Family Friday: Baller Hat Run
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As I get older, I have less and less tolerance for being out in direct sunlight. (I think back to my teen years when I would go to the beach with friends and not one of us would bring an umbrella.) Now that I am out and about with my son this summer, everywhere I go I’m constantly wishing there were more shade. I’ve been wearing either my trusty Yankees hat or the law firm swag hat I got when I played on the firm’s softball team the year I was a paralegal, but I’ve been thinking it’s time for something more stylish. I like how this hat is stretchy and is made with sweat-wicking fabric (it’s hand washable), and this pictured color combo would match most of my summer clothes. The hat is $38 at Lululemon and comes in seven other colors and patterns. Baller Hat Run
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Has anyone else heard of this? I was shocked to find that a former coworker was involved in this group in our city (and then went down the rabbit hole of reviewing the traffic on their FB page). At least with a wetnurse, my sense was that that was a regular gig (so if your wetnurse seemed to reek of tobacco (or worse) or have a new tattoo or obvious needle marks, you’d notice and stop at once. [Also, my sense is that if you have a newborn, your milk is different than if you are nursing a 6 month old. Pumped milk from a stranger might not line up with what your baby should be getting.]
It sounds even worse than DIY blood transfusions (if only b/c you are making that choice for a wee baby without all his/her shots or a well-developed immune system).
I’m all for nursing (or not, as suits you/your baby), but OMG I have never felt more strongly that formula is just fine.
Any recommendations on alphabet-related books for toddlers? Or really anything reading-related? We haven’t ever pushed letters with our 2.5 year old and she is in no way “advanced” (whatever that means) but she’s been really curious about reading and letters lately “which word are you reading, mama?” and so I was thinking of adding some fun alphabet books to our evening rotation.
Can I admit something really horrible? And you can tell me if I need to like… seek mental health help or something? Or if this sounds normal given my situation and it’s just part of life and it will get better once she gets older?
I love my daughter, but I hate and dread 5:30-7:30 pm every night. I do not at all enjoy listening to her incessant demands and whining after getting home from my non-stressful job. How is it possible to ask for so many things over and over again? AND NOT EFFING LISTEN WHEN I SAY YES???? I’m so over it. I feel like a monster for not enjoying her presence. Maybe I’m burned out from the amount of solo parenting I do. I don’t know. Maybe three year olds just suck sometimes? I am never sad when the weekend is over. Usually the mornings are fine, but this morning was a complete disaster and so I’m wallowing in how horrible I feel.
FWIW spending time with her in the evening is fine if we’re out of the house, going on a walk, doing an activity, or going to the store, but we can’t do that every night. Half the time when we’re at home for the evening I park her in front of the TV so I don’t have to interact with her. I realize this is terrible and I hate myself for it.
I have a mediocre-to-bad relationship with my mom and I don’t want to have the same thing happen here. Ugh. Help me. What do I do?
My sister just gave birth! Is there anything you all would like liked in those first few days? Trying to think of something thoughtful or useful I can have delivered since I won’t be able to visit in person for a couple of weeks.
My 5 month old is army crawling, but the only thing that motivates her to do it is a screen. She won’t crawl to us or a toy. But if there’s a phone or computer a few feet away, she’ll slowly work her way over there. I don’t know if I should be proud or disturbed. And does this mean we have to start limiting how much we use our devices in front of her? She’s never had “screen time” where we plop her in front of a TV or computer, but she has definitely seen us using them and appears to be entranced…
How unprofessional is it to bring your baby on a work trip, along with an adult caretaker? I need to travel for work shortly after returning from maternity leave. Baby will be 5 months old at the time of the trip and exclusively breastfed unless something changes between now and then (she’s 3 months currently and EBF). DH will be on paternity leave and would come with me to be the primary caretaker. He doesn’t expect to see me for meals and understands that I would be attending the conference during the day and going out with colleagues at night. A childless friend balked at this plan and said it was really unprofessional. But I hate to wean the baby so early just because of this trip and the idea of mailing milk home is really daunting.
Dinner :) A delivery person showing up at my door at no cost and no planning with food for my family and I. Pizza, anything.
My husband and I disagree on what house/apartment to buy. Some big picture categorical differences in that he’s comfortable spending more money (not like more than we could afford, in fairness, I would just rather spend less) and would take character in exchange for a place that maybe needs work or has less square feet, I kind of just want to move into a nice place, or a place cheap enough that we could renovate it before we move in.
anyway, the specifics not as important – anyone been there/done that have advice on how to navigate? We are looking in a very low-inventory area so waiting around for a place we both love is probably not realistic. He is definitely more emotionally invested in this than me, so part of me thinks I should just give in.
Any super pregnant women out there? What are you doing to keep your sanity in the last stretch? I am both apprehensive of the insanity that I know is heading my way and ready for this level of physical discomfort to end…
We have been looking; we are kind of zoned in on two very different places (an affordable apartment v a townhouse with a rental unit that requires renovations). Neither of us hates the one the other loves, it’s more just a preference issue. I think I’m much more head over heart on this and looking at what will make our lives easy in terms of money and stress and he is the opposite and looking at what would be “living the dream”. We’ve been looking for quite a while.