OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

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I assume so?

[max225]

It is quite excellent

[Johnny_P]

I hope Val is doing alright. What they’re going through can’t be easy and I hope they have the support they need.

[Johnny_P]

5 weeks in with baby Bea. Was going smoothly then she stopped gaining weight. Unsure of the reason but she can no longer breastfeed. She’s not taking any milk from Lisa. So back to bottles and looking into a possible tongue tie.

I can’t do this again. The tongue tie exercises and oral function stuff was traumatizing for me. Because I had to do it all since she couldn’t hold him and do the exercises.

Upside is. Now that we are feeding her bottles she stopped her purple face death crying. And is generally a lot easier. So that’s good.

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I hope Val is doing alright. What they’re going through can’t be easy and I hope they have the support they need.

[wap]

5 weeks in with baby Bea. Was going smoothly then she stopped gaining weight. Unsure of the reason but she can no longer breastfeed. She’s not taking any milk from Lisa. So back to bottles and looking into a possible tongue tie.

I can’t do this again. The tongue tie exercises and oral function stuff was traumatizing for me. Because I had to do it all since she couldn’t hold him and do the exercises.

Upside is. Now that we are feeding her bottles she stopped her purple face death crying. And is generally a lot easier. So that’s good.

I didn't even realize she was born. Congrats dude!
And glad to hear she's feeding better. Sucks about the tongue thing, doe.

[max225]

5 weeks in with baby Bea. Was going smoothly then she stopped gaining weight. Unsure of the reason but she can no longer breastfeed. She’s not taking any milk from Lisa. So back to bottles and looking into a possible tongue tie.

I can’t do this again. The tongue tie exercises and oral function stuff was traumatizing for me. Because I had to do it all since she couldn’t hold him and do the exercises.

Upside is. Now that we are feeding her bottles she stopped her purple face death crying. And is generally a lot easier. So that’s good.

The tongue tie shit is a motherfucking scam. And no shame in feeding formula. BF is completely overrated

[max225]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/heal ... eding.html

Paywalled unfortunately

[D Griff]

5 weeks in with baby Bea. Was going smoothly then she stopped gaining weight. Unsure of the reason but she can no longer breastfeed. She’s not taking any milk from Lisa. So back to bottles and looking into a possible tongue tie.

I can’t do this again. The tongue tie exercises and oral function stuff was traumatizing for me. Because I had to do it all since she couldn’t hold him and do the exercises.

Upside is. Now that we are feeding her bottles she stopped her purple face death crying. And is generally a lot easier. So that’s good.

I didn't even realize she was born. Congrats dude!
And glad to hear she's feeding better. Sucks about the tongue thing, doe.

didn’t know she was here, congrats sorry to hear it’s been a tough road.

[MexicanYarisTK]

5 weeks in with baby Bea. Was going smoothly then she stopped gaining weight. Unsure of the reason but she can no longer breastfeed. She’s not taking any milk from Lisa. So back to bottles and looking into a possible tongue tie.

I can’t do this again. The tongue tie exercises and oral function stuff was traumatizing for me. Because I had to do it all since she couldn’t hold him and do the exercises.

Upside is. Now that we are feeding her bottles she stopped her purple face death crying. And is generally a lot easier. So that’s good.

Im glad things are going well with the kiddo

[MexicanYarisTK]

Landed in LAX and now drove to SD. As expected. With few exceptions people seem to know how to fucking drive here. Lately I've been with how dmv people drive. Say you go 75 on a 55, I don't cut up people or drive like a retard menace and someone will pull out in front of me doing 60 on the left lane and stay there.

Here, atleast in 405, everyone probably drives 70 at the slowest. Granted limit is 65, but where I live even in similar parts is 55 which is absurd. Lot of people here don't seem to switch lanes constantly due to the frustrating nature of driving in DMV.

