Summer is almost here, and that means more sun and time in the water!
I'm looking to get a full body swimsuit for my baby-soon-to-be-toddler. Applying sunscreen (especially mineral that requires rubbing in) to a squirmy baby is so hard! I've heard great things about UV Skinz and SwimZip brands.
But one thing I'm wondering about is sizing. My baby has VERY chunky thighs. Despite being 45% for weight and 55% for height, when they were 6 months old they outgrew 9m footies because there wasn't enough fabric in the thighs. Then at 8 months old they outgrew 12m footies pajamas due to them being too tight in the thigh. As an 8 month old, they could only wear those parachute/u-shape pants in size 12m. Baby isn't walking yet, so it will be a few more months until proportions even out.
Anyone know if UV Skinz, SwimZip, or other brands that carry full body swimsuits would (or would not) work for a chunky thigh baby? Those companies also offer separates, but the leggings look so skinny and not the parachute/u-shape. It's expensive, otherwise I'd just order and find out. Would greatly appreciate if anyone can share their experience with sizing and fit!

Maintenance had come to fix something, but I had forgot they were coming. I was working nights and had maybe been asleep for an hour or two. I woke to the sound of someone struggling to open the apartment door. I stumbled out of my bedroom wearing Ninja Turtle footie pajamas (Raphael if you were wondering) and I had a massive erection (what some people refer to as morning wood). The maintenence man was just as shocked to see me as I was to see him. His eyes glanced downward for a brief moment, then back up to my eyes as he began to apologize and quickly retreated out the front door slamming it behind him. There was something about those eyes..... I have never seen a man with so much fear in his eyes.

My daughter started daycare about a month ago at 6 months old. As expected, after the first week, she got her very first cold. Thankfully it was relatively mild and she got over it pretty quickly! She hasn’t had any daytime or bedtime congestion in almost 2 weeks now.
We check on her before we go to bed around 10:30pm and her breathing is great. I get up to pump at 3:00am and my husband does a dreamfeed (bottle of breastmilk) then as well, and her breathing is great. Her normal wake time is 6:45am, but for the last several nights she’s been waking up between 5:30am - 6:00am due to being totally congested. What gives??
She gets a warm bath before bed and then sleeps in her own room in her crib, wearing footie pajamas and a sleep sack. Her room is 70-72F overnight. She sleeps with her ceiling fan on low and cool mist humidifier on through the night.
Is it the dreamfeed? Is it the fan? Is it the humidifier? What can I do to help her not get congested so she can sleep all the way to her normal wake time?

