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@piskiemama
Kids are so fucking weird because you'll have a baby that's so fucking clever and figure out within 5 seconds that his controller that you gave him so he stops trying to grab yours isn't controlling the game but also try to give your belly button a bottle.
I would DIE for Kabae
just parenting things...
When you whisper truths to your baby like "you have fat little hands" and "you're gonna be good eatin' in the famine".
Parenting Tip
You never stop checking their breathing. This is your life now.
Parenting in three pictures:
Baby: Stares up at me with his soft little sleepy smile.
Me: …how dare?
Baby Sock VS Adult Sock.
Me: My baby is so smart, so brilliant, makes so many connections!
Sqwyrm: *tries to pick up a hole*
Me: so… smart…
Y'all do know "natural" doesn't mean safe, right? Natural just means... natural. It doesn't mean that it's safe for everyone or that it's magic. Natural doesn't mean free of allergens or toxins.
Which means I don't care what horrible advice y'all get from shitty "all organic, all natural, mommy blogs", don't give a baby under a year old honey, don't feed essential oils to anyone, and be careful what you're burning in the house.
I hate to be the EO person again but it’s so hard to get accurate info! My cousin is a DoTerra convert and has been handing out oils and slathering them on her kid for about a year now but I’m concerned (even more so) as our other cousin is trying to get pregnant. Just how dangerous are EOs during pregnancy, because mostly if there is any safety info it is usually stated to not use during pregnancy (but so do a lot of things because of lack of research). Is inhaling them worse than topical app?
Oh yikes uh, yeah there are some EOs that should not be used topically while pregnant or trying to conceive as they can induce uterine contractions.
Off the top of my head, jasmine oil (distressing cause it’s in so many “expecting mommy blends”), rosemary oil (can be used to increase a weak or unhealthy menstrual flow, but becomes a miscarriage risk in pregnancy) clary sage (same) evening primrose (also same) and you shouldn’t apply wintergreen to your skin anyway, but there’s been some results in recent years show that it’s toxic to developing babies. Peppermint can also cause contractions in some folk as it’s a stimulant.
The risk of these oils is more from topical use, and a lot will be dependent on individual sensitivities, but I always advise pregnant people to limit their exposure to them as much as possible.
Also jasmine, wintergreen, aniseed and oregano can be toxic to newborns, so the whole trend of using oregano oil as a cure all for colic needs to fucking die out asap.
There’s likely more I’m not remembering, and I’m out of the house so I’m afraid I can’t check rn, but yea. Cults like doTerra and Young Living essential oils are profoundly unethical and predatory, and I hope your cousin gets out soon. For the sake of others, if not her bank account. Good luck!
(Before anyone chimes in asking me to explain, search my blog, I’ve talked about this at length. I did not spend 6 months being harassed by essential oil cultists for nothing.)
Cool there’s been asbestos in Johnson & Johnson baby powder this whole time and they have been aware of it for decades and done nothing
@laeffy yeah you uh. Need to stop doing that immediately and maybe go to the doctor to make sure you don’t have mesothelioma
this is so fucking sick
FYI, this applies to talc & talc-based powders / body products in general— J&J knew about this for decades because talc & asbestos occur together naturally (the minerals literally grow together in nature, have similar compositions, and are / were mined together), and they’re difficult to cleanly filter out from each other.
It’s old knowledge that, unless you’re involved in mining, mineralogy, or occupational health & safety, has been deliberately buried from both the public’s and regulators’ knowledge.
CNBC’s article + their writeup on the Reuters report revealing J&J’s cover-ups go into more detail on their corporate liability and the impact of J&J’s products specifically…
…But I cannot overstate that people’s best option right now is to look for products in general that do not contain talc at all, regardless of the manufacturer, and to be vigilant in seeking appropriate healthcare (and/or legal action if required) if symptoms arise.
This goes for body use (diaper powder, chafing powder— this is where the cases of ovarian cancer are coming from), for any use where powder may be inhaled (hair, face), or will have prolonged exposure to mucus membranes (eye makeup, bath bombs, etc.).
J&J are not the only ones who have covered this data up, and companies that aren’t sued will absolutely continue to do so. Be safe & be vigilant.
Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
i was at the doctors today and there was a guy sitting behind me with his baby, and the baby starts crying in its pram and the guy just stands up, faces the kid and says “Come on now, don’t cry, you’re better than that”
also, someone else asked him how old his baby was and he said without even a moments hesitation, “he’s 36 he’s just got a height problem” and I’ve only just come to terms with the fact I’ll never say something that funny in my life
It high-key sounds like you stumbled in halfway through a comedy about a dude who’s friend got magicked into a baby
so when i was 7 or 8 i’d “write letters to hermione granger” and set them out on the piano in the living room every night with my stuffed toy owl and every morning i’d have a letter from hermione back, sitting at the foot of my bed, and hermione and i corresponded like that for months and i’d just like to thank my mom for writing out a “letter from hermione” for me every single night
That is the cutest thing I’ve ever read oh my god
so when i was about the same age i got really into both ciphers and james madison (idk don’t ask) so i just randomly started writing these letters like i was james madison writing to my own spy ring, using all kinds of ciphers. constantly writing that WE MUST SWITCH CIPHERS THE BRITISH ARE ON TO US. and it wasn’t every night because the ciphers kept getting more complex, but it was about one every week for six months and my mother always responded. and she always found the letters, because i took to hiding them in increasingly more obscure locations because spies, obviously.
i didn’t realize how much work this was until i snuck down late one night for a cookie. and saw my mother bent over my giant book of ciphers and muttering to the dog “is this another code or can she not spell?” (i could not and still can not spell) and i was a bit angry at first but i kept watching and she KEPT AT IT. checking everything in that book against my letter and i never felt so loved. my mom with a full time job sitting up to figure out my silly letters said just because i enjoyed the game.
i got her this bio of james madison a few years ago for xmas with a simple number substitution cipher on the inside saying “In thanks for your dedicated years of service, your daughter and occasional President.” She still has it pride of place on her desk next to the obligatory kid pics
so yeah cute mom story for the day.
These are some of the best secret mom stories I’ve ever read, omg.
