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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • As others mentioned, consistent routine is amazing. Any change to routine and we were messed up again for about 2 weeks of sleep deprived hell.

    Bedtime routine is a process for wind down. Batch, brush teeth, bedtime story, light dimmer etc. over time those clues helped their body to know when to start winding down. So, not just consistency with timing. With bedtime story and lullabies, of purposely speak slower and softer as we progressed through. We used a smart light set to gradually dim down over the bedtime routine.

    One child, I found holding and gently rocking with a lullaby worked great. The other, not so much. The difficult one, o found more vigorous rocking helped. His eyes were constantly looking around and he’d remain stimulated. Wrapping him firmly in swaddling and rocking fast enough that it was hard for him to.focus but gently enough to be calming and sleepy. (Longer arcs helped and it was more tiring but good exercise). Instead of lullabies, lots of white noise like shushing helped.

    My kids are adopted and one of the rules while fostering is you can’t go into their bed and they can’t come into yours, so we didn’t do that. We had friends who did and they struggled when they were older to get them to sleep without being there with them. What I mean by this is whatever works, do it, but he careful to allow it to be carefulky dropped when not needed.




  • Here in Australia, we do crunch and sip in schools. So a seperate lunchbox with just a serve of fresh fruit or veg, uncooked. We do berries, apple, celery sticks, carrot sticks on rotation.

    For lunch, we do a sandwich, usually ham and cheese, yoghurt pouch often, babybel cheese, or cheese sticks/strings. With that I also add some kind of fruit or veg too. We also do cooked sausages cut up or leftover pasta bake.

    I also add things I hope they will eat but often don’t, like falafel, lentil cakes, unusual (to them) fruit and veg. We avoid those kind of bars, as they seem healthy but are really just sugar. If you want them to have sugar, given them something nice, like chocolate, lol.

    My husband often puts in a treat, but I only do on a Friday.

    Once a week we order from the school canteen. Usually pizza or nuggets and chips or pot noodle.







  • Oh, I get that. The point is that it doesn’t really make a difference for the woman or the healthcare delivery if it’s out be a few days due to sperm migration or being unsure which activity caused conception to occur.

    However, it makes sense from a biological point of view to track the full pregnancy. From egg release onwards. Without egg release, there is no pregnancy. Without fertilization, there is no pregnancy.

    It also makes sense to have it be standardized across disciplines. There is no logical reason to change it from its current definition. It’s not perfect currently, being an estimate, but it’s the closest we have.

    However, what is importtfrom a reproductive rights point of view is for people to understand how little time there is to make a giant decision about whether to abort or keep the baby. Often there is just a 2 week window, which in that time there needs to be a doctor’s consult and a procedure scheduled, irrespective of work, family, health, study or other commitments. When people hear 6 weeks, they think that’s a reasonable time frame to make a big decision and arrange it. When it drops to 2, that’s different.