u/Glittering-Silver402

My child currently attends Ivy Crest, but I’m looking to move her when she turns two, either to Discovery Gardens or CDES Lab School. I recently followed up with CDES and was told she made enrollment from the waitlist group for April enrollment.

What concerns me is the lack of communication and professionalism. I had to follow up about five times by phone and email after being told parents would be notified about waitlist decisions by the end of June or early July. I never received anything and only found out after calling and finally getting my call answered that my child made the enrollment. I was told me they had seen my emails and thought they had responded, and that they would send me the paperwork for the next steps after we hung up —but I still haven’t received anything.

I’m honestlyj wondering what’s going on. Has the school changed recently, or has the quality of communication and administration been declining?

This is a decision I’m already pretty nervous about -pulling her out of her familiar environment and moving her to a new one and hoping she aclimates just as well. So this is pretty important to me and I just want to make an informed decision.

Thanks

Update: toddler will be just shy of 20 months

Hi, all! I’ll be visiting Olympic National Park from Los Angeles. The direct flight is just under three hours, and my current return flight is at 1:53 p.m.

I managed to get a last-minute booking at Lake Crescent, but it’s about a 3.5-hour drive from there to the airport. That means we’d need to leave around 6:30 a.m. to get to the airport by noon, return the rental car, and make our 1:53 flight. It feels like we’d basically have to wake up and immediately start driving to the airport, which sounds pretty miserable.

My other options are either paying about $500 more for a 6:30 p.m. flight or extending the trip by another day so everything feels more relaxed.

The planning got disrupted because I unexpectedly found a last-minute log cabin at Lake Crescent instead of staying in Port Angeles. I feel like staying at Lake Crescent would make the overall experience much nicer for all of us, but I’m not sure if it’s worth the extra cost and logistical headache.

What do you think—is it worth paying the extra $500 for the later flight, or should I just suck it up and do the 3.5-hour drive to the airport early that morning?

Before kids we would just say fuck it and do the drive. We will be staying two nights at lake crescent after spending time in the city of Seattle

Update: toddler will be just shy of 20 months

Hi, all! I’ll be visiting Olympic National Park from Los Angeles. The direct flight is just under three hours, and my current return flight is at 1:53 p.m.

I managed to get a last-minute booking at Lake Crescent, but it’s about a 3.5-hour drive from there to the airport. That means we’d need to leave around 6:30 a.m. to get to the airport by noon, return the rental car, and make our 1:53 flight. It feels like we’d basically have to wake up and immediately start driving to the airport, which sounds pretty miserable.

My other options are either paying about $500 more for a 6:30 p.m. flight or extending the trip by another day so everything feels more relaxed.

The planning got disrupted because I unexpectedly found a last-minute log cabin at Lake Crescent instead of staying in Port Angeles. I feel like staying at Lake Crescent would make the overall experience much nicer for all of us, but I’m not sure if it’s worth the extra cost and logistical headache.

What do you think—is it worth paying the extra $500 for the later flight, or should I just suck it up and do the 3.5-hour drive to the airport early that morning?

I’m redesigning my front yard, and I’d like to put in some plants that help support the ecosystem without introducing invasive species or creating a bunch of extra maintenance.

I would’ve gone to Tree of Life, but they’re gone now, so I’m not really sure where to go. Preferably somewhere in North Orange County, but I’m willing to drive around.

I just don’t want to go to Home Depot or Lowe’s and find the same bougainvillea and privet selection or no knowing more about what I’m putting in my soil, what effect the plants will have on the wildlife around me, and make sure they won’t fuck up my foundation, irrigation, or other things like that.

He things it’s funny. I even tried biting him back to show him it’s ouchies. He was shocked and stopped for a bit but like amnesia he forgot all about it 20 mins later. I’ve tried correcting but nothing. I worried because I have the urge to give him a spank but disengage. I just worry I will one day.

Dealing with a micromanager who just makes me feel like I’m just floating and being treated like a junior employee makes me just want to get laid off to push me to find something fresh. The work from home set up is just too convenient to disrupt by my own doing sometimes I hope for the universe too make the decision for me but at the same time, I obviously have bills to pay.

At 10pp had a mc and again at 14m pp both around 7 weeks. Doctor recommended progesterone at the time of my positive (or something like that)

Anyone find this helpful?

My partner makes 135% more than me. I had agreed to a 60/40 split but lately it feels like I’ve been paying more. And every time I try bringing it up it turns into an argument. He does pay extra payments on the mortgage each month by his choice but the groceries I pay and it’s getting more expensive, last run came out to $360 . Since he doesn’t plan any outings it’s up to me to buy tickets for outings and stuff that we do 50/50.

He asked me to start paying extra mortgage each month and I told him that I can’t afford to and he laughs like I’m exaggerating so I think he doesn’t believe me when I say I’m breaking even each month . -he even asked me to take the target card that I use for milk and snacks (nothing for me…well occasionally sneak in some toiletries)

Everytime I bring things up he makes me feel like I’m being unreasonable and makes me feel like a gold digger.

