We were recently given a baby car seat as we’re having our first. I washed the insert but it has major discolouration. I’m not sure if it’s fixable?
How can I clean/fix it in time for my baby’s due date?
Thank you!
Update: should mention it is a hand down, not sure how old it is.
My husband and I are heading to California for a DCL cruise on the Wonder out of San Diego, and then up to Disneyland for a few days. We are very much trying to stay in the “Disney bubble” after a difficult year, but the hotel prices are giving us pause. With the new 20% off offers, we can get Pixar place for $1999 for 4 nights, or Grand Californian for $3300 (both standard rooms).
Is the $1300 difference worth it? We are flying in from NY and I have always wanted to stay at the GCH, but that difference is more than the cost of our tickets. In most instances we are budget people, but at WDW we do like to stay at the deluxe resorts if we can get a good rate.
We are not renting a car, so if we don’t stay on property, Harbour Blvd hotels are also an option. We considered the candy cane inn, but they are almost as much as Pixar place with the discount.
Just got this email from Pom. Not sure how much of a deal it is (30mg for $99) but to each his own.
Tonight was my brother’s wedding celebration. They eloped a few weeks ago, and had a small reception tonight for friends and family. I wore an empire waist maxi dress that hasn’t fit me in probably 3 years. (I gained about 50lbs after having a baby, and before that lost 120lbs after a gastric bypass). So far I’ve lost close to 30lbs on tirz, so not quite back to my pre-baby weight that I maintained for 5 years. I’m a busy working postpartum mom, so I usually dress like Adam Sandler tbh.
At the wedding, my mother came up to me to tell me “how much better” I looked and that her and her friend were chatting about me and her friend said “I must be on Wegovy.” (Again I am not even back to my pre-baby weight). I did confirm that I am not in fact on Wegovy 😂 and left it at that.
My family does not know I am on tirz since they are all basically old biddies with nothing better to do than gossip and go to the casino. As an example, my cousin grew up thin and athletic, gained 100lbs after having 2 kids, then lost it on tirz that she started after her youngest turned 10, and was very open with the family about it. They gossiped about her when she gained the weight. And now they gossip about how she looks gaunt and saggy. So yeah… no winning. They don’t say anything in front of me any more because I’m mean and will shut it down immediately 😬
It just boggled my mind. “Well when I was your age…” etc and go onto say they had it so much worse. Like wouldn’t you want better for us?
We went out to dinner for my older child’s birthday last night. We do not go out very often due to cost, and the fact that my newly one year old is the embodiment of a hurricane since he learned to walk. But for a special occasion we do our best. My daughter chose our local hibachi restaurant, which I thought would work well to keep my little guy occupied. In fact, it did not until the chef started cooking. We went right when they opened so it was otherwise empty. Little guy did not want to sit, so I let him get his wiggles out in the lobby after we ordered and watched for the chef to come over. He did not want to sit in his high chair, so I held him on my lap until there was noodles and veggies ready that he could eat. Even then he much preferred to throw it in the floor, and I spent most of the meal managing him. My parents and aunt and uncle were also there, not one did any of them offer to help for a moment so I could eat. My husband of course offered, but the plan was for him to eat first and then take him home early.
Right after the chef finished, they brought out a cake for my daughter, then the bill with to-go boxes. I got to have maybe 5 bites, then gave up and put 90% of my dinner into the to go box. My mother looked over and said “so how did you enjoy your dinner?” And then laughed. My aunt laughed along with her and said “I didn’t eat a hot meal until my kids were in college.” All I said was “well I’m sorry to hear that.” Didn’t really land as everyone was leaving, but I simply don’t understand why they seem to be so chuffed with watching me struggle the entire meal.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my husband and my children more than anything. My husband is a great guy and does at least half of not more of the chores and childcare. But managing the household and managing everyone’s emotions from day to day is hard. Deciding what to serve, grocery shopping, and then cooking 3 different dinners every single day is hard. (I have a baby, an older child who eats right after school/camp at 4:30/5, and my husband and I eat after he’s home from work and the kids go to bed).
