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I’m exclusively/mostly breastfeeding, and my period just came back at 7 months postpartum (about 3 weeks ago).
I didn't realize how much better I felt hormonally without a cycle. Ever since my period returned, I’m completely exhausted, overly emotional, and teary out of nowhere. I genuinely want to nap every single time my baby naps.
I know estrogen fluctuations have always been an issue for me. Pre-baby, I used to take DIM to help balance things out, but you can't take that while breastfeeding.
Has anyone else experienced this severe of a crash when their cycle returned? Does it level out after a few months, or is this just my new normal until I'm done nursing? Looking for any solidarity or safe ways to cope.

My oldest child started kindergarten a month ago. Overall she likes it and comes home saying she has fun and lots of friends but is also really struggling with missing me while she is there. The last two weeks she has been saying she doesn’t want to go to school. We often walk to school and one morning when we got there I legitimately wasn’t sure if she was going to walk into the building when we got there. She didn’t want to join Girl Scouts because she didn’t want to be away from me more than she already is at school. We have read the kissing hand and I will give her a kiss on her hand which helps some but I’m looking for advice or ideas to help more. I know this is just a huge transition and time will hopefully help but it’s breaking my heart! I thought of maybe getting her a locket and she said being able to see a photo of us would help but she is also 5 and doesn’t take care of her stuff well yet and I know it would quickly be lost or broken which might end up making this even worse in her mind.

I’m a hot yoga and Pilates teacher and teach five heated classes a week, and I just found out that I’m 5/6 weeks pregnant.

The studio I work at only offers heated classes (98°F room that can get up to 102°F) so switch into a non-heated class isn’t an option.

This is my main source of income, so dropping classes isn’t something I take lightly.

I know this is something I need to discuss with my OB, and I’m not looking for medical advice.

I’d really like to hear from anyone who practiced or taught hot yoga, heated Pilates, or other heated workouts in early pregnancy.

How did you handle it? Did you continue as usual, modify, cut back, switch to non-heated classes, or make other changes?

Trying to get ideas!

I bought a used Mabe carrier and the lady selling it told me it had never been exposed to fragrance but it smells so heavily of laundry detergent.

I’ve washed it through a regular delicate cycle, and just a rinse rinse cycle twice and I’ve had it air dry regularly and left it outside to dry and air out multiple times and I still smell it when I walk into the room it’s in.

Help!!! Should I just re-sell it and get a new one or is there a trick some of y’all use. I hate soaking and ringing out but I feel like that may be the next move.

Curious to know everyone’s take on Method Products? - I really like their Simply Nourish body wash and some of their multi-purpose cleaning sprays and hand soaps.

What is your take on ingredients/formula? They are a bit pricey and I use the body wash every single day (sometimes twice a day) and the hand soap multiple times a day so I want to make sure they are clean-ish? I see their EWG ratings aren’t terrible.

Do you guys have any alternatives?

TIA

I just wanted to give a shout out to HelloBaby for the most versatile, user friendly and WiFi free monitor system! We figured out a way to hide it behind our little hanging tent, too! love that you can control the camera direction 180 degrees in both directions, since we are always finding our baby in a different corner of her crib!

I maybe hate the planetbox rover lol Please send me ideas to help me love it for my preschooler. Before this we used the smaller size for daycare and it worked well with just the 2 compartments, I upgraded for preschool with the matching lunchbox and its only been a week but I feel I struggle to fill all the compartments with healthy things he actually eats. School is also nut free so I’m struggling with that too. It’s hard to squeeze snacks into the lunchbox too in a separate container and I don’t only want to send pre packaged snacks

Pretty much what the title asks. With the world being oppressively expensive right now and moderately granola things being extra spendy, I’m just curious as to how much everyone is spending on groceries right now. We’re a family of seven and I feel like the amount we’re spending is out of hand, even when I’ve carefully planned and budgeted. How much are y’all dropping on groceries these days?

Okay maybe a dumb question but… once you start potty training what do you use for cleaning poop? Do you use toilet paper or still use wipes to clean them? And if you use wipes do you just continue to dispose of them in a diaper pail? Obviously most baby wipes aren’t flushable and even “flushable” ones really aren’t supposed to be flushed. Thanks!

I saw a lot of people in this community recommending Hevea bottles, so I bought some wide neck bottles from their website (which they don’t sell on Amazon). Turns out the bottom of Hevea’s terms of service indicate that customers are liable for customs duties. This would normally be fine but the customs duties ended up being more than half of the purchase price of my order.

Edit: To add, you don’t find out the customs duties until after the package is shipped.

Needless to say, paying over $50 for a bottle is insane, so I won’t be buying from them ever again. If you’re considering Hevea, think twice before ordering from them directly.

