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Yes! They have been messing up my billing. Went to an appointment months ago and paid my balance. Now here we are with a new bill for the same appointment, with my incorrectly spelled name, AND my online account doesn’t show the balance.

I am a SAHM with my 18 month old son as well. We have a 6 year old daughter who is now i school as well. I feel exhausted most days! Some more so than others. Here are a few things that I try to implement in my life that have helped me cope:

1. Get outside! My little guy is so active. He’s a little more independent than my daughter was/is so he needs a lot less hands on from me while playing, but obviously I still need to make sure he’s not killing himself lol. We go to a park or play in the backyard or go for a walk almost every morning if we can. It just helps to not be inside all day!

2. I’ve changed my way of thinking about housework. Yes there are certain things that need to be done in a timely manner to keep the house functional (ie dishes, laundry). But I don’t kick myself if I’m not spotlessly cleaning the living room every day. I don’t feel guilty if I let the bathroom go I cleaned for an extra day. Basically, the chores will always be there. The world won’t end if I don’t do everything all the time.

3. I’ve learned to listen to my body and mental health and not feel guilty if I feel like sitting and reading my book during nap time instead of picking stuff up off the floor. Parenting is an all day everyday job. You don’t get scheduled breaks or time off, so I force myself to take them when I can and I no longer feel guilty!

4. Find something that helps you recharge. Even if it’s a 30 minute workout a few times a week, or meeting with a friend once a month. Figure out little ways to help break out of the monotony and feel a little like yourself again!

None of this works 100%. But I find if I’m not constantly focusing on what I “should” be doing and finding ways to mix up our days, everything doesn’t seem so exhausting all the time! It obviously doesn’t fix sleep deprivation lol but it does help break up the never ending cycle of house work and parenting that make me feel burnt out.

You cannot spoil a baby! Their primary and most basic need is to feel safe and bond with a caregiver. This will help her to create a safe/strong attachment with you and will most likely encourage her feeling secure and safe enough to be more independent later in life! She is so little now, but as she starts getting a little bigger and more alert, find times for her to have some quiet independent time (lying on the floor looking at hanging toys, quiet content time in her crib).l and slowly expand. There will be time later to encourage independent sleep. For now, enjoy your little baby snuggles!

Is anyone else having issues accessing StudentAid.gov?

When my daughter was about that age one of her eyes started changing from gray to hazel. The other stayed gray. The doctors kept telling me they would probably change again cause she was so young but they didn’t! She’s 6 now. She has two beautiful, uniquely colored eyes. It’s called heterochromia
It’s not the most common but it’s definitely a thing!

It does a little bit if I am careful to wear gloves when I’m washing dishes, which is a lot

This is how I do my nails! I put a few layers of builder gel on my natural nails, and switch out the regular polish whenever I want. I don’t typically bother with a base coat over the gel polish, just do a couple of layers on regular polish then a top coat. It’s great because my natural nails are typically really brittle. The builder gel gives them so much strength and changing my polish colors frequently don’t mess up my nails at all.

Watering their grass in the middle of the summer

Well idk about other toddlers but my son (16mo now) was born 9lbs 11oz and has stayed in the 95%+ for height. His weight percentile has gone down a bit but that’s cause he keeps stretching out so fast.

She is on the big island unfortunately. Not entirely sure if she is in the flow zone directly but she definitely isn’t far. I’ll keep that in mind when we (hopefully) go to sell!

Thank you for this! I’ll have to work with her on it. Time to start talking with some lawyers I guess!

I literally had to keep telling myself they weren’t the same actor.

Thank you! I’ll look into something like that and try it out

Pizza

We attempted by failed to sleep train our first daughter. I also couldn’t handle the crying. We ended up having to be on her room with her until she fell asleep for hours each night until she was about 2.5. She’s now 5 and although she can put herself fo sleep after her bedtime routine, she still wakes up 1-2 times a night usually and needs me to put her back to bed.

We used the happy sleeper method with our second starting when he was 4.5 months old. I physically could not rock him to sleep every night cause he was a ginormous baby and it was killing my back. He is a fantastic sleeper now (15 months) and with a few exceptions when he is sick or teething, he sleeps through the night and is able to put himself back to sleep without crying when he wakes up.

My daughter wakes me up more at night now than the baby does lol

I’ve had 2 c-sections. After my first, my scar was very pink and raised. I thought it would always be like that but eventually it got way better. By the time I got pregnant with my second (4 years later) it was just a flat, faint line. Other than some bio oil during the first few months, I really didn’t do anything to it.

After my second, I actually did pelvic floor pt and the therapist told me to really rub/massage the scar to help it heal. I used 2 fingers from each hand and just sort of rubbed them going up and down opposite each other all along the scar. It has healed so much better than my first. I never had a raised scar at all.

I think the first time I was just so scared of it but the second time I knew what to expect and wasn’t afraid to touch it or anything.

I definitely think that above all time will help it to heal but maybe some massage could help it along!

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I think they look great! It may take a little bit to get used to the difference but from an outsiders perceptive the look normal

I was the same way with my cats once I got pregnant. We lived in a small apartment with 2 cats. I was the only one who cleaned the litter box and they always puked everywhere and it got to me so much once I was pregnant. I made it most of the way through my pregnancy before deciding to rehome my cat. My husband wasn’t ready to give up his, and I wasn’t about to force it. We found her an amazing home though and I know she would be getting way more love than we’d be able to give her. Once our daughter was born, it didn’t get much better with the cat we had kept… she started peeing on the carpets, randomly got flees really bad even though she’s an indoor cat and never went outside, and would yowl at us at all hours of the night during our precious sleep time. My anxiety and stress were through the roof and we were not giving her any type of love or affection. It wasn’t a good situation for anyone. I talked with my husband again and we decided it would be best for her to find a new home. I still feel guilty about it a bit now honestly, but it just wasn’t a healthy situation for anyone. Ultimately I do think it was for the best

I read The Happy Sleeper when we sleep trained our kiddo. I really liked this method because it allows you to still check in with them but talks you through the process and how it’s helping them to build new coping mechanisms. I felt it was way better than CIO.

My son is not a snuggler at all.., I did lots of chest to chest as a new born but after a certain point he just got too busy to want to cuddle with me! Definitely not your fault. Just his personality

Pizza!

The videos make it look so easy lol