#cluster feeding

[successfulblackparenting]

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[7loveneverfails]

my poor son is bummed today cause sister isn't sharing me.

[writtenbyvarsh]

My two-weeks-old child has decided cluster feeding at night is the way to go. The chaped nipples, the sleep deprivation, the raging postpartum hormone storm - it's been immensely frustrating, to say the least.

Every wake-up, I genuinely consider handing my child to my obliviously sleeping spouse with a bottle of formula and calling it a night, but then- oh, and then - my Tiny Terror grabs hold of one of my fingers with all of his and looks up at me with cartoon-worthy doe eyes and then, there's literally nothing I wouldn't do for this tiny person.

[cuddlebugmonster]

Funcle

Funcle

Can you goober Triona? (@/triona-tribblescore)

Oki doki :3

@triona-tribblescore you have now been choosing !

Welcome to the cluster >:3

[deadmeat]

hard to believe people base their entire online personas and even careers around trying to destroy mentally ill people’s lives . Like your whole personality revolves around people you deem narcissistic or psychopathic and you don’t see how that might make you look really stupid…

[hypermascbishounen]

wait no i don't want to feel feelings i want to go to bed on time

[equalperson]

persotypical = no personality disorder or disordered traits; persodivergent = personality disorder and/or traits.

don't count armchair diagnoses (E.G. "my mom is a complete narc!"); unless they've been professionally or self-diagnosed with a PD, they're counted as persotypical for the sake of the poll.

[spurgie-cousin]

Imagine having your premature baby finally discharged from the hospital after weeks to have to go on a family holiday.

Ugh i was hoping Kaylee would stay home with the baby when i saw Jill talking about the trip 😮‍💨😮‍💨 but yup there they are

I am not a medical professional or mom but this just seems extremely ill-advised and stressful all around?? like not only does your premie baby probably have a weak immune system but why would you want to spend some of your first nights adjusting to being parents in a strange place?

[pompompinkyy]

I REALLY loved this game ♥︎

[fearsomeandwretched]

Everything I learn about breast feeding has me convinced its something I N E V E R want to partake in

[feralwifey]

Not me on the floor crying and taking a nap because the baby wouldn't go to sleep

[bunnyb34r]

😭 poor Gurkle

He really wants to spin but the cup is up against the wheel so he keeps hitting it/the wheel slows down and it's not as fun (he tried to spin and got his little head smacked right into the side of the cup 😭😭😭 I feel bad at how hard I laughed)

He knows the cup is the problem and that that needs to be moved but bless his heart agdggdgd he sat on TOP of the cup, holding the rim as he tried to pull it?? And then he was IN the cup trying to push it, and when that didnt work he went BEHIND the cup but was pushing toward the wheel 😅

Scupa meanwhile keeps spinning and getting thrown off the wheel when it hits the cup or smacking into it 😅 dumbass

[pygmi-says-hi]

STOP DOING THIS IN INJURY FICS!!

Bleeding:

Blood is warm. if blood is cold, you’re really fucking feverish or the person is dead. it’s only sticky after it coagulates.

It smells! like iron, obv, but very metallic. heavy blood loss has a really potent smell, someone will notice.

Unless in a state of shock or fight-flight mode, a character will know they’re bleeding. stop with the ‘i didn’t even feel it’ yeah you did. drowsiness, confusion, pale complexion, nausea, clumsiness, and memory loss are symptoms to include.

blood flow ebbs. sometimes it’s really gushin’, other times it’s a trickle. could be the same wound at different points.

it’s slow. use this to your advantage! more sad writer times hehehe.

