Makeup & Beauty Monday: Liquid Lash Extensions Tubing Mascara

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An open green tube of mascara next to a closeup of the applicator end

On a recent trip with some friends, three of us were delighted when we all pulled the same Thrive Causemetics mascara out of our bags. This tubing mascara is one of the best items in my makeup collection and perhaps the only one I would pay full price for if I ran out unexpectedly. My eyelashes are already pretty long, but this stuff makes it look like I have extensions and it lasts all day long without smudging or smearing.

When it’s time to take it off, I soak a reusable cotton pad in micellar water and very gently press it down on my lashes. It comes off in one or two swipes — much easier than some of the waterproof mascaras I’ve tried in the past. 

The mascara is $26 and comes in five colors. I’ve only used the brown-black and black because I’m boring, but I may try the deep blue in my next order. 

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Two of my daughters likely need braces. We have taken them to two consults with orthodontists so far, both of whom came highly recommended in my various mom networks. The recommendations were wildly different – identified different issues and recommended different treatment plans and different timelines. The issues the first orthodontist identified as immediate must-fix priorities do not need to be addressed at all, according to the second orthodontist, and vice-versa.

How do we resolve this? Both orthos have the same certifications and they are basically the same cost and same distance from home/school. Do we go to a third orthodontist? How do I know who is correct?

how old are your kids and do they mention school friends during the summer? my 7 year old has barely mentioned a classmate since school ended a month ago. we had a handful of post-school hangouts, and she’s been in day camp with other friends, but has not mentioned or asked for any of her school friends. is this typical?

Has anyone hired a nanny on a temporary basis? I’ve never hired help before and I’m curious how you did it and how you determined what (if any) benefits to offer.

There will be about a 4 month gap between the end of my maternity leave and when DH is eligible to take his 12-week paternity leave. I don’t want to put LO in daycare for 4 months and then either lose our spot or have to continue paying for 12 weeks. That 4 months also falls over the winter holidays, and I’d like to avoid flu season. So, I’m thinking a nanny for the gap might be best.

I got in touch with an agency and I know some friends have hired through care dot com. Do I need to pay the nanny for holidays? We’ll probably visit family for about a week during that time; do I need to pay them for that week? Holidays plus our time visiting family would total like 10 days paid time off, which seems like a LOT for a 4-month job placement. What is a typical way to manage this? The agency hasn’t been much help, they say we can do whatever. Thanks!

Does anyone have any resources or strategies to help talk to a kid (4 yo) about a kid with special needs/disabilities? My nephew is special needs and is a year older than DS. DS has gotten to where he has started to ask about his cousin’s behaviors and is noticing he is “different.” In the past, DS has also copied some of these behaviors because he thinks it’s fun– even though he is old enough to have outgrown the behavior and know better. I also get worried that DS copying nephew is going to start to come off as mocking nephew.

Examples of some of these behaviors– nephew throws food to signal he is done eating and puts things in his mouth to stim. Nephew also requires a screen to sit in place while he eats and then will start bucking wildly to get out of his chair. Nephew also plays with things primarily by throwing toys/tearing things down, etc. (DS will get upset that nephew is not playing with toys the “right” way or bc nephew knocks down the blocks he is building.)

My 7 month old has started to refuse to tilt her head back to drink a bottle, so it’s getting to be a struggle to feed her. Is she too young for a weighted straw cup? Other suggestions?

Does anyone have any books/suggestions for 1st grade boy friendship struggles?

He has two kids that he considers his friends (and I think used to be?) But it’s becoming clear to me that he’s very much the third wheel, and maybe an unwelcome one. The other two regularly talk in front of him about playdates they’re having that he’s not invited to. One of the moms is oblivious and contributes to this (almost to the point where I wonder if it’s intentional?) The other mom is more aware and recently invited him to join when this happened. But then the kid got really upset and didn’t want him to come, so we came home instead.

I’ve explained to him that other people get to have their own plans, and that’s okay. And I’m going to try to expand his circle and hopefully avoid these three-together situations in the future when I can. But ooooof, it’s hard to watch.

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I want to buy my toddler (boy) and toddler niece coordinating swim suits. My SIL trends towards more girly options (muted hues and/or ruffles). Any suggestions? I’m fine putting my toddler in pink purple etc.

