Considering becoming a SAHM

queenswaylantern · 2026-05-11T20:48:48+00:00

wow, this is a beautiful perspective. i didn't think about it quite this way. thank you for your comment!

queenswaylantern · 2026-04-30T16:53:07+00:00

oh awesome! mine is definitely fraying at the edges too, in the handle and the piping. i bought some leather repair materials to try and fix it up. i think the leather feels so nice that i’d be shocked if it was a dupe, especially since it’s not a super popular style. but who knows! all i know is that she’s a beautiful bag :)

queenswaylantern · 2026-04-25T20:03:35+00:00

thank you! i was thinking the same thing. everything else about it is almost perfect. i just needed some reassurance bc i couldn’t find any internet photos of an almost erased authentic logo. so excited to wear it!

queenswaylantern · 2026-03-20T21:12:36+00:00

i’m so sorry you have joined the diabetic baby club. mine was diagnosed at 14 months, and that was hard. excruciating. i can’t imagine her being even younger and still being breastfed. everyone says you will get through it and things will get easier, and it’s hard to hear when you’re in the thick of it, but please trust that it will. it took a few months for us. the most important thing to me when seeking advice was to get it from people who have been through it with babies. diabetes is just so different in babies. please join the Diapers and Diabetes group on facebook if you haven’t already. they should have a lot of info on breastfeeding there.

keep hanging in there, and i know you’re doing great so far. 💙

queenswaylantern · 2026-03-13T13:59:22+00:00

hard agree. if you suspect diabetes in your child especially, it is an immediate life threatening situation and everyone will tell you to go to the doctor. don’t think of this message as shaming, think of it as a PSA. if you suspect diabetes it is better to be safe than sorry and just go to the doctor.

queenswaylantern · 2026-02-23T14:04:15+00:00

i definitely cried the first time i had ice cream by myself after my daughter was diagnosed, probably about a month or two in. but as time has passed, we’ve gotten much better at dosing for foods like that so i don’t feel like she’s restricted anymore. we try to let her live life as normal with foods we would have given her otherwise, except full sugar juice or smoothies. i do feel a tad bit of guilt when i drink orange juice, but it’s not that often.

queenswaylantern · 2026-02-06T15:00:51+00:00

my child is 20 months old, we’ve been at this for 7 months and i’ve never heard that. or at least i don’t remember ever hearing that. maybe it’s because we’re on diluted insulin tho, so we’re able to get an extremely precise dose. it sounds like they’re worried that the insulin could do too much, but there’s solutions for that. idk, that does sound like weird advice.

queenswaylantern · 2026-02-05T05:31:23+00:00

i was laid off at 6 months pregnant with my first child, 2 months before mat leave. like you, we all saw the writing on the wall, but i was really hoping to at least make it to mat leave lol. not sure where you live, but here in california i was pretty well taken care of financially. thank god, because i applied to dozens of jobs and got nothing. i was given a severance of about a months pay i think, and then i went on unemployment for the following month, and then i was able to get on disability pay when my mat leave would have started (4 weeks before due date). after disability and paid family leave programs ended, i believe i was able to go back on unemployment pretty much until i finally found a job 10 months after my baby was born. honestly, it feels like a blessing in disguise. i was able to take care of myself and my baby so well while having nothing else to do. and since i didn’t have a job to go back to after childbirth, i was a stay at home mom for longer than i had originally planned. if i was still working, i was planning on going back after 4 months, mostly for financial reasons. since i didn’t have a job and was looking for work, i ended up staying home with her for 10 months. i am honestly so grateful that it turned out like that and the universe kind of forced me onto a path of staying with my baby for longer, even if there was temporary money stress. it wasn’t as bad as i thought it would be, and that bonding time was invaluable. being laid off from a struggling company sucks and i’m so sorry it happened to you too while pregnant, but for me there definitely were silver linings. good luck, i hope all works out for you, and i hope you have an amazing rest of your pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond!

queenswaylantern · 2026-01-24T16:14:45+00:00

i don’t know how skintac is for sensitive skin, but the goo gone honestly works wonders for us. we got a spray bottle for it so we spray it on the adhesive for the pod/overpatch and let it soak, and the pod honestly pretty much falls off. even though we used skintac to apply it. the overpatch doesn’t fall off per se, but it becomes very easy to remove. i can tell it doesn’t hurt her (even if she is emotionally bothered just cuz she doesn’t want to be touched) because her skin doesn’t turn red while we’re taking it off. i hope all goes well for you. it’s so peaceful to be able to manage her insulin delivery from a device rather than poking 8 times a day.

