u/HoneyCrumbs — reddlx

Plate vs Ate, finally a success!!!

For the longest time our 14mo was just not very interested in food. Spit out fruit, spit out meat, spit out mush. She’s fully weaned and it’s like a switch has flipped, she’s so into it now!! I’m honestly so relieved and thankful.

The pasta is a viral green sauce I saw on Instagram, called peas and cheese. Basically a bunch of blanched spinach, peas, some cheese, garlic, and lemon juice blended together. We also added some ricotta. Good way to get in some veggies!

u/HoneyCrumbs — 8 hours ago

▲ 295 r/30PlusSkinCare

So, I’m growing a beard…

I know the whole ‘don’t shave it it’ll come back thicker’ is a wives tale but I swear this all started out with me tweezing a couple of errant hairs in high school.

I am a recovering skin picker, and my favorite thing to do would be to tweeze all of these hairs until my face was basically flayed open. I’ve started to shave it instead so that I don’t get a chance to pluck at them, but I hate the feeling of having stubble and I’m so self conscious about it. When the hair is gone, lots of pink skin (scar tissue?) remains. I’m wondering:

Is this a good candidate for laser hair removal? Does anyone have experience with that process? Is there something else I could be doing about the hair?

What can I do for the pink skin underneath?

Thank you in advance ❤️

u/HoneyCrumbs — 1 day ago

▲ 22 r/interiordecorating

How can I hate this room less?

We just moved into an old house and I am not a fan whatsoever of how the main bedroom is set up. I have to duck my head sideways every morning and night, and the door is hidden behind the two large wardrobes (and it’s not really a door, it’s just a sliding partition that separates the room from the hallway).

Right now we have our baby’s crib at the end of the bed and a changing table but those can be moved. I absolutely hate the layout of this room and desperately need someone to help me see its potential.

u/HoneyCrumbs — 2 days ago

▲ 96 r/NewParents

When did books become part of the bedtime routine?

I was reading a book to my 11mo today and, as usual, she confiscated it from my hands in order to flip the pages herself and gnaw on the spine. All in good fun!

Right now books aren’t really a quiet time activity, they’re more active and participational for her. But I am really looking forwards to reading aloud as part of our bedtime routine. At what age did y’all start that up? I’m curious!

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u/HoneyCrumbs — 3 months ago

▲ 1 r/NewParents

I don’t want to put my negative emotions on my partner because they weigh on him heavily and he worries about me so I’m just throwing this into the void.

Our 10.5mo is sick with her first stomach bug. Diarrhea, some vomiting, not really interested in food at all- she’s taking some formula and pedialyte and that’s it. Luckily there’s no fever, and she’s mostly acting like herself.

And her normal self is going through separation anxiety where she shrieks her fucking head off if I so much as put her down or leave the room. I still do it, of course. I’ll put her down in the pack and play to do a couple of dishes, or set her down to go to the bathroom, etc. But for the most part I’m right next to her while she plays, either playing with her, or serving as her personal jungle gym.

The combo has been hard. She’s been having wakeups at night because she doesn’t feel good or is hungry, and sleeping lightly. I had her in my arms from 10:30-2am last night, and she was awake again at 5. Still shrieking her head off if I set her down when she doesn’t want it. Still fighting her naps. Still trying to pull my hair and scratch my face and pinch my body (I try to maintain as much of a boundary as I can but there’s really only so much logic you can have with a baby).

I’m fucking losing it. When she pinches my arm fat by trying to use me to stand up, it sends me into a blind rage. When she scratches at me I want to smack her away. When she refuses naps and locks eyes with me and screams I want to throw her out the window. Knowing she’s sick and feeling this way just makes me feel even worse. I’m prone to thought spirals and self-loathing so it’s just not a fun time in my head right now.

I’m also in recovery from a binge eating disorder and last night while waiting for a bottle to warm, I had a binge and undid all of my progress, so I’m feeling like shit both physically and mentally from that, too.

All of it has me practically praying that I get whatever bug she has, just so that I can get some rest (I’m SAHM, my spouse works, we have very limited support systems during the week).

Just really hating myself and this situation rn.

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u/HoneyCrumbs — 4 months ago