Yeah, I'm really trying "not to blink", as I think I did once and he went from 7 weeks to 13 weeks in about 14 days 😖🤣

Hm, I'm not sure, it seems like it's probably on your end then. Like it didn't catch all the necessary data points or something. I'm not that aware though. I've had someone say it didn't work before and someone else tried it and it was fine, and I think the original person just waited a bit and tried again and then it worked for them.

Our son is 4 months old now! 🤯🤗

He still loves standing and walking, and has recently started learning how to roll onto his stomach because he wants to be on his belly. He already rolled when he was 20 days old, as a way to get around, but then we leveled out our motorhome and made it a lot harder, so he took a break from that, but now he's back! 😎

It seems he's learning to sit better too, which I look forward to, cause he loves looking around, which is a bit hard if he's just on his back or belly.

He loves his dad nostr:nprofile1qqsfepkhw5m6vwqvudc78fyxp0r7r7e2mwegyxl34rcu6n5vuq3ypjgprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ycmgv43kktndv5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap09r92yd and enjoys playing with him, getting to fly especially (I think) I tried it once but I'm not strong enough 😅

Ah, I see. Either that, or at least trying to drive traffic to Instagram. I look forward to when videos have Nostr icons on then 😎🤣

Looks fun, but what's that Instagram image doing on the screen!? 🤔🤣

Yesterday was the 2nd day of heavy clouds and rain and running out of power. After running some errends, we went to Starbucks and got set up just before 4pm. By 8:35pm, all I had managed to do was order diapers and 2 onesies. 😑 I knew which diapers I wanted, but it got complicated with the shipping since USPS doesn't deliver to us, and last time I had to catch it at the post office before they returned them!

I eventurally figured out how to add those Amazon pickup boxes, but then I found out the diaper box was apparently too heavy...

In those over 4 hours, I also tended to our son. Fed him two or three times, changed two diapers, one of which was a blow out where I also needed to clean the onesie he was wearing. I then put him in a different onesie that whenever he wears, he's super fussy, which is not his normal self!

So, after dealing with that fussing for a while, I gave up, took off the onesie, and wrapped him in the ring sling carrier fabric, cause it's long enough to make into a kind of shirt. Then I walked around with him for a couple of minutes, watching his eyes get sleepy, then put him in the car seat, stuck my finger in his crying mouth, and rocked him gently until he finally fell asleep!!! YAY!

After that, he slept for hours! He only woke up when I took him out of the car seat at home!

So, my plan of quickly ordering some diapers and onesies and then getting to work on editing more of my husbands upcoming book, "How to build deeply authentic relationships with yourself and people" did not quite work out as I hoped.

How was your first day of the year?! 😃

Oh, fancy, starting the year with brunch 😎

.... unless they took a really really long time 🤔

That's fun. Hope you enjoyed!

Yay, fireworks! Twice if the kiss is with your crush 😎(hopefully your husband 😅)

What?! 2025 was great! I basically started it by finding it I was pregnant, and I'm ending it with a son who will be 4 months old in 2 days! Becoming a mom covers whatever political or horrible events happened in the rest of the world... 😅🥰👶😎

What are your New Year's Eve traditions?

I grew up in Sweden where everyone shoots fireworks at the stroke of midnight!

My home church always had a huge potluck with a fancy get together with some sort of program including games.

Not sure what we'll do tonight. Probably work until Starbucks closes at 9pm and then try to pick up something nice for dessert before going home.

America doesn't seem to celebrate New Years Eve very much except dropping some ball or something... 🤔🤣

Remember, tomorrow, all the food you have will be from last year. Be sure to finish off all the good stuff you wanna have while it's fresh 😇🤣🤣🤣

Hahah, love this!

Apparently every baby is 1 years old at birth, and then every person changes age at the new year. So, a baby born on December 31st, turns 2 the next day.

If our son was Korean, he would turn 2 tomorrow, January 1st, but here in America he'll turn 4 months on the 2nd. Not quite the same 🤣

So, what does this actually mean?

"To fully insulate his wife from all external stressors and responsibilities"

I love being my husbands partner. I'm extremely grateful that he includes me in his plans and ideas of how to provide for us.

