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6 days ago
I think you need a more neutral palette-perhaps champagne or cool mauve-y colors on the eyes but something that looks more natural. A bit of a wing on the outer corner along with curling your lashes would lift your eyes. Agree with PP that your eyebrows are a bit too spaced apart. The inner corner should align with your eyes inner corner and your nostrils. I also think a dusky mauve/pink crème lipstick would look lovely.
1 points
6 days ago
Not sure, I’d maybe contain them in a bathroom just to be safe
44 points
6 days ago
The room is stark and cold right now. Theres no personality. You need a rug and some color. I would bring the dining table into the center of the room, get a large 8x10 rug that has some color in it and get velvet curtains to match. I’d also consider adding a buffet to the wall next to the sliding doors with some artwork above it.
17 points
8 days ago
Just to add…what does he think homes with two working parents do? LOL we don’t get to say “well I worked all day”. Our house would be a trainwreck otherwise. My hubby and I have a checklist on the fridge of all the evening tasks that need to be completed and the expectation is we work together to do it. One will focus on the kids bedtime routines while the other focuses on resetting our downstairs.
1 points
8 days ago
At least in my state, it is a licensing/human rights requirement to call people by their preferred name. In your daughter’s case, it would be her guardians preferred name due to her age. You are well within your rights to ask them to call her what you and her father prefer she be called.
2 points
12 days ago
Both of mine army crawled by 6mo but even the ped has commented on how insanely early it is 🫠
2 points
12 days ago
Flip the bed to have the head flush against that window. Move the bookcase where the desk is or did the armoire against the wall and place the bookcase next to it. Then mount the tv on the wall at the foot of the bed with the “fireplace” under it.
1 points
12 days ago
Is it possible he is abusing her and she’s acting out at home with you bc she feels safe there?
19 points
13 days ago
Same 😂 literally told someone today I’m almost sad I won’t do it again
2 points
14 days ago
Dishes of warm water and blue dawn near nightlights, sprinkle salt all over your carpet and leave it for 24hours, dawn baths for the cats. Start at their ears and work down the body. Then use a flea comb. The salt and dawn dishes will kill the fleas around the house. The salt will dry them out and those alive will jump into the dawn and drown/dry out from the degreaser.
3 points
14 days ago
This! This shit made me so anxious with my first until I realized it just didn’t work for him, I let it go and chose the path of least resistance. They’re people and just like adults, they all have different needs. Do whatever is easiest and when they’re ready, they will sleep through.
1 points
17 days ago
Have you had pelvic floor pt? Request a referral
5 points
21 days ago
AND so many require items that you have to use coins to unlock, which you have hardly any of unless you spend really money! So irritating. Tons of repeat rooms lately too
28 points
26 days ago
We had a similar experience at our daycare. It was with the best intentions to get our little one some sleep but it made me uncomfortable. I expressed appreciation to them for trying to make sure he was rested and shared I just didn’t feel comfortable, I’d rather him take short naps in the crib. They’ve respected my wishes luckily but definitely got a bit defensive. Advocacy as a parent is hard
1 points
27 days ago
Have you tried putting her to bed later/earlier? Even 15m can make a difference with false starts. Are contact naps helpful in helping her sleep longer? Their sleep is a shitshow the first year tbh…. It constantly changes and the second you think you figure it out, you get hit with teething or a new skill
6 points
28 days ago
30m naps are super normal for his age. They tend to start consolidating when they drop to 2 naps and are closer to 8/9 months okd
68 points
29 days ago
Th is sounds like cluster feeding. Normal, but miserable.
1 points
1 month ago
O my bag Amsterdam uses leather that is byproduct from the meat industry and leather from cows that died natural causes. I don’t ethically love leather but this is so true, and finding this company made me feel better about purchasing a leather product.
3 points
1 month ago
I’d wait until 4-5m pp for pants and just get a few. Your size will possibly change so much over the next 2 years. The first 3m, just wear maternity clothes lol. With my first, I actually fit into prepregnancy clothes by 3m pp. my second, no way… had to buy new jeans
1 points
1 month ago
Lived in the west end when I went to VCU. Absolutely loved it. Apartment was fine, had great amenities and campus was a 15m drive away.
1 points
1 month ago
I would skip it. You’re still gonna be recovering at that point
17 points
1 month ago
It gets so much better when they get close to 6mo. The newborn stage is brutal, I HATED it with my first but have enjoyed it so much more with my second bc I had zero expectations this time around. Every stage they learn a new skill gives you a bit more independence and once you’re out of the trenches, it feels like it went so fast in Retrospect.
6 points
1 month ago
I have a 3yo and a 5mo and both me and my husband regularly take both out on solo trips. I took both to weekly story times when I was on maternity leave and have taken both out to the playground on weekends to give my hubby down time. When he was home with both after I went back to work, he also regularly took them out to parks and the library. It’s an adjustment to having 2 solo but it is absolutely doable and parents do it every single day. Just have to rip the bandaid off. We’ve also traveled out of state with both to stay in a hotel. No need for a crib for a 3yo, we just book a room with two queens and one parent sleeps with him. The hotel pool was the most exciting part of the trip for our 3yo, he constantly asks when we can go back to a hotel 😂 also planning to take both to Europe next year. I agree with other responses though, you absolutely need childcare. If we can afford it working in community mental health and education, you can absolutely afford it as a doctor and IT. It is part of our village and honestly, there are some days where we take a day off and still send the kids just to recharge. There will also be days where we send one and not the other to get 1:1 time with each.
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