Everyone Thursday: Alphabet Letter Pendants

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initial pendants for momsI’ve noted before that my Maya Brenner “G” necklaces are some of my favorites — but these Monica Vinader pendants may just give them a run for their money. I love how each initial is in a different font with different little details — the crosshatches on the D, the sparkles on the H, the lowercase, serif-y goodness of the G. They’re available in gold, silver, rose gold, and (hell-o!) rose gold diamonds, all for $105-$240 per initial. Nice. MONICA VINADER A-Z Alphabet Letter gold-plated pendants

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I have international business travel in exactly 41 days. I’ve traveled a few times for business since my second kiddo was born, but I’m always back in two days. This time is for a week, and it is to India so I am not willing to bring second bebe and the nanny. I do NOT have enough milk pumped and frozen to feed her. Plus, she is six months old and I am beyond ready to wean her. BUT I cannot get her to take any formula. I’ve tried the following:
1. feed her first thing in the morning formula so she is hungriest
2. feed her nighttime when she is “dream feeding” so she is half asleep
3. mix 7 oz breast milk with less than 1oz of formula so she barely tastes it
4. try it in cereal so she gets used to the taste
5. put sugar (gasp) and/or vanilla in it so she will like it.

NOTHING works. She flatly refuses it once she realizes what it is (sometimes will drink 1/2 an oz, but then realizes) and then FLIPS OUT. And then she screams when the nipple comes near her until you prove to her it is only breast milk. She takes a bottle like a champ, but only breastmilk.

I’m at my wits end. Does anyone have ANY ideas on how to wean a difficult child like this to formula? I really don’t want to just starve her until she takes the bottle, but is that my only option? the thought of that reduces me nearly to tears.

Thanks for any advice. I MUST get this kiddo on formula in a month or I’m sunk.

Hi y’all. Do Belly Bands really work? I’ve heard people say that they ride up/down and need a lot of adjusting, but I’m also not sure what alternative I have if I want to keep wearing my suits.

Any tips for a kid who is just NOT a “morning person”? My daughter has woken up from 95% of all naps and sleeps in a horrible sobbing whiny shrieky mess of tears since the day she was born. Our mornings and post-nap periods are miserable. She’s 2.5 … it’s getting old.

If your nanny has a credit card that you provide, would you provide the details of the set up? I’ve heard everything from refillable debit card totally separate from anything to just adding the nanny on as a user to one’s regular account.

My husband and I both use a credit card linked to our Costco account for everything, but our nanny does a lot of our shopping for us. We’d like to add our nanny so she can use the card and the Costco membership , we can get the points and we don’t have to check any new accounts we’re not checking anyways. What’s the downside here? Obviously we already trust her with something much more important than a credit card (our kids!) but there’s some exposure here, no? My mom has me on some of her accounts simply for ease of me taking over should she become incapacitated but now her stuff shows up on my credit check and when I refinanced my house, there was some weird extra step required because of this.

Also posted on the main s!te:

My PT thinks I may need to be referred for pelvic floor PT. Experiences? Anecdotes? It sounds a little…invasive…

Our son hates kindergarten, which he started 3 weeks ago. He’s getting physical with other kids and tells the teachers that he is bored and doesn’t want to do the work. Boredom is likely part of the problem, as he already knows how to read and write. He was at a Montessori school the past 2 years, so it’s obviously a pretty big change to a “regular” school. I’ve told him he has to keep his hands to himself and he has to do his work, that’s just how school is. Do you wise women have any ideas? TIA.