Any tips for American Girl Doll Store in Chicago? Heading there for the first time with my 5yo daughter in about a month. She loves the idea of having the dolls and has two (one we purchased, one she received as a hand-me-down), but she doesn’t really play with them – she’s more into Barbies. Nevertheless, I want it to be a special thing for her as she has been asking about going for a while. Maybe brunch and purchasing a new outfit for her doll? We could do the salon thing for the doll, but the one she has with long hair is pretty tangled and messy due to playing a bit rougher with the doll than expected…

If a grownup in the kids section of the pool, is it fair game to splash them?

Sort of related to the phone question below – my 7 year olds have fallen in love with reading (yay!), so every morning they like to check which books we’ve requested from the library are available, read the synopsis of the books etc. all from the app on my phone. The library summer reading also involves an app on my phone. Should i not care that they spend like 10-15 minutes on my phone looking up books, since they do then actually read the books? It just feels weird to me that my 7 year old is asking to use my phone.

A commenter on the main page described dusty pink as: what the mom is supposed to wear tona custody hearing. Which reminds me, my tiny postpartum wardrobe doesn’t have anything appropriate for my upcoming custody hearings. :(

Suggestions welcome please! Specific pieces, outfits, vibes… I’m tall, long waisted and not overweight. Soft and mom-shaped, including a soft squishy belly and sizeable milk- machines that are sliding way down.

My 7 year old has a great memory in some ways (she will randomly bring up something that happened 3+ years ago, that we don’t have photos of and never talk about) and a terrible memory for other things, particularly details she just learned. A recent example is she couldn’t remember the name of a character in a book and she asked me probably 10 times in the space of a couple hours. I don’t think forgetting the name of a minor character is that weird, but needing to be told over and over again and not being able to retain the information doesn’t seem typical at this age — right? Is this an ADHD thing? She has a lot of other common ADHD behaviors although we haven’t pursued a diagnosis.

Does anyone have good book recommendations for helping a spouse (and me, haha) set better boundaries around using our phones? My husband is constantly on his phone. I am not innocent either, but I am not as addicted to my phone as my husband. It is definitely causing a rift in our marriage and in our communication. We have two small kids, so the whole dynamic is maddening because he is never really present with the family and I often times feel like I can’t truly step out and take a break for myself because he will just pick up the phone and only half pay attention to the kids or just watch videos on his phone with them. I am sick of asking him to put down the phone, and at some point he has to deal with the problem on his own. He is a great dad and husband, but this problem has gotten out of hand and has only gotten worse as we advance in our careers.

If your baby rolls to their side or stomach in the crib overnight and can’t consistently roll back (from the stomach), do you flip them? Seeing conflicting things online and our ped seemed to think we should be flipping but there’s no way I can be expected to do that every two mins all night long.

I know not everyone cares about this as an issue, but we try to not post our kids on social media to the extent we can control it: our close friends and family all know not post pics of our children on FB, insta, etc.; we are, ourselves, not on any social networks; and we generally do not sign those waivers consenting to their school/camp/activities posting them on their socials. Sometimes things get thru and we have tried to be pretty easy going about it as it inevitable in this day and age.

But lately a few things have come up with regularity and I’m wondering how you handle it without creating tension/issues with other parents. A few recent examples:

1. Kid is involved in an extracurricular activity that culminated in an event outside school. One of the parents went as a chaperone & made a really funny video interviewing all the kids there. This was shared with the parents, which I loved, and also posted on YouT*be, which I don’t.

2. Kid went to bday party where they did an activity and the mom sent a video of the fun to the other moms in a text chain later. One parent then asked if others would mind it being posted on social media and 2 people said “thumbs up” and 10 said nothing, including me, and she posted it pretty immediately after the first thumbs up.

3. Class parent in kid’s class asked everyone in class to send video saying what they loved about school and their teacher for an end of year surprise for their teacher. She then posted the final video on YouT*be without asking anyone if it was OK.

I don’t know what my specific question is because I think these are somewhat different – I probably should have spoken up for 2, and should request that 3 be taken down but for some reason 1 bothers me less even though it’s kind of the same as 3… maybe because it felt the most compulsory to participate in this and we weren’t told that it would be posted this way.

What I am wondering is how to handle stuff like this without being seen as difficult or a party pooper because I realize that my family is in the minority of caring about this stuff and I don’t want to be seen as the “difficult” mom who ruins everyone else’s internet fun. Thoughts?