I am operating so far beyond my capacity and I am burnt out. He works a lot and is also burnt out. It’s not a matter of communicating my needs, he simply has no more to give. Most days I wish I had kept my simple, quiet life in my little 2 bedroom house.
Anyone who went to the red and blue practice on Saturday, if you visited any of the new high tech concession stands where you had to scan in on your phone and it authorized $30, and then you grab you stuff and walk out, make sure you check your receipt. I’ll post the link below. It supposedly uses high tech cameras or whatever to see what you grab and charge you accordingly, but I got a slice of pizza and a hot dog and it charged me $54. Looked up the receipt and it says I bought 3 beers.
Edited to add- ok perhaps I am being misunderstood. My point is that when you buy season tickets to any team, they can show you the view and give you a tour, but you never know who else will be seated around you. Also I’m not a bot or a troll lol. The man did not stand at all except to go to and from his seat. I’m 5’6 and could not see while he was sitting. He is certainly entitled to his seat, it’s not his fault he’s tall, and it’s not my fault I’m short (or average height). It’s nobody’s fault, but either way it’s disappointing that I can’t see half the field 🤷🏼♀️
Oh man… what a heartbreak to save for the PSL and payment plans for the season tickets, to find out that the guy who is going to sit in front of you all season is 7ft tall 😭 I could not see anything below the 50yd line. We are in the 100s in the end zone and damn, it was a disappointing evening for us last night to realize that. Can only hope he’s not the season ticket holder but it’s not looking good. Anyone got a phone book lying around? Thankfully my husband’s 6’2 friend bought the seat from us for at least half the games.
Ended up just walking around the stadium most of the evening. Stood in 2 different lines for food, and both times they were out of everything except nachos or hot dogs 😂
If anyone is wondering how my day is going working from home with a 13 month old, I took him out of his playpen and l felt wet.. he blew out the back of his diaper all over my shirt. 🫠
Got us both cleaned up and set him down in the kitchen with me to make him a bottle of milk before nap. In the 5 seconds he was in the ground, I turned around and he was drinking from the dog’s water bowl 🐶
Thankfully my job is very flexible and my supervisor doesn’t care as long as my work is done at the end of the day/week.
Anyway.. mama is having a glass of wine tonight 🍷
EDITED TO ADD: thanks for all your input! Husband and I are going to think about keeping the Airbnb with the baby and tag-teaming the wedding, to each at least drop in for an hour or 2.
Well this has been an adventure. I have known bride for several years and became good friends. She was in my wedding about a year and a half ago as a bridesmaid and was a bit overbearing as she’s super type A, but by and large a big help. So I was obviously super excited for her when she got engaged in Valentine’s Day! But imagine our surprise when we got a save the date in the mail 2 weeks later for an August wedding. Super fast, but they have been together a while so she doesn’t want to wait much longer. I was not asked to be a bridesmaid or be involved with the wedding at all, which is honestly fine with me- I have 2 young daughters and live over an hour away from her, so it would have probably been difficult.
So fast forward to early June. I had pulled out some of my wedding stuff from the garage and asked her if she wanted any of it. She declined but asked if we were planning to stay overnight near the venue before and/or after the wedding, as they are having a little get together after the rehearsal dinner. I said we wanted to but were not sure as we had not been able to find childcare for our infant as of yet. The wedding is in a rural area about and hour and 15 mins away from my house, and there are no hotels, only airbnbs. She said that she would talk to her dog sitter that was staying overnight both nights at her home to take care of their dogs, as she is a preschool teacher during the year. Ultimately she agreed to watch our infant daughter at the bride’s house (about 20 mins from the venue) and if we booked some Airbnb, could bring her to the Airbnb and put her to bed until we got back from the wedding. We were relieved, and booked an Airbnb halfway between the venue and bride’s home.
The wedding is now a week from tomorrow. The bride texted me yesterday and said that the sitter can no longer watch our infant and we would have to work out something else. She did not offer any further explanation. As it turns out, she has decided that she wants her dogs to be in the ceremony (which she was previously vehemently against) so the sitter will now be busy transporting the dogs to and from the venue. Especially being that this is a wedding at 4:00 on a Friday afternoon, I did not know if I would be able to find anyone to watch him. She said she could ask around to her friend’s teenagers, but I am not really comfortable with a teen that I don’t know watching my infant.