I’m not too sure if this is the right place to post this. Hell, I don’t know if anyone’s even gonna see it. I want to start this off by saying that this story isn’t to be taken lightly. I don’t want you to read this and try to copy what is done, instead take it as a warning. A warning to never play this game, a warning I wish I had gotten before I made that mistake.
I lived almost my entire life in the middle of Delaware, if you forgot that was a state I wouldn’t blame you. In my neighborhood there were 3 kids I always played with everyday. Kyle, Jimmy, and Seth. Our houses were close enough to each other that we played together whenever we had the chance.
We did all the typical things a couple 13 year old boys would do. Swimming in the local pool, going to the Walmart and buying nothing, or just hang in one of our basements and being jack-asses. It was almost a Disney-like childhood. Sleepovers were nothing new for us, I think we had one almost every weekend. What was new was not having any parents there to watch us.
Seth offered to host the next one and included that his parents were gonna be gone for the night. They were staying down at the beach and told Seth it would be fine for him to invite us over. Fine for him, not so much for the rest of us. I think me and the other guys pleaded and begged our parent’s multiple times to let us go.
Our parents knew each other and trusted us but the idea of 4 pre-pubescent boys being alone in a house was any parents worse nightmare. Somehow, by the grace of god, they agreed the night before. After all this time, I still wish they had denied us. Maybe things would have ended differently.
I wanna tell you about the events that happened that night that changed me into who I am. It changed my life and every families that was involved in it. This is the night I played Hide and Seek with my friends.
“Hide and Seek? Won’t that get boring with just 4 of us?” I asked suspiciously as I took a handful of Doritos from the bowl on the table. It was about 10:30pm when Kyle suggested we play a game so we could try and stay up later.
“Yeah man and besides, we have an Xbox.” Jimmy pointed out. Seth came walking down the basement with some sodas in hand, almost dropping the cans
“What are you guys talking about? You better not be thinking of touching my controller with your greasy hands Jimmy, not after last time.”
“It was an accident! I got you a new one.” Jimmy responded before chuckling a bit.
“No guys, I saw this on the internet a few nights ago. We have to try it.” Kyle said. He almost sounded like he was pleading with us.
Kyle was always the kind of kid to believe in spooky things. Ghost, werewolves, demons. You name it, Kyle probably believed it. I remember one time he somehow got us all to go in the woods with him during the winter to look for dog people that a YouTuber said was out near us. We all got the flu after that.
“Oh god, another one of these? Is it gonna be like that dog thing again?” Seth chimed in.
“It’s not like that, this one is real. I promise dude.” Kyle seemed genuine about it. I almost felt bad as the other guys called him stupid for it.
“Alright man, we try your game for a bit. Then if it’s a bust, we play Xbox.” I suggested. Kyles face lite up as he got some paper out of his bag.
“Who said you were in charge of deciding when to play my Xbox?” Seth questioned. I just shushed him as Kyle got some more stuff out of his bag. Candles, lighters, a knife. I would have hated to see what would happen if we said no to his idea.
“Alright, first. We gotta turn all the lights off. Not a single one can be on during the game.” We looked at each other before we went off to get the house started. I had been in Seth’s house almost as much as mine but there’s strangeness to it when the lights were all off. We got back to the basement where we found Kyle lighting the candles and placing them on the ground around the paper. As we sat around him I could see some words on the paper. “Ready or Not, here it comes”
“What’s that for?” I pointed as Kyle placed the last candle down.
“That’s to start the game. I saw these Indian guys play it and they said you have to start the game just like this or it doesn’t work.” Kyle answered as he slowly pulled the knife up and turned to face us.
“Now, we have to cut ourselves.”
“Like Sarah from home room?” Jimmy chuckled
“I thought that was a rumor?” Seth remarked as he leaned towards Jimmy
“Guys! Focus! Just a small prick on your finger. Then you put it on the paper.” Kyle demanded as he slowly pressed the knife tip into his finger
“This feels very, extreme. Is this safe to play?” I asked, seeing Kyle whence as blood slowly pooled on the top of his finger
“I think so, the guys seemed like they were having fun when they did it.” He held the knife towards me next, the guys watched as I reluctantly took the knife and plucked my finger. I did encourage us to play this for Kyle sake, I couldn’t chicken out now. The other two did the same, Jimmy had more tears then the rest of us but when he finished he handed the knife back to Kyle.
“Now?” Seth asked, rubbing his finger on his Pokémon pajama bottoms.
“Now, repeat after me.” We all listened to Kyle and repeated
“ 1, 2, 3. Ready or not, come find me.” We stared at each other. Silence filled the basement as our eyes kept darting to see if anything happened.
“Do you hear that?” Seth whispered We listened as the most quiet fart escaped him. He fell on his back and laughed. Jimmy joined him and so did I. We laughed and laughed, I looked to see if Kyle found it as amusing but was met with sadness. He looked almost heart broken, I knew he lived for these kinda things and for it to not work most have broken him. I moved to him and smiled
“Hey, at least we didn’t have to sit out in negative degrees to get results this time huh?” He smiled slight back
“Yeah I guess you’re right. I don’t know how those guys made it look so convincing.”
“CGI probably, my dad says that’s how most things are done like that.” Seth said as he got up to go turn the light back on. Before he hit the switch, a loud thud filled the room. I’ll never forget the look on his face as he rushed back to the floor where we were all sitting.
“W-what was that?” Jimmy whispered to me. I didn’t know what to say until Kyle reluctantly chimed in.
“It’s him, the seeker.” We sat still as another thud could be heard. Like it was right above us.
“What the fuck dude? S-Seth? Did you invite someone else over? Duncan or Josh maybe?” Jimmy was frantic with his questions as his eyes filled with tears.
“No, it’s him.” Kyle answered before Seth could respond.
“Who?” I asked
“The seeker. The person who plays the game with us.”
“Well tell him we don’t wanna play anymore.” Seth demanded, making sure to keep his voice down.
“We can’t, they said he plays until everyone is found.”
“What do you mean until we’re found?” I asked, I kept looking at the stairs. My brain was trying to wrap around what was happening while also trying to keep reason in it.
“It’s like hide and seek. We play until we’re all found or he can’t find us.” Kyle answered
“Ok, let’s go get found so the game can be over.” Seth tried to stand before Kyle pulled him down.
“No, we don’t wanna be found. Bad things happen if we’re found.” Kyle looked at the carpet as he said it. The thud got louder, almost like it was searching the house.
“Ok, ok. Then we should just stay down here right? If we hide down here it won’t find us….h-how long do we have to hide man?” I stuttered as I waited for Kyle to answer.
“I…I don’t know.”
We sat there in silence, thuds and crashes from upstairs made the silence somehow louder. I had wished it was all a prank. Seth and Jimmy loved pulling those and Kyle was usually the target for them. But I knew it wasn’t that, I knew this was real. I don’t know how it was but at that moment there was something upstairs, tearing the house apart trying to find us.
We stayed like that until Seth finally spoke “Let’s run.”
“What?” Kyle mumbled out, his face covered by his hands. Tears were rolling down his cheeks.
“Let’s run, the doors not to far from the basement entrance. We unlock it and run to a neighbors.” Seth looked for nods or any sign of agreement. Jimmy nodded and I slowly shook yes. I looked at Kyle, grabbing his leg and squeezing it.
“Come on man, we’re definitely faster than it. We’ll be out before it even sees us.” I smiled at him.
