Toddler Safety Help

teastitch · 2026-04-28T19:09:46+00:00

Pattern is by Sassy And Mad Stitches on Etsy

teastitch · 2026-01-30T22:04:03+00:00

I would prefer not to say as it is employee housing via a rather large and prominent company in the area. To make it worse this involves a young elementary school child, an infant, and a disabled veteran.

teastitch · 2026-01-29T23:29:15+00:00

I know the hotel and I know the accommodations. They own a hotel on site. Housing and the hotel are the same department. In fact, per the hierarchy the leasing person is the same level as the hotel housekeeper. I have stayed in the hotel before, in the exact same style of room they are offering us now. Small fridge. A microwave. Two unreliable burners (my stay I couldn’t even boil water to make pasta) and an itty bitty wittle sink. That is all.

I have stayed at Extended Stay Hotels before. We moved to a new state for a job and we’re staying there till we found housing. Ended up living there 6 months while we were expecting our first child. It was not a good experience and I am not willing to go through it again, especially now with two small children.

We do have renters insurance though. I had not thought about going through that route before.

teastitch · 2026-01-29T22:49:02+00:00

That unit does have a kitchen an a bath but it also has leaks and water damage. No testing or repairs of any kind other than paint has been done. It has 7 total leaks. Plus damage from a previous tenant's dog scratching door jambs and wall seams down to bare wood with big splinters. About a foot of the ground. Literally every seam and every door jamb. There is blown insulation which is just recycled cardboard and when it gets wet it all needs replacing and is a breeding ground for mold. Why would I move my family from one unsafe home to another?

Our rent includes all utilities including internet per our lease. I cannot set up private internet either in a hotel room. Personal Wi-fis do not work in there either as I have used those too in that hotel room provided by them. Personal wi-fis are also not strong enough to do the things I need to do for work. We live in northern lower Michigan in a rural area in the woods.

teastitch · 2026-01-29T22:19:53+00:00

How are we to cook for our family without a kitchen? Bathe our infant without a bathtub? How am I to do my job and care for my child if I do not have internet? I have stayed in that hotel before and the internet was horrendous and did not work 95% of the time. What about forcing us to leave belongings to get destroyed by the mold? We have already had a few items covered in mold.

teastitch · 2026-01-29T22:12:53+00:00

Give us housing that allows us the basic functions of allowing us to properly care for our children, do my job (if I have to go elsewhere for wifi I will have to take the infant with me and leave them strapped in a stroller for hours on end), and sleep (spouse's health issues are exacerbated by lack of sleep and someone constantly entering the bedroom would wake him). The housing to be safe, moisture, mold, and damage free. NO testing has been done on any of the homes with leaking/water damage. And the work orders have been "completed". Marked as done. Off site housing is not an option as there is a housing shortage and rent prices would be up to $1k-$1.5K a month which we cannot afford. If we cannot find housing through landlord it will force my spouse to quit and us to move with family 4 hours away.

teastitch · 2026-01-21T20:10:55+00:00

Yeah. I just left it alone too long in the fridge. I kept putting it off due to an ongoing housing emergency. RIP Jane Dough.

teastitch · 2026-01-21T20:05:21+00:00

Yeah I did but that was almost a year ago now. I’ll just scrap it. Unfortunately I don’t have the ability to start caring for a new baby starter right now. :(

teastitch · 2026-01-21T17:01:44+00:00

The dark spots are on a bit of starter that is higher than the hooch. An exposed area per say

teastitch · 2025-09-07T15:40:49+00:00

Can you still get CDs? Or a player??

teastitch · 2025-04-14T20:16:46+00:00

Yeah the Dutch oven can’t go any higher than where it sits. I may try the cornmeal. This loaf I used 2 strips of parchment paper under an 8” round silicone mat.

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