I have been trying since yesterday to find someone to watch him here at our home instead, and we will have to cancel the Airbnb and miss out on the get together after the rehearsal, as well as losing our deposit, and have to cancel by tomorrow to not lose all our money. Not to mention if I DO find a sitter, I will now have to pay them for 10+ hours of babysitting ($200). Thurs far, Nobody is available to watch our infant for 10 hours on a Friday with a week’s notice. Our regular babysitter is busy, my parents are out of town with my older daughter for an event, and the rest of our family who we trust to babysit are busy, working until 5:00, or out of town.
I texted the bride this morning that there is a chance we may have to come late basically just for dinner and dancing if I can get someone to come for 5:00, but it’s possible we now will not be able to make it at all. She was extremely upset, which leaves me wondering if AITA if I can’t attend? I don’t know what I’m supposed to do here…
One of the reasons I always recommend BEWL, especially to newbies, is the on-staff doctors. I have had almost no side effects so far, but recently upped my dosage and got hit with some wicked nausea. I suffered for the day and went in hadn’t resolved by the next day, I sent my doctor a message in the healthie portal to ask about Zofran or something, expecting a response maybe within 24 hours. He responded within an hour, and an hour after that Nurse Lori got the Rx sent to my local CVS and it was ready for pickup by the time I was off work! Very impressed and feeling a lot better today 😄
I never thought that I would be posting that I’m SAD to stop formula feeding my little guy. I thought I would be thrilled that I could just buy a $5 gallon of milk instead of a $40 can of formula. We started weaning off at 11.5 months with 1/4 milk, then 1/2, then 3/4 and we just finished our last can of formula. My husband unplugged the baby brezza and said he could give it one last clean and then give it away on our local buy nothing group. Y’all, I SOBBED so hard. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s just because he’s so big now 😭
I originally signed up when it was just Crossing last month to give it a try when my other Telehealth provider was running behind. I was happy with the service so I decided to let it renew this month, which I can confirm was again $149. Was able to easily adjust my renewal date to come a little earlier since I would have otherwise been out of town, and it also told me which day my card would be charged. Was charged on 7/14 by Belle, and arrived Thursday 7/16 from Florida, still cold.
Rx for 15mg, 60mg/3ml from BPI, BUD 2/27. Solid service and the new Belle portal is slick. I’ll continue to renew it until they run out of BPI.
Is there a way to make a payment towards a regular balance over a promo 0% APR balance?
So we have had a string of very bad luck over the last year or so, in that we have had 3 of our pets accrue vet bills and have subsequently passed away, most recently yesterday. I was checking my care credit to see if I had enough available to pay for the ER vet bill, and I noticed the balance was higher than I thought it would be. Long story short, I thought a charge from a year ago was 12 months no interest, but it was 6 months and it’s been accruing 32% interest for 5 months now. It should have been paid off by now the way I set up the automatic payments, but they must be distributing them to the lower APR of other charges? I don’t know. In any case, how can I make 100% sure that the payment I make goes towards the highest interest rate? On their website it says they reserve the right to distribute payments as they see fit.
This is not the surprise that I wanted after suddenly losing our 5 year old dog. Thanks for any help.
My son is 12 months and 23lbs. We just graduated from his infant car seat as it’s too difficult to carry with him in it anyways now, and for a Graco easy turn 360. After installing it and trying to find the right height for the headrest and straps, I pulled it up one more than seems the best fit for my son and the plastic back is exposed between the headrest cushion and the seat cushion? That can’t be correct, am I missing something? With the right height for him now, they just touch but I’d say by the end of the summer he’ll be at this height pictured above. That doesn’t seems safe or comfortable…?
Just a follow-up from the other day. I finally had to chance to play with the patient portal after pausing my treatment after the last vial came. I was able to go into account and update the credit card I wanted to use, then go into treatments and resume, and it let me select my refill day AND made it clear what day I would be billed. Thanks to everyone for your help! It was so much easier than I was making it lol.