Accessory Tuesday: 14k Gold Sideways Initial Necklace
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I am drawn to initial jewelry and monograms. Maybe it stems from the validated feeling I got as a kid when I found my name in the selection of personalized key chains they sold at gift shops, but I love having things customized. I knew I wanted a piece of jewelry with my son’s initial that I could wear every day. I like this necklace because of the sideways initial and the fact that you can get it in 14 inches. That length makes it easy to wear every day and layer it with longer necklaces, as well. (It’s also available in lengths 16″-22″.) I’m not crazy about the color of my son’s birthstone, but this seller also has listings for the initial without the birthstone. The necklace comes in yellow gold, rose gold, and white gold and is $129.90 at Etsy from deiajewelry. 14k Gold Sideways Initial Necklace
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We’ve done a mix and it works well. We spoon-feed the occasional puree but mostly table food – frittata and any sort of veggie fritters are the favourites but really he’ll eat 90% of things you put in front of him. But there is some trial and error, he didn’t eat bananas for months.
I found the BLW cookbook useful both for the info and for the recipes (it contains the only lentil recipe my husband actually likes, hah). We were not BLW purists and I found the big BLW fb group off-putting. Totally fine if you want to follow it that closely, but I just don’t think a kid is not going to be an awful eater for life if they get spoon-fed pureed food at the beginning.
Can we talk about starting solids, especially baby-led weaning? My five month old sits up pretty well (with back support) and is showing a lot of interest in our food during meals. The idea of letting her feed herself is appealing, although maybe just because I’m lazy. Recommended books or blogs on this subject, or any recommended foods to introduce first?
I have two kids, 3 and 1. The 3 year old is very easy to parent – occasional meltdowns when she is hungry or tired, but generally easygoing, obeys the very few rules that we have, etc. She is extremely introverted and cautious.
On the other hand, my son who just turned one is both a ray of sunshine in our house, and a holy terror. 90% of the time he is complete smiles, running around trying to give out hugs. The other 10% of the time he wants to play with a “toy” that is not safe or completely inappropriate. Unfortunately, he gets fixated on what he wants and is far less distractable than I remember my daughter being at that age. And if I take away the coveted object, he will have a true three-year-old-style temper tantrum of the sort that my daughter never has – he hurls his body on the floor howling. Last night he was upset about a toothbrush that I wouldn’t let him take into the bathtub, and he was sobbing with rage for what felt like 20 minutes. He is very strong and mobile, and it took two grownups to hold him down to get his diaper changed so I could get him into bed. (That’s a whole different challenge – he is tall and strong enough to climb onto couches, rocking chairs, strollers, toilets, etc —- his physical abilities far outstrip his ability to understand what is ok)
I guess my question is – is this in the range of normal for someone who literally turned one year old a few days ago? I have my 12 month check up next week, and I would like to know whether I should push the pediatrician about it.
Talk to me about yoga. I’m one year postpartum with my second. When I do yoga I keep blowing air out of my you know where. (I think there’s a word for that, but I don’t remember.). Any words of wisdom?
can someone give it to me straight on how long it takes a baby to nurse per nursing session? I get that this varies from baby to baby and they get quicker, but can anyone give me a general sense?
H has low $perm count and I have low egg count for my age (33). Dr is recommending IVF. I don’t know anyone who has used ART to get pregnant, so I have no one to talk to about this. Is the process difficult? Were you successful on the first try? I know IVF stats are available, but we don’t have the budget to try it more than once. Feeling depressed, could use some encouragement. Btw I am not a mom, never been pregnant.
Nice work! Pumping is the worst. I dropped to two pumps around 7 months, dropped to one around 9 months, and stopped completely at 11 months, and then rode out my freezer stash and introduced cow’s milk just before one year old after talking to the ped and agreeing that introducing formula for, like, ten days was silly. I was so, so over pumping and dropping those pumps was necessary to my sanity.
My son weaned himself around 14 months. I was a bit sad/surprised but was ultimately fine with it. He was just not that interested in nursing anymore. We were doing once in the morning and once at night for a while, then just at night, then stopped.
Talk to me about BF-ing/pumping after the 6-month mark. My LO is 6.5 months old and has been EBF thus far (I can’t believe we’ve stuck with it this long, but here we are!). How did the frequency of feedings change as you introduced solid foods? Did you find that you were able to pump less often at work as your baby got older? When and how did you ultimately decide to wean? I feel pretty clueless about BFing from here on out, simply because I always assumed we’d switch to formula at some point.
Gate-checking a stroller, does it need a cover? I’m torn between not wanting the fabric to get beat up vs. the ease of just collapsing it at the end of the jetway and not having to wrangle it into its bag.
Going to a baby shower where we’re all supposed to bring a book with a sweet note instead of a card. Any recommendations for a special book? I was going to do Dear Zoo because it’s my son’s favorite, but wondering if there is something out there a little more special??
Anyone purchased from LatchedMama? I like some of the designs but often feel like the clothes look like they’re cut a bit looser/less structured but wonder if that’s just because I’m conditioned to seeing models wearing clothes versus the regular people they use on the website.
I have 3 kids- for a necklace like this, would it work best as 3 separate necklaces, or one with all 3 initials? Or…not at all?
Silly question today. We have a two and three year old and previously were a water and milk at home, juice if you are at the park or a birthday party or something special family. Honestly the primary reason was I hated sticky sippy cups, but it ended up turning my kids into good water drinkers.
Recently it’s been hot out and juice has crept into the house and now my 3 year old is always demanding it. I’m thinking of cutting it out again. My DH thinks juice isn’t bad and I’m being weirdly strict here.
Do any of you have rules around juice? Is this a silly one? We allow TV and all sorts of other things, juice just seems like a bad habit to me compared to water!