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Has anyone else lost their creativity after having a baby?

I used to paint, write poems, stories, it came so easy to me and I was very creative. It seemed to go away during pregnancy, I thought it was just a “pregnancy brain” thing and that i’d get my creativity back once I had my baby but she’s 10 months old now and it’s still not back 😕 She sleeps fine so it’s not about sleep deprivation either. Before when I got into my creative states everything felt different too, like colors were bright and the world felt interesting. Now everything is bland and if I even try to write or paint my mind just goes blank. Could pregnancy have changed my brain permanently? :( Anyone else have this too?

What’s the most absent-minded thing you’ve done due to lack of sleep?

I just put a banana in the compost instead of the blender and then while laughing to myself about it proceeded to do the exact same thing with some chia seeds

Divorce.

One of my main drawbacks about divorce is acquiring legal help. I cannot afford an attorney. How did you guys who are divorced go about it?

i need some help bromos

you guys always have the most perfect responses to peoples husband problems, so i’m hoping y’all can help me out here, because i honestly suck at defending myself even when i know i’m right. basically, my husband is angry that the baby sees my mom more than she sees his parents. he works five days a week and his parents always visit/we visit them on at least one of his days off, if not both. meanwhile, i visit my mom at her house (<10 minutes away) almost every day that he’s at work. he’s angry that i never facetime his mom (he never facetimes her himself) or visit by myself. in my mind, i’m like “yeah no shit id rather hang out with my own mom”, but i don’t know how to say that in a way that makes sense and doesn’t sound childish in an argument. help?

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Double birthday party presents?

My son (5) got invited to a birthday party for a family friend's daughter. They have played together several times. When I got the party invite I saw that it was a double party, for my son's friend (turning 4) and her older sister (turning 11). Enclosed was a list of things they both like (thank goodness). My son has never interacted with the older sister, and to be 100% honest, I don't even know what she looks like. When the families all get together, we're usually at a campground and she's off doing her own thing. I don't fault the patents at all for having a double party, it sounds a lot easier than two separates parties, especially if their birthdays are so close together. My question is this: do we get them both presents? My inclination is no, we'd buy a present for my son's friend and no one else. However I can also see how this would be interpreted as rude. The party is tomorrow (9/25) but I have plenty of time to rectify my mistake if I've made one.

Silly but still

Kinda silly question but maybe some of you have had that experience. I have a 3 months old daughter, if I decide to dye my hair a different color (I’m a blonde but used to dye red before the baby) is she gonna get scared of me? I would hate it if she couldn’t recognize me or ended up confused.

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Is quiet time an appropriate request?

I have two kids, one is 6 and one is 4, and one day a week (usually on Sunday) I will tell them it’s “quiet time, for 1 hour.” This means they have to stay in their rooms and do something quiet, like reading, drawing or coloring, or napping. Of course they fight me on it, but I NEED just one f*cking hour of quiet. I’m just making sure this is an appropriate request. It’s just 1 hour a week. That’s ok, right? Or is it somehow damaging to them to force them into their rooms for an hour?

I was skeptical on how good instant pot meals could be… I have been converted!

We got an Instant Pot with a wifi function from a friend awhile back; it sat and collected dust. I said to myself, “We’re going to go on a lengthy walk, come back and feed baby… pump and will need 30-60m to cook lunch… this sounds too much.” I pulled it out of the cupboard, gave the pot a quick rinse, threw in order into the pot some cherry tomatoes, Costco rotisserie chicken in a bulk bag, dumped in penne pasta, spaghetti sauce, 2 cups of water, mozzarella balls and half a bag of spinach. Took our ~1hr walk. On the drive home I set it to pressure cook for 5 mins, quick steam release and hit go. Came home, changed & fed baby, put baby down. Now I’m enjoying a nice bowl of pasta… and it tastes AMAZING.

I need a personal schedule. What is yours?

So my daughter (5y) just started pre-school. I am a stay at home mom with a 5mo baby. Im struggling trying to find time to myself, spend time with the baby and keep up on household chores. I've come to the conclusion that i need a schedule but have no idea what to do whenever she isnt home. I've got the morning routine down pat for before school, but dont know what to do after i get back from dropping her off. So does anyone else have a personal schedule that you care to share? Ir any suggestions?

Mid-school year move school supply question

We are making an unexpected move one town over in the middle of my daughter’s first grade school year. I am curious what I should do about school supplies? I of course already purchased and turned in all the school supplies for the year to her current teacher. I don’t plan on asking for the unused supplies back because I’m sure the teacher could use them anyways and it would be awkward in my opinion but I looked up her new school’s supply list is pretty extensive. I assume its still expected that I purchase these? Just to clarify, both schools ask for “personal supplies” (things like notebooks , pencil box , headphones and binder) and “class supplies) (things like dry erase markers, glue sticks, Kleenex and hand sanitizer). I planned on turning in the personal supplies regardless. I hope this all makes sense. thank you for your help!

For those of you that had HG your second pregnancy but not your first…

When did it get better? I’m 8 weeks today and still really suffering even though I’m maxed out on meds and my dr can’t prescribe me anything else…. I’m trying to mentally prepare for this to last another 4 weeks but I’m terrified it’s going to be even longer. With my first I had bad morning sickness but by 13 weeks the all day nausea was gone as long as I stayed on unisom and b6.

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