When we first got married, I had 3 months of work to finish up, so I brought him to Sweden. Then we moved to America where I wasn't allowed to work for 2.5 years, and son after finally getting my greencard, I got pregnant. I've had it for a year now, and I've actually only worked for 3 days total.

Our son is almost 4 months old, and we both got some work for his dad, hubby painted and I cleaned, and our son could be with us.

I would take breaks to deal with our sons needs, and my hubby didn't even stop for lunch (I brought him something but he ate while working).

It was fun, but a lot for me, since I got paid for the time I worked, not took breaks, and our son is super chill, but he decided he wanted to talk for 10 minutes or something, instead of eating, so I felt the pressure of wanting to get back to work.

Generally speaking, I am way better suited for a normal job than my husband, temperamentally, and there are things I enjoy. However, I much prefer being a mom!

I'm currently helping to edit his upcoming book, because as a new mom, I found that my time is extremely fragmented, so working on one of my own books would be much harder to keep track of. For example, coming up with a scene and then having my hands occupied so I wouldn't be able to finish writing it down while it was fresh in my mmind. So, editing his book, where as long as I finish reading the paragraph, I can make a note and come back whenever sounded great! And it has been!

So, letting him be responsible for active work is something I'm extremely grateful for. And as someone's comment, is actually something that weighs on my husband as a man much more than on me. Yes, I want money to survive and thrive, but I don't have a need to provide like he does. I do however have a need to care for our son and make sure he gets opportunities to learn and grow, which I didn't know I had in my until I had him.

We've had car issues since June, needing a new transmission, and then realizing we actually need a new car cause it's really well-used and has other issues too. 😖 I wouldn't want to be insulated from that, in the sense of not knowing what's going on, because we practice secret minimization which is an extremely healthy way of making sure our marriage stays fun and intimate. However, I don't want to need to deal with the car, as well as tending to our son every 2.5h, cause that's already a lot.

We are partners, co-reigning, he takes on the ultimate responsibility for providing and protecting, because those are actually in his nature even if I can do them, and I take on caring for our son, but also, I'm the one who started collecting points at Starbucks where we go to work on our books, so we can occasionally get something "for free", and I'm the one who takes care of the Safeway digital coupons, because it's way too gimmicky for my husband, but it does save us money so he really appreciates it! We are partners!

So, "being insulated from the external stressors and responsibilities" doesn't make sense to me.

Him having the ultimate responsibility to take care of those things practically, while I tend do our son and future kids, while still getting to be involved in the idea process of how to get them done sounds way better to me.

I love when my husband tells me his idea, but asks me for my input, cause there are times when I have valuable intel from God, the Holy Spirit inspired female intuition perhaps, that has seriously aided us in some decisions we've made!

So, I wouldn't want to be insulated from it, unless you mean in the practical application aspect of insulation. Like, I'm not the one responsible for getting that stuff done even if I help come up with ideas for how to do it. If that makes any sense.

Thanks for reading my mini book of thoughts on the topic 😅🤣

Also, I totally read isolated at first, not insulated, so perhaps what you meant wasn't isolated, separated, cut off from, but rather, having a buffer inbetween, and if so, I'm way more on board 😅

I'd venture to say, their products that contain any chocolate are probably still more healthy than their products that don't contain any... not sure they even have any of those, but still 😅🤣

Most people seem to have the impression that things with chocolate are less healthy than other treats, but I think they're believing the lie that if something tastes great, it's not good for you.

Chocolate treats are actually healthier than other treats, because they have cacao in them, and cacao is extremely healthy! 😎

I am thankful for snuggles with my baby boy, even when he kicks me the whole time 😅🥰 (he loves moving and walking even when he's on his back! 🤣)

I know I'm only supposed to say one thing I'm thankful for, but I'm also super thankful for my hubby nostr:nprofile1qqsfepkhw5m6vwqvudc78fyxp0r7r7e2mwegyxl34rcu6n5vuq3ypjgprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ycmgv43kktndv5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjme0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap09r92yd for being my friend, partner, and hubby.

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Make covenant marriage great again!

No need to have a custody agreement about your dog, or kids!

