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I recently had my yearly physical (OK, year and a half-ly physical), and one of my takeaways was that I need to be more careful of what I eat.
Not just for the number on the scale, but also due to having gestational diabetes while pregnant in combination with other elevated risk factors, I need to watch my blood sugar levels. I think the only way I’m going to be able to do this is by meal planning, especially for lunches.
I am really loathe to add another thing to my list of responsibilities, but I know my personality, and when I’m given a choice of what to eat, I’m going to choose the less healthy/more delicious option. Over on Corporette, Kat and the readers had an interesting discussion about eating the same food every day, which I think may be a way for me to take away the option to make a less healthy choice.
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I use the 4-cup square Pyrex snaplock containers for meal prep. If I want bento-style compartments, I add silicone muffin cups (they must be as tall as the container or the contents will spill). For salad dressings, I use the tiny plastic jars from Sistema. This system works for everything from salads to sandwiches to leftovers to cute bento lunches. Nothing ever leaks, and there is no microwaving of plastic.
anon
Jun 27, 2019 9:14 am
Please share your tips on how to transition back to a normal schedule after vacationing in a different time zone. We were in California and need to get back to EST. Our 2 year old seems hardest hit by the schedule difference and scream-cried for two hours last night. I am trying to inch back into the regular routine, but he goes to daycare and keeps their regular schedule. So, he naps at 12noon but isn’t ready to sleep at night till 11pm EST. Ugh, help!
Boston Legal Eagle
Jun 27, 2019 9:14 am
Did anyone read Emily Oster’s new book, Cribsheet? Basically a review of the available and sometimes lack of studies around various decisions of early parenting. I enjoyed it and a lot of it is what we discuss here (i.e. breast milk is not some magic elixir – if bfeeding works for you, great, but if not, other variables make much more of a difference in how your kids will end up, a parent’s need or desire to sleep more should be taken into account when making baby sleep training decisions). I already felt most of this was the case, but as a rule follower anxious person, it was good to read the data back it up.
Anonymous
Jun 27, 2019 9:31 am
My girls are 1,3 and 5.5 (heading to K). For the past 1.5 years, the older two have shared a bedroom that was adjoining the playroom. They used to have their own rooms but wanted to move in together around the time the baby was born and we were happy to oblige and keep our guest room.
For the past few weeks, they’ve had a lot of trouble getting to sleep- fighting, being overtired, getting up at different times, etc.
We’ve let my older daughter sleep in the guest room. I keep telling her (and really, both of them), they can have their own rooms whenever they want. We have a guest setup in the basement so we aren’t worried about losing space.
Do I push gently to get my older one moved into what is now the guest room? Is it weird to have her bed and “stuff” in one room but to have her sleep in another room entirely?
I guess I don’t care either way, but it’s looking like sleeping in the guest room may be permanent and I’d just move the guest junk out and her junk in and paint the walls for her and call it her room.
Or, if it isn’t broke don’t fix it?
She was the main advocate for room sharing saying she was lonely etc. but…she now asks to sleep in the guest room.
anon
Jun 27, 2019 10:49 am
When did you start showing with #2? I feel like now, sometimes I look pregnant anyway in certain outfits (more so than before #1, although it still happened then).
FVNC
Jun 27, 2019 11:10 am
I know there are some Triangle-area moms here…we’ll be visiting family in Raleigh and I’m curious if there are any taxi or car service companies that have car seats? I assume not, and internet research seems to confirm that, but thought I’d check here among you all-knowing ladies!
anon
Jun 27, 2019 12:02 pm
posted late in the day yesterday so thought I would repost – did anyone have success sleep training night only (no naps)? MIL watches LO and refuses to CIO for naps.
She feeds baby a bottle for naps and then another when he wakes up to extend nap, which is less than ideal. What other ways do you have caregivers put baby down for nap? Baby is 10 months old.
Ny bound
Jun 27, 2019 3:09 pm
Posted in yesterday’s thread by accident. Ny area people- what are some family friendly neighborhoods in Brooklyn, queens or the Bronx? My partner got a job offer in ny and we are looking at neighborhoods to move to. I am already working remote. We are bringing two kids under 5, and will need to start one in public school soon, so schools are obviously a big consideration. His office is on 8th Avenue I think. We are ok renting but would like to buy and not switch schools
Anon
Jun 27, 2019 3:25 pm
This is so awkward… when my daughter was a baby, DH and I were too casual about using the word ‘b00b’ as slang for nursing when talking to each other (eg., “lets put her on the b00b, then do solids” “ok, let me just whip out my b00b” etc). Whenever we were talking directly to her, we said milk, but somehow she learned the b word, and now (15 months) yells ‘b00b’ and taps my breast when she wants to nurse, or even when she overhears us say ‘milk’ (including yesterday at the grocery store…omg.) I guess on the upside she hasn’t started saying f–k, which we definitely also used too much until recently? Although I wonder if that’s just because she can’t say an “f” sound. Lesson learned, kids are ALWAYS listening.