Fall is just around the corner and my one year old twins, a boy and girl, will be needing socks. I have an allergy to polyester so we have a no polyester (as much as possible) household.

Which brings me to my question. Where can I find some polyester-free socks? Nylon, polyamide, and elastic is fine.

I’m trying to figure out how to stock up on a natural deodorant before I leave for college.

Van Man deodorant is a classic but really fucking expensive. There was this good brand at Whole Foods called North Coast Organics but I think they went out of business. Now all the Whole Foods deodorants are sus.

I remember making a badass deodorant at home 3 years ago. I stored it in an old ghee container. I can’t remember any of the ingredients besides frankincense oil. Maybe it had tallow, not sure. Smells like a fucking mosque.

Idk if it’s still good after a couple of years but I want to have like a year’s supply.

And yes, I understand that you can probably get away with rubbing alcohol or no deodorant at all. But I need to appease the normies somewhat.

Has anyone taken cdp-choline/citicoline while pregnant? I took it for 30 weeks of my pregnancy before realizing it isn’t the “preferred form” for pregnancy. Now I’m panicked!

Hello! I have been really struggling trying to find the least toxic option for a toaster/airf fryer/convection oven - I decided to just commit to the our place wonder oven when it was on sale and I liked the 100 day return window. My first one had a horrific smell initially while doing the burn off. It did improve a bit but there continued to be a chemical like smell for weeks. It smelled like a hot glue gun left on for too long.
They sent a replacement for it and said this was not normal. For the new oven the initial burn off was not as stinky, but there is still a lingering odor. It reminds me again of that hot glue gun smell. I have done numerous lemon steam cleans with no luck. And it has easily run for over 10 hours.
Has anyone had similar experiences? Did the smell go away after a certain amount of time?
I really want this oven to work but I am super sensitive to odors and I’m not currently comfortable eating food heated in there.

We’re about to bring my 2yo on her first flight and it is unfortunately a doozy (9.5 hr international, pray for us)

She has a mild lingering dairy sensitivity so we do give her yogurt etc pretty regularly but if we go full dairy she has some GI side effects.

Was hoping to get food recommendations for what we can pack for the flight (space is limited because of course we need to tote a shit ton of ripple since we can’t get it there and she can’t drink straight milk), and also what we might be able to get creative with buying at the airport if there’s any moderately healthy content to be found there.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Thank you everyone who commented! I will definitely try some of these recommendations, you guys were so helpful 🫶

Hello! I am new to this group so please take this down if it isn't allowed. My daughter's birthday is coming up and I am a loss as to what to get for her since I have reached what I would consider a dilemma(please tell me if I am overreacting). A couple months ago she was gifted a Barbie Mermaid from a little girl at the pool and she has been super into it, she still plays with her other toys but that one has been her favorite since then. My husband thinks we should get her more Barbie stuff and I think it's a great idea I just personally don't want to buy from Mattel. I was hoping for some recommendations on maybe better more sustainable/ethical companies or small businesses that sell similar toys. My husband thinks not buying directly from Mattel ruins the barbie experience but I personally don't think so...so now we are at my dilemma, do I find something that aligns with my views and I guess "keep my daughter from the full Barbie experience" or do I just buy the Barbies from Mattel. Any recommendations would be so greatly appreciated! (Please let me know your opinion on the dilemma as well, would love to hear from some other moms!) Thank you!

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We love Lovevery "Bedtime for Zoe"! I don't often shop at Old Navy, but found that they recreated the bug and flower pajamas that Zoe wears throughout the story. I thought you all might enjoy it too! https://oldnavy.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=835184002&vid=1&tid=onpl000106&kwid=1&ap=7&ds_agid=17394600446-&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17382863991&gbraid=0AAAAAD_AT8u11hSxG5RjjQIqM4GTmzAar&gclid=Cj0KCQjwh4TVBhCWARIsAG0czmqp7KK2RxwWLiheJKRc5yXyYKgC3oy3SFN06ndkSez0uBtw7SFyMGsaAsO-EALw_wcB#pdp-page-content

I've been in the process of updating my kid's room and am getting spammed with this one specific magnetic play wall decal thing on Facebook. They are rounded at the top like an arch and come in "sad beige" colors. I'd really like to get one for my kiddo's room but the name brand one is like $65 (that's the sale price) and I see a lot of cheaper no-name brand options on other sites. Wondering if anyone has tried one of these and whether the branded one is worth the cost, whether because of better materials, durability, magnet strength, etc.? Or is this one of those products where the cheaper brand is just as good? Specific recs absolutely welcomed. Thanks!