Doona is a must unless you have tons of stairs and an uneven driveway, then you end up carrying that thing a lot!
We love the double Zoe - redlines all the way back so you can put them in the stroller starting at 3 months. Super light and easy to travel with!!
My favorite accessory you must add is one of the hooks that Velcros on the stroller handle!
I am so sorry you are going through this, but also reading this made me feel less alone because we are struggling with similar behavior with our son. I was constantly taking punishments away and threatening things, just trying to survive and on top of all of it my mother in law mentioned “taking things away is just going to make him hate you, you need to give him the tools to cope”. That hit me hard and gave me lots of guilt. We did put him in OT to attempt to regulate his emotions, but I think what he needs is more therapy to learn the tools to calm his body down when he gets so mad.
All that to say, I’m here to learn too and thanks for posting this and just say good luck and parenting is hard and I never know the right answer or what feels right.
Totally hard to overthink everything at that stage of the pregnancy! Progesterone can be all over the place and I would say adding the pills can do nothing but help, no harmful side effect!
Livvylandblog- she’s small enough that she’s real and relatable! Austinfunforkids is good for stuff happening around Austin.
Tacos are always easy and our go-to, and who doesn’t like tacos!
If I’m really feeling lazy I just to make a meal at central market in the hot bar area - pre made salads, a protein and a carb!
I had this same issue for a while and kind of became addicted to melatonin. I would try to avoid taking it to fall asleep, but I would take half of a kids one if I woke up and it was before 3 am. I also started to get into the routine of going to bed the same time every night, and putting the phone away and out of my room completely and in the bathroom.
I grew up going to sleep away camps, but they scare me a little more these days with all the technology, social media and stories these days about counselors/teachers etc doing inappropriate things?!
At what age do you feel comfortable sending the kids, and how do you know if they are mature enough to tell someone if they get put into a bad situation or make sure they can stand up for themselves?!
I know there are tons of choices, but has anyone found an eye lash serum that actually works and grows their lashes long?!
I had a tummy tuck where the dr removed all my extra skin and pulled my abs back together. I will say that the incision is longer than I expected it to be, but I also had a lot of skin to remove! The pain wasn't AWFUL and if you have had children and a C Section you will manage the pain just fine. I will say I highly recommend having help the first 1-2 weeks, my youngest was 7 so it was manageable but if I had younger kids that would be really difficult to recover and take care of them.
Lots of brands have green/natural lines but only naturepedic has legit certification. Other than that, other things to look for in a mattress would be stay away from foam. Consider a coil/spring mattress if you are worried about the chemicals in foam mattresses.
I went through this and it was a lot of trial and error...what i learned is be patient and GO SLOW!!!
If withdrawal symptoms occur, it usually means the taper is too fast, and slowing down can help. Obviously work with your doctor, but I did something similar to this:
Week 1: I went from 50mg to 25 mg every other day
Week: 2-4: took 25 mg for the next 3 weeks
Week 5: 25 mg every other day then decreased to every 3 days for the remainder until I was done with my final months supply.
3 kids is no joke and its not easy, we've been there. We were trying to avoid going on medication so we had him go to a functional medicine doctor and get full labs drawn. She recommended certain supplements to help where he was lacking, as well as tested his testosterone.
As a family we also tried to stop drinking, get enough sleep every night and slow down and start to say "no" more. I feel like society doesn't make parenting easy, and we have trouble "keeping up" with all the activities sports etc.
BEST shampoo for that... it saves our blonde hair babies!!
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I can absolutely relate, sometimes between work, husband and kids I feel exhausted and like there is just no time. I have to remind myself that even 15 truly dedicated minutes with them, means SO much!!
We rotate through kids and each week its one of their week to have special "date" either either mom or dad (we switch off weeks as well). This can simply be grabbing starbucks after or before school. Honestly, I will pick one kid up an hour early from school randomly on a Thursday or Friday (depending on work) and grab starbucks on the way home, or a treat and that goes a long way!!
Are you in pain from your spider veins, if so this is what helped my pain from them! I tried Rutin after consulting with a natuuopathic doctor and it really did help the pain, swelling and itchiness!!
I’ve been using the NOW brand from Amazon (450mg) and started with one capsule with food.
As always, check with your doctor before trying something new, but wanted to pass along as it helped me!
Finally found the fruit fly cure!!! I put these out yesterday and haven't seen a fruit fly since!
Highly recommend Outdoorsy..basically uber for RVs. We had a GREAT experience and also was SO fun as family trip!!
I second that ^ I also heard jewelweed does wonders for my friend who’s highly allergic. I have also used baking soda paste and it helped. Mix three tsp of baking soda, 1 tsp water and mix to create a paste texture. Apply paste and let completely dry before rinsing off.
All our kids are fully vaccinated and on schedule. The only vaccines I didn't give for my kids were covid, and I am torn on if I will ever give the HPV, but my kids are young so hopefully there will be more research by the time I need to make that decision.
We started using country save and it's worked pretty well!
You can also add in some vinegar to give it an extra boost if you need. I know branch basics has a boost product as well.
