[atreegrowsinhawaii]

I am literally brainwashed by cute baby because my husband getting ✂️ in a week is making me want a third.

I DON’T WANT A THIRD.

But I want all the highs of having one more baby.

They’re such squishy little gateway drugs 😭

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

I made a list of reasons it’s good we’re stopping at two.

It’s a good list.

I will miss being pregnant, finding out, and those first few hours with a baby forever I guess !!!!!

I will be showing up to help every one of my friends having newborns in the years to come to get my little newborn head smell fix when they need to shower (but predominantly helping them).

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

I am literally brainwashed by cute baby because my husband getting ✂️ in a week is making me want a third.

I DON’T WANT A THIRD.

But I want all the highs of having one more baby.

They’re such squishy little gateway drugs 😭

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

Honestly, sometimes I hate that Hawaii forces me to shop in bulk at Costco to save gross amounts of money.

Because now I have a gun to my head to finish 24 kiwis in like a week.

[jackisreallycool]

In life you have 2 choices. U can lean with it or U can rock with it.

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

Names are so fascinating

I read “The Names” by Florence Knapp while I was pregnant and I think that put me on a tailspin about the gravity of naming a child.

I feel like both of us are still not totally convinced on A’s full name but the state of Hawaii *finally* delivered her birth certificate and we want to start the process for passports for the kids (in case we do get a wild hair and go to Japan) and we’re both just like…this is more trouble than it’s worth 😅😭

But people name their kids some wild shit nowadays so I think a name is probably just a name!?

I went by Cami for literally 18 years and then I showed up at college, stuck out my hand to my roommate and said “I’m Camille” and that was that.

Everyone who knew me before college and everyone who knows me after knows me by two different names.

My husband has gone by his middle name his entire life (Michael) but has tried to embrace his first name in his work life (John) and I’ve confused the shit out of all our neighbors in our adult life when he introduces himself as “John” and then I refer to him as “Michael” and I’ve had them literally stop me mid-sentence - “who?”

A is Annie until she one day maybe decides to go by her full name, or her middle name, or some secret third name.

Maybe just maybe it’s not that deep. Lol.

[rhaenicentdaily]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON | Season 3, Episode 6, "Faceless Men"

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

When I vent to a friend who asks how I am and their response is “GIRL you are literally only 3 months postpartum.”

and I’ve been phrasing it as “I need to get my shit together, I am 3 months postpartum.”

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

J crashed his bike last night and stumbled in covered in scrapes and road rash from his knee, elbow, and hands.

NO ER visit this time. Not sure if you all remember the eyebrow gash of 2025 that required actual stitches.

This feels like a normal thing and a right of passage? I have two memories of crashing my bike and getting bad road rash and scrapes. To this day I remember!

But family always tells me we let him go too fast too young on his pedal bike and idk! I am proud he’s so fearless and takes assessed risks this young (ALWAYS WITH A HELMET). But he was going too fast. We both commented on it aloud.

Injuries do make me second guess our “let him fuck around and find out” style parenting with outdoor play.

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

I dislike-follow this person (lol) and she just wrote the worst take of Yesteryear in my opinion. I kind of want everyone to read this review and dissect. She is basically doing exactly what she claims the author is doing!!!!! Being a mean girl to anyone who chooses not to stay home!!!!

It’s long as f*ck and requires book context.

Caro Claire Burke, Queen of The Angry Women

The lessons you learned from Yesteryear that you should urgently forget

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

Pediatrician got us referred to an SLP for bottle refusal, but at this point (3.5 months) I’m like….well in 2.5 months, I can introduce every cup in existence to see if she’d drink breast milk (or formula) out of those instead? 🥲😅🤣

The bottle/paci graveyard (there’s more, I’m just too tired to find them).

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

If you’d like to see some fascism in action, be a military spouse or military-related individual this month watching every, single social media resource for information, events, and family activities be taken down by order of Pete Fuckface.

Except for official public affairs related pages that he can control, of course :)

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

My 4 y/o is so good at delayed gratification and I I don’t recall teaching him this?!

He always wants to wait to open little gift bags from school “until we’re home” and little treats we’ll get him out and about (and say he can eat anytime!) until he can eat them “at home” or he’ll save the last piece of something he loves “for next time”! This morning it’s this science kit he and his dad ordered and he just wanted to look at the box, but “Not open until it’s time! That’ll make it more fun!”

(Well damn I wanted to look at this thing!)

Sir your parents are the most impatient people on planet earth where did you acquire this skill.

[thereignclub-trc]

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

Wow 🥺 we left the house as a family and went on a short hike and the baby didn’t scream in the car seat and everyone had fun and then I ordered two sets of matching pajamas for the kiddos for the fall season and dare I say I love this season of motherhood.

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

The pajamas.

I can’t with the mushroom ones. 4 y/o signed off on both and is excited to match sissy.

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

Wow we left the house as a family and went on a short hike and the baby didn’t scream in the car seat and everyone had fun and then I ordered two sets of matching pajamas for the kiddos for the fall and dare I say I love this season of motherhood.

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

I will feed this baby literally anywhere and I do not care. This is my big “second child” win.

[atreegrowsinhawaii]

Is there a genetic component to being pre-disposed to mild flat spots?

With my first, he had a mild flattening at the back of his head and it made sense due to how much he loved the swing and early daycare days (containers) so we just worked really hard at home to avoid it worsening and he outgrew it.

This baby is never set down. I mean like held and carried so much my husband and I are both suffering from chronic pain LOL. (She liked the swing for roughly 1 month and now hates it, hates the stroller, hates car seats, etc). When she is set down it’s mat time and tummy time. But she sleeps in the Snoo on her back from 8pm - 7am? (Obviously wakes up 1-2x, but like consistently on her back all night)

She also has a mild flat spot!?

I’m just like ????? If you kid had a perfectly round head did you ignore back-to-sleep guidance? Or how the heck did your baby have a perfectly round head? 😭🤣