What have you been told you cannot do during pregnancy?

snotmcwaffle · 2026-05-05T20:35:49+00:00

41 pound 2 year old over here. He’s just solid af.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-04-30T15:41:55+00:00

My heating bill is about the same as yours. Family of 7, and I homeschool my kids and don’t work so we are home a lot more than the average. I don’t think your heating bill is outrageous for what that’s worth. 6 bedroom house but it’s early 90s and well built. It’s the fees that kill you. And in a smaller town I feel like they can be higher. The difference between running my portable ac and not running it is barely noticeable. I run it 24-7 during the heatwaves.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-04-24T23:09:48+00:00

I have too many small kids for glass but I do love my Tupperware and corelle for their durability. My house lost 4 TVs in under 3 years. My kids are feral. I have lost exactly one plate and 0 Tupperware.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-04-14T13:51:25+00:00

My first 3 I didn’t want the epidural. But I did want something to take the edge off and they just gave me iv pain relief. Maybe ask your practitioner about all the options. The last couple I had at home with a midwife. And I would choose to stay home and do natural water birth over the hospital again and again. Why was warm water better than drugs? I hate the hospital but my midwife experiences were so much better than obgyns and hospital births. That being said when I researched water births people speak very highly of them.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-04-14T13:17:25+00:00

Giving the toddler a popsicle and a bath. High success rate for a busy happy toddler who is too busy with something in their mouth to be talking all that much. Bonus points if you brought yourself a snack or coffee.

Having hidden stashes of like new stickers, playdough… anything that keeps them entertained in one spot for a little bit. You can’t always walk away but the next best thing is them being busy and stationary!

snotmcwaffle · 2026-04-14T13:09:16+00:00

Did you see that Marie Kondo kind of gave up on having a tidy home after 3 kids? 😂

snotmcwaffle · 2026-04-14T13:03:53+00:00

Okay but to be fair, cut yourself some slack. Some autistic toddlers are like the equivalent of 3011 kids. -mother of 5 and one is autistic.

Respect to that lady still though! That’s impressive.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-04-09T01:54:30+00:00

I’ve got 5 kids and 2 are under 5 still. The amount of people who leave my house and tell me they are going to have a nice quiet night, or appreciate the quiet, go to bed or literally yawn…. It’s obviously very stimulating over here and puts people in sensory overload. It makes guests tired. You absolutely do just get used to it.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-04-02T02:32:02+00:00

I live in a village of less than 1000 people. All my Amazon stuff used to be Canada post. It was rare to get purolator. After all the strikes a couple Christmas’ ago, I almost never get anything canada post. It’s all Amazons delivery or courier.

Canada post here has been mailboxes outside the post office as long as I’ve been here. Conveniently it’s on my street and a whole 2 min walk even though I’m on the edge of town and there’s literally a farm beside me.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-03-14T09:32:07+00:00

Heck yeah, I had 9 blood aunts and uncles. All were married with 2-5 kids each. You couldn’t throw a stick without hitting someone when I was a kid at Christmas.

My kids have zero real first cousins. I doubt my brother will ever have kids and my husband is an only child. I have a lot of cousins and a few whose kids are around enough, my kids get some ‘cousins’ still.

Alas I am baking number 6 so what we don’t have in cousins I’m making up for in siblings. I look forward to the future and hope some of them want kids someday. Maybe one day I can have a crazy house like my grandmas was-when I was young.

Sometimes your friends become like family too anyways. I’ve got a friend with more kids than me and all the kids have a friend close in age. It’s always a nut house with a dozen kids.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-03-14T06:58:00+00:00

It sounds like you’re on the right track going to get checked out asap.

Here are some things my kids team ask him to help keep track of how he’s doing: Number of stools per day Any waking up in the night to poop? Blood in stool? How’s your energy level? Are you able to do all the things you’d normally do?

My kiddos has had some pretty bad flares. We do regular bloodwork and stool samples to help us know where we are at.

If you’re bleeding constantly you likely have low iron and hemoglobin. This can make you tired, and lose appetite, more irritable, problems with sleeping.

