People forget not that long ago something like 2 out 5 kids didn't make it to their 3rd birthday. Infant and toddler deaths where very high. We have alot of tools now to prevent this. My youngest was born with a rare defect that used to have a 98% mortality rate, now its unheard of for a baby to die from it because of a simple surgery and some intervention at birth. Now he gets to live a perfectly normal (whatever that is) life like it never happened. I just can't get my head around these super privileged moms who got lucky trying to pretend modern medical and feeding advancements are evil and being cruel to other moms about it.

I just read recently alot of the small studies suggesting breastfed babies are "smarter" and hit milestones faster are flawed and don't look at economical situations on the advantages of breast vs formula. Its shown women who breastfeed in the US tend to be higher income families who are able to stay home with their kids, homeschool, etc, while most of the formula fed kids where lower income, mom had to go back to work quickly and leave baby at a daycare, etc. Entirely different first years have different outcomes.

It feels like this is the current "mom scene" in a nut shell. After my first I left all the "support" groups for moms because its such a toxic competition over everything. Doesnt matter what they do, moms (and Dads!) get picked apart and shamed. Obviously there's some actual dangerous practices that deserve it, but the bulk of it is just ridiculous.

Not surprised. I live in a northern region in Canada. We've had more days above freezing than below this winter. Thats ABNORMAL. Sure we've had random above 0 days on the past, but its been +5, +7 then -2 then back to +4 for an extended period of time. We're seeing GRASS.

LOL it happens and the hard cringe feeling will pass.

Paps normally cause a little discomfort.

This isn’t unheard of lol. I know someone else this happened too. My cousin also forgot she had a tampon in and it was there for like two weeks and her doctor found it during an exam 🙃 shit happens lol

I was kind of thinking this lol.