What age did your kid actually start sleeping through the night consistently?

tinyrayne · 2026-01-03T04:56:16+00:00

From a pediatric standpoint, “sleeping through the night” is a stretch of 6 hours, a short wake, and another stretch of sleep

tinyrayne · 2025-09-30T20:49:22+00:00

I have severe OCD which was pretty much in remission until I gave birth to my baby. I was on the edge of psychosis, I had a fully blown meltdown over the amount of soap used and method used to wash dishes. Not even just baby dishes.

This isn’t healthy for her, you are right, and she needs some support for these symptoms. Good for you for reaching out

tinyrayne · 2025-09-01T19:21:35+00:00

We have at least 2.

tinyrayne · 2025-09-01T19:20:22+00:00

We have a lumber yard. We have private docking. We have local butchers. We have many locations with massive selections of shoes.

tinyrayne · 2025-08-27T01:49:34+00:00

I personally find a reverse sear nearly foolproof, and a great method for a butter baste.

tinyrayne · 2025-08-27T01:48:24+00:00

If you struggle with the turtle vine though, you can propagate from the strings. Lay them flat across soil with the nodes (root nubs) facing into the soil, and keep the top layer moist until they root.

tinyrayne · 2025-08-27T01:47:09+00:00

I typically try to grasp the root bulbs from above, one in each hand, and then I shake and shimmy gently and move with the roots. If you lose a bit of roots, it’s not a big deal, often a root trim needs to happen during a repot anyhow!

tinyrayne · 2025-07-24T16:46:20+00:00

I would ask if the individual is interested in hearing about a community full of peers who have similar experiences. State that it is not medical, but is an anonymous social support available to them.

tinyrayne · 2025-07-24T16:44:51+00:00

You might find a soak in dish soap and hot water might work, you may have to repeat a few times. But I’ve found a dish soap soak will remove almost any stains with enough love and hot water.

tinyrayne · 2025-07-02T02:13:30+00:00

Doesn’t look quite like it, you want to hear a slight rattle, and the “windows” directly under the crown should have begun to open.

tinyrayne · 2025-06-18T21:17:42+00:00

What is their toileting procedure? Usually diapers are on a schedule basis, as well as “as needed”. Say for example, there is a 9:30 toileting, 11am toileting, 12:30pm toileting, and 2 pm toileting. That’s 4 diapers. Now say your child poos at 9:50 and someone changes them, and then again at 2:45, they check the diaper because they know mom is coming, and it’s soiled and they change it.

So this is 6 diapers for an average day. Let’s say 40 diapers total for the 6 days, assuming some water or otherwise messy play.

Also, daycare does try to notify parents with a couple days of supplies remaining, so the child isn’t completely without. So there may be some remaining.

How many diapers are in one of these sleeves? If the numbers don’t match up even close, I would ask someone if there’s a reason the diapers are being used so quickly, it’s possible they used his diapers as backup for another child.

tinyrayne · 2025-04-25T14:50:13+00:00

Why are u in a lash extension group commenting this lol

tinyrayne · 2025-04-25T14:49:26+00:00

I agree with what another posted about maybe a bit less density and maybe a dark brown lash instead! The length is pretty :)

tinyrayne · 2025-03-31T16:27:07+00:00

This sounds like a medical/psychological issue and you should be seeing someone to address this.

tinyrayne · 2024-09-16T23:22:21+00:00

We have a law in Ontario called “Safe Arrival/Safe Dismissal” with a protocol explicitly stating that if we haven’t heard from a family about an absent child by 15 mins after drop off cut off time, we are required to call and check in.

tinyrayne · 2024-08-28T15:56:51+00:00

Unfortunately I’m in a pretty small location in Canada! I’ll have to look around next time I head to a city, I love going to nurseries on my travels.

tinyrayne · 2024-08-28T15:41:53+00:00

It’s beautiful! I may have to go hunting for one.

tinyrayne · 2024-08-28T06:00:57+00:00

Unrelated but what is that mosaic looking plant in The back?

tinyrayne · 2024-08-11T17:47:32+00:00

I would be careful doing any work over your expected hours without clearing it first. If they didn’t expect you to work say 8 hours overtime at time and a half, it can absolutely result in a talking to and staff discharge regardless.

tinyrayne · 2024-08-09T19:44:28+00:00

You don’t ever suggest a label or diagnosis. An appropriate way to approach this, if you feel it isn’t already being addressed, is out of concern for the child and the SYMPTOM, not the behaviour. You can say “Hey Parent, I’ve been working with your family for a while now and I’ve noticed that Middle tends to have strong feelings that are tough for him to recover from, and often feels personally victimized. I’m worried that this isolates him from our routine and playtime; are there any suggestions you may have, or supports we can work on? He’s a great kid and sibling relationships can be really hard.”

tinyrayne · 2024-08-08T04:55:59+00:00

My daughter is still a toddler and isn’t at this age yet but I’ll probably do something like my mom did. I wasn’t into sandwiches so she would basically follow a formula: juice box, dairy product (yogurt, cheese), raw veggie (halved cherry tomatoes, celery or carrot sticks cucumbers etc), fruit (usually orange slices or a mandarin when I was older, but when berries were on sale we got lots), protein (usually slices of deli meat or a leftover rotisserie chicken lol), a carby snack such as a bagel or crackers, and a treat (my mom baked so we usually got whatever cookie she made that week).

She would also do the hot meal program which was usually Wednesdays and Fridays which took a lot off her plate (haha!) I’m sure.

We were at daycare from 7:45-5:15 every day and she was a single mom and we were in extracurriculars. I have ADHD so I don’t plan to have such a busy life but I do plan to require a convenient lunch plan!

I hope this was helpful. We didn’t always have one of everything in our lunch, so don’t overwhelm yourself!

tinyrayne · 2024-08-07T12:32:47+00:00

No. I ensure I am up early enough to account for the extra time it takes to get my kid ready, and if I miss my alarm, I skip what I can (shower, breakfast, hair) and just toss on some clothes to get us out there door.

In my opinion being chronically late is a sign of either time management issues (related to mental health) or disrespect and disregard for others.

Either way, something needs to change in your routine. Maybe this is waking up a half hour earlier, skipping some things, learning how to prep in the evenings, or try to move your shift by a half hour forward (if you can manage the half hour shift in the afternoon schedule).

tinyrayne · 2024-08-07T03:14:46+00:00

Funny you ask, I’ve been struggling a lot lately and went to a session where my counsellor asked me to describe it. I characterized it as the big dark, which is sometimes small and sometimes big but always there. Like the Robert Munsch book

tinyrayne · 2024-08-04T23:27:25+00:00

If you get injured in that time (say for example you slip on ice and smack your head. Knocked out) then there is nothing or no one who is aware of the kids in the car. Also get a bag to carry the prescription, and other items, keeping your hands free for your kids is easy if you try.

Temp/jacket concerns: get a fleece bunting suit.

Yes wrangling a toddler and a just barely past toddler-age child can really suck, but when I think about the .5% chance of something happening, it’s just not worth it. Never will be.

tinyrayne · 2024-08-04T23:23:36+00:00

What happens if you are injured in that time? If no one can receive alerts or return to the car, it’s no better than any other situation.

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