He looked up and slowly smiled, nodding. We all slowly moved to the base of the basement stairs. Looking down into a dark basement is scary, but looking up into a dark house is another whole kind of fear. I don’t know how long we took going up those steps but it felt like ages, we were slowly ascending into what could be our end. Seth held the doorknob and just stared at it. I knew he didn’t wanna be the one to open it, to potentially be the one to see what ever it was that was on the other side. I scooted around Jimmy and slowly turned to knob.
The door silently opened, the house was almost pitch dark. The only light we had was from the moon herself, shining into the windows and illuminating the destroyed house. He quietly but quickly moved towards the front door. I peered into the living room to see the chairs and couches turned upside down, some side table doors ripped off they hinges.
“Hurry up man.” Jimmy urged Seth on as he fumbled slightly with the deadbolt. I looked to see Kyle slight behind, close to the basement door. I moved over to get him ready to run
“Let’s go Kyle, we gotta get-“ I almost finished my words as I watched his face turn from scared to horrified. I turned slightly to see Jimmy on the floor crawling away from the door.
I’m not sure even after all this time how to describe what we saw that night. I had wished it was just a man. Some man that was in the house with us but it sadly wasn’t. The best I can try and give a description is to think of a Picasso painting. It had a crookedness to it. Its arm jagged and legs crumbled as it towered over Seth. Seth didn’t move, he didn’t try and fight. All he could do was stand there and look up to see its eyes peering down at him. It picked Seth up and like a rag doll threw him into the living room. A mean and disgusting noise came from his body as he hit the wall of the fireplace. I quickly got Jimmy to his feet and Kyle to snap out of his gaze. Me and Kyle ran to the bathroom as Jimmy made his to the kitchen. I locked the door as I tried to catch my own heart from jumping out my chest. “J-Jimmy? Where-“
My question was shortly answered as I heard Jimmy whimpering and crying outside the room. I unlocked the door and peaked out the crack. I watched “it” linger its way towards him and all I could hear was wet sounds. I quickly shut the door and relocked it. My mind didn’t really process what had just happened in what couldn’t have been more than 3 minutes. My two friends I had been with almost my entire life were gone, just like that. I sat on the cold tile floor as I listened to the thudding from outside. My breathing was dull as I looked to see Kyle shaking by the toilet. I slowly moved my self over and gave him a hug. I knew what he was thinking, I knew the horrible things he was saying to himself in his mind. I didn’t know how to tell him that what was happening wasn’t his fault. I’m not sure that even now I could find the words to tell him that.
“We’ll be fine, we just gotta stay here. It won’t find us.” I tried to reassure him.
“No, it will find us. We can’t stay here.”
“Kyle, Seth and Jimmy are dead. We can’t go back out there and run. I don’t know why we thought it would work.”
“No we…we…I need to get to the basement.” Kyle said, he looked up at me.
“Why? It’s a dead end there. It will-“
“Maybe, I can try and end the game. Rip the paper up…something, I don’t know.” I didn’t know what to say.
On one hand it was the only idea we had besides hiding and waiting to be found. On the other, I couldn’t bring myself to put that hope in his mind. To encourage him just to watch as it fails, He knew this as he came to his own conclusion.
“I’ll go down there, and you head for the coat closet. If it doesn’t work I’ll run back up and I’ll head there to hide with you. Ok?” He nodded to himself. I just stared at him as I nodded back slight. We stood up and slowly unlocked the door. It wasn’t anywhere we could see, which made it all more frightening. We slowly made our way to the basement door
“Good Luck” I whispered to him. He smiled and went our separate ways in the house. I quickly got in the coat closet that was almost directly in front of the basement door, and Kyle made his way down stairs.
That was the last I saw of Kyle, it wasn’t long after I heard loud thudding outside the closet door that quickly went down the stairs. All I could do was sit there, and listen as I heard the silent screams and the pounding of flesh over and over and over again. Soon the hits became more wet, and the screams became more silent.
I sat in the closet and accepted my fate. I slight covered myself with a fallen coat as I heard the thudding move around the house. It was only a matter of time before it got me, before it ripped the door open and I would be met with its horrifying figure. I looked out the slits of the closet door and saw the moon light shining through the windows.
I’m not sure when I fell asleep or even how I did. My body must have been so exhausted that it decided sleep was more important than survival. My eyes slowly opened to see daylight peering though the house. The night was gone and the day had come to save me. Although I was relieved I still forced my eyes shut. The small amount of what I saw was enough to make me do it. I saw the closet door was open, I didn’t wanna have them open as it might slowly peer from the corner and look at me. I didn’t want my last image to be that. I just kept them closed and covered my ears. And then I felt it. Thuds.
I could feel the thudding get closer, closer, closer. Two hands grabbed me, this was it. My flight or fight kicked in and I started to fight. Kicking, hitting, screaming. Anything I could think of I was doing.
“Calm down son, calm down. You’re safe.” Those words hit me like a wall, a calmness I hadn’t felt since the day before came over me. My eyes slowly opened to see the face of a young man kneeling in front of me, his hands holding my arms. He was a police officer.
“It’s gonna be alright.” He reassured me again as he slowly brought me to my feet. He walked me out of the closet and faintly said “Keep your eyes down kid, I’ll lead you out.” I think he said it more for himself, cause I knew what he didn’t want me to see.
Seth was laying in the living room, he’s body bruised from the impact with the wall and his bones broken.Jimmy was on the kitchen counter, multiple wounds and slashes were found on him. Kyle…I’m not sure what really happened to him. The reports on his body never came out. I just know I’ll never forget those sounds from when I hid in the closet.
Seth’s parents moved away almost immediately after the incident. Just left, didn’t take a single thing from that house. It was later taken down, I guess no one wanted to live in a house where something like that could happen.
I saw Jimmy and Kyles parents every once and awhile when I walked around the neighborhood. They would give me small smiles and waves and I would return them back. No more, no less. After high school I moved away for college, my parents knew why and never argued that I should stay closer.
That was a little more than 15 years ago. Few weeks back my dad called to tell me mom had passed away. He offered if I wanted to stay at home for the funeral, stay in my old room. I hesitated. I thought of that night every day for the past 15 years, never really bringing myself to wanna be back in that neighborhood. I refused and opted for a hotel a few miles away in town.
And that’s where I am now, in my bed writing my tale. I want you to take it as a warning, cause as I write this I know I’m not alone. It’s here, it’s in the closet of the hotel room. I can just make out its outline. It’s crooked legs crouching to fit inside, its arms slight poking out from some clothes, and its eyes staring at me. It knows I see it, and it knows I’m writing about that night. I’m not sure why now it decided to finish the game from all those years ago but here we are. Once I finish and close my laptop, it will kill me. My father will have to bury his son just moments after burying my mother.
I say this again, this tale is a warning. If I could I would go back and tell myself to never play that game. I would tell my parents to never let us have that sleep over. I would do everything in my power to stop that night from happening, to be able to save my friends. So please, I beg and plead to you, don’t play this game. Cause if you do, whether your ready or not…
He’s coming to find you

