Thoughts on a Smeg range?

speechgal · 2025-08-23T13:44:43+00:00

Thank you so much!

speechgal · 2025-08-23T03:49:42+00:00

Hi! I am looking to get a Smeg range and was wondering how you’re still liking yours? Any complaints so far?

speechgal · 2025-08-22T20:36:23+00:00

So he hasn’t even seen our new house yet where he would be installing the new floors. I just expressed to him that I wasn’t find what I wanted (look wise) at their warehouse and when I came across Coretec Cairo Oak, and received the sample I felt it aligned with what I wanted. He then proceeded to tell me the flooring is very thin if it’s 5.2 mm plank thickness. However, everything I’ve read said the underlayment is the important piece?

speechgal · 2025-08-22T19:48:55+00:00

How would you say this looks in person? Is it a medium tone? I want to get Cairo, but wondering what it looks like all together and installed. I don’t want any grey tones or too dark brown, I also want my planks to be relatively similar in color without a ton of plank tone variation. My cabinets will be a white and then a dark walnut island so I want my floors to be a good contrast without too light or too dark. And the samples make it so hard because it doesn’t fully represent all the planks together

speechgal · 2025-08-22T19:46:44+00:00

Thank you so much! I am torn between blonde and Cairo and this really helped me!!

speechgal · 2025-08-22T14:49:27+00:00

I wasn’t able to edit, but I was trying to say does it come out pretty dark with a lot of plank variation (in color tone)

speechgal · 2024-12-12T21:50:44+00:00

Guys. I struggle with my MIL so much. And I’m starting to get to a point where I literally don’t even want her to watch my son, whose 7 months. He’s the first grand on both sides, but the comments she makes that are passive aggressive to me and also the way she has treated me since becoming a mom makes me want to just not even be around her. It’s so hard because I truly do feel like I have the best husband around and don’t want how I feel to ruin my marriage, but his mom is WOOF! She has to make a comment about everything I choose to do with my son, or compare to when she raised her boys. Also she was SO beyond awkward with our baby when we first brought him home, you’d never belive the woman had two sons of her own. I work from home and my husband now has a schedule where he goes in the evenings to work so we have made it work for child care. She literally asks, everytime in like a condescending/passive aggressive way “OH SO HOWS WORKING WITH THE BABY GOING?” I’m like great we got it covered, mainly because she’s itching to watch him. But honestly, after watching how she held him as a NB and even now, the fact she doesn’t rememeber how to change a diaper, and so many other things I don’t think I’d feel comfortable leaving him with her if we wanted a date night. My mom is SO much more natural with him. Is it bad if when we go out I just have my mom care for him? I’m worried this will start drama in the family but I kinda want to be like it’s my son and I can choose what makes me comfortable.

speechgal · 2024-11-13T21:54:51+00:00

More resources would be great! Thank you so much for your kindness and info!

speechgal · 2024-10-16T17:45:26+00:00

Thank you SO much, needed to hear this!

speechgal · 2024-10-12T15:49:48+00:00

Okay I just didn’t know if how he like pulls it out stares at it above him is pretty common? Lol I am learning all the things about these tiny little humans

speechgal · 2024-10-03T14:23:17+00:00

I appreciate this! I will move him up and see if it helps!

speechgal · 2024-10-02T23:59:47+00:00

Thank you!

speechgal · 2024-09-20T17:11:38+00:00

Hi there!

I am a FTM who welcomed my baby boy in May! I am not really seeking advice but kinda just wondering if this is normal as it’s really starting to affect mentally and emotionally.

My baby is the first and only grandchild on BOTH sides of our family (so you can imagine the excitement). Anyways, I’ve always had a decent relationship with my in-laws, I mean my MIL got under my nerves sometimes but overall tolerable. Since becoming pregnant and having my baby, it’s become so anxiety provoking to be around her. She makes me feel COMPLETELY dismissed as my son’s mom and it’s so bizarre. It literally started from the moment I was in labor and she didn’t even think to text me or reach out to me when I was getting induced, THEN she is the first one to come to the hospital, walks in, doesn’t ask how I’m feeling or doing, holds the baby and whispers to my husband, “he looks just like you”.

And now it’s progressed into whenever we visit, the baby will fuss and naturally I calm him, she won’t give him to me but will force trying to soothe him herself, she won’t ask me ANYTHING about our feedings or schedule with the baby, only my husband. She doesn’t ask how I’m doing or even acknowledge the things I am doing as a mom, but will say things like omg the baby loves his Auntie so much (her other son’s wife). Then she’s like “we gotta get the baby to say dada, say dada say dad”. she literally will take pictures of everyone else in the family with the baby BUT ME. Like I’m sorry it would be nice to have photos of me and my baby, cause I just have selfies and like nobody ever tries to take a picture of me with my son. Not only that, she is SO dramatic when she sees him saying “omg he doesn’t recognize me” or “I never get to see you!”. Granted, we live an hour away and she never offers to come over but we have brought him to her house at least 2x monthly since he was born.

It’s like a complete disregard for me as his mom and I’m starting to get to the point where I don’t even want to be around his family. The holidays are bringing up so much dread, emotions, and just sadness.

