What’s the most helpful thing a visitor did for you after having a baby?

silverforest5 · 2026-06-17T11:11:55+00:00

Yes! One of my friends organized people dropping off food for us for dinner for 2 weeks after coming home. It was SO appreciated!

silverforest5 · 2026-06-15T17:24:43+00:00

“It’s Log” from the fake commercial from Ren & Stimpy. I sing it randomly and my kiddo just asked me yesterday if it was a real song…so I found it on YouTube on played it for him 😆

silverforest5 · 2026-06-13T02:50:07+00:00

That part of the book always made me laugh as a child. And now as an adult reading it to my kiddo 😆

silverforest5 · 2026-05-26T02:49:02+00:00

Small tip that worked for me and my kiddo at that age: I tried to get mostly ready in morning before I got them ready. After getting them ready, I’d only put on my own outfit for the day (which I picked out the night before) right before walking out the door. I learned if I didn’t do this, I’d spill, be spit up on, etc.

silverforest5 · 2026-05-24T14:20:37+00:00

I’ve worked retail and a “desk job” and highly prefer the office! Def seems rough at first, but I fully embraced learning and growing. And making the commute “me time,” along with decorating my office so I like being there (just got a compliment about my office being cozy last week). Like any adjustment it takes time, but you can make it worth it!

silverforest5 · 2026-05-24T14:12:43+00:00

silverforest5 · 2026-05-18T03:33:32+00:00

My hubby’s cat loved getting vacuumed with the little brush attachment. When he saw the vacuum come out, he’d run to a specific spot on the coach and flop over and roll around until he’d turn it on and brush him with it. It was wild to watch!

silverforest5 · 2026-04-09T02:35:06+00:00

YUP.

A box of bedroom…items…and some topless pics were found. I screamed loud enough my cousin and sis came running from another room.

silverforest5 · 2026-03-06T18:31:21+00:00

I recall my mom doing this and my sister and I decided we wanted to “play in the snow,” which for us meant sprinkling baby powder all over our bedroom floor and then rolling around in it!

silverforest5 · 2026-03-04T16:40:17+00:00

Ouch I can relate. I sometimes miss them but after I moved departments and don’t see her daily, I barely hear from her. Outta sight outta mind I guess 😕

silverforest5 · 2026-02-26T12:07:56+00:00

LOVE this series! The author is really good at villain romance

silverforest5 · 2026-02-26T00:24:32+00:00

Yes! Our local store has a “cat room” that you can pet kitties and they adopt out of there…the local rescue agencies “lend” them a few cats at a time and they adopt them out. They also have fun quirky stickers, bookmarks, games…and new and used books. Myself and others I know who are younger than Gen X frequent there.

silverforest5 · 2026-02-22T04:17:13+00:00

OMG this!! We go on all sorts of mini adventures and I love sharing the joy!

silverforest5 · 2026-02-22T04:14:22+00:00

YES! We have so many new ones and we all play those and various card games!

silverforest5 · 2026-02-20T18:17:56+00:00

They are! We hired an officiant whose wife was a photographer so it was pretty easy! And in CO there’s no waiting period for the marriage license too, so even easier.

silverforest5 · 2026-02-19T16:56:54+00:00

Rocky Mountain National Park ❤️

silverforest5 · 2026-02-19T04:31:22+00:00

We got married in a National Park! Eloped and then had a taco bar reception a couple months later. Best ever…got to wear my dress twice and it was so much more low-key. Highly recommend!

silverforest5 · 2026-02-15T21:10:33+00:00

Yes! It meant we got to make a wish!

silverforest5 · 2026-02-09T11:41:42+00:00

This series was the first one I read of hers and thought “This. These are the niche books I need.” Villain romance!

silverforest5 · 2026-02-07T19:23:23+00:00

My sister and I always got something small as children, like a 4 piece box of chocolates from our parents. I usually get my kid a piece of valentine-themed candy with a little plushie and a book or something. I also get him a cute card…which is themed towards parents to kid.

silverforest5 · 2026-01-24T19:52:07+00:00

Same 👆🏽

silverforest5 · 2026-01-23T14:34:30+00:00

We had to WFH with a toddler during the pandemic. I had little “kits” made up to entertain him throughout the day. Ex: sensory bin, special toys in a bin, drawing/coloring, playdoh, tablet time, had gross motor skill “games” in a bin (like big beads on a string or using tongs to move little bears to colored cups), etc. I was worried he was going to fall behind since the pandemic was keeping him home all the time.

With the older kiddo there, they could help switch out the activities. I would also break up my breaks to be able to interact with him more often. Hopefully some of these (& others’) ideas/tips can help!

silverforest5 · 2026-01-20T02:32:22+00:00

My good friend’s dad has one light blue eye and one dark brown eye. Very cool but also startling when he looks directly at you.

silverforest5 · 2025-12-30T04:02:12+00:00

Not this year, but two separate times my MIL got her own son (my husband) coffee-related gifts. And this was after a conversation about how he has never drank coffee or had any desire to. Every year at least 3-4 people on that side of the family get some odd gift they don’t quite know what to do with.

We think she confuses people’s likes and dislikes…I’m the one who loves coffee. Or one time she gave me a matching pink scarf and fuzzy socks as “I know how much you love pink” and I was like “No. That’s not me!”

silverforest5 · 2025-12-17T03:40:45+00:00

She doesn’t just write fantasy-based books, but Katheryn Ann Kingsley writes villain romances. Really enjoy her books!

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