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Do you ever paint your mini, work on it again to correct minor mistakes and then make it feel like you made it worse?

Painting faces is so hard! I’m do a boneman and I had his eyes perfect and his nose wasn’t too bad, I tried to touch it up and then I made it worse.

My hand is also super shaky today and painting tiny is super hard! That’s why I hate doing eyes and mouths, mainly faces in general.

I need to start letting things alone when I feel like it’s fine or decent and stop trying to be a perfectionist.

Anyone else do this and get so frustrated with yourself?

I think I need to wait a bit or maybe a week again before I go back to it.

I lenjoyed this volume so much more than the 1st volume, there was so much more depth and background for the characters. My two complaints are that I see a lot of Tohru in characters like Sawa (her awkwardness and Mina’s appearance.) The characters don’t feel as original. I also keep wondering when I will get to see Tohru and Kyo’s daughter, I’m a bit disappointed we haven’t see her yet but all the other main characters’ (from the original series) kids, but not the daughter because they keep mentioning Hajime as a big brother, so they keep teasing it, but it’s not being delivered

this volume, the main character is finally happy now that she’s made friends at her new school and good friends at that.

The first throwback in this volume is learning about Mutsuki’s garden which used to be Yuki’s at Shigure’s old house confirms where Hajime, Mutsuki and Kinu live.

In this volume, we meet another Sohma. Enter Shiki Sohma who has got to be Akito and Shigure’s child, considering they are very pale and beautiful, also a bit androgynous like Akito. We find out Shiki is a boy. It is soon confirmed that Shiki is indeed Shigure’s son as they talk about how conniving Shiki’s dad is, referring to Shigure of course.

One of the best throwbacks is when Sawa goes to borrow clothes in Kyo/Tohru’s old room and she notices that one of the panels in the ceiling is different from the others, which is right where Kyo fell through.

Later at school, Mutsuki recalls that Sawa was looking for a job so he sets her up to work at his Uncle’s shop as part-time work. Sora and Riku escort Sawa to the shop where we meet Ayame’s son, Chizu or Chizuru. We also learn about their daughter, Hibika (or Pika).

At first, Chizu seemed like a brat, busting out of the door to the shop and being rude when he thought someone was looking for his father. In that moment, he reminded me of Kyo and Hiro, but he later apologizes to Sawa for his attitude. I think he was just super stressed out that his parents left him and his sister to set up the new shop while his parents went on vacation.

Even his sister, Hibika, left the shop all to Chizy to set everything up by himself as she suddenly gets the spontaneous urge to go to Paris and so she does.

Apparently we find out later Chizuu has a bit of a chip on his shoulder because he is frustrated that people always compare him to his father Ayame, even though he feels he is nothing like him and it annoys him when people compare them.

Hibika looks just like Mine with the impulsive nature of Ayame (Hence going to Paris despite her little brother needing help setting up the new shop.)

The next day when Sawa goes to work we meet Shiki again and his friend Rio. Once inside, Hibika bursts forth saying she’s home (from Paris), snaking a grand entrance just like Ayame would, she is very eccentric like father and mother and very cute like Mine. She shares her parents love of fashion. She is also EXACTLY like Mine when it comes to dressing up. She gets those crazy stars in her eyes, acts all creepy and asks Sawa if she likes to dress up, just like the very scene where Mine does this to Tohru in the original series.

I don’t get why Sawa’s mother is so cruel. She blames her for everything (reminded me of Kyo’s father), she even says to her “This is why you can’t make friends and everyone hates you.” What a horrible thing to say to your child! Is the mom bipolar or an alcoholic? She is so abusive.

After school Sawa runs into Sora who takes her to the Sohma house to wash the clothes she borrowed. There she sees an adorable little girl run up to hug Sora. The little girl, named Mina has big eyes, a light hair color and is wearing a cute butterfly clip. She’s GOT to be Tohru’s daughter. I was so wrong. once. I was so confused for a moment because she looks JUST like a mini Tohru, then it was explained that Momo is her aunt and the brother of her papa. Mina speaks a little Geeman too which confirms she is Momiji’s daughter.

The group goes to the batting cages because Mina loves baseball. When they are at the batting cages, Sawa gets a call from her mother, but she is very hesitant to take it. Hajime picks up on this and asks Sawa if she doesn’t get along with her mother and he can relate because he tells her he hates his grandfather and disowns him as family and explains you don’t have to be grateful to or of someone who “walks all over you” and who thinks that they can do and say whatever they want to you even if her mom did give birth to her and raised her. He calls it out for what it is, abuse.

Later on, the Sohmas invite Sawa to their summer vacation home for summer vacation. She decides to go, but doesn’t tell her mom about in fear her mom won’t let go or will “go off on her”. Sawa is very happy now that she has great friends and gets invited to hang out with them for summer vacation!