As always I shall try to keep this list updated at least once every four weeks until the post is again automatically locked after six months, preventing further edits.
In order to request any of these items you must go to the appropriate link for the Xbox Series X/S, Windows, PS5 or Steam. If you are playing on an older system it is simple to reach its page from one of these direct links. I am sure it goes without saying your player account must have sufficient Atoms available to pay for the item/s you choose. As part of the process Bethesda Support will respond to your request by ticket and email with the total cost of whatever you order.
This page from the Wikia entry for Fallout76 may help with working out some of the bundles' contents. I cannot swear for the accuracy of the data however as with all wikis it is community-created support material.
I have had quite a few comments asking how long you can expect to wait. The answer is that it varies. In my own experience I have had items redeemed for my character within two hours. I have also had to wait for more than a month. Much of the process seems to be automated now and I would say the average time these days seems between two to four days.
This list is up-to-date as of 12.05.2024:

1. Ace Full Assault Power Armor Paint
2. Alien Plushie
3. Alien Technology Bundle
4. Aluminum Trees
5. Amateur Inventor's Laser Gun Paint
6. American Flag Set
7. Angry Fist Shake
8. Animatronic Cat
9. Appalachian Thunder Pipe Gatling Gun Paint
10. Armored Raider Skull Gas Mask
11. Armory Weapon Paint Bundle
12. Army Issue Plasma Caster Paint
13. Astroturf
14. Atomic Blast Lamp
15. Barbed Chained Tire Set
16. Beer Barrel Fridge
17. Big Game Hunter
18. Big Red Button Icon
19. Black Bear Mascot
20. Black Cat Bundle
21. Black Knight Paint
22. Black Pip-Boy Paint
23. Black Rider Power Armor
24. Blood Eagle Bow Skin
25. Blood Eagle Bundle
26. Blood Eagle Power Armor Paint
27. Blood Eagle Totem
28. Bloody Arktos Refrigerator
29. Bombs Away Mobile
30. Bone and Felt Antler Headband Set
31. Bone Gas Mask
32. Bonnet
33. BOS Backpack
34. BOS Scouting Tower
35. Bottle Icon
36. Boxing Ring
37. Brambles
38. Brew-haha Bundle
39. Brotherhood Armory
40. Brotherhood Bundle
41. Brotherhood High Tech Stash
42. Brotherhood of Steel Digital Deluxe Bundle
43. Bubble Blower Machine
44. Bucking Brahmin Bundle
45. Bucking Brahmin Mask
46. Bucking Brahmin Ride
47. Bunker Bundle
48. Burgundy Modular Sofa Set
49. C.A.M.P. Structure Starter Bundle
50. Cactus Set
51. Camden Park Mega Bundle
52. Camo Secret Service Armor Paint
53. Camo Secret Service Underarmor
54. Camo Utility Cap
55. Cappy's Nuka-Cola Train Bundle
56. Captain Cosmos Outfit
57. Captain Cosmos Power Armor
58. Captain Cosmos Power Armor Bundle
59. Caravan Trader Outfit
60. Carnivorous Plant
61. Cash Register Vending Machine
62. Castle Bed
63. Cat Topiary
64. Cement Tire Set
65. Chalk Letter Kit
66. Charleston Fire Station
67. Charleston Fire Station Bundle
68. Christmas Sitting Room Bundle
69. Cinder Blocks Wallpaper
70. Clandestine Gauss Weapons Bundle
71. Clandestine Service Gauss Shotgun Paint
72. Clandestine Service Minigun Paint
73. Classic Jukebox
74. Classic Performance Stage
75. Classic Western Bundle
76. Classical Column
77. Classy Girl Player Icon
78. Clean Bathroom Bundle
79. Clean Billboard
80. Clean Boxing Ring
81. Clean Chally Outfit
82. Clean Mannequin Set
83. Clean Shower
84. Clean Sink
85. Clean Small Generator
86. Clean Toilet
87. Clean Water Purifier
88. Clean White Picket Fences
89. Coal Duster Excavator Power Armor Paint
90. Coffin Backpack
91. Coffin Decoration
92. Coffin Stash Box
93. Collectron Bundle
94. Colored Oval Lights
95. Comforts of Home Bundle
96. Comin' to Town Bundle
97. Communal Firepit
98. Communist Bunker
99. Communist Collectron Station
100. Communist Fence
101. Communist Handmade Gun Skin
102. Communist Militant Outfit
103. Communist Military Safe Stash Box
104. Communist Officer's Gas Mask
105. Communist Salute Emote
106. Communist Spy Bundle
107. Communist Spy Outfit
108. Contemporary C.A.M.P. Bundle
109. Cowboy Hat
110. Cowhide Outfit
111. Creepy Mothman Player Icon
112. Crypt Crook Backpack
113. Cuddles Outfit
114. Cultist Dungeon Bundle
115. Dark Harlequin Face Paint
116. Dark Matter Combat Rifle Paint
117. Dark Wood Laminate
118. Dart Board
119. Dead Man's Hand Posters
120. Death Awaits Skull Totem
121. Death Ray Bug Zapper
122. Decorative Room Divider
123. Deep Cave Bundle
124. Deep Cave Hunter Outfit
125. Diamond Eyes Face Paint
126. Down Home Comfort Bundle
127. Down Home Dweller Bundle
128. Down Home Wallpaper Set
129. Duster
130. Easter Bundle
131. Easter Rabbit Plushie
132. Electro 2000 Fireplace
133. Elm Tree Set
134. Encampment Bridge
135. Encampment Fences
136. Encampment Fortress Bundle
137. Enclave Backpack
138. Enclave Bundle
139. Enclave C.A.M.P. Bundle
140. Enclave Power Armor Paint
141. Enclave Turret Set
142. Equalizer Power Armor Paint
143. Eye Patch Bundle
144. F.E.T.C.H. Collectron Station
145. Fancy Thanksgiving Display Case
146. Farm Life C.A.M.P. Bundle
147. Fasnacht Bundle
148. Fasnacht C.A.M.P. Bundle
149. Fasnacht Collectron Station
150. Fasnacht Mask Bundle
151. Fasnacht Mask Display
152. Fasnacht Mystical Mask Bundle
153. Fat Man Aviator Paint
154. Feral Ghoul Bundle
155. Feral Ghoul Costume
156. Fez
157. Fire Chief Bundle
158. Fire Hazard Backpack
159. Firewatch Tower
160. Firing Range Posters
161. Fish Lamp
162. Floor Walker Outfit
163. Flower Cart
164. Fluorescent Light Set
165. Flyboy Bundle
166. Flyboy Icon
167. Flyboy Outfit
168. Four Poster Bed
169. Free States Scout Armor Paint
170. Freedom Stars Neon Sign
171. Freight Wagon
172. Fringed Dress
173. Future-Tec Bundle
174. Gag Glasses Bundle
175. Gala Dress
176. Gala Tuxedo
177. Gatling Plasma Copperhead Paint
178. Ghillie Netting Bundle
179. Ghoul Icon
180. Giant Neon Letters
181. Gladiator Outfit
182. Glow-in-the-Dark Map
183. Gold 50 Cal Machine Gun Paint
184. Gold Mr. Fuzzy Kiddie Ride
185. Gold Mr. Rocket Kiddie Ride
186. Golden Years Set
187. Good Fortunes Bundle
188. Grafton Monster Mascot Outfit
189. Grahm Plushie
190. Grahm's Green Bundle
191. Green Thumb Bundle
192. Greenhouse Kit
193. Greenhouse Kit Bundle
194. Grognak Battlecry
195. Grognak Hero Bundle
196. Grognak Plushie
197. Gurney Bed Set
198. H.A.R.E. Power Armor Skin
199. Halberd
200. Halloween C.A.M.P. Bundle
201. Halo and Horns Set
202. Hammock
203. Hanging Planters
204. Haunted House C.A.M.P. Bundle
205. Haunted House Floor
206. Haunted House Porch Set
207. Haunted House Staircase
208. Hay Bales
209. Heart Balloons
210. Hellcat Outfit Bundle
211. Hellfire Regulator Power Armor Paint
212. Hero Statue Set
213. High-Powered Weapon Racks
214. High-Tech Stash
215. Holiday Nuclear Tree
216. Holiday Tree
217. Holidays Emote Bundle
218. Hot Tub
219. Hubris Comics Magazine Rack
220. Hubris Comics Wallpaper
221. Hunting Lodge Bundle
222. I Survived!
223. Imposter Assaultron Head
224. Inflatable Snowman
225. Inner Tube Deck Chair
226. Jail Walls
227. Junk Fences
228. Junkyard C.A.M.P. Bundle
229. Junkyard Dog Collectron Station
230. Junkyard Power Armor Paint
231. Kill, Laugh, Love Neon Sign
232. Landscape Painting
233. Large Nuka-Cola Bottle
234. Large Succulent Set
235. Laser Grid Door
236. Laundered Blue Dress
237. Laundered Cream Dress
238. Laundered Rose Dress
239. Leper'chaun Outfit
240. Leprechaun Bundle
241. Leprechaun Outfit
242. Liberator Bot Lamp
243. Liberty Prime Power Armor Skin Set
244. Light Bulb Letters Set
245. Light Wood Laminate
246. Lion Dancer Outfit
247. Log Cabin Kit
