u/Epic-Lake-Bat

Has anyone actually had success with dealing with a home warranty company for an AC unit? We bought a house with a really old unit and the warranty sent out this BS company who just added refrigerant to the system, but didn’t actually check for a leak. (If your refrigerant is leaking it’s a GIVEN that there’s a leak somewhere!) We called the warranty company and they said “you just need to wait until the refrigerant runs out and then call us back for a separate call on this AC unit.” So we just had a different company come out (outside of the warranty) to take a look at our HVAC system (because I can smell something weird coming from the AC vents and also bc we OBVIOUSLY have a leak somewhere) and this guy immediately saw the HUGE, obvious leak. Showed me pictures of our busted up AC leaking refrigerant and he’s like you really shouldn’t be breathing this stuff in. It’s very toxic.

Now I want to call the warranty and complain and get them to actually fix this (truly what we need is a new AC and now the ducts needs to be cleaned because they’re full of refrigerant too.)

Has anyone ever had success with something like this? If so, do you have any tips? I am chemically sensitive and have a small child. Do I get lawyers involved or what?

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like their entire life seems to revolve around food? If I’m not buying or preparing food for my family, I’m cleaning up afterwards and then I blink and it’s time to do it all again.

My pediatrician is like “Two year olds should be having three square meals and two decent size snacks each day.” It feels like the main thing we do most days, even though a lot of the time I just let “peanut butter” be the “decent size snack” 🫠. I squeeze errands in around feeding and naptime and I just feel like most days we’re racing. Sometimes I don’t even make it back from errands in time to do a solid lunch and I’m giving my kid organic pouches and bars for “lunch” while she rides around in the shopping cart 🫣

For context, I’m a SAHM and I work very VERY part time from home in freelance. Like, a couple hours a week. How is anyone going this with a real job?

Is this how we all feel? Am I doing something wrong?

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like their entire life seems to revolve around food? If I’m not buying or preparing food for my family, I’m cleaning up afterwards and then I blink and it’s time to do it all again.

My pediatrician is like “Two year old should be having three square meals and two decent size snacks each day.” It feels like the main thing we do most days, even though a lot of the time I just let “peanut butter” be the “decent size snack” 🫠. I squeeze errands in around feeding and naptime and I just feel like most days we’re racing. Sometimes I don’t even make it back from errands in time to do a decent lunch and I’m giving my kid organic pouches and bars for “lunch” while she rides around in the shopping cart 🫣

For context, I’m a SAHM and I work very VERY part time from home in freelance. Like, a couple hours a week. How is anyone going this with a real job?

Is this how we all feel? Am I doing something wrong?

I assume that all epoxy is just going to have some VOC’s, but does anyone have suggestions for the least toxic options? It’s for an art project (and I’ve tried other solutions for it. I’m pretty sure epoxy is just the thing I need to use and I’ve accepted it for now…) I’ve used “ecopoxy” brand in the past and it definitely smells much less than the regular epoxies. Apparently it’s made from soy beans…? If anyone has other suggestions please share!

Also, while we’re at it… are there toxicity issues with chalk paint?

I want someone else to start putting my 2 year old (25 months) down for bed sometimes so I don’t have to plan my whole schedule around it everyday anymore. (I’m trying to launch a business that will require me to be away during bedtime routine on occasion. And also, frankly I’d love to spend most of Mother’s Day “off-duty” relaxing by a pool, without needing to come back home just for naptime stuff.)

My LO is pretty attached to me and sometimes she can really “test” me with bedtime stuff when we make changes. (She recently had a 3 day sleep regression that was triggered by me barely changing up our nighttime routine. 😬)

She responds very well to me holding firm (gently), but sometimes it does come with some protesting &/or tears. Because I have been doing her sleep stuff for 2 years I know her well and can manage them easily. But I want my husband to start learning this skill too… (have BEEN wanting him to for basically 2 years 🫣) Problem is, he doesn’t do well with handling any upset from her. He kind of crumbles anytime she’s upset. (He also doesn’t follow my instructions very well on things, so I have a feeling he won’t do the naptime routine that she’s used to and she’ll definitely put up a fight for him to navigate.)

Should I just force him to finally get involved with her sleep despite his resistance to it? (It’s been a bone of contention from day one. I know it will only strengthen their bond. And I also dread the idea of “what if I’m sick or incapacitated or worse someday? You’ll be starting from scratch and that’s not the healthiest for anyone here.)

I kind of want to just push it and if that means he loses sleep for a few nights while she gets used to the change then so be it. If he crumbles and screws up naptime and they are both a wreck should I just let them sort that out for the sake of strengthening their daddy/kid bond? (My fear is that he’ll give up after one day of it being difficult and will say he’s traumatized and refuses to do it again. He can be a bit dramatic about stuff like this… and he is EXTRA DRAMATIC about losing any sleep. To his point, he does have extra brain fog and anxiety when he loses sleep, which affects him at work. But still… I know plenty of families where the dads work AND help with the babies even in the middle of the night just to be a helpful parent.)

Or maybe I should try to scrape together money for babysitting help instead and have someone else make this transition of getting her used to a new person putting her down for naps and bedtime? Money is really tight right now so I wish my husband would just do it, but I’m not sure I can rely on him to rise to the occasion.

Looking for feedback and advice on how to proceed!

Edit:typo