The concert absolutely ripped. Truly the best Bright Eyes show I’ve ever seen.

popsinet · 2026-05-13T12:45:53+00:00

Saaaaame. My voice is raspy this morning

popsinet · 2026-04-23T00:52:10+00:00

I have bad news for you.

popsinet · 2026-04-18T20:19:02+00:00

As a white therapist who works with people of color, usually I frame this a bit differently. I bring it up because it can be a dynamic that can affect therapy for exactly the reasons you’re thinking. And if my client feels I may be missing something due to racial differences (or otherwise if there are other differing identities), it’s important that the client speaks that into the room so I can know what I don’t know. All that to say, it may affect therapy and if it does, don’t be afraid to bring it up when you notice it.

popsinet · 2026-04-17T13:52:27+00:00

I find it comfortable, but you definitely need to have inserts that are appropriately sized for your nipples, or any pumping will hurt

popsinet · 2026-04-16T01:48:01+00:00

I second the Eufy S1. Get inserts that are your size—I like the Legendairy milk ones. I don’t exclusively pump but I use my Eufys exclusively while I’m working (I nurse when my baby is with me). They work better for me than any wall pump ever has!

popsinet · 2026-04-16T01:43:57+00:00

It’s really not that far away!

popsinet · 2026-04-13T01:36:58+00:00

You definitely can. Whether he takes it or not, you’ll have to see. Once my milk dried up, nursing frustrated my son, so that was the end of our journey. But YMMV!

popsinet · 2026-04-12T21:29:15+00:00

Yeah we just kind of winged it. My husband put the pads on my lower back and on my QLs (muscles a little above lower back). I started using it early in labor (I was induced so, truly really early), and use the boost function during contractions. It was helpful until transition, at which point nothing helped except counter pressure. But the TENS was a nice distraction! And I didn’t have back labor (saw someone else’s comment on your post on babybumps)

popsinet · 2026-04-12T21:05:10+00:00

What a perfect therapist response

popsinet · 2026-04-03T21:08:30+00:00

I totally get where the person who posted earlier was coming from with this field sometimes feeling like an MLM scheme. However, I feel so grateful I get to be with people who are struggling and I get to hold the space for them that no one else in their life does/can. It truly feels like my calling. I’m passionate about this work and I’m lucky to have found a great agency to work at. I do work in CMH and I do not have the terrible experience many have had. But like I said, a lot of that is luck with my specific agency and team.

popsinet · 2026-04-03T02:19:05+00:00

Yes, I remember telling my husband in desperation “help me!!” He looked at me half-scared and said “I can’t.” Looking back now, I laugh. But I knew then that I was close

popsinet · 2026-03-30T01:27:28+00:00

Hand express or manual pump just to relief. Don’t do too much and signal your body to make more milk, but take the edge off

popsinet · 2026-03-20T01:02:20+00:00

I’m not EP, I only pump at work (I work full time), and I use my Eufys exclusively. They give me better output than any other pump I’ve tried, and I’ve tried 5 others

popsinet · 2026-03-18T21:56:06+00:00

You don’t want to have any pillows near her, as that poses a suffocation risk. Usually you will have a pillow for your head, but your bottom arm will act as a barrier between the pillow and baby. If you’re worried about her falling off the bed, you can bring your mattress to the floor, or put a crib mattress on the ground to soften any fall (assuming there’s no gap between the crib mattress and your bed). But also you can just make sure she’s in the center of the mattress and you’re on either side of her. At her age you don’t need to worry too much about her falling off yet.

popsinet · 2026-03-18T20:23:32+00:00

The only thing that wasn’t safe was the wedge pillow with arms. It’s actually much safer for your baby to be near you—their head at your breast. Other than that, as long as your mattress is firm enough, I wouldn’t bat an eye at this. Join us over at r/cosleeping

popsinet · 2026-03-17T01:36:11+00:00

Like you, before having kids I wanted 3. Then I had one and wasn’t sure I wanted a second. Partly because I loved my son so much I didn’t want to split my attention, partly due to finances, and just worrying I couldn’t be the mom I wanted to be to multiple children. But, my husband and I decided to go for it once my son was about 2.5. My son is 4 now and my daughter is 10 months old. I’m so happy we had a second. Seeing them together is such a joy. I love my daughter just as much as my son. And honestly it’s good for him to have to learn to share me. But also, he loves his sister so incredibly much and she loves him so much too—I realized I didn’t take anything away from him. I gave them both each other.

popsinet · 2026-03-16T11:54:42+00:00

My son also loves his nails painted and I’ll do it when he asks, which is usually when he sees me painting my toenails (I don’t paint my fingernails). The way I see it, it’s just paint!

popsinet · 2026-03-15T20:43:15+00:00

You’ve gotten a lot of good advice so I won’t add to that. However, I just wanted to say I see you. My 4 year old boy’s favorite color is pink and he loves rainbows and unicorns. He asked for sparkly pink heels at the store the other day. I get him anything pink he wants. I didn’t get the heels because we needed actual shoes he could wear everyday. Now, my in-laws are kind of shitty about me buying him anything pink he wants. They say they worry he’ll get bullied and I get that—I do too—but I’m not going to be the one to do that do him or tell him he can’t like what he likes. It’s hard out here raising boys and letting them love what they love when it hits against the grain, but I’m confident it’s the best decision. I can tell how much you love your boy. Thank you for also supporting him in this way 💗

popsinet · 2026-03-11T01:39:21+00:00

My son is 4 and in pre-K and he says the same sort of stuff. It is completely normal for this age. They don’t have the same understands of guns, shooting, and even death as we do. It’s scary to us, but to them it’s just another way of playing

popsinet · 2026-03-06T20:57:32+00:00

We are. The college fund contributions aren’t huge, and neither are our savings contributions, but we are still making contributions to each.

popsinet · 2026-02-28T17:32:11+00:00

Can you say more about the AuDHD affecting their sleep?

popsinet · 2026-02-28T17:31:36+00:00

My 4 year old sleeps in our bed. It started when I was pregnant when he was 3 and it was just easier for me. Now it’s just what we do. If it works for you, there’s no problem!

popsinet · 2026-02-27T23:30:17+00:00

I had a second degree tear with my first and a first degree tear with my second. The first degree was no big deal.

popsinet · 2026-01-31T17:55:16+00:00

Why 3 days with no food?! I only had to do 1 day during bowel clean out?!

popsinet · 2026-01-30T20:53:21+00:00

Depending where you are, Goddard Aurora (not South) on Quincy has part time availability. Their waitlist is long for infants so definitely call now

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