248. Log Cabin Porch Set
249. Lover Girl Icon
250. Lucille's Lullaby
251. Lumberjack Bundle
252. Lumberjack Outfit
253. Makeshift Mega Mansion
254. Mascot Head
255. Matte Black Equalizer Power Armor Paint
256. Matte Black Handmade Paint
257. Mausoleum Bundle
258. Meat Cooler Backpack
259. Medical Scrubs
260. Medical Smile Mask
261. Medieval C.A.M.P. Bundle
262. Megaton Hairstyle
263. Military Beret Bundle
264. Mini Deathclaw Statue
265. Mini Nuke Planter
266. Mini Power Armor Statue
267. Minigun Chrome Paint
268. Missile Silo Shelter
269. Missile Silo Shelter Bundle
270. Mob Boss Bundle
271. Modern Ceiling Fan
272. Modern Fireplace
273. Modular Mainframe Set
274. Mole Rat Generator Suite
275. Mole Rat Icon
276. Mole Rats Painting
277. Monocle
278. Montani Semper Liberi
279. Moonshine Mama Mask
280. Mosaic Tiles
281. Mothman Bed
282. Mothman Cultist C.A.M.P. Bundle
283. Mothman Cultist Goat Totem
284. Mothman Cultist Icon
285. Mothman Cultist Torches
286. Mothman Curtain Door
287. Mothman Frame
288. Mothman Furniture Set
289. Mothman Gas Mask
290. Mothman Hunter Bundle
291. Mothman Hunter Outfit
292. Mothman Jetpack
293. Mothman Neon Billboards
294. Mothman Outfit Bundle
295. Mothman Pip-Boy Paint
296. Mothman Plushie Backpack
297. Mothman Poster
298. Mothman Power Armor Paints and Lamp
299. Mothman Sleeping Bag
300. Mothman Statue
301. Mothman Traveler Bundle
302. Mothman Wallpaper Bundle
303. Mothman Worship Emote
304. Mountaineer Outfit
305. Mounted Fish Set
306. Mounted Radhog Head
307. Movie Poster Set
308. Mr. Claus Player Icon
309. Mr. Claus' Suit
310. Mr. Fuzzy Backpack
311. Mr. Fuzzy Balloon Animal
312. Mr. Fuzzy Cowboy Plushie
313. Mr. Fuzzy Halloween Plushie
314. Mr. Fuzzy Kiddie Ride
315. Mr. Fuzzy New Year's Plushie
316. Mr. Fuzzy Player Icon
317. Mr. Fuzzy Power Armor Helmet
318. Mr. Fuzzy Tinker's Workbench
319. Mr. Fuzzy Valentine's Day Plushie
320. Mr. Pebbles Lamp
321. Mr. Pebbles Plushie
322. Mr. Pebbles Space Explorer Backpack
323. Mr. Rocket Kiddie Ride
324. Mrs. Claus' Dress
325. Mrs. Claus Player Icon
326. Mudflap Hat Set
327. Mummy Dearest Icon
328. Mushroom Lamp
329. Mutant Dummy
330. Nautical Anchor Tattoo
331. Neighborhood Square Shelter
332. Neon Palm Reader Sign
333. Neon Sign Set
334. New Year's Banner
335. New Year's Eve Bundle
336. New Year's Icon
337. New Year's Tuxedos Bundle
338. Night Eyes Icon
339. Night Terror Gauss Rifle Paint
340. No Thank You Emote
341. No Way Emote
342. Northern Lights Paint T-51 Power Armor Paint
343. Nuclear Winter Poster Set
344. Nuka-Cola Bottle Display Rack
345. Nuka-Cola Bundle
346. Nuka-Cola Cask Stool
347. Nuka-Cola Cooler
348. Nuka-Cola Cooler Backpack
349. Nuka-Cola Curtain Door
350. Nuka-Cola Dark Power Armor Paints
351. Nuka-Cola Delivery Bundle
352. Nuka-Cola Jumpsuit Set
353. Nuka-Cola Neon Sign
354. Nuka-Cola Projection Lamp
355. Nuka-Cola Quantum Bottle Lamp
356. Nuka-Cola Quantum Bundle
357. Nuka-Cola Quantum Sign
358. Nuka-Cola Secret Door Bundle
359. Nuka-Cola Stained Glass Lamps
360. Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
361. Nuka-Cola Wallpaper Set
362. Nuka-Girl Rocketsuit
363. Old Man Summer Mask
364. Old Possum Bar Sign
365. Old West Bar Set
366. Ole Timey Diner Bundle
367. Outhouse
368. Pack Rat Backpack
369. Pajamas
370. Pale Rider Photoframe
371. Pale Rider Power Armor
372. Pallet Wood Floor
373. Pallet Wood Wallpaper
374. Parachute Backpack
375. Park Ranger Bundle
376. Park Ranger Power Armor Skin
377. Patriotic The Fixer Paint
378. Pickaxe Pilsner Bar Sign
379. Pink Neon Heart Sign
380. Pipe Organ
381. Pitt Scaffold Kit
382. Plague Doctor Mask
383. Plain Curtain Door
384. Plasma Ball Set
385. Plotting Table
386. Plushie C.A.M.P. Bundle
387. Poodle Skirt
388. Portrait Secret Door
389. Potted Succulents
390. Pristine Moe the Mole Outfit
391. Pumpkin Vault Girl Head
392. Raider Collectron Station
393. Raider Culinarian Outfit
394. Raider Pathfinder Outfit
395. Raider Salute
396. Raider Skinner Outfit
397. Raider Skull Gas Mask
398. Raider Vending Machine
399. Raider Warlord Outfit
400. Raider Waster Bundle
401. Rain Water Collector
402. Raven Perch
403. Red Enamel Stove
404. Red Menace Backpack
405. Red Menace Bundle
406. Red Modular Mainframe
407. Red Rocket Diner Set
408. Red Rocket Door
409. Red Rocket Garage
410. Red Rocket Mega Furniture Bundle
411. Red Rocket Power Connectors
412. Red Rocket Ranger Power Armor Bundle
413. Red Rocket Stash Box
414. Red Scare Power Armor Skin
415. Red Shift Backpack
416. Red Shift Floor
417. Red Shift Power Armor Skin
418. Responder Power Armor Paint
419. Responders Bundle
420. Rest in Pieces C.A.M.P. Bundle
421. Revolutionary Bundle
422. Revolutionary Outfit
423. Roadtripper Outfit
424. Robber Halloween Bundle
425. RobCo Snow Machine
426. Robot Steins Display Case
427. Rocket Ceiling Fan
428. Round Deck Table
429. RR Ranger Power Armor Paint
430. Rusted Chain link Fence
431. Rusted Junkyard Power Armor Paint
432. Rustic Fountain
433. Rustic Greenhouse Bundle
434. Rustic Greenhouse Kit
435. Rustic Room Divider
436. Rustic Sink
437. Rusty Raider Skull Gas Mask
438. Samurai Outfit
439. Santa Bag Backpack
440. Santa Statue
441. Santa's Slay Power Armor Bundle
442. Santatron Collectron Station
443. Satellite Dish
444. Scavenger Collectron Station
445. Screaming Eagle Handmade Gun Skin
446. Screaming Eagle Wood Skin
447. Secret Service Backpack
448. Secret Service Bobblehead Stand
449. Secret Service Camo Bundle
450. Secret Stash Bookcase
451. Seedy Shed
452. Sequin Dress
453. Shadow Prime Power Armor Skin
454. Share the Love Bundle
455. Sheepsquatch Plushie
456. Shelter Catwalk Bundle
457. Shelters Mainframe Bundle
458. Shogatsu Bundle
459. Silver Shroud Costume
460. Silver Shroud Plushie
461. Six Pack Loot Bag
462. Skull Lord War Suit
463. Skull Mask
464. Skull Totem Set
465. Slocum's Joe C.A.M.P. Bundle
466. Slocum's Joe Coffee Machine
467. Snow Globe Lamp
468. Snowglobe
469. Solid Color Wallpaper Set
470. Space Suit
471. Spiked Barricade
472. Spikehawk Hairstyle
473. Spring Bundle
474. Square Rug Bundle
475. Stainless Steel Refrigerator
476. Stalker Outfit
477. Standing Lamp
478. Stanley
479. Stocking Set
480. Street Lamps
481. Stuffed Radstag
482. Summer Shorts
483. Sun Hat
484. Super Angry
485. Survivalist Outfit
486. Thanksgiving Bundle
487. Thanksgiving Kitchen Bundle
488. The Nighthawk Skin
489. The Quack Outfit
490. Theremin
491. Top Secret Door
492. Trailblazer Bundle
493. Turkey Mascot Outfit
494. Untarnished Alien Blaster Paint
495. Valentine's Backpack
496. Vampire Costume
497. Vault Boy/Girl Power Armor Helmet Set
498. Vault Girl Mascot Head
499. Vault Girl Scribble Head
500. Vault-Tec Grandfather Clock
501. Vault-Tec Laser Gun Paint
502. Vault-Tec Locker Bay
503. Vault-Tec Refrigerator
504. Vault-Tec Spa
505. Vault-Tec Starter Bundle
506. Vendor Sign Set
507. Vintage Linen Coat
508. Wall Weapon Racks
509. War Rider Power Armor
510. Warband Face Paint
511. Waste Barrel Planter
512. Wasteland Trapper Outfit
513. Wasteland Werewolf Outfit
514. Watchpost
515. Waterbed
516. Wavy Willard's Letters
517. Wavy Willard's Park Bundle
518. Wavy Willard's Swimsuit Bundle
519. Wavy Willard's Wipeout Slide Bundle
520. Welcome Friends Sign
521. Welcome Home Neon Sign
522. Welcome to Helvetia Bundle
523. West Virginia Table Set
524. Western Bar Bundle
525. White Wallpaper
526. Whitesprings C.A.M.P. Bundle
527. Whitesprings Wallpaper Set
528. Wildman Rags
529. Wildwood Den Bundle
530. Wildwood Tavern
531. Wildwood Tavern Bundle
532. Willard Plushie
533. Wolf Howl Emote
534. Worm Farm
535. Wrought Iron Fence
536. Zoltan Fortune Teller

