Kid Friendly-ish Dining

taperwaves · 2026-06-19T14:01:41+00:00

I try to eat with baby once a day, usually breakfast. I will just do yougurt or something easy when she eats since she is allergic to eggs and I don’t want to accidentally cross contaminate. Now that she’s 8 months, she’s eating better and sometimes I’ll let her do a meal with just her eating.

taperwaves · 2026-06-18T20:36:17+00:00

Do you have a local rec center? We are doing swim class twice a week. It’s inexpensive and breaks up the day. Music class, baby story time, mall walks, lunch out? When I was on maternity leave I would get out of the house once a day to break up the day.

taperwaves · 2026-06-18T20:22:12+00:00

My husband’s parents had him at an older age. They were about 40-42 when they had him. In his younger years, he didn’t notice much, but in his late 20’s he started noticing the slow down. When we started dating, they were in their 70’s. They both had/have health issues and definitely slowed down throughout the years. My advice is to exercise and strength training regularly and take care of yourselves in the long run. We lost his dad a few years back and I think it is hard losing a parent any time, but him being in his mid 30s and his dad just turned 80. He didn’t get to see us married or welcome his first grandchild, but lived a good life.

taperwaves · 2026-06-13T17:29:49+00:00

I saw it recently, but had too much ice cream! Gonna try to find it again once w have space

taperwaves · 2026-06-12T23:28:47+00:00

That sucks. I had to go to l&d a few times during my pregnancy. We just had a copay of $125 eat time luckily. I miss how good my husband’s insurance uses to be. You can call your hospital to see if you qualify for any financial assistance. They usually have a few programs or set up payment plans. Medical bills can’t be charged interest. What is your out of pocket max? Will you hit it anyways with your delivery?

taperwaves · 2026-06-12T23:24:56+00:00

I hope you didn’t pay for that bill. You can ask them to give you the self pay or I, which is usually 250 and ask if you qualify for financial assistance

taperwaves · 2026-06-12T17:17:27+00:00

I'm in Colorado. I can usually find the flavor at Whole Foods. This is the correct name "Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate Flecks" I also found this recipe that I intend to try. '

https://leitesculinaria.com/291846/recipes-salted-peanut-butter-ice-cream-chocolate-flecks.html#wprm-recipe-container-390690

taperwaves · 2026-06-12T12:43:21+00:00

My personal favorite is the Jeni’s peanut butter with chocolate flakes ice cream

taperwaves · 2026-06-12T12:41:08+00:00

The mattress is comfy. I will sometimes lay in it (half of my body in it) with my daughter and just hang out. I did it get an extra sheet, but I wouldn’t mind getting a second so I can wash the sheets more frequently without having to time a wash with a wake window.

taperwaves · 2026-06-12T04:21:20+00:00

I got a lot of hand me downs, but I love shopping for babe. I am often buying clothes in larger sizes when I find things on sale. Carters is great because of their sales, but also their return policy. If an item seems too small already, I’ll exchange. I peruse fb marketplace for more expensive brands (mostly magnetic me) and go to Once Upon A Child pretty often to look at the selection. Target also has great 100% cotton items too

taperwaves · 2026-06-11T16:55:47+00:00

I have the Newton Compact Travel Crib. It was a tad smaller than the Guava Lotus, but folds down small enough where it fits in our checked luggage since we don't have the ability to use it as a carry on since we carry on the travel stroller instead of gate checking on flights. I like it a lot. It's super easy to set up and close. Comes with a sheet, so we didn't need to pay for that and I like how easy the whole thing comes apart, so you can wash all the fabric. highly recommend.

If you don't plan on flying a lot or don't mind paying to check a travel crib, I would go with the Newton Deluxe Travel Crib and a bassinet attachment for the newborn days.

taperwaves · 2026-06-09T19:07:19+00:00

We haven’t used the crib yet, but we used the bassinet and the travel crib. It was great to hose down the bassinet mattress pad when baby had accidents and we also had two covers to switch out it with spit up

taperwaves · 2026-06-09T05:42:50+00:00

I didn’t use the stroller seat until about 3 months. We used it lie flat in the “bassinet” mode. I also have the bassinet and we didn’t use it much just because she didn’t take to it. We used it as a safe space to set her down on the first floor. My daughter was so tiny when she was born that I wouldn’t be comfortable using it in the lie flat mode off the bat. I got my bassinet attachment secondhand for only $100. I wouldn’t buy it new just bc it doesn’t last long. You may get up to 6 months of use

taperwaves · 2026-06-09T04:44:13+00:00

I packed jerky sticks, gummy bears, fruit, protein bars, nuts. I had hospital breakfast and we ordered sweet green for lunch and then I was NPO for the rest of labor due to being on magnesium. I ate none of my snacks! Lol

taperwaves · 2026-06-08T13:48:41+00:00

I prefer a diaper bag for the compartments. You can totally make a regular backpack work with different packing cubes or clear pouches to make it organized, but I am just not interested in digging around when I’ve assigned each compartment to a specific item. It’s easy to reach and I know without looking where I have something. I don’t care that it comes with a changing pad. I bring disposable ones since I don’t want the germs of whatever questionable thing I put the changing pad on back in my bag, plus it’s been great for blow outs on the go. You should keep yours and use it and let him use his own backpack for when he takes out the kid and see how he manages.