[Johnny_P]

5 weeks in with baby Bea. Was going smoothly then she stopped gaining weight. Unsure of the reason but she can no longer breastfeed. She’s not taking any milk from Lisa. So back to bottles and looking into a possible tongue tie.

I can’t do this again. The tongue tie exercises and oral function stuff was traumatizing for me. Because I had to do it all since she couldn’t hold him and do the exercises.

Upside is. Now that we are feeding her bottles she stopped her purple face death crying. And is generally a lot easier. So that’s good.

The tongue tie shit is a motherfucking scam. And no shame in feeding formula. BF is completely overrated

Yeah we are getting the severity assessed but we might be fine with just oral function exercises. I really don’t want to get her tongue cut if it’s not needed. Doing the exercises is fucking terrible.

I agree on BF. There are advantages sure but it’s not exactly easy for many women. And it’s a total mindfuck with how it’s shoved down your throat. Really, FED is best. However you get them fed it doesn’t really matter.

[Johnny_P]

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[golftdibrad1]

I can’t do this again. The tongue tie exercises and oral function stuff was traumatizing for me. Because I had to do it all since she couldn’t hold him and do the exercises.

yea, that was terrible. one of the top 3 reasons I was out on a #2. Ours had pretty bad ties on lip and tongue even outside of feeding issues. I've largely blocked it and you reminded me good luck.

[max225]

A buddy of mine at Tesla said they are doing major lay offs … 3 people on his team got walked out today

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A buddy of mine at Tesla said they are doing major lay offs … 3 people on his team got walked out today

Yep.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos- ... 024-04-15/

[D Griff]

Dang, found out this morning my company is being acquired by one of our competitors: https://www.cepro.com/business-support/ ... ansaction/

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Dang, found out this morning my company is being acquired by one of our competitors: https://www.cepro.com/business-support/ ... ansaction/

Ruh roh.

May be the excuse you need to finally bail?

[wap]

Or maybe stick around to see how things shake out. But those situations never seem to end up positive for the acquired company employees other than senior executives.

[SAWCE]

Dang, found out this morning my company is being acquired by one of our competitors: https://www.cepro.com/business-support/ ... ansaction/

Damn.. maybe their commission plan will actually make sense and not fuck you over?

[wap]

Dang, found out this morning my company is being acquired by one of our competitors: https://www.cepro.com/business-support/ ... ansaction/

Damn.. maybe their commission plan will actually make sense and not fuck you over?

[D Griff]

I actually had some interviews last week and I think would’ve gotten an offer but bowed out. It was for a company called Howard Technology, they’re a value added reseller, it was selling tech products to business/corporate clients. NC is an all new territory for them so it would be quite high risk/high reward, a lot of pounding the pavement with cold calls. Also they said the target audience is ‘companies based in NC’ which seems daunting and not particularly strategic… so I figured I’d take the evil I know even though their first year salary was compelling.

I will probably continue to look casually but I’m ok to ride this wave and see where it goes. I’m certainly a bit of a glass is half empty kinda guy even it comes to these sorts of but I’m trying to stay positive and keep an open mind. In the short term it’ll net me like an extra $4-5k this year from my employee stock purchase program.

[MexicanYarisTK]

So adorable!

[MexicanYarisTK]

Hallo, whalecum gents. Got Disney out of the system and drove off of Anaheim and now staying in El Segundo. Yesterday was insanity and my thighs are still fairly sore. Taking in a more chill day.

Tomorrow we're going to petersen auto museum and griffith observatory towards the late afternoon with various things along the way. Is the vault worth it, tickets are 48 with vault per adult, but regular is 21 a pop. I read that I tend to learn more about history.

Also got a m440i vert off turo. It does not feel like a huge jump in terms of acceleration compared to my accord 2.slow, atleast without from dig. but sound the driving is of course a whole lot better. Very cruiser like car that I can see myself moving onto, but not convertible of course. Also normal driving, very very similar to s5 sportback.