My friends and started playing again and this is the first in like 3+ years. I was saddened by the fact that my jump from Xbox to PC didn't bring what I had with me, but I marched on. At my 27th level I was considering my options for what build I wanted to go for, only to be chosen for me. An individual in some kind of pink pajamas level 2000+ waves at me and drops an entire set of Excavator power armor right before me and with the effects of some kind of moon gravity launched himself into the stratosphere.
Just like I had in my Xbox save I had to do it here, it was clear. Heavy armor, heavy guns my beloved.
I'm level 60 now and as I had reached 50 I had done what was done to me, greeted a newer player, passed the power armor on and went my way.
I want to thank the 76 community that after so many years of inactivity I can count on the generosity and kindness of the community that I have done so, so many years ago.

What do you all do when your baby's socks are too tight?
All of my 4 month old's socks dont fit and leave marks on her legs. I've tried 6-12mo socks, 1yr socks, etc. and all of them are too tight. Footie pants don't quite work either because she's too long for them, or the waistband doesn't fit. I'd do footie pajamas but during the daytime I like dressing her in fun onesies and pants/bloomers and don't really want to sacrifice that - I am more just curious what you all use to keep their feet warm. Tights? Booties?

Reddit was insanely helpful to me as I constructed my registry as a FTM, and I wanted to pay it forward and create a detailed post as a now FTM to a 4 week old of what I think are must have's, don't needs, and what I purchased after my daughter was born. When I did my searching, a lot of what I found was quite frankly some obvious stuff like a crib, diapers, etc., so I wanted to take the time to list some more "obscure" stuff along with details around certain items I would have found helpful.
Places I registered at:
Amazon - loved it. Super easy to use, and pretty much everyone knows how to use it and/or has Amazon Prime these days. The welcome box was great, and the returns are super easy. I did not have any isssues with counterfeit products, but I also did not register for many big ticket nursery items such as a crib, etc.
Babylist - I only created a registry here to register for their sampler boxes. I CANNOT recommend these enough. The Bottle Box, Swaddle Box, Diaper Box, and Pacifier Box. We got to try all different kinds of the above items and ultimately ordered more of the kinds she ended up liking! The con to Babylist is that a lot of people find it not user friendly, and the buyer has to actually manually mark items as purchased and they often forget to do so and it's very annoying.

• Activity & Gear:
  • Must Have's
    • Baby Bjorn Bouncer - I set my baby in here every day while I shower, do some quick chores, etc
    • Baby Carrier - I have a Lille Baby and have not used it yet because it turns out these super structured carriers are really too big for newborns. After we brought her home, I ordered the Boppy Hybrid Adjustable Carrier and we love it. It still has structure, but is more of a wrap style so she fits nicely in there as a tiny newborn. I recommend a wrap or hybrid style such as this if you'd like to wear your baby as a newborn, and a structured one for when they're bigger.
    • Lovevery Play Mat for tummy time
  • Don't Needs
    • I would wait to register for a swing to see if you really need one. They are big and take up a lot of room and some babies hate them. We never got one and don't miss it.
• Baby Clothing:
  • Must Have's
    • Magnetic Me onesies, particularly in Newborn and 0-3 sizes. My husband and I are obsessed!
    • Zippered footie pajamas - Kyte Baby, Little Sleepies, Cloud Island, etc.
  • Don't Needs
    • Everyone is right - register for MINIMAL clothing if any at all. We have been flooded with clothing as gifts and there's no way she's going to get to wear all of it, so we'll be donating a lot of it unfortunately
    • Lots of socks
    • Mittens - you really don't need these. Most of the footie pajamas will have built-in mittens.
    • Blankets - you will get. so. many. blankets. And if you don't - they're cheap.
    • Cute outfits in the small sizes - our baby just lives in pajamas. It's not like we go anywhere. And she needs changing a million times a day anwyays.
• Bathing:
  • Must Have's
    • Angel Care Infant Tub and/or the Blooming Bath Petal. These are to set your baby in to support them in the sink/tub when they are so tiny. I love these both!
    • Microfiber washcloths
    • Bath toys
    • Kneeling pad so you can lean over the tub
    • Gentle shampoo such as Mustela
  • Don't Needs
    • Lots of hooded towels - if any at all. You can seriously use regular towels, although the hooded towels we have we think are super cute. But we ended up with a lot as these are like clothes and people love to gift these.
• Diapering:
  • Must Have's
    • Wipes. A lot of them. Preferably water-based, sensitive type
    • Keekaroo Peanut Changing Pad - any time she pees or poops we just simply wipe it down.
    • Munchkin waterproof changing pad liners - we ended up buying these after we got home from the hospital for the Peanut changing pad because she was soooo cold on it especially in the middle of the night. We don't always use these on top but you can tell it makes her more comfortable! And they are waterproof and easy to wash.
    • Some sort of diaper changing station caddy like the Ubbi one - keeps wipes, cream, spatulas, etc. organized
    • Butt spatula - seriously, get one. You won't mess up your hands when applying diaper cream.
    • Aquaphor - use this as a "barrier" between your baby's skin and their very acidic poop.
    • Ruvalino Diaper Bag backpack - we love ours! For any time we leave the house
    • OXO Tot on the go wipes dispenser - for your diaper bag
    • Ubbi Diaper Pail - this thing is AMAZING. We have it right next to our dressechanging station and we just slide it open and drop the dirty diapers in there.
    • Ubbi Wipes Dispenser - comes with a weighted top so it's easy to see/tell how many wipes you have left
    • Diapers - buy some packs of different brands. We ended up loving Huggies. Every baby/family is different!!
  • Dont Needs
    • Wipes warmer. Do I think my baby would like her wipes warm, yes. I just don't want another gadget on the changing table lol.
• Feeding: Big disclaimer on this one. I went into my feeding journey open to both breastfeeding and formula. I was woefully under prepared in all that I would need supplies-wise and knowledge-wise when it comes to this topic, and it's an IMPORTANT ONE. I would caution you against opening a lot of the stuff you get until after baby arrives because you may not end up needing it depending on if you are EBF, EP, combo feeding, or EFF.
  • Must Haves for Breastfeeding/Nursing/Pumping:
    • Microsteam microwave bags for first-use sterilizing of pump parts and bottles
    • Nursing pillows - we have both Boppy and My Brest Friend, we think My Brest Friend is superior.
    • Breastmilk storage bags if pumping - I bought silicone reusable ones
    • Nursing pads - you will likely leak, but you can also wait to purchase these until after you give birth to see if you need them
    • Nipple butter - I liked Earth Mama's
    • Nipple shields - you may need these as most FTM nipples will absolutley crack and bleed in the early days
    • Silverettes - these things are amazing! Helps your cracked nipples heal very fast and protects against chafing in your bra
    • Hands free pumping bra if you are pumping - I loved the Simple Wishes one
  • Must Haves for Formula Feeding:
    • Dr Browns Pitcher - must have. You can make a batch of formula every 24 hours and just pour it into a bottle prior to feeding your baby. And it's $10.
    • Bottle drying rack - I ended up buying the OXO Tot vertical rack and bottle and cup cleaning set to have tons of space to dry bottle and pump parts. You want to make sure you have your own brush separate from the one you use to wash your dishes.
    • Portable baby formula dispenser for the diaper bag when you leave the house
    • Bottles - from the Babylist Bottle sampler box, we ended up loving Comotomo and Boon Nursh and ordered those. I would not register for lots of bottles until you know what your baby likes.
  • Must Haves Feeding in General:
    • High chair
    • Portable high chair for traveling, eating outside, etc. - we like the Summer Infant Pop ‘n Sit Portable Highchair
    • An attachment to use on regular chairs for trips to restaurants, your own dining table, etc. - we like Chicco Pocket Snack Booster Seat, Grey
    • LOTS of silicone bibs for when they start solids and never enough muslin burp cloths!!
  • Dont Needs
    • Hot take: Nursing bras. I just wore my regular bralettes and popped my boob out. I liked it a lot better than the clunky clip-style nursing bras, but to each their own
    • Bottle sterilizer - our pediatrician told us to sterilize bottles, pump parts and pacifiers upon first use, and then just hot water and soap after that.
    • Bottle warmer - our baby takes her formula milk cold. No need for a bottle warmer!
    • Haakaa - this thing worked, but I didn't quite get all the hype. Its supposed to be used to catch letdown from one breast while your LO nurses on the other. I truthfully only used it when I was really engorged in the morning.
    • Baby Brezza - just a heads up that I know these are super popular, but our pediatrician actually told us to return ours that was gifted to us because there are reports it doesn't always accuratley mix the right amount of formula to water. I know these are wildly popular and we may try it out one day but we will probably return ours and just use the formula pitcher method.
• Health & Baby Care
  • Must Haves:
    • Mylicon gas drops - we Amazon Primed these when our LO was struggling with gas pain and they do help!
    • Frida Baby electric nail trimmer - I use this every week and even brought it to the hospital. It's so easy to use!
    • Frida Baby Basics Kit
    • Thermometer
    • You can always buy a lot of this stuff after baby arrives.
• Nursery Essentials
  • Must Haves:
    • Infant Optics DXR-8 PRO Video Baby Monitor - we love this monitor. Super clear picture.
    • Nestig Crib - this crib starts as a mini crib with wheels, and then transitions to a full sized crib and then toddler bed. All of the conversions are included. We are absolutely loving being able to roll the mini crib around our ranch house.
    • Hatch sound machine - you need a white noise machine!
    • Newton Mattress
    • 3 waterproof mattress protectors and 3 sheets - we like Kyte Baby sheets
    • Babyletto Dresser & Glider - super high quality!
• Strollers & Car Seats
  • Must Haves:
    • Nuna TRIV Next Stroller - we love this stroller! Glides really well and compatible with our Nuna PIPA infant car seat.
    • Nuna PIPA Infant Car Seat
    • SkipHop Universal Stroller Organizer
    • Battery operated stroller fan (bonus: bring this to the hospital with you for labor!)
    • Two car mirrors (one for your car, one for your partner's)
    • Two convertible car seats (might as well add two to your registry - if noone buys them, you can at least get completion discount!) we like the Britax models
• Stuff for Mama
  • Must Haves:
    • Pregancy birthing ball - I bounced on this thing during my third trimester and it turns out baby loves it too!
    • Comfy robes and pajamas for both hospital and during newborn stage
    • Frida Mom kit - this thing rocked!
    • Always Discreet disposable underwear - MUST. HAVE. I LOVED these postpartum and I wish I had brought them to the hospital with me!!!!!
• Toys & Books: I didn't register for a ton, because people just gave a lot of these anyways. And you will just get more with birthdays, holidays, etc.
• Random Stuff
  • Must Haves:
    • Miss Mouths Messy Eater Stain Treater - this stuff works!
    • OxiClean Baby - I soak all of my baby's poop stained outfits in this stuff and it comes right out.
    • Baby closet dividers - divides clothes by size. So satisyfing.
    • Kids hangers
    • Baby gate for any stairways, etc.
    • Outdoor blanket for laying your baby on the grass outside, picnics
    • Wet/dry bags - great for your diaper bag!
    • Waterproof mattress protector for YOUR bed - in case your water breaks in the middle of the night! (mine didn't but i still felt better with it on)

