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@badone Oh god it’s so hard to say. People have night and day experiences with conceiving and pregnancy. I wouldn’t put your life on hold assuming you’ll be pregnant or unable to enjoy something because you’re pregnant. It took us 3 1/2 years of trying (and a bunch of tests on both of us that...

@sh419ob I sucked my thumb until I was 10 and ruined my teeth, so I wanted to get my kid on a pacifier right away as it’s an easier habit to break. I planned to breastfeed so looked into the ‘nipple confusion’ concept and it didn’t hold water for me (bottle/flow preference is definitely a thing...

@niqhtcore I don’t have any support, SAH and am a solo parent about 4 months of the year as my husband travels. I couldn’t have done 2u2 with no support and was terrified to get pregnant when my daughter was under 2 (she was not an easy baby or young toddler). But I’m pregnant with my second now...

@lovelovelove This is good to hear! Your kiddo sounds lovely. I feel like my daughter’s developing personality is so well aligned with mine and it’s really nice. It’s still early to make any assumptions but so far- things have definitely gotten easier the closer she gets to two. She threw...

@bobdudley You’ve got the right idea! We go to the library twice a week, I’ve never done a paid class but her favorite thing to do that she talks about all the time is hanging out at our local coffee shop.

@mikeytosh Can you just go out? I know parents like this and they take baby (or 2+ kids - I know a mom with 5mo twins who takes them out every day) out all the time to maintain their sanity. Library, playgroups, errands, lunch with friends, walks around town, etc etc. You don’t have to stay home...

@katrina2017 I’ve never heard of doing it in the eye actually! I used a spoon, or the tiny syringe that came with the Zarbee’s vitamin D drops. Baby didn’t seem to mind either way

@lolad Here’s a good overview of the research on gut biome differences and health in c section vs vaginally birthed babies My siblings and I were vaginal birthed and breastfed and we all have eczema and allergies and I have IBS, autism and some other issues. So, I’m not stressing about this...

@wyatt1525 My kid has grown up playing on grass which 3 dogs and 25 chickens piss/shit all over, and she’s an amazingly healthy toddler (I get sick more often and worse than she does) - I wouldn’t worry too much. It’s not normal or healthy for dogs to have loose stool/diarrhea frequently...

@hirokoegan It’s much more the availability of the anesthesiologist. I had an emergency section about 10 minutes after my daughters decels got critical but the anesthesiologist was able to leave what he was doing and gave me a spinal block which worked great. They did mention as I was being...

@justm811 I did intense mobilization and massage on my c-section scar and it’s done wonders, feels almost completely normal now at 13 months pp no tightness or pain or numbness. I had hand surgery and PT years ago and learned then how important it is to rehab surgical sites and what a huge...

@flyboy1818 My dads bio mom was also 45 in 1959. She had 4 older adult children!

@niun Yep! My husband and I both had dads with severe health issues starting in their 40s. They died at 60 and 64 when we were in our 20s, long before we had children (and I was fully responsible for settling my dad’s estate). No guarantees in life. We are trying to stay as healthy as possible...

@foreverhis84 My husband has a demanding federal job with frequent travel (US Forest Service) and he takes leave and sick time to support me and our daughter all the time. He’s been to every single one of our daughter’s Dr appointments. But he works with a lot of men who purposefully avoid and...

@jodydawn There doesn’t seem to be much information on vowel sounds specifically. I found some SLP resources that said it’s very rare for children to have difficulties with vowel sounds and children who do usually have childhood apraxia of speech. 14 months is very early for speech. My...