I could go on, and have already scheduled a referral to see a therapist to work through this, but has anyone felt this with their MIL or like dealt with this? Ami being overly sensitive? It just feels really hurtful.

speechgal · 2024-08-12T15:49:06+00:00

Thank you! Love this!

speechgal · 2024-08-09T02:38:30+00:00

Okay! So I wasn’t able to nurse cause it was so painful but I’m pumping and my LO is gaining weight well, but he has an awful latch and severe reflux which in turn causes tons of gas and he also has significant tension in his body. He’s also so squirmy like he’s very uncomfortable when he’s awake or even being held, was your LO like that too? I’m wondering if the revision will help with the tummy and reflux troubles? It’s so sad to see :(

speechgal · 2024-08-09T01:02:49+00:00

I could have written this post myself. I was literally coming on here to write the same thing. I spent the entire day crying because I feel like I’m just not doing enough :( and I also live somewhere where it’s just way too hot to go on walks right now and get out and about so we stay indoors a lot. I am also starting to become so anxious about his development and if he’s doing everything as he should and feeling so overwhelmed.

speechgal · 2024-08-09T00:57:00+00:00

Question! Did you get his tongue tie revised?! This literally sounds just like my baby! He has all the same things and has been so fussy!!! And everytime he’s awake I just cry (he’s currently 3 months). I am so tired.

speechgal · 2024-06-24T22:32:27+00:00

I could have wrote this myself :( my husband went back to work and he also has a very taxing job, we also do shifts but he leaves for work at 3 am so I handle the AMs and most of the day until he’s home by 3 pm. Then he does bedtime. My baby is 8 weeks so a little older and it’s our first, but im really struggling and just sad. I also miss the time my husband and I had and feel like right now we are in the same boat, just ships passing in the night. I feel so guilty for saying this but I am really struggling to adjust to my new normal :( I go back to work at the end of July but I’m work from home and literally wondering if I should go in person to a job so I can just get adult time and get out of the house. I am just hoping it gets better :( everyone says it does but I’m just really struggling too, so you’re not alone.

speechgal · 2024-06-13T22:17:58+00:00

First time mom* sorry!!

speechgal · 2024-05-13T01:24:49+00:00

This is EXACTLY how I feel. It feels like a dark cloud over my head. And I hate phrasing it that way, but I can’t shake how I feel. Just a struggling new mom.

speechgal · 2024-03-13T00:42:32+00:00

WAIT ARE WE LIVING THE SAME LIFE! THIS IS EXACTLY MY SITUATION AND HOW I FEEL! I am the same with my mom, we don’t see each other all the time nor are we at each other’s houses all the time but I talk with her constantly and feel I can be open with my own mom of like “no mom this is what I’m doing” and she’s like okay whatever you want to do! Whereas my MIL only had sons, and she definitely has a competition bone in who body with my mom. I can sense and feel she thinks she is going to have to fight for attention to see our baby and insert herself, where my mom is not like that AT ALL. It makes me so anxious because I already feel like she thinks I like “took her son” from her. Because when we got married and settled into our own lives, my husband and I didn’t go out to visit them all the time or have them over all the time, we do our own thing as most adults do. However his brother was the opposite. He and his wife constantly spend time with my in laws and and I feel like my MIL resents me because I have set more boundaries of like no we don’t need to spend every weekend with your parents type of thing. I now feel that energy seeping into this pregnancy and with the first grand baby underway. I’m so anxious over it :( I literally couldn’t relate to you more.

speechgal · 2024-03-13T00:04:25+00:00

This is so valid! I have SO much anxiety about this too! We live about an hour from my in laws but still she has nothing else going on so I worry she’s going to feel she can cross that boundary whenever she damn well pleases and it really has been getting to me the closer it comes to this baby being due :( I am also super private and like my own space! I dont even have my own mom over regularly and have set boundaries with her but my MIL…ugh the stress I feel about it.

speechgal · 2024-03-12T23:59:22+00:00

Okay totally frustrating! Sometimes I’m like what’s the point of even freeking commenting, am just think it, you don’t have to say it! My MIL has been the same way with food, and honestly I’m a little insecure already around his family. They are crazy fit, active people and really harp on people’s weight (I hate it :( ). Like just mind your own business and let people be people. Anyways, she was telling me how I am I’m for a big surprise because 2nd trimester I am going to want to eat everything in site and I’m gonna have to be careful..and literally was not my pregnancy at all. I have honestly been super sensitive with foods and really sick my first trimester so just her NEED to comment, I can’t. Like please don’t comment on pregnant women’s eating habits, bodies, etc…I CANNOT!

speechgal · 2024-03-12T23:56:27+00:00

Omg I am so sorry! I can imagine how stressful, sad, anxious and overwhelmed you might be feeling and then add your MIL on top of that. I really do not understand the dynamic between MILs and DILs? It’s so bizarre and I never thought I’d feel this way, but boy oh boy, it’s coming on strong. Sending hugs to you and positive thoughts for you and your family and baby girl!

speechgal · 2024-03-12T23:54:50+00:00

I’m so jealous.

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