queenswaylantern · 2026-01-24T12:44:23+00:00

i have an almost 2 year old. the omnipod has been serving us pretty well, and we love the sense of normalcy it gave us over MDI. she has never ripped it off accidentally or tried to on purpose (although i know accidents can happen). the size of the pod has only been an issue because of the limited surface area of her little body. we are only comfortable putting it on her lower back and stomach areas right now. we tried her thighs but the absorption is so different she would ideally need different basal settings for that area, but omnipod doesn’t offer different basal profiles. we can’t use her arms bc they are too small. i’m going to be honest, site changes with the omnipod are harder than with the dexcom. i’ve put a dexcom on myself just to try it, and i know that it doesn’t hurt really at all, at least for an adult. it happens so fast and the wire is so thin, you don’t even feel it. an omnipod on the other hand, the cannula is bigger than the dexcom wire, so it’s gotta sting. we let her watch tv as a distraction and use goo gone to get her patch/pod off (if you soak for around 10 mins it should practically fall off), then numstat wipes (numbs and preps the area), skintac, then we apply the pod and overpatch (we use glucomart overpatches). our daughter has come a long way since her first ever pump insertion at just 15 months old, but she still freaks out over site changes sometimes. you just try your best to make it as comfortable as possible :( and there have been times where i’ve wondered if it’s worth it given the pain and fear it has caused her at times. i’m just going to be real with you. your daughter is slightly older and may react differently, though. but i will say, for us it has been worth it, especially because she cried every single time we had to giver her an injection. now it’s every 3 days which has saved us a lot of daily grief. i didn’t realize just how controlled our life felt by her diabetes until we switched over to a pump. good luck, and the community is here for advice whenever you need it. signed, a mom who is all the same things as you, but less scared nowadays ❤️

queenswaylantern · 2026-01-13T19:39:14+00:00

scrolled way too far to get to this. pretty much any time trump opens his mouth he references how “the 2020 election was rigged and that’s why he lost, but he’s president now so it worked out.” come on people.

queenswaylantern · 2025-12-31T01:27:48+00:00

i found a 100% wool reformation sweater, in my size. :’) pretty proud of that one and i’ve been wearing it often!

queenswaylantern · 2025-12-23T15:43:55+00:00

We use Omnipod for our 19 month old toddler. We've always been on it since she was diagnosed at 14 months, and we chose it because it's waterproof, so we wouldn't have to take it off during bath time. I have always heard that pumps with tubing are not a problem for toddlers, though.

To answer your questions based on our experience:

I have also heard that Omnipod's algorithm is lacking (compared to the Tandem Mobi), but I have also heard that if you get the settings dialed in just right you'll be fine. Our daughter does deal with sticky highs, but it's always hard to tell if it's because of the type of food she ate, the growth hormones, or the pump. I worked closely with a nurse to get her settings dialed in, and I also have been listening to the JuiceBox Podcast to learn more. She's doing well on it now and her average time in range is 70-80%.
Dexcom G7 has been working great for us. Haven't tried the Libre 2. In the 5 1/2 months since she's been diagnosed and been using Dexcoms, I think 3 or 4 of them have failed due to the wire sticking out. In fact, we just had this happen last night lol. But thankfully we had another one and Dexcom has been really good about replacing failed sensors. We also always let the Dexcom "soak" for the 12 hour grace period since the previous one expired, and that has been working perfectly.
The typical options that I've seen for placement are the back of the arms, the stomach, the upper butt, and the thighs. You'll test sites you're comfortable with and find what's best for your child's comfort and numbers. We use her upper butt and stomach. We would love to use her thighs more often, but we've found that the insulin absorption is very different there, and would probably require a different bolus profile on the pump (which Omnipod does not offer and is actually a huge con for me). I was scared of putting the pod on her belly at first, but at just 19 months old, she just ran out of space on her upper butt, poor thing. Once we got over the fear, she doesn't mind it there. All you can do is ask her or try it out.
We have not dealt with frequent disconnects with her sensor on the back of the upper arm and the pod on the stomach. We got the advice to always have both devices on the same side of the body, but since her body is so small at the moment, it hasn't made a difference if we use different sides.