LO is 4 months and already outgrowing his 9M sleepers. I realized very quickly that a lot of brands seem to stop making sleepers past size 9M for whatever reason. So frustrating!!
Are there any brands that do larger sizes without breaking the bank?
EDIT: thank you all for the suggestions! I was able to find some sleepers after casting a wider net and making peace that the cuter baby prints (cloud island pretzels I’m so sad) aren’t gonna be available.

Baby is in the 3-6 month and needs some new ones but I would like to try some new brands. I really like 100% cotton or those stretchy bamboo ones.

My gf has 3 young ch children. She used a “permissive” approach to parenting because she can not tolerate her children experiencing any kind of distress that she can save them from. Their house is very small and to get around inside every time I am there I am forced to step on top of belongings that are strewn everywhere. It is extremely unsanitary. Her children have been sent home from school due to lice at least 5 times since I met her in November. The younger wears footie pajamas to school every day and no underwear because that is what the child wants. My gf claims the house is a disaster because she doesn’t have any help and that her children aren’t willing to do so. She will ask them questions like “would you like to help me with ___?” but any and all resistance is met with complacency. She makes 4 meals every night to cater to what the kids are and are not willing to eat. The food invariably goes uneaten then spills on the floor then languishes because it is impossible to sweep or mop any floor in the home.
I went over yesterday to help motivate cleaning and tried to execute on the plan I proposed that we would walk the children through the living areas of the house and identify their possessions on every single surface they can possible reside on, and ask them to identify any items of importance they would not want thrown away. Then we set a one hour timer and didn’t nag, bug, cajole, manipulate, or twist arms. I gave 15 minute incremental countdowns and then with their expectations set I went through with trash bags and put everything left on the floor into them for storage in the garage of the house in case one child determines they are missing something terribly important. I wanted to be tell them we were just throwing it all away but I wasn’t allowed.
My GF was folding laundry during this and her 5yo who was busy just making more of a mess the entire time stood on a blanket mom was folding. Mom ask child to move kindly probably 5 or 5 times and child with shit faced grin intentionally stayed put. Not because she thought it was fun, but because child knew mom didn’t like it and intentionally defied her. Mom tugs softly on blanket and child falls to ground with a shock on their face then immediately stands, and starts screaming at the top of their lungs, marches off to bedroom then starts opening and slamming (the already broken from prior instances of this) door over and over again. Mom patiently raises her voice slightly to ask child to not slam doors because that is against rules. Didn’t stop. I go to bedroom to see if I can help, and child slams door on me as I come in. I sit down in the door way very calmly and make a few non-rushed inquiries into how I can help child, and does child want to come out of the room to see mom. Child goes absolutely nuclear screaming like I have cut off an appendage. I stay calm but I stay seated in the doorway. I offer options like “i will move out of your doorway but only if you will be able to close the door softly.
After 3 minutes of child being as dramatic as they can, and understandably fully dysregulated because no ability to do self regulate emotions on their own has ever been instilled. Mom fixes big/hard emotions. Every time. Teacher gives mom feedback, “child refuses to ever do anything they don’t want to do.” So mom fills her role and tells me it’s time to let child have its way, undermining the co-regulation I was attempting to model. I stand as child continues to thrash and slam door into me, then walk away as child gets its way, my boundary be damned, and slams door hard into doorframe. I had to leave the house after that, and at this point I have zero confidence that a relationship between me and mom can work out. My home is clean, organized, ordered and boundary practice is strong. I can’t see ever co-habituating with someone who disrespects themself so much with allowing children to destroy the house and walk all over them. She texted me after to say that her child didn’t “win” and that the child just needed co-regulation.
AITAH?
** edit **
Wow I am overwhelmed with the speed and volume of responses I received. Thank you. 🙏
For clarity, mom is a doctor, baby daddy only has the kids at his own mom’s house with him as a “favor” to mom, doesn’t pay a dime of child support or child care. My kids are grown and out of the house. My boundary with dating single moms is that I will not make parenting efforts or be a parent to anyone else’s child. They have parents.
*** final update ***
The medical license she holds and the nature of her practice and education are irrelevant.
My post history and romantic past is irrelevant.
Thanks everyone for showing me that IANTA.
And special thanks to the woke mob for helping me realize that I am literally Hitler for my complicity in abusing my gf’s children by not calling CPS months ago when I first saw they live in a dirty and cluttered house with a mom whose parenting style is not mainstream.
Lest the pitchforks and torches burn the whole subreddit down, I can confidently say:
I will not be further pursuing a romantic partnership with mom and I will be directly informing her of these being the reasons why when I see her next later this week.
I will make an anonymous general report about the safety and cleanliness of the house and property in general and let CPS do with it as they will.
Once again thank you all. I only anticipated receiving maybe a handful of responses or advice, but the response was overwhelming in mainly good ways. Cheers everyone and good night!

