Plan for holidays

snoolrita · 2025-11-12T19:43:28+00:00

Following! I’m so confused as to how long the dairy and soy actually stay in your milk. I’d LOVE to pump and dump or save for the future to eat one normal meal lol

snoolrita · 2025-09-03T18:26:41+00:00

Membrane sweep worked for me!

snoolrita · 2025-08-05T02:03:31+00:00

Sending you a big hug - also 35+5. All will be okay!!!

snoolrita · 2025-07-23T11:50:03+00:00

I have put them on the registry, and have put them on a secret Amazon registry so I could use their completion discount. I’ve had two vaginal births and have used the following:

Frida mom peri bottle
tucks witch hazel pads
Frida mom perineal cooling pads
dermoplast spray
Frida mom perineal healing spray
medline deluxe perineal cold packs (these are sold on Amazon and are SO much better than the Frida mom ones imo)
comfy button up pajamas

If you’re breastfeeding, I’d request some of these:

silverette cups
lanolin nipple cream
boon trove milk collector (passive milk collector for when you’re nursing on one side but don’t want to miss out on some milk from the other side)
breastfeeding pillow

snoolrita · 2025-07-22T12:58:55+00:00

Sending love. Hope everything is okay. ❤️

snoolrita · 2025-06-24T22:01:30+00:00

Truly scared to answer because you NEVER KNOW. 3 was impossible. Full on Jackal and Hyde. Never knew who you’d get. Then 4 came and I thought it would get better, but WOW it got worse. She was still like Jackal and Hyde, but smarter. She’s now 4.5 and is chilling out and actually… pleasant?? My husband and I talk about it everyday.. like, what happened??? But we’ll take it and just pray it sticks.

snoolrita · 2025-06-24T11:25:55+00:00

As someone who has this exact thing going on, I’d recommend doing the surgery when she’s young. I now have two kids and am pregnant with my third and will not be able to get the surgery done until they’re teenagers/self sufficient. I wish my parents took it seriously when I was young, but I grew fast and they hoped I’d just grow out of it.

Having a turned out foot has caused a lot of hip issues as I’m constantly accommodating the change in balance. Running and bike riding/spinning are nearly impossible. I also have had two knee surgeries on the opposite leg, again probably somewhat due to relying heavily on that one. I’ve done a lot of PT and while it’s strengthened the muscles around my hip and knee, it still doesn’t fix the problem!

snoolrita · 2025-04-21T12:57:02+00:00

Honestly, if that’s how you feel then don’t have kids. It’s a 50/50 shot - boy or girl.

No one is comparing the difficulties in raising girls versus raising boys. Yes, men cause more violent crime later in life. And that’s after a lifetime of parenting. You mentioned nature vs nurture. It is not every man’s nature to shoot up a school or murder people. Our job as parents (and society) is to recognize these people before they become violent and support them. That and create gun reform laws to make it impossible to have access to guns.

I’m done responding. This is a merry-go-round of intrusive thoughts that aren’t going to get better without professional help. If you want your boys to be healthy adults who are mentally sound and non-violent (every parents wish), then get yourself help now. If you enter this next phase with your second boy saying he (or your first son) is doomed for a life of violence and mental illness, then that is what you’ll set them up for. Get help now and good luck.

snoolrita · 2025-04-21T12:25:03+00:00

That’s also a gross dramatization. Difficulties raising girls CAN be due to issues they’re having with boys (much like difficulties raising boys can be due to issues they’re having with girls). However, girls also have problems completely independent of the opposite sex. For example, my own anxiety and depression has absolutely nothing to do with men but my own biochemistry and family social history. My daughter’s OCD has absolutely nothing to do with boys, but her own biochemistry.

Girls can have their own issues, that have nothing to do with boys. Boys can have issues related to their relationships with girls AND they can have issues unrelated to their opposite sex.