In the bonus chapter, we see Mutsuki as a child getting told about the Chinese Zodiac and the curse, he feels the dark and heavy burden that was on Yuki’s shoulders in the past. He also felt his sadness. But also knows he is blessed by having good parents who really care about him.

How do you keep cords away from your baby?

It’s obvious to just put stuff away we aren’t using, or unplug cords from things we don’t use and wrap them around (like a light stand for instance), but what about internet cords to a router or other tv cords? Things we need. My husband needs the WiFi and router because he works from home a 3-4 weeks a month.

How do I protect my baby from cords, besides always being with her and watching her. I mean, sometimes I have to get up to go to the bathroom and there’s really no room or way to set her down.

Do you tie them up with a band or what do you do?

Are my husband and I bad parents if we let our 8 month old baby/6 months premie/corrected age, watch YouTube/tv? There is this video channel she absolutely loves, it’s a combination of the bright colors, simple character shapes, and music. The first time she ever watched it, she laughed, giggled and smiled the whole time.

But my mom said she shouldn’t be watching tv for her development. As that is a short period for them to soak up learning things.

P.S. We read her books all the time, demonstrate basic words and sounds, have a lot of tummy time with toys and recently are learning and testing baby foods.

Thoughts? Is my mom right or is it ok to let her watch that. Sometimes it’s the only thing to get her calm when she is upset and has already been changed and fed. I know we shouldn’t rely on it though when she’s upset, but she absolutely loves it.

I guess it’s just not recommended they watch tv under year one or something.

I did show it to my mom and she said “I can see why she likes it.” And even added in “I guess it’s ok if it has music” but I could tell my mom still didn’t think she shouldn’t be watching tv. Or should we play it in the background but not have it to where she can see it?

Spoiler warning!⚠️

I read the first Fruits Basket Another, volume 1.
Here is my review and summary, tell me what you think of my opinion. Feel free to skip over sections as my review is long.

Review on Goodreads:
If I could give this 3.7 stars I would. I debated giving this 4 or 3 stars because I have mixed feelings on this sequel series to Fruits Basket. It felt like it was trying to be two different things. I felt like it was trying to be a totally new story (like a different manga) and trying to be Fruits Basket at the same time.

We meet Sawa Mitoma, at first I thought she was Tohru and Kyo’s daughter because she is a klutz. She drops all her books and apologizes all the time like Tohru, but has no where near the charm that Tohru had. She is a totally new character. I don’t know what to make of her yet. I don’t love her character, but I don’t not like her either. She is interesting because she is complex. So I’ll give her that.

The thing that kept me reading was all the throwbacks and the main character’s kids from Fruits Basket.

The first throwback was seeing Makoto Takei as a teacher at the school. He was the vivacious former school president before Yuki.

The main Sohma character Sawa first meets is Mutsuki Sohma, Kyo and Machi’s son who is the vice-president of the student council. You can tell he is Yuki’s son right away, because he is very beautiful. Pretty eyelashes like Yuki.

As far as personality, his personality is more flamboyant than I would have imagined it to be. His personality reminded me more of Ayame or Momiji than Yuki. I like that the author tried to make him different though! He does still share quite a few of Yuki’s traits, such as being messy like both his parents, very kind like Yuki and we find out later he is very bad at cooking.

Another great throwback to Fruits Basket is that Saki Hanajima’s brother Megumi is also a teacher at their high school. He is Sawa’s teacher. He even later on jokingly mentions cursing someone.

Next Sawa meets Hajime Sohma, who is without a doubt Tohru and Yuki’s son as he looks EXACTLY like Kyo and acts like him too,gets cranky and shouts but not as harsh, more kind. It’s also mentioned that he gets “out of sorts” on rainy days, just like his father. It is further confirmed he is their son when you see him wearing Kyo’s bracelet (protection sealing his true form bracelet). Hajime is also President of the student council.

The next day a girl named Ruriko approaches Sawa about her relationship to Mutsuki and Hajime as she was chosen to represent the freshmen on the student council.

A couple of days later, Ruriko asks Sawa to sit with her. Ruriko is the daughter of Mokoto Minigawa (President of the Prince Yuki Fan Club from Fruits Basket), but now the club has expanded to include other Sohma members and is now called the Sohma Fan Club, of which Ruriko is the representative. You can easily tell Rurriko is Minigawa’s daughter because she looks and acts EXACTLY like her! This is further confirmed when Ruriko mentions her mother’s adoration and love for Yuki. This was a great throwback to the Yuki Fan Club in the original series.