Why not just put the kid in thicker pajamas? Are you not just putting a footie on top of another footie?

a small tan colored stuffed bunny wearing pink footy pajamas, the buttons on the pajamas are shaped like little bunny heads. his arm is attached to a tiny yellow chick to make it look like they’re holding hands. the whole thing was kind of towel material (that’s the best way i cant describe it)
i think it was bought in the hospital lobby when i was born, im not sure, but i loved him. my childhood was really hard and im finally starting to heal, but i want the comfort my bunny brought me back. any help or recommendations on different subreddits to post this on would be helpful

UPDATED: 3 years and 2 kids later I made some updates to this mega list. I send this to every pregnant person I know building their registry and they find it so helpful– I hope you do too!
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When I was pregnant I scoured the internet looking for a list like this, so I thought I'd share ours! These are the absolute essential (and a couple of non-essential) items we've used so far with our 2-month old baby girl. For some this might be excessive, for others not enough but this has worked great for our family.
*Edit to add for context: our little girl was born in early spring on the west coast of the US. I’m breastfeeding and supplementing with pumped milk & formula.
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Clothes

• 3-5 swaddles/sleep sacks
  • These ones are awesome for the early days! Or you can just use a blanket swaddle
  • Once they get close to rolling, you’ll have to transition out of the swaddles, and you can use something like this, or this or just skip straight to sleep sacks ↓
  • They’ll sleep in a sleep sack like this. My youngest lives in two sleepsacks (they’re pretty pricey, so we found them on Marketplace. We LOVE this Woolino one and Kyte for winter.
• Simple long and short sleeve onesies. (Long sleeves w/ mittens will prevent scratching.) I love Carters!
• A couple of pairs of pants with footies
• At least 7 pairs of footie pajamas with body length zippers (I love Kyte for the early days… so stretchy!!)
• People will buy you more cute outfits than you can use lol
• Socks
• Booties
• Beanies
• Sun hat
• A couple of warm jackets
• Cloth bibs for drooling/spit up
• Blankets (people will probably make you so many blankets!)
• Muslin swaddles, these are multi-purpose. I used them as a blanket, for swaddling, a burp rag in a pinch, change a diaper on, tummy time, nursing cover, etc

Diapering

• Surface for changing area (we used a dresser we had, but mostly just use the floor)
• Changing pad - we used a Keekaroo
• Portable changing pad (we have this one for the living room and to take on the go)
• Wet bag to store dirty diapers on the go. We loved ours but lost it, so now we just use a gallon ziploc
• Diapers
• Wipes (Costco has good multi-packs)
• Aquaphor (we use this at every diaper change, but others use a diaper paste)
• Diaper pail (we love this one bc it’s steel so it keeps odor in and doesn’t require special bags)

Feeding

• Burp cloths! Have many on hand, you will go through a lot.
• Formula (we use Costco brand)
• Bottles (Our lactation consultant recommended Dr. Brown's with a preemie nipple for newborns)
• Drying rack & bottle brush (my fav bottle brush)
• Breast pump (if you have insurance, apply to get covered here. Ours was covered 100%!)
• Milk storage bags (if you plan to pump, may be covered under insurance too from the link above)
• Pumping on-the-go: travel pump, sanitation wipes, hand sanitizer, sanitizing bags, milk bags, ice pack, insulated coolelunch bag
• Bottle dishwasher basket, to easily wash bottles! We hand washed all of my first born’s bottles… why?!
• Bottle warmer (soooo underrated in our opinion! We were told by many we would never use it, but it gets used daily. We love ours!)
• Nursing pillow (Not totally essential– I use a pillow to use for arm support)

Sleep

• Bassinet or crib
  • We got the Halo Bassinest on marketplace and it's worked well. We also have a Moses Basket out in the living room for naps and to safe place to set baby down)
• Crib sheets
• White noise machine – We love our Hatch (maybe a portable one for travel)
• Baby monitor (Video and/or audio)
• Pacifiers (Your pediatrician might have advice on type and method of use. We started with the Avent Soothies)
• Pacifier clip
• Pack n’ play for travel
• Blackout curtains
• Rocking chaiglideyoga ball

Bathing

• Baby shampoo/body wash (we use Aveeno, good for eczema)
• Baby Lotion (we use CeraVe)
• Bathtub (We have one like this)
• Towels & washcloths
• Brush
• Cradle cap brush (you may need something like this, cradle cap is super common, my youngest still has a little)

Play/Awake time

• High contrast images, mirror, rattles, and other toys! We have the Lovevery play gym which was awesome!
• Books
• Bouncer and/or Swing

Transportation

• Diaper bag (I recommend a backpack style so you have both hands free)
• Car seat
• Stroller (We have the Evenflo Xpand Travel System)
  • Now that I have two, I wish I would have opted for a single stroller that is lightweight and easy to collapse and THEN after having two got a stroller wagon for both rather than a double stroller (ours is bulky, heavy and hard to turn)
  • I also wish we had a stroller with a bassinet attachment like the Uppababy - would be perfect for newborn stage
• Car mirror
• Sun shade for car window
• For the car, we have a diaper caddy with extra diapers, clothes, burp rags, toys, etc.
• Baby carriewraps
• There are so many different kinds! We have the Solly wrap, and this Graco one which we love!

Health/Safety

• Thermometer
• Tylenol
• Snot sucker (like this, or this)
• Saline spray/drops
• Humidifier
• Nail clippers (We love ours from FridaBaby.)
• Infant scale
  • Not essential, but wonderful to have if you have reason to be concerned about weight like we were with both girls. We have this one.

For the birthing parent: Nursing & Postpartum

• Reusable breast pads
• Nursing tanks (or loose tanks that you can move to the side)
• Nursing bras (if you’re pumping too, get a combo, I live in these ones)
• Nipple balm & cooling gel pads
• Postpartum care: You'll also get a lot of things from the hospital which they'll let you take home. These are what I used for both vaginal births:
  • In the early days, you’ll want to do either diapers, or disposable underwear with large pads
  • Ice maxi pads
  • Witch hazel cooling pads
  • Peri bottle
  • Some type of stool softener, like Miralax

Things you might want to register for outside of newborn stage:

• Play pen
• High chair
• Bibs for eating (these are the best!)
• Baby dishes with a silicone base that can stick to the tray
• Activity table for when they’re sitting up. Didn’t use one with my firstborn but absolute must with second baby lol

im a mom of two (3 week old girl, 4 year old boy) and sleep has been nonexistent. im exclusively breastfeeding my newborn daughter, she nurses to sleep and also for comfort lots of nights. i heard about safe sleep 7 and it seems like it would be my best option to get myself the rest i do desperately need right now. overheating is my main concern with cosleeping, im a very light sleeper so i dont worry much about rolling onto the baby and our mattress isn’t super soft so i dont think it poses much of a risk. my house is kept to 74°f (23°c) at night so i’m wondering what i should dress my baby in if she could end up next to me for sleeping. i normally do a lightweight footie pajama because we do have a fan on in our room at night (not pointed at us just facing away for white noise but it does cause air circulation) and i use a breathable lightweight blanket that i’m sure to keep off of her face and really anywhere above her chest.

On a scale of “Holy shit, can I shed this between takes?” And “Adult footie pajamas” how comfortable are those vault suit props?

But what kind of movie requires the set to be covered in dropcloths while the crew wears those weird hazmat suits that look like footie pajamas?