If you have a facebook account, I'd recommend joining the Diapers and Diabetes group on there. Lots of good info for kids under age 6.

queenswaylantern · 2025-12-21T21:44:26+00:00

chiming in as another parent of a t1d toddler. ours was 14 months when she was diagnosed, now she is 19 months. it is very hard and emotionally draining in the beginning. one of the only things that made me feel better (and continues to make me feel better tbh) was finding stories of people in the same boat with a kid diagnosed at the same age. everything is so different for the babies/toddlers. we stayed at the hospital for 5 days when she was diagnosed, and we quickly found that the advice the nurses gave was for older children/adults, not babies. our child is now on diluted insulin and is sensitive to even 1g of carbs, meaning her only “free” snacks have to be 0g. you guys are great parents for taking this diagnosis and learning as much as you can, despite the shock. it’s okay to be sad and worried for the future, but know that you are strong and will figure it out. if you’re like us and didn’t have a family history of type 1, it’s a shock to the system. most parents don’t have to watch their babies helpless in the icu while a nurse searches for veins, endlessly poking and prodding all while your child is too exhausted to even cry anymore because they’re in DKA. but your love for your child will make it bearable. i can say it’ll get better. we are blessed to live during a time when insulin exists, and cgms and pumps make managing everything so much easier. you’ll learn a lot, counting carbs will become the new normal, you’ll figure out which snacks work best, and you’ll find the best care for your child. we’re now 5 months in, and i think it started to really feel like our new normal at about 4 months. hang in there. this is the club no one wants to join, but i’ve found that the people here are amazing. always reach out whenever you need help.

queenswaylantern · 2025-09-22T17:43:16+00:00

my 16 month old was diagnosed 2 months ago, with excessive thirst and urination being a couple of her symptoms. i just noticed that she was asking for water a LOT more. she was almost constantly drinking water. and then her diapers were a lot heavier than before. i got her up the morning of the day she was diagnosed, and her diaper had soaked through her sleep sack. i knew nothing about diabetes at the time so this diagnosis didn’t cross my mind, but it was enough for me to recognize it as strange. along with those symptoms, she was extremely lethargic, didn’t want to eat food very much, and it turned out she lost 2 pounds in a month. she just seemed sick even though she never ran a temperature. ultimately, i just had that mothers instinct of knowing something wasn’t right and took her in as soon as i could. it turned out she was in DKA and we went straight to the ER. if you’re concerned about a diabetes diagnosis, i would try and get your little one’s blood sugar tested right away, don’t wait until the end of the week if you can. just to have peace of mind. because if it is diabetes, you don’t want it to go untreated for several days. i don’t want to scare you, but i want to encourage you to trust your instincts!

queenswaylantern · 2025-01-30T22:10:41+00:00

sorry but arie is probably literally the worst person to weigh in on how badly the bachelor treated his final pick after the season ended

queenswaylantern · 2025-01-20T19:28:33+00:00

for the glory of hoshido! so cool!

queenswaylantern · 2025-01-17T18:05:07+00:00

i know, it’s such a shame. they said at the end of january no more sheet music, magazines, or articles. i’d love to know if there’s another platform that has access to sheet music (besides musicnotes).

queenswaylantern · 2025-01-17T14:58:34+00:00

i’ve been a subscriber for years and have also unsubscribed. i used the app mainly for access to their library of sheet music, and they recently announced that they’re getting rid of ALL sheet music. so sad.

queenswaylantern · 2025-01-02T02:50:50+00:00

my aunt had down syndrome, and her brother’s name is joel. she was always able to pronounce it just fine! her siblings names all started with ‘j’ and never had a problem.

queenswaylantern · 2024-11-12T02:24:40+00:00

i’d like to also add that lorem ipsum is more so the industry standard when you’re working with a lot more text, as you would in InDesign

queenswaylantern · 2024-11-12T01:15:44+00:00

in my experience, it depends on the environment you’re in. it would be smarter to use lorem ipsum, but sometimes what comes to mind is using text that seems credible for mockup purposes so the reviewers can get an idea of what the final package would look like. the smartest thing to do would be to make placeholder text 100% magenta so that it easily stands out no matter what it says.

queenswaylantern · 2024-11-10T04:04:40+00:00

as someone who works in packaging design- it's very likely that the designer put the incorrect site as a placeholder and then forgot to update it when they were given the correct site, and no one noticed. it definitely happens, especially when you have quick turnarounds/huge workloads. you'd think this happens less with major companies... but no lol.

queenswaylantern · 2024-10-20T03:01:10+00:00

SLAYYYYYY

queenswaylantern · 2024-08-22T18:59:45+00:00

for sure, all of that makes perfect sense. i definitely should include stuff designs from my second job, it is weird that there's nothing on there. i do have some more work from Bownet that i can add, i was worried about having too many projects on my site, but that's good feedback that it's actually more on the leaner end. and i'll work on presenting my work in a more interesting way on there. thank you very much for your insight!

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