I use the 4-cup square Pyrex snaplock containers for meal prep. If I want bento-style compartments, I add silicone muffin cups (they must be as tall as the container or the contents will spill). For salad dressings, I use the tiny plastic jars from Sistema. This system works for everything from salads to sandwiches to leftovers to cute bento lunches. Nothing ever leaks, and there is no microwaving of plastic.
Please share your tips on how to transition back to a normal schedule after vacationing in a different time zone. We were in California and need to get back to EST. Our 2 year old seems hardest hit by the schedule difference and scream-cried for two hours last night. I am trying to inch back into the regular routine, but he goes to daycare and keeps their regular schedule. So, he naps at 12noon but isn’t ready to sleep at night till 11pm EST. Ugh, help!
Did anyone read Emily Oster’s new book, Cribsheet? Basically a review of the available and sometimes lack of studies around various decisions of early parenting. I enjoyed it and a lot of it is what we discuss here (i.e. breast milk is not some magic elixir – if bfeeding works for you, great, but if not, other variables make much more of a difference in how your kids will end up, a parent’s need or desire to sleep more should be taken into account when making baby sleep training decisions). I already felt most of this was the case, but as a rule follower anxious person, it was good to read the data back it up.
My girls are 1,3 and 5.5 (heading to K). For the past 1.5 years, the older two have shared a bedroom that was adjoining the playroom. They used to have their own rooms but wanted to move in together around the time the baby was born and we were happy to oblige and keep our guest room.
For the past few weeks, they’ve had a lot of trouble getting to sleep- fighting, being overtired, getting up at different times, etc.
We’ve let my older daughter sleep in the guest room. I keep telling her (and really, both of them), they can have their own rooms whenever they want. We have a guest setup in the basement so we aren’t worried about losing space.
Do I push gently to get my older one moved into what is now the guest room? Is it weird to have her bed and “stuff” in one room but to have her sleep in another room entirely?
I guess I don’t care either way, but it’s looking like sleeping in the guest room may be permanent and I’d just move the guest junk out and her junk in and paint the walls for her and call it her room.
Or, if it isn’t broke don’t fix it?
She was the main advocate for room sharing saying she was lonely etc. but…she now asks to sleep in the guest room.
When did you start showing with #2? I feel like now, sometimes I look pregnant anyway in certain outfits (more so than before #1, although it still happened then).
I know there are some Triangle-area moms here…we’ll be visiting family in Raleigh and I’m curious if there are any taxi or car service companies that have car seats? I assume not, and internet research seems to confirm that, but thought I’d check here among you all-knowing ladies!
posted late in the day yesterday so thought I would repost – did anyone have success sleep training night only (no naps)? MIL watches LO and refuses to CIO for naps.
She feeds baby a bottle for naps and then another when he wakes up to extend nap, which is less than ideal. What other ways do you have caregivers put baby down for nap? Baby is 10 months old.
Posted in yesterday’s thread by accident. Ny area people- what are some family friendly neighborhoods in Brooklyn, queens or the Bronx? My partner got a job offer in ny and we are looking at neighborhoods to move to. I am already working remote. We are bringing two kids under 5, and will need to start one in public school soon, so schools are obviously a big consideration. His office is on 8th Avenue I think. We are ok renting but would like to buy and not switch schools
This is so awkward… when my daughter was a baby, DH and I were too casual about using the word ‘b00b’ as slang for nursing when talking to each other (eg., “lets put her on the b00b, then do solids” “ok, let me just whip out my b00b” etc). Whenever we were talking directly to her, we said milk, but somehow she learned the b word, and now (15 months) yells ‘b00b’ and taps my breast when she wants to nurse, or even when she overhears us say ‘milk’ (including yesterday at the grocery store…omg.) I guess on the upside she hasn’t started saying f–k, which we definitely also used too much until recently? Although I wonder if that’s just because she can’t say an “f” sound. Lesson learned, kids are ALWAYS listening.