Another day when Sawa is eating with Ruriko, a boy named Riku comes over looking for Sawa asking why she is sitting there. Later Sawa finds out that Riku was looking for her because there was a girl who wanted to meet her and sit with her at lunch. This boy looks EXACTLY like Haru. It becomes later known that he is indeed Haru and Rin’s son.

We also meet Riku’s twin sister, Sora who is very cute and friendly and wants to be friends with Sawa.

A little time later, Sawa meets the girl who wanted to sit with her, but we don’t find out the girl’s name, so she is a mysterious unidentified character at the moment and I have no idea who she is.

Then Sawa accidentally bumps into Michi who is Keraku Manabe’s daughter, which means she is Mutsuki’s cousin as Manabe is Machi’s half brother.

At one point Mutsuki finds out that Sawa is a single child like him so he tells Sawa she can call him “big brother”, but Sawa says “no, that’s ok.” And Hajime replies with “good, you don’t want to be related to him. He comes with the package and you can’t opt out.” He is referring to Ayame, Mutsuki’s uncle, whom Mutsuki clearly adores with the phrase “The most terrific of all uncles.” Hajime replies with “You mean most terrifying.” Just like something Kyo would say since Ayame always freaked or weirded out Kyo.

On their way to Mutsuki and Hajime’s place for dinner, we learn that those two don’t live with their parents because they attend this school which is too far away from their parents. I gotta admit, I don’t really understand why Mutsuki and Hajime don’t live with their parents. I felt there explanation for the school being far away was not a good excuse. This reasoning felt forced to me for the plot just so all the Sohmas kids can be together.

I feel like there could have been a better explanation. Maybe they could have said that their parents wanted all the Sohma kids to grow up together or go to the same high school like they did.

When they get to the house, Sawa meets Kinu.
I didn’t know who Kinu was until I looked her up and found out that this is Hatori and Maui’s daughter and then I immediately saw Hatori and Mayu in her appearance.

To finish my review. Again I liked this, but I did not love it. Story feels a little forced, but I am eager to learn more about the Fruits Basket, main character’s kids!

In Season 5, episode 19, we have “The Hammer of the Gods”

Present are:
Mercury/Hernes from Roman/Greek Mythology
Kali from Hindu Mythology
Ganesh (also Hindu)
Baldur/Balder (Norse)
Odin (also Norse)
Zap Shen (Chinese)
Baron Samedi (voodoo Louisiana)

I wish they would have had an Egyptian God or one more from a different culture rather than 2 Hindu and 2 Norse.

Thoughts?

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: I haven’t seen my brother, sister-in-law or niece and nephew in a year or two, so I really want to go and I want them to see her too!

So in June I will be traveling to my niece’s graduation party and since they live in Michigan and I live a couple of states away, (8 hour trip there and 8 hours back) I plan to take my babygirl with me. She is 5 months chronologically, but adjusted age is 3 months.

What should I bring along on this trip?

I have a pack n play but she doesn’t sleep well in it, so should I bring her actual bassinet?

Also should I change the appointment to get the rest of her shots after the trip?

My mom made a point on how baby girl was sick and very pretty fussy for a couple of days afterwards.

Thoughts on either travel or changing the appointment for shots.

Also helps if anyone has ever travelled with their baby long distance, where you had to stay in a hotel overnight.

Warning: Venting.

I’m a little upset at my pediatrician and/or her nurse. My baby is really upset and sick with a cold we probably gave her. 🥺

But the pedi’s nurse said no Tylenol because it would mask her fever, and we can’t take her to hospital until her fever is 100.5, it’s 99.6 now, but it’s a fever for her, she’s clearly miserable.

That’s f’ing stupid.

Should I get another pediatrician even though it would be an hour away from here? Or do we need to keep this one since it’s close.

I wish I could get another opinion.

What are the best primers to use for miniatures?

1. For Reaer or Bones pvc plastic minis?

2. For resin minis?

3. For 3-D printed minis?

4. For metal minis?

When Kyoko said “I won’t forgive you” to Kyo do you think she was actually going to say “I won’t forgive you if you don’t take care of her (Tohru)?

I feel like she died before she could finish what she was going to say.

Because what else could she mean by “I won’t forgive you.”

Thoughts?

Is there an anime of Fruits Basket Another or will there be one if there isn’t one now.

Hello everyone,

When did you stop pumping as an undersupplier? (From child’s birth date until you stopped in months please, round up or down depending on what the date is closer to or if it was middle of the month you can add .5)

Thanks!

I want to try to go to 6 months but not sure if I can keep it up based on:

1. Have so many doctor appointments between her and me to get enough pumps in.
2. Not sure how long my supply can keep up.
3. Feel like it’s taking time up from my baby girl.
4. Feel like it may be putting extra stress on my husband because he has to take her at 5 and 8 for me to be able to pump.

Additional thoughts? (Add after telling me how long you pumped for)