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Yeah, I'd need a dictionary with pictures 😅🤣

Hey, that's another product idea 🤔 instead of just selling the things you make, you can sell a deciphering book for those who want to try themselves 😃

I guess the sink sank... 😅🤣

I don't life coffe, and I rarely drink tea, so whenever I went to people's houses for fika, and they didn't have a hot drink I liked, they would start looking through their cabinets to see of they had some "saft" (fruit/berry flavored concentrate that mixes with water). After a few times of this, I started telling them, "It's fine, I actually really like plain water! Can I have water please?" And I was telling the truth!

I also don't like sparkling water, cause it comes across as bitter to me, and I had a really bad experience with it once as a teen while feeling nauseous....😒😅

Flavored sparkling water is okay, I guess.

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Hubby has been watching a bunch of war stories from The Fat Electrician, and when he was paying with our son, having him fly above him, our son started launching saliva bombs... or should I say, he was releasing spit-fire 🤣🤣🤣

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Yeah, I was still out of it, but repeatedly said, "we don't want the eye goo!" Until they acknowledged what I was saying.

It's not only stupid, it's also insulting to even offer to a married couple!!!! It's agaisnt STDs like gonorrhea.

I'm not sure. My son is 2 months old so I don't quite understand what he says yet 😅

Well done!!!! That is so much fun! I love how it turned out with the numbers! ☺️

Eh, is the bible copywrite protected? 🤔😳

If by loyal, you mean will stick around because I like it, then yes, but if loyalty means not using anything else, then I'm not. I still get on Facebook on occation as that's where all my old friends and family can be found.

But I barely ever post there.

I post here because I really like the interactions, and the fact that I can get paid for what I write.

At first, I wasn't allowed to work in America, then finally, a year ago, I got my green card approved and was allowed to work, but we traveled so I didn't get on it, and then in the beginning of january I found out I was pregnant and now I have a baby that requiers a lot of my attention, but at least I can come no here, read some fun, funny, or interesting posts, and usually I'm able to at least wrote a post myself at times, though possibly interrupted 😅 But every sat I recieve is a blessing and help to our income as we write our books.

I am an author, so getting paid for my writing even if people aren't buying many of my books yet is really encouraging!

Plus, the community here is amazing! I haven't met anyone from here in person (except my husband) and yet I have lots of friends! 🤗

Yes, and that's fine. Sorbet has been around for ages, I was being fake outraged at the virtue signaling with the "vegan" part. 😅🤣

I'm fine if people make new kinds of ice cream, calling it "guac cream" if it's from avocados or something (not sure if that's a thing but it could be)

Yes, apparently more than 2%. Which is probably why it tasted so weird...

Yeah, I needed it to stay still for another 6 hours this morning 😅

This is our goal, and what I'm doing right now. I consider getting a job because we need money, but then I look at my son and ask God to bless our book sales instead, cause I don't wanna go anywhere!

This is also why we love in America and not Sweden, because we can homeschool here, and it's illegal there!

My son seems quite capable for his age, he's alreaddy rolling and he's only 24 days old! But I think he'll need to learn a few things, like lifting his head, taking, and writing, at the very least, before he starts using social media 😅

Oh, that reminds me that I was partly hit by a spray of poop once. Like a foot away! I didn't know that was a thing until I experienced it. I'd heard of boys peeing once the diaper comes off, but nothing about poop!

So, did the dodge not work, or did something else happen when you tried to dodge that wasn't good?

I usually say, if I failed, I'm not done yet. Or something like that.

So, has anyone made a vee-log yet about parenting or little kids? I mean, it's called a vee-log for a reason, someone's gotta do it 😏🤣

I miss water!

I just reached a 1270 day streak on Duolingo thanks to my husband who covered for me when I was in the hospital and my phone was hidden somewhere at home.

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So, I knew baby boys have a tendency to pee while getting a diaper change, which we experienced at the hospital when my husband was changing one of our son's diapers. We got the advice to leave a wipe over it so if he pees, it doesn't go flying.

Well, I did not know that projectile poop was a thing until yesterday! 😳🤣

I was changing his diaper when all of a sudden, a stream of poo started flying, some splattered a whole foot away! I'm glad I had a wipe in my hand as I instinctively blocked the exit or else there would probably have been a much bigger mess 🤣🤣🤣

I thought yesterday how I'm probably more strategic about how I change a diaper than most, and now I have even more reason for it, as I don't only need to have it go fast to avoid the flying pee, but apparently also projectile poop 🤣🤣

Things I'm learning as a new mom 😎