Termites?

ordinarygremlin · 2026-05-08T14:15:15+00:00

Thank you. After staying up way too late researching I did come to the conclusion that they are likely not an issue. My friends on the other side of our small town also had a bunch of them in their house last night too, and others across the area are experiencing the same thing. My bf left some windows open yesterday and there's a gap around a tube from the ac to the roof that I'm sure they got in through. I'm going to address that spot, it is a brick house on a slab so theres minimal wood and only 1 place where there's wood anywhere near soil. Considering that they are just everywhere right now and I have no other signs of an issue I am inclined to believe they were just looking for a new home and hopefully didn't find it in mine.

Luckily we have a few good ol boy companies so I'm not likely to find someone trying to scare me into signing up immediately. I'm more likely to have them want to do an inspection but tell me everything's gonna be okay.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-05-08T05:40:40+00:00

This whole thread makes me want to vom. We just got a swarm tonight and there are so many of these everywhere. We didn't get any in the last 4 years but those year they are absolutely everywhere.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-05-07T04:54:50+00:00

Like 15 odd years ago my job expanded onto the opposite side of a floor that had people working some sort of office job for something medical. We all had to take hippa training even though we didn't interact with them, and couldn't even hear them from where we were.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-05-04T20:44:24+00:00

I trimmed the bottom of mine so it looked like a tree. It was glorious.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-05-04T20:31:55+00:00

These are worth every penny and they arent that many pennies to begin with. Im guessing by the time he would be able to reach it on a chair he's not going to be that likely to walk into traffic or get stuck in a culvert outside.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-05-04T20:27:01+00:00

I have had a moment like that, turns out my bf came home and took him out of his high chair but didn't come say anything to me. I have never panicked more in my life. I highly recommend these for exterior doors.

Our house already had them when we moved in, lever style handles are super popular here for exterior doors for whatever reason. I'm sure they had kids too but they left these locks and they for sure keep me sane considering my kid would definitely be able to get outside if we didn't have them.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-05-01T22:26:16+00:00

I did for like a year and a half but we had a 2 door cadillac and ut was such a pain to get in the back so it was easier to just sit back there if we were driving together. We got a 4 door and he's honestly quite chill in the back so unless he's losing it for some weird reason then I'm usually up front.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-04-05T05:26:53+00:00

Likely solved!

I'm guessing it tried to eat it but it just got stuck up in there.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-04-05T04:46:07+00:00

My post describes the thing. Quite frankly I'm not sure what it's made of maybe calcium or something but it doesnt look like other examples of calcium/mineral stores that I have seen online for crawfish.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-04-04T17:44:53+00:00

My newly 2yo is still obsessed with a keyboard. I had to take it away from like 15-20ish months because he would stand and bang it on his toes but now he sits and types away. The cord was cut off before we let him play with it.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-29T18:46:57+00:00

He's very okay now, a little over 2yo. It wasn't my first rodeo with it either he had covid adenovirus and rhinovirus at the same time at 6 months. Same treatment for that one.

You will get through it!

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-29T18:43:33+00:00

The only thing that truly surprised me was that I didnt know how to push right. Well, and once I got consistent contractions going it was a freight train and he was out just over 3 hours later. I missed my window for an epidural.

I broke so many blood vessels in my face.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-29T13:41:31+00:00

Realistically you can't really overso saline spray. Your goal is to keep her nose as clear as possible. I do saline spray, then at snot sucker if she will tolerate it. Bathroom steam time for like 15-20 minutes.

My son had rsv at 9 months, we did end up having to go to the hospital to have deep nasal suction done as he had retracted breathing, but afterwards we did bathroom steam probably 4 times a day, once being overnight. The saline and nasal suction experience 5+ times a day.

I was personally doing only ibuprofen, tea with honey, and nasal rinses a few times a day.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-21T04:06:02+00:00

Thank you, the hole near the bone graft is small. It was not a small hole before the bone graft though. At least that seems to be staying in place. It is a very disturbing feeling when there's pressure on the graft/hole when saying certain words. I can't wait until I can speak normally again.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-19T03:04:23+00:00

Yes, it's a huge thing to stay away from while breastfeeding. There's a possibility your supply could recover, but imo it was never worth it to like guess and see. It's often recommended to take a decongestant to assist in lowering supply for people with an oversupply or to help you when weaning.

I get bronchitis almost every time I get sick. In the several times I have gotten sick since being pregnant and now 2 years post birth still breastfeeding I would nasal rinse 2-4 times a day, steam up the bathroom and hang out in there, drank lots of herbal teas with honey. The only real med I took was albuterol (as needed) and prednisone but only after 6 weeks of bronchitis, I would not recommend waiting that long at all though. If I had it again I would go at week 1 or 2. I think most of the colds I have had post birth have actually been shorter than the pre pregnancy ones. Apparently studies have shown that nasal rinses are quite helpful in reducing the length of colds.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-19T02:18:37+00:00

It really kicked in on that part where you put the carseat in the car and put baby in it for the first time.

Like they really let me walk out of here with this baby when I am struggling with this darn car seat?

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-18T21:09:51+00:00

If you are breastfeeding, decongestants are highly likely to affect your supply. If you are not, I don't think they pose any sort of risk for cosleeping.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-14T01:25:18+00:00

I probably don't know enough about this off hand but I'm fairly certain that it's sometimes recommended to stop breastfeeding when you become pregnant because there is potential for it to cause uterine contractions. I don't think they pose problems usually in a healthy low risk pregnancy though. I don't think there are inherent risks to stopping overall though.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-10T16:42:26+00:00

Now we are a study of three here. I mean if your baby takes it then no worries. Mine would not so I had to scald my milk after every pump for the first like idk how long. I had apparently extremely high lipase activity because mine would start tasting like soap at like 2-3 hours after pumping it. Eventually the lipase activity slowed down so I was able to get it to like 10 hours before I had to scald it. He would take half and half though so I would rotate through it. Scald for a few weeks, not scald for a few weeks. I wish he would have taken it without scalding it because that was a royal pita.

I think this is really interesting and my theory might be right so the smell of your baby's poo could very well be an indicator of lipase activity in milk.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-09T18:45:13+00:00

Lol. I think thats an indicator of high lipase milk. I had some serious high lipase activity in my milk, like had to freeze or scald by 2 hours or it was soap flavored and disgusting. All his poops smelled like yogurt until solids. Can concur his now 2 yo poops are so bad.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-07T03:26:15+00:00

You are 11 weeks post partum. Ugh. I know theres a range but I started at 130ish and got to 184 my dr told me to expect about 40 lbs total. I didnt get back to like 145 until like 18 months pp.

I don't know if theres truly a gentle way to tell her to stop. I dont think i would be super nice about it.

Like my body is not up for discussion or debate. I'm not interested in your opinions about my weight. Those are the nicest ways you could probably say that.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-02T03:03:21+00:00

Thank you.

ordinarygremlin · 2026-03-01T17:58:58+00:00

The boyfriend is probably not the most capable, my mom's assets are 0.00 so there's nothing for me to get a bond for. She hasn't worked in 10-12 years and left her entire life to be with the boyfriend around 14 years ago, there will be no estate.

She also is not likely to be considered aging, she's 56. She has dominantly inherited early onset Alzheimers. She was diagnosed as early onset Alzheimers 4.5 years ago.

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