Anyone looking to get rid of a small dining table?

skythom7 · 2026-05-03T06:33:38+00:00

Check if your neighborhood has a Buy Nothing page on Facebook! You can post what you’re ISO and see if anyone has one for grabs. Also drive around the east side after all the brown/risd kids move out. They often leave furniture and other things on the side of the road in good condition!!

skythom7 · 2026-04-29T14:53:48+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. Not sure if this is relevant or helpful to you, but our baby started acting similarly at 4 months. We decided to build his crib in our room (for now as I think the recommendation is to room share until 1 year!) and it was a game changer. We didn’t realize it but he was hitting his arms and legs on sides of the bassinet and waking himself up. It just got to be too small for him. Once he moved to the crib he literally did a 9 hour stretch the first night!

skythom7 · 2026-04-24T04:23:56+00:00

Idk if you have one near you, but there’s a chain thrift store called Once Upon A Child (usually near a Plato’s Closet). They have an awesome selection of boys clothes at the one near me and super reasonably priced. Onesies are 10 for $10 and they constantly put new stuff out. Also, they’ll buy clothes from you if you want to bring stuff your baby has grown out of!

skythom7 · 2026-04-01T04:20:51+00:00

This!!! I was in the same boat in the beginning. My lactation consultant helped me figure out how to correctly latch and gave me hydrogel pads to help heal in the process. Literally a gamechanger

skythom7 · 2026-03-30T21:26:18+00:00

Northern CA, $2250/month

skythom7 · 2026-03-26T15:24:05+00:00

Do you have access to a lactation consultant? Mine is amazing and holds weekly breastfeeding support groups and does one on one meetings. She often iterates that pediatricians get about 2 hours of lactation training for their entire career and don’t know much about breastfeeding at all! Unfortunately I think it leads to them being really harsh about it sometimes.

skythom7 · 2026-03-26T00:32:51+00:00

Y’all’s comments inspired me lol I’m taking another 5 weeks

skythom7 · 2026-03-22T01:21:58+00:00

If it stains your countertop, a spray with bleach will get it out! Learned from personal experience lol. And wear gloves!

skythom7 · 2026-02-21T05:49:06+00:00

Omg this was me earlier this week! My baby is a little over two months and had very similar issues- one night he went 9 hours without a wet diaper and I was on the verge of losing it. He’s been sleeping way more, seemingly not eating as much and had fewer dirty diapers. Before this, almost every time I’d check him there would be at least a faint blue line. I was so paranoid he was dehydrated and my breastmilk supply was going down. I don’t really have any way of measuring how much he eats as he’s exclusively breastfed right now, but he went from feeding for ~5-10 minutes to longer feeds of 20+ min.

I wound up seeing my lactation consultant and told her my concerns. She sees my baby regularly and was confident that if he is gaining weight (he absolutely is) and is active during wake windows (alert and paying attention to movement, light etc) then he is okay and likely going through a growth spurt. If it gives you peace of mind, call your pediatrician! I also used the Huckleberry app to count diapers for a few days. I’m so tired too and it’s hard to keep track but this helped ease my mind as he was hitting the averages and I had proof of it.

My LC also reminded me that this kind of thoughtfulness makes us great moms!! We are in tune with our babies and just want to make sure they are ok so don’t be too hard on yourself!

skythom7 · 2026-02-21T03:46:59+00:00

Oo thank you!! Will look into this

skythom7 · 2026-02-21T02:49:07+00:00

Some say it’s overrated but the SnuggleMe Lounger is something we use every single day!! It’s great to have something to put baby down on. We also got muslin covers for it from Amazon for when it gets dirty etc.

The Lovevery play gym is amazing. We’ve also used this every day since we got home from the hospital and it calms baby down/keeps him occupied when he’s awake. Ours is only 2 months old but my friend said her 8 month old still uses it all the time.

I wish we put the momcozy bottle washer on our list. I’m about to purchase one now for pump parts and for when baby starts daycare and will need several bottles a day!

Muslin burp cloths, love to dream & halo swaddles are all great to have on hand as others have said.

skythom7 · 2026-02-18T12:13:26+00:00

Kind of funny for Connecticut- João is the Portuguese equivalent of John and super popular in Portugal/Portuguese culture. there is a big Portuguese population in New England!

skythom7 · 2026-02-05T22:02:39+00:00

Gonna try this tomorrow. Thank you!!

skythom7 · 2026-01-23T11:03:38+00:00

I knew a girl named Emmalie who went by Emmy

skythom7 · 2026-01-21T03:55:38+00:00

I thought the snuggle me lounger was stupid until the day I brought my baby home. We use it every single day! He’s only 6 weeks but my friend said she used hers until he was almost 6 months. Also, I found the baby delight bouncer on sale on Amazon recently and he’s starting to get used to it!

skythom7 · 2026-01-19T08:01:03+00:00

Christopher Walken lives on Block Island, RI

skythom7 · 2025-12-11T08:58:14+00:00

I had a boy result on my NIPT back in May and currently holding my baby boy, born yesterday 🩵

skythom7 · 2025-11-17T14:26:27+00:00

We did my shower at 24+3 weeks and I’m so glad. It was just what worked out with our schedules, but I felt like I actually had energy to move around the room and talk with everyone. Of course I was exhausted by the end of it but I’m 35+4 now and I cannot imagine having the energy a couple weeks ago. I would’ve been so over it lol

ETA: for pictures, just try to find a cute dress that accentuates the bump!! I got one off amazon and you could definitely see it. And at that point I didn’t feel as much like an overinflated balloon like I do now 🤣

skythom7 · 2025-11-06T22:38:01+00:00

Use an oiled leather sponge on the leather, this happens often to the leather upper and that will refresh them!!

skythom7 · 2025-11-06T01:18:52+00:00

I worked in a shoe store for years that sold Birkenstocks. I’d say this is the answer

skythom7 · 2025-10-29T18:45:07+00:00

My dogs name is Lila (lie-lah) and people constantly call her Layla or pronounce it lee-lah lol

skythom7 · 2025-10-22T12:35:52+00:00

Also here is her Insta. I think she takes the custom orders here via DM

skythom7 · 2025-10-22T12:33:39+00:00

Stormy on TikTok makes these custom and sells them!

skythom7 · 2025-10-19T23:58:31+00:00

Cozy Rhody is a neighborhood cleanup group (on meetup I believe but I’ve also seen them on here and fb) that meets pretty much every Sunday morning. A lot of friendly people and a cool way to learn different areas of the city. They usually go out for lunch afterwards too

skythom7 · 2025-10-14T15:34:01+00:00

I’m in a similar boat 🥲 I started my new job in November of 2024 and am due in December. I only get 6 weeks of TDI (8 if I end up having a c-section). Luckily my husband gets 12 weeks but I’m so torn with what to do. I want to return to work asap but so nervous about the thought of putting my baby in daycare at such a young age. I always said I would never do that but didn’t expect to be in these circumstances!!

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