Special pregnancy seat belt

Anyone else order one of those special pregnancy seat belts that goes in between your legs instead of across your lap??
I just ordered one from Amazon for $18 I was just wondering if anyone else tried one yet??

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Pretty sure they aren’t even approved…

Definitely not safe. Lauren the mortician posted a video about them. Just keep the belt below your belly

In an accident they can basically cut off circulation to your legs

Oh my God I didn't know any of this!! Just been seeing all the advertisements and commercials all over social media and whatnot. So y'all are saying this is a bad thing??

Ya I’ve heard that they are actually not safe, I thought they sounded like a good idea until I saw this video

look it up

Thank you, your video wouldn't play but I'm about to look it up!!

and they’re not approved so if you got in an accident you wouldn’t be covered

I had used one for my first pregnancy. It’s easy to use

Wow I didn’t know any of that. But I know I’ve heard of horror stories of pregnant women getting in a accident while wearing it correctly and losing the baby. I used one In My first pregnancy but luckily never got in an accident

Yes watch Lauren the mortician review on it. Definitely not safe and she gives details and scientific facts to back it up momma. It could destroy your pelvis and femur. Regular seat belt below the waist at mid pelvic area is best and safest for you and baby in the event of a collision

No don’t get. Those are dangerous. My sister was in a bad car accident. The seatbelt even though it saved her is what caused her injuries. Just bring the bottom belt under your belly.

It looks like a bunch grown women sitting in Giant Carseat!

And as far as seatbelts in general. I'm here to tell y'all I was in a car wreck 2 years ago, and I wasn't in a seat or had a seatbelt on. I was the passenger in a 1998 Chevy Tahoe, and I was in the "Trunk" area with all the luggage when I was coming from TN. to GA. before making it back to FL. The driver fell asleep at the wheel 30 minutes outside our motel room, and we spun 3 times and rolled 3 times. I had a 10 lbs car jack wedged under me. I knew nothing about the car jack either. That car jack should have moved from under me and smashed my head in and killed me. So my opinions on seatbelts and being in a seat from 1st hand experience, I'm a survivor of brused ribs, and my head got hit on the window behind me. So no, seatbelts and being in a seat are not always going to save you!

girl I almost quoted her too 🤣

geez!

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Wdy think of this for a toddler to learn word construction?

I'm open to anything else to start teaching him to read and write. He's 3!

Do men really enjoy fellatio?

Been together more than 10 years, but it's been a while since he even seemed remotely interested in me getting on my knees, or vice versa so to speak. I think it was once last year. Must be something I am doing wrong 🤔. Generally everything else in that department is great and we have two young kids with no extra support, so it's quite surprising we can't keep our hands off each other but may need to try new things. It's basically 2 positions each time with some foreplay.

I think Motherhood has made me more bitter than I realized…

This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

Naps

How is everyone doing for naps?

Little one is 9 months old and will have 2 half hour naps and one solid 1 hour - 2 hour nap a day

Then settles for night around 9pm. Wakes for a feed around 3:30 then sleeps until 6-7

Vanilla extract

Has anyone used alcohol free vanilla in their babies formal to help them drink?
I’m 100% sure my baby refuses her bottles as she doesn’t like the taste of it!

Just anxious to try it, don’t want her to get used to it and then refuse bottles again after two weeks of using (correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve read you use it for 2 weeks max)

TIA 🙂

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