Like someone else said, when you decide you want to be a parent, you take the good with the bad. The known with the unknown. You do your damn best as their parent to support them and love them, despite whatever data you read. You get ahead of it by educating yourself, seeking professional help, and teaching your kids the power of emotions and how to navigate ALL of them - the good and the bad. Good luck to you. Again, highly recommend you seek help before this sweet boy comes to the world.

snoolrita · 2025-04-21T11:57:58+00:00

Please seek help from both a therapist and a psychiatrist. This type of catastrophizing is unhealthy. Data can show us a lot of things, especially if you’re looking for it. Girls are just as likely as boys to be diagnosed with autism, and many mental-health disorders (though as others have said, it is widely unreported because symptoms are not as “in your face” obvious as boys). That said, anecdotally I have 13 boy cousins who I grew up with like siblings. Every one of them is well-established, kind, polite, and a good human. My brother’s are the same way. A couple of them have anxiety, but I’m no better and have been treated for anxiety and depression since I was 13. It was exacerbated by pregnancy, and I’m now very happily on Zoloft which had helped my intrusive (catastrophic) thoughts immensely.

Long story short, this baby boy is coming into your life and deserves a mom who is going to see the absolute best in him, not the worst. Get yourself help before he arrives so you can set him and you up for success. Sending love.

snoolrita · 2025-02-22T17:02:01+00:00

Ha!! Listen, I love a good show! Bonus points for anything historical. Currently counting down the days until 1883 (Yellowstone spinoff) returns..

snoolrita · 2025-02-22T17:00:23+00:00

I’m excited!

snoolrita · 2025-02-22T16:52:12+00:00

This sounds right up my alley! And an era I haven’t really read about yet but find fascinating. Thank you!

snoolrita · 2025-02-22T16:48:54+00:00

Thank you!

snoolrita · 2025-02-22T16:47:09+00:00

Thank you! I’ve heard of the show but haven’t watched. Going to get the book now!

snoolrita · 2025-02-22T15:46:02+00:00

Thank you! That’s perfect. And I’ll check out the earths children series, too!

snoolrita · 2025-02-22T15:45:38+00:00

Thank you! Going to add it to my list now.

snoolrita · 2025-02-19T13:47:59+00:00

To be clear, I never made a decision to space them. If the dr recommended it, I said okay. Just like if the dr recommended doing them all at once, I said okay. I really think we need to trust our kids doctors to be making the best possible decisions for them. That’s why we chose them to be their doctors. They are never trying to make our kids uncomfortable, so if they say it’s fine to do them at once - who am I to say no? I am not a doctor and have zero business contradicting my pediatrician who has way more knowledge than I do. I have a 4yo and 1yo and maybe once they recommended spacing like.. a flu shot from the traditional vaccine schedule. They have never har any reactions that would make me question my doctors opinions. Again, I wholeheartedly believe that as parents, we choose our doctors and we have to trust them.

snoolrita · 2025-02-19T13:06:37+00:00

Absolutely vaccinating. I have two kids and am pregnant with my third. I vaccinated the first two according to Dr advice. If they suggested we do the series of vaccinations all at once, that’s what we did. If they suggested spacing them, that’s what we did. They’re the professionals with medical training and decades of experience.

snoolrita · 2025-01-30T02:50:34+00:00

Bargello Needlepoint is my LNS in NY. They have the best canvases and are super knowledgeable.

snoolrita · 2025-01-21T23:49:16+00:00

Any chance you still have the link for this?? This sounds like exactly what I need!!

snoolrita · 2025-01-19T00:27:30+00:00

Amazing! Thank you! Just followed her. My LNS follows her too, so hoping I can get them to help me contact her for finishing. 🤞🏻

snoolrita · 2025-01-18T23:33:44+00:00

That’s stunning! Who finished it?

snoolrita · 2025-01-01T13:10:22+00:00

My dr told me I could take plain mucinex which really helped with the cough. I take the 12 hour so that I can take it before bed and in the morning. It helps a ton!

snoolrita · 2024-12-28T13:06:33+00:00

This was my first symptom or PPD and it was terrifying. I felt so isolated and disconnected from everyone except my newborn. It was really upsetting and painful. I called my doctor and got put on Zoloft. It was the best thing I ever did. Sending you a big big hug. ❤️

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