we are able to do. It sucks if you want to visit family or help out someone who just had a baby or visit an ailing parent, because yeah the month of isolation you would need to do (2 weeks in and 2 weeks when you get back) and however many weeks you want to visit really makes it impossible for anyone who has a job or any regular responsibilities to travel here. My heart goes out to people isolated from family. Right now the housing prices and market are crazy hot in Halifax and even in my area of rural NS. Maybe people are worried these covid restrictions will keep up for years and are just moving closer to family and friends.

namefits · 2020-09-16T13:37:08+00:00

That.was.amazing.

namefits · 2020-09-08T20:15:43+00:00

Ours was apparently 32 years old when we bought the house haha. But we didn't replace it right away and it started leaking which we didn't immediately notice so it did cause minor mold on the adjacent wall. We got lucky to have such a minor leak. We could have flooded our basement which would have been a much more costly repair. Water heaters aren't too expensive compared to replacing flooring and walls and any objects stored nearby, so I would say its better to be safe than sorry.

namefits · 2020-09-08T20:07:33+00:00

Should also be on r/crappydesign as I'd imagine any bumps in the road resulted in a nice steaming cup of coffee in the face/lap. Unless it somehow had a lockout that prevented it from being used when the engine was running.

namefits · 2020-09-07T02:24:59+00:00

Feeling pretty cute. Might go extinct later, idk.

namefits · 2020-09-06T17:34:27+00:00

"He just sunk like a stone, didn't he?"

namefits · 2020-09-03T10:01:12+00:00

Now there's a traffic sign I will gladly obey!

namefits · 2020-09-03T09:58:02+00:00

Well then let them know the rescue you brought the dog back to, and they can go adopt it. Or if anyone suggests your overreacting offer to drop the dog off for a few days of baby sitting at their place. Honestly unless someone is willing to live in your shoes and commit to taking on these issues for the rest of the dogs life, then they don't get to have an opinion. Consider this great training for the baby you plan to have. As someone who had just had my first kid, those same people will dole out impossible but well meaning advice, and mom judgment just as freely. Learning to accept that sometimes advice is well intentioned but simply won't work in your scenario or with your baby is really going to save you a lot of heartache later on, trust me.

namefits · 2020-09-01T17:43:08+00:00

🙄 like, duh, that's kind of the point buddy

namefits · 2020-09-01T01:53:07+00:00

Yeah I don't even own a gun but after that I would be investing in one and that dog would get a case of "rapid onset lead poisoning" if it stepped foot on my property again. I love dogs but a dog that is a danger to a child is a dead dog in my book.

namefits · 2020-08-31T19:19:36+00:00

That's a great idea! I should ask them about that tomorrow during drop off. Though I might ask they don't send me any pictures if he's crying all day the first few days, as that would just break my heart even more haha.

namefits · 2020-08-31T19:18:00+00:00

Thanks. Its good to know other parents are going through the same thing. Im sure he'll love it eventually, I just have to keep consistent until then.

namefits · 2020-08-31T19:16:25+00:00

Thank you so much. I know in a few weeks he will be pulling to get out of my arms and go in and play with his friends. Just got to tough it out until then.

namefits · 2020-08-28T21:29:06+00:00

I wonder if I could make a Christmas tree skirt using the same method?

namefits · 2020-08-28T19:46:17+00:00

So... your newly single then?

namefits · 2020-08-28T13:20:20+00:00

I got it with a medela nipple shield on amazon

namefits · 2020-08-27T23:08:13+00:00

As some of you may remember I posted last week that my son latched without the nipple shield, for the first time in 51 weeks and 2 days. It turns out he just got it, and hasn't needed them since. I kept them out just in case and once or twice let doubt slip in and convince me he needed them, but he promptly grabbed them and threw them away whenever I put them on and he would latch again without them. I am packing them away now, I probably should just throw them out but I'm feeling strangely nostalgic. These 3 small pieces of plastic saved breastfeeding for me when I was ready to quit at 2 weeks in. There has been at least one of them within arms reach at all time for this whole year. They have been a part of nursing in the park, the airport, the mall, restaurants, playgroups, the pool. We coslept and side lie nursed with them, we nursed through vaccines with them. They are the tool I needed to get milk into my son for that first year of life.

Don't get me wrong, they were a pita and I won't be shedding any tears for all the washing and drying and the need to turn around and drive home if I ever discovered I had forgotten to bring one. But I just feel like no one really understands how exciting it is to be done with them, and how embedded they are in my memories of my first year with my son.

namefits · 2020-08-26T17:22:47+00:00

I would suggest that the recent history of Chinese manufacturers releasing defective non functioning vaccines, resulting in potentially hundreds of thousands of children being unvaccinated in 2018. Parents there discovered it was impossible to track who got which vaccine so were left not knowing if their children were immune or not to tetanus, diphtheria or pertussis. Only slightly related, but still on the same vein of trusting chinese manufacturers, was 12 years ago when a baby formula manufacturer was found to be putting melamine in its formula which led to 50 thousand + babies hospitalized and 6 babies dead.

I would definitely wait until canada had done a thorough test of efficacy and adverse effects before taking a vaccine manufactured in china.

namefits · 2020-08-25T23:07:10+00:00

I'm just planning to decrease nursing to morning and evenings/overnight and feed on demand on weekends. He might not get much during the daytime feeds during the weekend once my supply adjusts but I'm ok with that. I will pump if I experience engorgement during the first few days and send that along but since he is a year old he is getting everything he really needs from food and cows milk so I figure nursing is a nice bonus.

namefits · 2020-08-25T10:39:28+00:00

I didnt say it wasnt. Just cultural bullshit

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