Maternity Monday: Maternity Fold-Over Pant
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For days when loungewear is an option, reach for these soft maternity pants.
Skims’ maternity pants are stretchy, yet supportive. Made of cotton jersey, these pants have a wide fold-over waistband that can be worn over or under your bump. They also come in a wide range of sizes, ranging from XXS-4X.
Skims’ maternity fold-over pants are $74 and come in soot, light heather gray, and cherry blossom.
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i know that this can be typical, but is making me feel very othered/like an outsider, but DH and I have been together for 20+ years, married for 14 of them. DH’s mother and sister are throwing a bridal shower for DH’s much younger brother’s fiance (by that I mean my MIL is paying for all of it, and not sure what my SIL is doing) and i was invited just like any other guest. like no advance notice of the date, will the date work for you, etc. (i live out of town). i am in the wedding party, my kids are the flower girls. i know every family does things differently, but in my family, the children-in-law are treated less like in-laws and more like part of the family. DH’s brother was 8 when DH and I started dating, so i’ve known him a long time. This is just a vent. And I think hurts a bit more since my own mom passed about 7 years ago and we were very close, and my MIL used to say things like ‘oh you’re my other daughter,’ but i guess not…
Tell me about your favorite National Park vacations with kids, especially elementary schoolers We have a rising 4th grader and we’d like to use the pass to do more national park travel this coming year. We used to live in California and visited all the national parks there and we did a big pre-kids trip to Alaska and have been to Acadia and the Hawaii parks as a family, but that’s pretty much it.
I’ve been dealing with anxiety/panic wake ups during the night for a while and I’m preparing to talk to my doctor about it. I understand that I should stop drinking alcohol (already drink infrequently), reduce daily stress, and exercise to address this. I did a few therapy sessions related to a couple serious events I’ve experienced in the past few years, but I found talk therapy to make things worse. I think I just want my doctor to confirm I’m on the right track with no alcohol, stress reduction, and exercise. Anyone else dealt with this issue and have any insight?
Anyone have advice on exercise induced asthma? It’s an unsurprising diagnosis given kid’s other conditions, but our pediatrician basically gave us inhalers, told us to use them as a first line treatment if breathing seemed difficult, and pushed us out the door. I have no idea if I should be encouraging low grade exercise to strengthen kid’s lungs or avoiding sports, for example. Like, with eczema, there was a whole laundry list of things we could try to minimize flares. I would love to hear how this has played out for other parents. Kid turns 4 in a few weeks.
Has anyone here done ABA therapy for their autistic child? Our psychiatrist has suggested it for our almost 7 year old daughter who is still struggling. She is already in weekly therapy but its not ABA based. She has ASD level 1 and ADHD combined type diagnoses and presents with aspects of a PDA profile. Medication has helped a little bit but all the stimulant medications we’ve tried have caused negative side effects (aggression mostly). I thought ABA had to be like 20 hours a week and I know there is lots of negative press about it in the autistic community. Obviously I’ll talk to our psychiatrist and our psychologist but I was wondering if anyone here had experiences they could share.
For those of you who have/had babies or toddlers who fight every step of activities of daily living, how do you handle it? I can count on one hand the number of diaper changes that haven’t been like wrestling an alligator (complete with death roll) and I’m not sure when the last time I dressed a calm, cooperative baby was. He just smashed his skull into my ear as a typical response to needing his nose wiped. It’s wearing me down so badly – it’s like every moment when something needs to get done is super high-conflict and the floor is a disaster zone after every single meal, which makes me hate cooking even more than I already did. He’s just 17 months and not verbal enough for all the gentle parenting psychobabble, which I’m not into anyway. We have so much fun at the park, with toys, hiking, whatever – but the annoying tasks of life have to get done too and they take up a lot of time, so a lot of the day is spent in fight mode. How can I make these tasks suck less? We already try to make things playful (singing songs, brushing stuffed animal teeth, things like that) and it’s like it reduces the friction 0.45% tops.
For the mom who was posting about the anxiety win with her son last week, you inspired me! DD (age 11) is resistant to both therapy and any sort of deep breathing. She is on medication, but it doesn’t seem to be making her any more open to this.
I decided to approach this from a different angle after your post and we did a yoga class together this weekend. I have some doubts about whether she can apply the breathing and calming to her regular life, but at least her overall anxiety level felt a bit lower after. My only problem is she requested a harder class for next time, so I may be in over my athletic head. Anyways, thank you for what you shared. It made me think outside the box and I think yoga might be a great idea for us!
I’m interested in hearing how others have approached sports for your child. My daughter is in 2nd grade and has been resistant to trying anything other than soccer. I don’t want to force her into playing a sport that she doesn’t want to play, but I’d love for her to at least try other things to see if she likes them. She is our oldest, so we are new to the world of youth sports. Generally, she doesn’t love having a lot of activities and likes to have free play at home.
For folks with older kids, were your kids able to jump into something new at an older age? I think I’m worried that if she doesn’t try something when she is younger, she’ll miss the boat and won’t be able to pick something up down the line. I’m learning that kids in her grade are already starting club soccer, which is very much not my daughter’s scene. It seems like things are jumping into being much more serious very quickly.
This is maybe a weird question but I’m not sure how to have fun as a mom? My baby is nearly 7 months and he’s adorable and perfect and finally sleeping well enough that I can function a bit. But, what do I do with him? He doesn’t sit or crawl yet.
Thank you for all your help last Friday! The four hour (actually turned out to be five and a half hours) playdate went really well, although I was exhausted afterwards. I ended up buying two self-contained crafting kits and then supplies for another craft project that we can add to our regular art box, and we baked cookies and made flower crowns and I printed out some activity sheets for an outdoor scavenger hunt. Will probably try to cap future playdates at three hours for my own sanity though.