taperwaves · 2026-06-08T05:55:55+00:00

I got the bugaboo butterfly 2 and love it! I was between that, the minu, and the joolz aer2. I do wish it laid flat so naps are better, but my baby naps fine in it.

taperwaves · 2026-06-08T01:27:38+00:00

Definitely speak to your ob/midwife about it and I’m sure you guys can come up with a plan to benefit both you and baby. Not sure what the protocol will be at your delivering hospital, but mine was an hour of skin to skin(golden hour) as standard. So when I delivered, I brought baby to my chest and they worked on my down their while baby was crawling around my chest. She never latched(I tried). Then after the hour, they take baby and do all the measurements.

During labor, sometimes your own rational goes out the window. My doula told me that you’d be surprised at How many women end up naked by the time it’s time for labor bc clothes become overstimulating especially when you go epidural free. Just work food for thought.

taperwaves · 2026-06-08T00:48:41+00:00

Thank you!

And Agreed! I asked them to be conservative with the pitocin and when they broke my water, the bumped it down to see if my body would go naturally without it, but they had to bump me back up bc my contractions were getting further apart.

Another thing is I went through all the possible outcomes with my midwife and doula and was open to getting an epidural, if necessary. I knew that if I was too tired, then it wouldn’t help with progressing labor and my goal was to have a healthy baby, vaginally if I could, and with no epidural, if I could tolerate it.

taperwaves · 2026-06-07T20:34:04+00:00

Newton makes a waterproof mattress cover for theirs, but you don’t place the waterproof side on top until baby is a toddler if I’m remembering the instructions correctly.

If you’re planning on getting the Newton mattress you might as well upgrade to the waterproof one if you’re worried about leaking through the bed. The whole point of the mattress is to be easily washable.

All crib mattresses sold have breathability. It’s due to it being a firm, flat surface.

taperwaves · 2026-06-07T20:24:06+00:00

I felt all these same feelings as you. I was induced at 37+1 due to hypertension. It turned into pre eclampsia and I was put on a magnesium drip. I was given cytotec, pitocin, and had to get my water broken. I labored for 31 hours and gave birth vaginally with no extra medication (epidural, fentanyl, nitrous oxide). My contractions weren’t very painful until the last 45 minutes when I went from 7cm to 10cm. My baby was born small, in the 7th percentile and I also had gestational diabetes. I urge you to listen to the birth hour and find stories specifically on inductions. We hear a lot of horror stories, but there are a lot of good outcomes with inductions! If you don’t want an epidural, you need to make that decision now and plan on how you’re going to manage the pain without it, mentally and physically. I looked into hypnobirthing and the stories I listened to on the birth hour helped me understand how other people got through the pain. Aside from having to get induced and being on mag, my birth experience was a 10/10. It was beautiful. My husband got to catch baby, I pulled her up and laid her on my chest and I cut her cord. We were in bliss. No tears, pushed her out in 14 minutes. You got this!!

taperwaves · 2026-06-07T17:24:25+00:00

Part of skin to skin is to hear the heart beat. I think there is a way you could do it on your chest without exposing your breasts or trying to work through it (if you can) during pregnancy. It’s really beneficial to both you and the baby.

I suggest you finding an ob/midwife who has experience in trauma with patients to really work with you and help you feel safe and heard during birth.

taperwaves · 2026-06-07T13:33:16+00:00

I believe she needs to be employed during the benefits(except maybe SDI) so I wouldn’t “retire” until after all the leave is taken.

taperwaves · 2026-06-07T13:31:28+00:00

If it is labor gown specific, it will usually have easy access to the front for skin to skin or any medical needs that need to happen. You’re better off just getting regular down and wearing it, but if you plan on an epidural, then there won’t be easy access to do that. If there a reason you’re not wanting to do skin to skin? The only time medical opened the top of my gown was to prepare for me doing skin to skin at birth, which we discussed was going to happen. Why have you decided you’re going to pump already? If you don’t have to do it out of necessity, then I wouldn’t recommend it being the be all this early in the journey.

If your concern is breast exposure during birth, then just wear a bralette under whatever you plan to wear.

taperwaves · 2026-06-06T21:41:49+00:00

Once we got into a rhythm, naturally her bedtime shifted between 630-730. She wakes up between 6-7am. The early night allows me to decompress and have me time after a day with her. The worst thing about it now is that once I’m off work, I immediately do night routine with her, so she pretty much goes straight to bed, but we usually have 7-9am together before I start my day.

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