I have a privilege of arranging my future reading nook in a few months. Could you help me with sharing your experience regarding the type of shelves you had and preferred?
I always liked the vibe that open shelves give, dusty tomes and coziness. But the glass doors seem more reasonable.
What is your experience in this regard?
Hi everyone! I’d like to ask anyone whose babies started daycare at 1 year old or earlier to share their experience.
My career is my passion and a huge part of my identity. I initially thought about daycare at 7-8 months but decided to wait until my LO hit the 1-year mark. I have read a bit about separation anxiety though and the mom guilt is slowly creeping in. I still have time to decide though and I’d love to hear your stories.
How did your 1-year-olds handle the transition? Looking back, do you feel like that was a good age for them? How hard was it for both of you?
Ngl I’m mostly looking for reassurance and positive stories but anything you’d like to share will be super helpful.
TIA 👶🏻
I’m looking for some peace of mind or similar stories. My 11-week-old LO is exclusively breastfed. She was born larger (87%) but has been steadily dropping percentiles, hitting the 18% today. She is gaining weight, just very slowly. The line goes up steadily but slowly and I expect her to land even lower in the scale soon.
Our IBCLC checked us and said her latch, suck, and positioning are absolutely perfect, predicting she’ll settle around the 20-25%. Her nappies are good (at least 5 poops and a few additional wet diapers a day). She sleeps well and has two feeds at night, though daytime feeds can tough due to the so called 3rd month crisis.
We have regular paediatrician checks and the baby reacts well to vaccines (no fever or complications). Our doctor already confirmed that she behaves like a strong, healthy baby, not starved at all.
Genetically, everyone in my family was a very small, petite baby (my dad was the smallest in his school in high school).
Has anyone experienced their baby just "finding their true genetic percentile" (catch-down growth) while everything else was fine? Trying not to stress. 🙈
Thank you!
Quick question: is it possible to run to the attribute quests in Prophecies without having to complete the story?
I haven’t played an Ascalonian in years, always choosing Cantha or Elona for the place of origin. I’ve created one for Reforged and I casually play on my phone most of the times. I’d like them to be a complete character so it would be nice to pick them attributes fast, but also I hate rushing the story.
I am looking for insight and data regarding exclusively breastfed (EBF) infants down-trending in weight percentiles during the first two months.
In our case hydration and output seem good (7+ heavy diapers, clear urine), though might be slightly affected by the recent heatwaves. Both biological parents were historically small/lean infants and grew into smaller adults. We were told she will most likely stabilise around 25% but I’m worried that the weight gain might be slowing down too rapidly.
Is there data that I could look into regarding the point when the "catch-down" growth typically stabilises into a predictable, parallel curve for EBF infants? I’d like to understand if a continuous shift across major percentile lines over 8 weeks is considered a normal genetic adjustment to a parental baseline, or if it warrants an investigation for caloric deficit/supply issues.
So far during medical checks paediatricians were unconcerned with the weight but midwives on the other hand were alarmed and it’s been a point of concern for us since birth - I want to understand if we’re worrying too much or not.
TIA!
This is a photograph of my maternal great great great grandmother with her two small children, the little girl is my direct ancestor.
The family allegedly lived in Warsaw during the 1800s occupation and from what I’ve learned about them, they came there from tsarist Russia, with the pater familias serving as a member of the tsarist administration.
The portrait is a family heirloom and I have already asked this community for help with dating the depicted garment - the majority of the responses aimed at the first half of 19th century. Unfortunately the portrait isn’t signed but my theory is that the depicted person is most likely the photographed lady’s mother.
Could you help me with estimated dating of the garments visible on the photograph? Is it possible to establish what level of society the family belong to?
Thank you immensely in advance! 👗
We’re in the middle of week 5 with my combo fed (breast & one prescribed top-up of pumped 40 ml) LO. We’d had some weight gaining issues but recently it’s a stable 45%.
Recently the baby not only seems to be emptying the breasts very quickly (10-15 mins in comparison to the previous 40+), but also she’s stopped pooping during / after every feed. Her last big poop was around 7 hours ago, since then it’s only small amounts plus the usual amount of pee.
During a quick google check I saw that it should be fine but I wanted to ask, is the pace and poop change a normal occurrence in week 5? 👶🏻
Are there parents here who returned to their remote jobs while the baby was less than 2 year old?
We’re very fresh parents and I’m currently enjoying the start of my maternity leave. At the same time I really care about my work - my initial plan was to stay at home with the LO and arrange daycare around 8 month of age (know there are pros and cons if that approach). My job means a lot to me and I wanted to be back relatively quick.
That was before the baby was actually here lol, now the thought of parting with her so early feels impossible to me.
Both of us parents work remotely and once I’m back at work I’ll have additional benefits like feeding break and potentially shorter hours. It sounds more and more like the thing I’d like to do between her 8 - 12 months of age.
I wanted to ask - is there anyone who has such an experience?
Yesterday on 39+3 I gave birth to our LO, a daughter. It wasn’t an ideal fairytale event but it was very positive and I’m super happy how it went down. For the record, I’m based in Poland.
At 5:15 PM the previous day (39+2) woke up to a gush of water breaking, and it just so happened that I had my gyn appointment just a moment later. He confirmed that it’s starting though I was only 2 cm effaced and 1 cm dilated. We were told to head straight to the hospital.
At the hospital reception they checked the length of my pelvis and said it’s too narrow for natural birth with a baby measuring 3.5 kilos on the ultrasound. They hinted that a C section was imminent (which I really wanted to avoid). Then they checked my cervix and said that the measurements show that it’s going to be along wait, maybe even 24 hours until the contractions started (just great). I was admitted to a prelabour ward.
They were wrong. Around 10:30 PM contractions started and escalated, from 6-7 minutes apart short period like cramps to 2 minute painful contractions 2 minutes apart at 5:00 AM. I spent the whole night noting them between the pain bursts. I could barely bear them in the end.
At 3:00 AM I was already fully effaced and 1 cm dilated and in big pain. At 6 AM they moved me to the labour ward and the instant I got admitted, I soaked in a warm bath. It was a big relief.
At 7:00 AM a doctor came and said that the last time I was checked I was only 1 cm dilated so they will induce me. I asked about epidural, he said it’s too early. Having read so much about induced contractions without epidural my heart sunk. I said that the labour must have started already and he basically told me that he knows it best. He was an old prick.
I couldn’t think straight from the pain at that point but managed to tell the dude that I’m dizzy and this is when he took what Ive been saying seriously, and he arranged another check for me. Sure enough I was 3-4 dilated by then. I felt as if an ancient goddess of childbirth came to my rescue lol. I got the epidural within 10 minutes. It was bliss. 😌
Then my contractions slowed down and I was indeed given synthetic oxitocin but felt absolutely no abdominal contractions. The epidural was a mobile one, I could walk and use the birth ball. Within next 3 hours I got to 10 cm dilation.
Around 1 PM I felt the pressure to push and the 3.75 kilos little chunk was born at 1:21 PM. It was painful but I had an amazing midwife and doctor (not the dude from the morning) and I ended up with a level 1 stitch that actually came from a later stage - the placenta didn’t come out in its own and I had to be out to sleep to take care of it, and this is when the tear happened.
So in the end there was no C section, the walking epidural worked like a charm and I got induced only after I felt no contractions. I honestly don’t know how women can do it without it. It seems impossible to me to go through all those later hours of labour without epidural.
Fingers crossed for all of you, gals. This forum has been a great support for me and Ive learned so much from you! ❤️