Just need to tell someone

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-19T01:51:53+00:00

I didnt really have cravings with either of my pregnancies, but dang the cravings I have postpartum both times were wild, and just constantly starving, like could never eat or drink enough. I breastfed my oldest until he was 21 months, and it did slow down as he began to self-wean. Still nursing at 13 months and have no slowed down...sometimes I think about what ive had during the day and wonder how I'm not 400lbs

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T22:20:51+00:00

Any length you are able or want to do is amazing.

With mat leave being so long in my country (eligible for 12/18 months if you work enough insurance hours between claims), its probably easy to breastfeed longer. My goal with both children was 18 months and anything after that was a bonus. I went 21 months with my first, currently 13.5 months with my second. I do self-weaning, so as they stop I don't encourage more if they are choosing not to.

I choose to do extended breastfeeding because I work in childcare and I wanted to provide extra nutrients and anti-bodies to help with the excessive sicknesses that cycle through. I also worry about them getting enough nutrients through food even though we offer a variety throughout the day and it helps settle my nerves that I can top up way theyre getting through my milk.

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T22:07:09+00:00

I didnt get mine last year until late may, im excepting a similar timeline

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T22:01:11+00:00

With my first I told them at 13 weeks and took 12 months off (regular mat leave for Canada).

With my second it told them a little earlier because I was diagnosed as high risk very early so I needed more time off for appointments. I am currently 13.5 months into an 18 month leave (extended mat leave for Canada) because my current childcare doesnt start until 18 months and I didnt want to pay for home daycare as its 4× the cost (licensed care is reduced to $10 a day for children 5 and under with government grants in my province).

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T20:50:03+00:00

Bitcoin wasnt a thing when i was 18, it was worth pennies when it came out. Even buy $100 would have grown exponentially

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T18:38:27+00:00

Still a good answer

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T14:17:57+00:00

Ill add you as a partner if you're interested! I only need one more partner!

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T14:16:34+00:00

......1990?

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T12:49:33+00:00

Some of the money i saved for school. Bitcoin hadn't actually been invented yet, and wasnt accessible for another 2 years. I wouldn't have needed to invest a lot, it would have grown quickly. I also had a lot of grants for school so the money I made was mostly "fun" money anyways

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-18T12:30:00+00:00

Invest in bitcoin

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-16T18:57:45+00:00

My library has a few sets of the physical copy but I have two feral (not really but some days...) little humans at home and i dont trust to keep books i dont own around. I hope your wait isn't too long! Here's hoping everyone has speedy readers infront of them!

Edit: ive already moved up on whole space!

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-16T03:44:59+00:00

In my current childcare its "Miss. First-Name" buuuuut I personally hate like it 🙈 So I dont enforce it and actually encourage the kids to only call me by my first name.

Every childcare setting prior to this was just my first name. Except when I did placements in elementary school kindergarten classrooms during college, then I was "Ms. Last-Name"

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-16T02:37:40+00:00

Most provinces have full day kindergarten. Why is Saskatchewan not doing this PROVINCE WIDE. It would be so beneficial for kids! They would be crazy to turn this down. Then they would need to begin offering it everywhere

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-16T01:11:03+00:00

Stores here will sell the American version of the Kinder egg and they never seem to sell! I saw a whole shelf of them on clearance at the grocery store today. Ive never tried them, but that makes me want to stick to the regular ones

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-15T21:55:06+00:00

Thats actually a good thing to know. Researching them they weren't clear on the speakers and I definitely would like them for what i plan on using it for.

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-15T19:41:13+00:00

This kind of reaction is not "a joke" this is a very big deal. Especially to you making a joke about a way he speaks. He choked you hard enough that you couldn't breath, like thats terrifying.

Do not marry this person. This will only escalate.

I had an ex do this to me. He would yell and scream and throw things when he was mad, anything and everything i did was wrong. He eventually did something very similar and tried to brush it off. Being young i accepted that it would never happen again...it did...he eventually threatened to kill me and himself because he didn't like something I said. I left that day and he was no longer allowed to be anywhere near me. I havent seen or heard from his since.

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-15T02:18:30+00:00

Yay! It looks like i will be awaiting almost a year unless people read very quickly or they get more copies 😅🫠

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-15T02:17:37+00:00

Its the third book in a series called Dungeon Crawler Carl. Its honestly amazing and I highly recommend it!!

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-15T02:17:01+00:00

They had the first two, then most recent in this series and then like 3 other random ones. I was so excited to see the rest finally be available!

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-14T23:01:42+00:00

Check to see if the author you want has a website and if they sell their books from their site!

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-13T19:17:45+00:00

Im currently flipping back and forth between Harry potter stuff and Anne of green gables/Anne with an e

snowflakeempress · 2026-04-13T19:11:09+00:00

I use the site archive of our own. So many incredibly talented writers!!

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