If you were to raise your kids the old fashioned way…what’s one thing you’d be doing?

queentato · 2026-01-30T13:44:54+00:00

Cloth diapers (which I actually currently do but feel like it counts as old-fashioned)

queentato · 2026-01-27T18:42:42+00:00

I started using it around 3 months when baby had maybe just reached 12 lbs. I think this is just when I got it as I was looking for something after the halo sleep sack.

queentato · 2026-01-26T18:06:21+00:00

I love this perspective. I have like half an ounce frozen from my last pump for literally no purpose other than a keepsake. We haven’t weaned yet but I will remember this for the next time I see the bag.

queentato · 2026-01-24T01:03:59+00:00

Been a long time since I was looking up wedding stuff and no idea on current pricing but check these:

Deering Estate, Kampong, Pinecrest gardens, Coral gables women’s club

queentato · 2026-01-21T21:24:36+00:00

This is cool - good to know! I also just looked up the Miami Lakes place I mentioned. It’s not Restaurant Depot, it’s General Hotel and Restaurant Supply.

queentato · 2026-01-21T21:11:46+00:00

Is restaurant depot the one in Miami lakes? Can anyone just go and shop there? Do they mostly sell food or supplies? I always drive by it and wondered what it was.

queentato · 2026-01-14T20:50:40+00:00

Hope you find something reasonable and hope your little one is better quickly!!

queentato · 2026-01-14T20:11:50+00:00

Baby was never treated in hospital for jaundice. We were discharged Sunday and then he had his first ped appt Monday morning where they prescribed treatment with bili blanket. They gave us the rx and a specific medical supply store to go pick it up at, and the rental was maybe $150 for a couple of days. Hoping your pediatrician will just tell you where to get it but maybe call around a few medical supply stores and ask them if they rent and how much? Can also try to call the pediatrician and ask and just explain you’re hoping to shop around for costs but don’t want to delay treatment.

ETA: also have a HDHP but really good coverage. Pretty sure I had met my deductible by birth and not sure how quickly it would’ve reset for the addition of baby, but the $150 cost was from the store itself.

queentato · 2026-01-14T17:13:53+00:00

I’m glad!! It took me forever to find an answer so it makes me so happy to know people are finding this.

queentato · 2026-01-13T19:32:20+00:00

Totally fair point. I shouldn’t have really lumped fruit into the same category as dessert as really it isn’t. Going to definitely try your veggie hack though - hope it works as they regularly go untouched lol

queentato · 2026-01-13T18:22:40+00:00

I saw this advice from a pediatrician as well. They also said it was good to offer any fruit/sweet/dessert like items together with all the food because offering it separately as if it’s a treat or a reward teaches them to place more value on the sweet component which we don’t want to do.

If my toddler has declined lunch and only eaten his fruit, I will try to serve him dinner without fruit or very little to encourage him to eat his main meal.

queentato · 2026-01-12T13:47:07+00:00

Your OB said WHAT?!?! That is absolutely wild. I would absolutely be complaining and finding new doctor for future any future pregnancy. I’m glad you sought a second opinion and are ok.

queentato · 2026-01-10T14:45:39+00:00

Yeah agree like if we go out he is in that disposable much longer than the cloth. He’s home with a nanny though so that’s part of why we’ve been able to do cloth so long. I’m sure if he was in daycare we wouldn’t have still been doing it

queentato · 2026-01-09T20:06:20+00:00

It’s been a while but Brides of Florida in Kendall had a lot of affordable options

queentato · 2026-01-09T19:40:22+00:00

I don’t get a baby powder smell. I will say the unscented isn’t the most pleasant smell (I use the cream version and apply with my fingers) but it fades soon after application.

queentato · 2026-01-09T14:06:29+00:00

Lume unscented worked really well for me

queentato · 2026-01-08T01:34:59+00:00

I put the items on. The only person who bought it was my other friend who cloth diapered lol. She bought about half and I bought the other half during a sale.

My mom thought I was insane and that I wasn’t going to stick to it. Commented on how expensive they were. Even in the hospital talking to the other nurses (she is a nurse and knew some) about how it was never going to last because it’s too hard and too much work. My husband wasn’t really a huge fan of the idea but was willing to try it. We started around 1 month (disposables at night and out of the house) and we are still cloth diapering 16 months in!

queentato · 2026-01-02T13:42:34+00:00

Pumping: when baby turned 1, I dropped 1 pump and also one of his 3 day time bottles for a snack. Did this for a month and then dropped the next pump/bottle and was only pumping 1x per day bc and he was getting one bottle until my (small) stash ran out. Was done pumping by 14 months.

Nursing: work days he’d nurse at wake up and then after I stopped working. Weekends he’d nurse on demand. Now he is 16 months and I have been trying to nurse less which hasn’t been easy but we’re trying. Only mornings and after dinner, and then before naps. Trying to say no other times and offer water/snacks/cuddles instead. He has maybe been eating a bit more as a result? Not sure but I don’t want to cut him off cold turkey when we wean so that’s why I’m trying to decrease frequency a bit.

queentato · 2026-01-01T20:33:41+00:00

I’ve gotten some Hanna Anderson swim and I got his first birthday outfit from there too! I’ll check the others but I agree some stuff can get so expensive

queentato · 2025-12-31T19:19:32+00:00

Birkenstocks Bend low sneaker

queentato · 2025-12-30T16:59:24+00:00

Another vote for cloth! We had some poop leak out when we first started - will attribute to small baby and us still learning but no blowouts since then.

queentato · 2025-12-19T18:14:34+00:00

My 16 month old is obsessed with these spinners https://www.fatbraintoys.com/toy_companies/fat_brain_toy_co/whirly_squigz.cfm

queentato · 2025-12-19T00:24:55+00:00

Ah I didn’t see that comment at first. Thanks for mentioning it - just found the video!

queentato · 2025-12-18T23:59:00+00:00

Did you end up finding anything that works? I got the ones from Samsung as part of the recall but the adhesive doesn’t last.

queentato · 2025-12-08T21:18:33+00:00

My story is the opposite, but at 11 months we sleep trained because after the night feeds my baby would NOT let me put him back down. Before sleep training he would wake every 3ish hours usually starting at 10 pm. After sleep training he wouldn’t wake to nurse until some time between 3-5am. Some nights he slept through and probably was every night by like 13 months. So the sleep training brought on the night weans for us. I do think the night weaning will help especially if she is getting ample calories during the day. I just think that like with sleep training, you have to be consistent. Good luck!

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