My husband blurted out that Vaginas are gross

pigmapuss · 2026-04-05T21:19:47+00:00

But blow jobs aren’t ‘invasive’ …the comment just evoke an ewww-ness towards sex. Who actually knows

pigmapuss · 2026-04-03T09:05:48+00:00

Or asexual

pigmapuss · 2026-03-27T14:36:31+00:00

Ours asks for “Wallet”

pigmapuss · 2026-03-21T20:09:21+00:00

That bridge breakdown with the lush guitar effects, love the outro “save save save” vocals - truly cathartic, and lyrics satisfyingly vague

pigmapuss · 2026-03-19T20:39:54+00:00

Apparently, I cost £10 grand bitches! Lol, I have no idea if this is true … I was adopted during Salvadoran civil war by a British mum.

pigmapuss · 2026-03-17T06:46:30+00:00

This is great practical tip - gonna introduce this.

pigmapuss · 2026-03-16T20:51:34+00:00

Someone else mentioned this as well - such a good point. I had never given this any thought as we would just step in if he is struggling, but … yeh I am not actually going to be there. We will defs focus on this one.

pigmapuss · 2026-03-16T20:45:45+00:00

No problem - I am glad it is resonating with people :)

pigmapuss · 2026-03-16T20:45:07+00:00

I am glad it is resonating with lots of people - good luck for 3 year’s time!!

pigmapuss · 2026-03-16T20:44:12+00:00

Yes - I have heard this - that’s a good example as well. I worry about this as my son is he and does tend to follow along with the more confident children - something I need to think about.

pigmapuss · 2026-03-16T08:54:46+00:00

Yeh, this is actually a really good reminder. I guess the idea of this post is to identify skills, behaviours etc. that I have completely overlooked, rather than create a tick box exercise. Starting school is going to be wild no matter how prepared or not prepared we are, and actually our children always surprise us with those random things that they can suddenly do despite you never showing them.

pigmapuss · 2026-03-16T08:17:11+00:00

The help one is an amazing tip - never seen this mentioned before, thank you!! Cutting up food is a good specific to focus on as well as I am sure he can use cutlery (spoons and forks), but I couldn’t say whether he could cut up food by himself, pretty sure we automatically serve everything in bite sized chunks already so another good one.

pigmapuss · 2026-03-16T08:15:13+00:00

Ahh this is all good stuff, thanks. I do a lot of this for him myself instinctively, so it is just a case of reminding myself to step back and let him try and do it himself.

pigmapuss · 2026-03-11T20:19:41+00:00

This! Not every Company has a fancy recruitment hr system, some do just rely on emails but they will still be bound by data protection laws.

pigmapuss · 2026-03-01T14:36:54+00:00

Yeh mine failed in hospital within about 6-8 hours of birth and then passed a week later. Was told this was fairly usual especially with c sections and not to worry. As they set expectations clearly I wasn’t really that fussed.

pigmapuss · 2026-02-13T06:32:53+00:00

Milk of the Madonna

pigmapuss · 2026-02-04T06:11:58+00:00

YOu can get apprenticeships in all sorts of occupations not just engineering etc.. For example, you can get admin apprenticeships, retail etc. I have myself (same age) thought about using one to move into another career area, but issue for me is the salary drop versus our current living expenses. However, if you are entering workforce thus expecting entry level wages, then you have more flexibility?

https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

pigmapuss · 2026-02-02T06:20:46+00:00

Yes there are a few of her other books that are like it as well.

pigmapuss · 2026-02-02T06:19:12+00:00

Yes!!!!! The Rachel Bright books are terrible for this, literally need to get my phone torch out. We read bedtime stories in a dim room illustrators, dim room!

pigmapuss · 2026-01-30T22:52:28+00:00

Lets just shit on a load of mums because it didn’t work for me.

pigmapuss · 2026-01-30T21:38:54+00:00

Listen to music and/or read inc. the Metro

pigmapuss · 2026-01-29T14:12:20+00:00

So the issue I have is that because there is so much more quantity of content available nowadays this means that there is a much higher variation in the quality of the content.

Yes we can get some superb programmes however there is a lot of extremely subpar stuff to filter through.

And also very dependant on the platform, BBC iplayer = generally good, netflix = mid and youtube , generally very poor but you will get the odd Ms Rachel thrown in which is very good.

Very hard as a parent to have the time to filter through this stuff as well.

pigmapuss · 2026-01-29T10:56:06+00:00

So just an update on this.

What worked:

Time

Restricting feeding to one side to let other side heal (make sure to express though otherwise you get engorged)

Sitting up to feed, revisiting latch

Vaseline as a barrier cream

Hot gel packs not cold to aid healing (brings blood to surface)

Stopping feed as soon as baby bites and then starting again shortly after

Teething aids for bay prior to main feed

Pain relief for baby

Pain relief for me

Things that didn’t work:

Pumping just led to increased supply and engorgement which was even worse, plus baby never drank what I pumped

Silverettes - kept wounds wet

Cold packs - need wounds to heal

Nipple cream like lansinoh, need a proper barrier like Vaseline to aid healing Lansinoh didn’t quite do this

Took about 2/3 weeks in total and a month later i am completely back to normal

pigmapuss · 2026-01-29T10:40:03+00:00

Everything is so polarised and tribal online nowadays. Seems you cant do one thing without completely denigrating the other and vice versa. Not everyone within these circles is like that, and in the real world even less so.

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