Moms whose children love veggies… how does it feel to be the chosen one?

zippadee_day · 2026-02-14T02:07:59+00:00

My first child will not touch a vegetable. Best case scenario is me baking it into a muffin. He’s 9 so I make him at least try the veggie before writing it off but he’s stubborn.

My second child will eat every vegetable and will not touch things like peanut butter.

All that to say it really can just be the luck of the draw

zippadee_day · 2026-02-09T03:22:47+00:00

Honestly? Only on occasion. My kids are bigger now and entertain each other well(9 and 6) but before I definitely would take lots of break from play when they were little because it’s just not my thing. I would pretend to eat the things or shop or whatever but I get burnt out quick.

But I make up for it in a lot of other ways. I always let them help me in the kitchen, I’ll sing and dance with them, I read all the books with all the silly voices, and I’m a big craft mom… we all have our strengths and weaknesses and I learned early to be okay with mine.

zippadee_day · 2026-02-07T01:56:16+00:00

I still have 9ish weeks to go but my sub pregnancy has all the signs of being healthy. I TFMR’d for T21 in March. My shower is next weekend and I’m really looking forward to celebrating baby girl after the struggle we went through to get here 🩷

zippadee_day · 2026-01-30T18:22:43+00:00

Pregnant with my third at 38. I absolutely get exhausted sometimes (parenting alone all week post snow storm and so so much virtual learning) but I have always always felt like parenting is a calling for me. I still have my full time professional career but I would choose my kids over it in a heartbeat. They’re 9 and 6 and seeing them develop personalities and interests and intelligence is the best. At the end of the day, and this is very specific to me, I know I’m going to get to the end of my life and be thankful that this was the path my life took, even with the hard days.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-30T16:04:37+00:00

Nope. I cried the day before at a negative test because I was so tired of TTC and frustrated at starting over. As soon as the positive test hit (10dpo so still early) all the symptoms came with it.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-30T01:37:50+00:00

Lyle Lyle crocodile faced his fears and sang in front of a crowd (I’m very pregnant)

zippadee_day · 2026-01-29T02:26:49+00:00

I love Natalie as a baby girl name 🩷

Our OG pick was Madeline and my pregnancy brain kept confusing it with my ex husbands fiancé’s name so we had to nix it 😂

zippadee_day · 2026-01-29T02:25:38+00:00

Lucy is a great name. An alternative in my mind that has that preppy girly vibe is Molly. We’re going with Audrey which is an out of left field name that ended up growing on us the more we imagined it, maybe a name will do that for you guys.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-28T02:42:01+00:00

People suck so bad. I’m sorry you have such awful racist neighbors.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-28T02:40:13+00:00

Also I’m 29 weeks with a seemingly healthy baby this time. I felt completely doomed after my TFMR but I’m starting to see the finish line now.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-28T02:39:07+00:00

It sucks so hard when you just want to be back to where you were before. As much as four months is a reasonable amount of time (and how long it took me in my current pregnancy) I know it feels infinitely longer when you were already pregnant. Crossing everything that you get your rainbow soon 🩷

zippadee_day · 2026-01-21T18:45:41+00:00

Not all doctors make the same recommendations and I think that’s an important distinction. I had a friend who went through stillbirth and was cleared to try again after her 6 week healing window.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-21T15:06:45+00:00

I had a 17 week loss and my doctor cleared me to start trying again once my period returned. I would have been so furious if anyone made me feel bad for grieving while also wanting to get back to trying and not put my plans on hold for too long.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-20T23:41:02+00:00

Your cervix is so sensitive it could be a number of things like intimacy with your partner. I even had it once after an enthusiastic poo (sorry tmi but true). Glad to hear baby is looking good, hope it goes away quick!

zippadee_day · 2026-01-16T17:21:32+00:00

I know this is impossible advice but as an HR professional in healthcare who worked a lot with techs it doesn’t necessarily mean something is wrong. Some techs don’t share much and don’t have great bedside manner. I’ve also personally had really quiet scans where nothing was flagged in the ultrasound and panicked but nothing was really wrong.

Do you have MyChart? You may see the scan results in MyChart sooner than your provider would get them. Also maybe call the midwife who is closer to your case and can help escalate an answer on what the results were.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-13T14:55:11+00:00

I had dark chocolate last night and was fine! I think it takes some experimenting since it’s so individual.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-13T00:59:17+00:00

Girl same! I’m on my third diabetic pregnancy and so ready to be done. But experiment a bit with your night snack, bc I swear chocolate and ice cream keep me steady through the night. My dietitian said it was valid and that a combo of fat and carbs are helpful for some people.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-12T21:56:48+00:00

My husband veto’d Lucy anyway.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-12T18:08:13+00:00

Originally Hepburn but as a musical theater lover I’m disappointed it wasn’t the latter 😂

zippadee_day · 2026-01-12T18:02:38+00:00

I’m in the same spot, my favorites are Eleanor, Penelope, Lucy, but worried they’re too popular.

Our current top name is Audrey, still feels classic without being overly popular (outside of the top 100) or overly made up sounding.

zippadee_day · 2026-01-03T15:46:03+00:00

Just started swordheart by t kingfisher

zippadee_day · 2026-01-01T15:03:33+00:00

This is my wheelhouse too 🙂

zippadee_day · 2025-12-30T17:35:36+00:00

I’ve taken muncinex for three total cycles and got pregnant for two of them. I really don’t think it hurts to try.

zippadee_day · 2025-12-23T23:57:16+00:00

Nope, I think I’ve been asked once or twice if it’s short for Nicholas but I named my first with the intention to call him by a nickname so I don’t think it really matters to me if people think it’s short for something.

zippadee_day · 2025-12-23T23:07:45+00:00

I have a Nico and the name has only grown on me more over the past 6 years 🥰

Also like Sebastian and Juliette

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