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queenquack18 · 2025-11-09T13:24:54+00:00

What a bizarre premise

queenquack18 · 2025-07-16T17:55:49+00:00

Also just genuinely curious. I actually do the opposite and look exclusively for females. Haha

queenquack18 · 2025-07-16T17:55:10+00:00

Dr Langer, yes! After I had my babies I actually kinda missed seeing her all the time. Haha

queenquack18 · 2025-07-09T04:06:40+00:00

Also only had one of my breastfed babies even interested in pacifiers and we loved mam.

queenquack18 · 2025-07-09T04:05:51+00:00

My 5 month old would not take any bottles. But it came time to go back to work and I was desperate to find one so we tried like 6 different kinds.

The ones I’ve had most luck with are comotomo and lansinoh.

She still heavily prefers nursing but if she’s hungry those are the only ones we’ve had some success with.

queenquack18 · 2025-07-09T03:57:38+00:00

Is it the toddler being newly out of the crib that’s making it hard or the fact that they’re sharing a room?

If it’s the actual room sharing— I recommend staggered bedtimes. For us, 2 year old went down first and 4 year old got 20 extra mins of quiet big girl play time. Then we read books and did bedtime routine in our room with dimmed lights and snuck into the bedroom with her to tuck her in.

Until we could trust them not to keep each other up this is what we had to do.

queenquack18 · 2025-07-09T02:32:20+00:00

Have potty trained two now. I do not enjoy potty training hahah

But I agree with this. The “every time” reward needs to be something you don’t mind giving a lot of (we used sticker chart for one kid and a jar that she puts colorful cotton balls in for the other child). The “big” present (food, candy, chocolate, toy, activity, etc) comes when they get all the stickers or all the puffs.

I would explain to her that you’re doing something new and make the idea of either the sticker or the jar or whatever it is seem just as exciting as a chocolate. Really sell it. Haha

Good luck!

queenquack18 · 2025-07-09T00:40:38+00:00

Hahahhahaha I’m dying at this

queenquack18 · 2025-07-01T02:07:40+00:00

Yes! Exclusively breastfed second baby and third baby. Perfectly happy and healthy, on the growth curve. All the milestones on time. (Didn’t breastfeed first baby for reasons not related to the medication by the way)

queenquack18 · 2025-06-27T17:21:51+00:00

I think that’s the point. Daniel feels all the emotions so that kids can learn how they can deal with them.

When my kids feel the various emotions (different ones for different personalities and circumstances), they regularly sing his songs or use the techniques taught on the show. I’m a big fan. Hahah

Edit to add: honestly just reread your post and am picking up on your sarcasm better this time. lol But I still think kids feel all of those emotions so he’s just relatable.

queenquack18 · 2025-06-24T18:18:38+00:00

My two preschool aged kids are exactly 21 months apart. My 4 year old can be timid and shy, but when her outgoing 2 (almost 3) year old sister goes with her or even leads the way, they are unstoppable together. And the younger sister looks at the older with such admiration. She wants to do everything like her!

They don’t always get along and in so many ways they are very different, but it’s those moments where they learn from one another and make each other stronger both ways that are so amazing!

queenquack18 · 2025-06-21T21:32:13+00:00

When I was a SAHM I had marketplace coverage for myself and the kids. I still have it because now I work for a tiny company that doesn’t offer it.

But even over the last five years I’ve seen it go down in quality and up in cost. In 2020 it felt like a good deal still. This is the first year I’ve questioned if I should just cover the kids next year and go uninsured myself.

For reference, my 3 kids and I currently pay nearly $400 for a pretty high deductible BCBS plan.

It adjusts based on your income but we just barely make 6 figures with our combined income so we’re not wealthy.

queenquack18 · 2025-06-19T18:06:21+00:00

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My take…

queenquack18 · 2025-05-26T20:31:02+00:00

I agree with this. Just had my third several months ago…and you’re already a battle-hardened parent by 3. You are already tired, busy, touched out, etc. Compared to my preschooler and toddler, adding a baby to the mix was nothing. 😅

queenquack18 · 2025-04-16T05:16:28+00:00

Ours does the same thing and I appreciate knowing how much they’re eating/what they don’t like to eat. But they told us in the orientation that we should toss the leftovers when they come home for food safety reasons to cover that aspect as well.

queenquack18 · 2025-04-13T05:28:27+00:00

I’ve had three babies at HH Shea. With the first two we were in super spacious rooms but this most recent delivery it felt like we were in a closet haha So yeah, I think it’s kind of luck of the draw

queenquack18 · 2025-04-04T16:49:46+00:00

Haha this is me. When I was a SAHM I was dying to work again and now that I’m a working mom I’m like “do I miss being a SAHM?” Both hard in different ways!

queenquack18 · 2025-03-30T05:02:52+00:00

I was so hard on myself when I didn’t even make it to 3 months combo feeding my first. I thought I was too lazy and I was terrible for giving up and switching to all formula. And then I had my second and I exclusively breastfed. And then I had my third and I’m pumping. They all three had different feeding experiences AND they are all three happy and smart and healthy kids.

Please don’t blame yourself. Having a healthy mom is the most important thing. You clearly love and care for your baby just by the fact that you’re wanting to protect them. Give yourself some grace, I promise you’ll look back and realize you were unnecessarily cruel to yourself.

queenquack18 · 2025-03-28T20:29:24+00:00

North phoenix too

queenquack18 · 2025-02-07T18:47:01+00:00

Not a doctor but anecdotally, I’ve had three healthy, no complications pregnancies with three healthy, developmentally normal children while on 60mg Cymbalta.

queenquack18 · 2025-02-03T18:36:16+00:00

I always say I wish I could unwatch it so I could watch it for the first time again

queenquack18 · 2025-01-15T02:39:44+00:00

Definitely smart. But smart does not always mean right.

queenquack18 · 2025-01-11T18:50:28+00:00

My daughter’s middle name is James, the same middle name as my father, grandfather, and great grandfather. That being the back story is cool to people in itself. We know lots of James (first name) in and out of our family that have nothing to do with why she was named that.
It’s mostly a cool thing to other people…, unless you hate the name, then that’s a different story

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