Stab wounds:

I have been mildly impaled with rebar on an occasion, so let me explain from experience. being stabbed is bizarre af. your body is soft. you can squish it, feel it jiggle when you move. whatever just stabbed you? not jiggly. it feels stiff and numb after the pain fades. often, stab wounds lead to nerve damage. hands, arms, feet, neck, all have more motor nerve clusters than the torso. fingers may go numb or useless if a tendon is nicked.

also, bleeding takes FOREVER to stop, as mentioned above.

if the wound has an exit wound, like a bullet clean through or a spear through the whole limb, DONT REMOVE THE OBJECT. character will die. leave it, bandage around it. could be a good opportunity for some touchy touchy :)

whump writers - good opportunity for caretaker angst and fluff w/ trying to manhandle whumpee into a good position to access both sites

Concussion:

despite the amnesia and confusion, people ain’t that articulate. even if they’re mumbling about how much they love (person) - if that’s ur trope - or a secret, it’s gonna make no sense. garbled nonsense, no full sentences, just a coupla words here and there.

if the concussion is mild, they’re gonna feel fine. until….bam! out like a light. kinda funny to witness, but also a good time for some caretaking fluff.

Fever:

you die at 110F. no 'oh no his fever is 120F!! ahhh!“ no his fever is 0F because he’s fucking dead. you lose consciousness around 103, sometimes less if it’s a child. brain damage occurs at over 104.

ACTUAL SYMPTOMS:

sluggishness

seizures (severe)

inability to speak clearly

feeling chilly/shivering

nausea

pain

delirium

symptoms increase as fever rises. slow build that secret sickness! feverish people can be irritable, maybe a bit of sass followed by some hurt/comfort. never hurt anybody.

ALSO about fevers - they absolutely can cause hallucinations. Sometimes these alter memory and future memory processing. they're scary shit guys.

fevers are a big deal! bad shit can happen! milk that till its dry (chill out) and get some good hurt/comfort whumpee shit.

keep writing u sadistic nerds xox love you

ALSO I FORGOT LEMME ADD ON:

YOU DIE AT 85F

sorry I forgot. at that point for a sustained period of time you're too cold to survive.

pt 2

also please stop traumadumping in the notes/tags, that's not the point of this post. it's really upsetting to see on my feed, so i'm muting the notifs for this post. if you have a question about this post, dm me, but i don't want a constant influx of traumatic stories. xox

[lunchboxart]

How to tie this knot easy step by step guide.

First, to tie this knot you're gonna need my special cord with the correct stiffness, with excellent shine and pliability and works for these steps and this knot, and certainly not your shitty cringe worthy cord that flops around and doesn't make this perfect loop that helps you move on to step 5 and makes you have to reimagine the steps for useless shitty cord

[dinosaur-ears]

Sleep when the baby sleeps.

Sleep when the baby sleeps.

No special instructions for the baby who doesn't sleep,

for the one who falls asleep feeding and cries when they stop,

for the one who only falls asleep in your arms and you know

alone, on their back, with nothing in the crib.

Sleep when the baby sleeps, except

Pump after every feed to get your supply up, and

Sterilize all the pump parts, and

Don't forget to shower because self-care is important! :)

Sleep when the baby sleeps,

don't worry about the laundry, and the dishes, and sitting down for a meal with two hands.

Don't worry about maintaining an interest or a friendship to sustain your sense of identity.

Sleep when the baby sleeps.

Dream of getting through this.

[allwhoponder]

Something to put this into perspective: literally anything can be introduced as a bill to Congress. The fact that it only has a single sponsor and no fluff inside to make it seem "reasonable" makes me think they don't actually believe this will pass (and likely wouldn't want it to), but there is a specific individual or regime in the Department of Education that they want to show their lack of support for.

As a second note, the intent with disbanding the Department of Education may be to keep it from becoming politicized. Keeping in mind that the Supreme Court was for many decades a non-partisan position in Government, but with the recent polarization of the 2 party system, Justices need to ally themselves with a political party to achieve a confirmation vote (or even be nominated), the disbanding of the Department of Education would prevent education at large from being used as yet another political bludgeon for one party to use against the other.

Honestly, we have been handed enough reasons to hate each other by our partisan overlords without taking things like this and assuming the worst.