The website is shit and i haven’t been able to get into my account despite trying different ways. I even tried the WhatsApp option but it takes me back to the website

All that to say I’ve tried to several ways so I’m thinking of just going there in person. But since I’ll have to get time off of work to do so, will it even work to get a walk in? I’ve already got my CURP so just need the passport appointment.

Anyone know?

iSO of night serums.

I usually am a loyal Dr, Perricone consumer but idk if it’s due to the sale of the brand but all my favorite always become discontinued and I was over it and in search of of different brand. I went into Sephora and they raved over this Caudalie brand but I don’t really see the hype and for the price I’m thinking of going back to Perricone

I wanted to give this business a quick shoutout. I like the classes and the owner is very nice and enthusiastic. But I have noticed her classes could use some occupancy.

I finally got around to trying out the new Dollhouse Pilates on Commonwealth and Basque. I underestimated the workout. I’m sore every class after. I also like the dimmed lights to the studio.

If you’re looking for a Pilates class give it a try.

My friend had twins at 15. I had my first baby at 35. She confided in me that she just got a bird because she feels weird not being needed anymore. Feels so strange as I’m on the opposite side of things where I can’t even go shopping for new clothes because without me things fall off track (working on getting my partner to COOK healthy meals but that’s another post)

As if I wasn’t already having an existential crisis but that perspective just left me so conflicted

Consistently, my baby only says agua (Spanish for water) . But he also says agua for milk, a snack….i can tell he understands, phrases like, let’s put on our shoe. Wanna go outside? But isn’t really saying other things until I say it first and he repeats. My cousin mentioned he needs to be talking more now

I just had my 2nd MC while TTC a 2nd, i’ve never lost patience with my 17 month old, but during that short time I was pregnant I was just really short fuse, bitter, angry. I don’t know if it was the fact that I knew something was wrong from the start and that waiting period of the unknown or something else but when I had my miscarriage last week, I felt so much stress just melts away. I felt like myself again, I started laughing. I started giving my 17 month old so much affection again just to see him smile. I decided to build a flower bed in one day, my usual impulsive energy for projects. Maybe I just don’t like being pregnant. But all of this is confusing me as to what I really want.

Did my 17-month-old have a night terror?

To back up a bit, he was sent home from daycare a little early yesterday because he had a high temperature. When we picked him up, though, he seemed completely fine—no fever when I checked, good energy, smiling, and eating normally. Since he seemed okay, I didn’t give him any medicine. I gave him a bath, and he went to bed around 7:45 p.m.

Around 2:00 a.m., I woke up to him crying in his room. I checked his temperature, and he did have a mild fever, so I gave him Motrin. He settled down, and since he has a floor bed, I fell asleep next to him.

Then around 3:40 a.m., I woke up because his body suddenly jolted, and he immediately let out a scream. He wasn’t crying—he was screaming, covered in sweat like he sweated out the fever. I was so confused. He would calm down for about 30 seconds, then another jolt would happen, followed by another scream. This repeated several times.

At that point, I carried him into our bedroom to wake up my husband because I had no idea what was going on. I laid him in bed with us, and he had one more jolt. I got him a bottle of water, and after that he settled down. He started babbling normally and eventually fell asleep between us.

It was honestly pretty frightening. Has anyone experienced something like this? Could it have been related to his fever? I asked ChatGPT, and it mentioned that while there are several possible explanations, one possibility could be a seizure, which obviously made me nervous.

He still has a bit of a fever this morning. His dad is out getting Tylenol because we ran out, and I can’t give him more Motrin for another two hours. He has eaten some blueberries and toast this morning.

Has anyone’s toddler experienced anything similar?

This morning I was bent down (I don’t even remember why), and his dad tried handing him to me before I was ready. He had a bad form while passing him over, so he accidentally knocked me over with the baby. Thankfully, he realized I didn’t have him and caught him right as I fumbled the baby.

I stayed on the ground rubbing my ankle, kind of laughing it off, but my baby didn’t laugh. He stayed Stoic, looking concerned, and started walking toward me to check on me and touch me.

I’ve been thinking about it all day because it felt so strange—in the sweetest way. It was the first time I’d ever seen my baby worry about my well-being. 🤍

I never thought I’d be here but here I am with my second consecutive miscarriage. I don’t seem to have a problem getting pregnant. I have a problem staying pregnant. The doctor said it could be due to some genetic thing that either me or my partner have some uterus issues, but I’m curious to ask if anybody has done that x-ray of the uterus it sounds kind of invasive with the ink going in your uterus and through the fallopian tubes I don’t know if I’m ready for that. I am considering taking the progesterone. Has anybody tried that any side effects?

I was told I should take progesterone at the time of ovulation and then if I get a positive I’ll continue for the first 10 weeks. I’ve had one successful pregnancy before so all this is a lot to process