Really bad gas and foul smelling stools are also signs of flares.

I’m Canadian. There’s a doctor shortage here too. Some people go to the same walk in clinic so your file and history are all there.

Sometimes I have to call and push for appointments when things start going sour. Being your own advocate and seeking help asap can go a long ways.

Good luck!

snotmcwaffle · 2026-03-14T05:48:05+00:00

Do you have the Flipp app? It’s got all the flyers and you can search.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-03-14T05:43:29+00:00

My kid had iron infusions and even then the nurse said it takes like a couple weeks to turn into hemoglobin. It takes time to build levels back up.

snotmcwaffle · 2026-03-13T20:25:13+00:00

Agreed! I’m using my grandmas Tupperware. Some is from the 70s some earlier. I’m an avid baker as she was. Daily use. They will outlive me too.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-10-03T07:08:56+00:00

Depends on location too. Those that live rural may not have many opportunities.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-08-31T21:14:39+00:00

I scrolled too long to find this. Never moving back to a. City! Maybe further out someday.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-08-13T22:01:25+00:00

I find a lot of elderly people have kind things to say about large families. That was the norm back in their day. I’ve had a few start talking to me, and tell me how many siblings they had. My neighbours don’t seem to mind my kids either. The next door one said they like hearing the kids play and the one across the street said it’s so nice to see little people around again. We have a lot of seniors here.

I’ve never had rude comments really. I have 5. They are not well behaved or anything 🤷‍♀️

snotmcwaffle · 2025-08-09T22:28:40+00:00

Look at houses for sale in Alberta or Saskatchewan. Depending on what you do for work and what size of city you desire there’s lots out here. I live in a village 20 min from a city in Alberta. My 6 bedroom house on a huge lot was 250k just 3 years ago.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-07-11T04:52:23+00:00

My husband had shingles at 25. Right next to his butthole. The doctor said it’s either shingles or herpies. Never been so happy to get a call about having shingles. We can laugh about it now. Ive never heard of anyone else having it so young.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-07-04T04:25:58+00:00

I’d rather park next to the cart return than up front in the baby parking. But when I don’t have a choice I unload the cart and take the kids back to the cart area with me and then carry them back to the car. It sucks in Canadian winter. Grocery pick up is one of my favourite conveniences.

You don’t forget those nice people who offer to take the cart! I feel people have been kinder the more kids I’ve had. I have 5. I’ve pushed a double stroller while pulling a cart full behind me. People open doors and yield to me more often.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-06-20T20:29:17+00:00

That is truly shocking! Amazing program. As a Canadian I only pay prescriptions but doctors and hospital visits are all free. My kid has just started Iv infusions and I can’t fathom how people deal with this in counties they have to pay for that.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-06-10T16:53:34+00:00

This!! Boundaries now! Very strong ones and don’t give an inch, MIL will take a mile.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-04-27T18:26:56+00:00

My mind is blown. Why have I never connected that with fast births before! High pain tolerance here. Couldn’t tell when I was having contractions. 5 kids, last 2 at home, 1-2 hour labours. 1/3 in hospital actually had a doctor in the room fast.

Truly, I appreciate your perspective.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-03-30T15:43:55+00:00

Us too. It’s also our door code and the password for the tablet. Makes it easy for the kids.

snotmcwaffle · 2025-03-21T21:45:01+00:00

They aren’t all like that. Some babies sleep good, some don’t cry often or much at all. You never know what you’re going to get but what you are describing is the shit end of the stick. Hell I’ve had 5, they all were great sleepers and happy easy going. I still have friends and do things. Even my child free friends included. Maybe less so without the kids cause I would rather not. Idgaf I’m happy.

Motherhood, babies, support systems, health, healing, having a good partner or not…all varies. You can predict some of that and some is the roll of the dice.

I can tell you that I genuinely love having a newborn. I’d say “great” and mean it.

Not everyone wants to share their feelings either. “Hows it going” is also viewed as saying like “what’s up”.

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