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Our house has smelled like sewage for almost a year. It’s intermittent but happens most days. It seems to be coming from the vents. Worse at night which may coincide with using the bathtub but it has smelled without using the bath as well.

Key points

• kitchen renovation 1 year ago
• on well and septic
• hvac checked - no issues -plumber checked, did a peppermint test, no issues
• septic pumped and checked no issues
• vents cleaned, no issues
• we live in Maryland
• smoke test performed today by American Leak Detection. Their only recommendation was to replace a Studor Valve under our sink (but smell is not coming from there) and replace the lid to our septic outside bc it seemed to

Looking for any advice, parenting hacks, or just is this normal and I need to power through?

I’m a SAHM to a 4 month old, 3yr old and 5 year old. 5 year old starts Kindergarten in the fall and 3 year old in part time PreK in the fall

I feel like my body is in fight or flight mode most of the day.

Issue 1- my older kids don’t nap, both dropped their nap around 2.5. They both wake up between 4:45 and 5:45 most days. I’m woken by fighting between the two, demands/requests whining and it’s usually not long after I’ve fallen asleep after the baby’s 3am feed. This starts my day off horribly and my body is tense and irritable for hours after.

We have tried morning box activities (this helps

I am trying to submit my return and get a label to return our rental, but I keep getting an error message saying contact customer service.

Has anyone gotten this? There is no direct way to contact customer service which is annoying. I can only email and hope they respond by my next billing date on Monday

Looking for any advice on this situation- I am a SAHM of a 5 year old, 3 year old and 2 month old. My 3 year old has seen me as the preferred parent for at least a year maybe 2.

It has become so extreme within the last year (yes a new sibling probably has to do with this too) that it’s causing tension between my husband and I. It’s become that I am the only one that can care for my 3 year old. I am the one to take him to the bathroom, tuck him in, sit next to him (or have him on my lap) at dinner etc.

It’s gotten to the point where I feel like I can never take a break. My husband will gladly offer to help take him off my hands so I can breathe but it becomes almost impossible. He will ta

We are about halfway through a full kitchen renovation. Our contractor had a plumber come during demo and reroute some pipes so we were able to remove a soffit.

The night after the first day of demo we noticed a strong smell. My husband found they left a pipe open to air and he wrapped it up with Saran Wrap for the night. (This may be unrelated to current problem)

Plumbing is now finished but we have noticed there is still a sewage smell. Sometimes worse than others. My husband thinks it’s because the sink isn’t installed yet and there is no P trap.

They do have some type of black cap over the sink pipe right now.

We called the contractor to come address the smell. (Reno is not done ye

13 yr old female Lab/Aussie

60lbs, located in MD, USA

Hx- Anxiety, chronic bronchitis and newly dx with hypothyroidism

Meds- Fluoxitine (anxiety) Prednisone 5mg daily (chronic bronchitis) , starting meds for hypothyroidism this week

Just had routine labs done for my senior dog. It was found that she was hypothyroid and the vet also let us know that her urine sample showed blood, bacteria and white blood cells.

The only signs of UTI my dog was showing before this was frequent urination and thirst which, prior to the labs, the vet attributed to the Prednisone.

My issue is that our vet does not want to treat the UTI without first bringing her back into for a sterile sample done throug

My husband and I have a hard time agreeing on names. I like unique (like in the top 100+ if that makes sense) my husband does not and prefers classic, biblical etc names.

Our first two kids are named Caroline and Luke (not Lucas) , third child is a boy.

So far we agree on Alexander (I really only like Alex and it feels a little too popular for me )

I also love Elijah/Eli Crew Finn Dawson

Also we have a last name that ends in “-er” so I feel that rules out first names with the same ending like Cooper or Tanner (I love the name Tanner)

Has anyone else had all of the first trimester nausea and fatigue return again after Covid ? I had been feeling better for a week or two before I got Covid. Now that I’m better the nausea is back. I’m wondering if it has anything to do with it?

I’ve always had flat narrow feet with overpronation. The ligaments on the outside of my ankle are so weak that when I lay down my feet just flop inward.

Anyway it was always something I knew about and only bothered me during extreme activity. Now after spending a week in Florida in a house that is all tile (no cushioned carpet) my feet, legs and hips are terribly achey all the time.

I thought it would get better being home on carpet. I’ve been wearing cushioned slippers inside as well but it’s interfering with all of my daily activity. I can stand long enough to do dishes with out having to sit down and prop up my throbbing feet.

Where do I start ? What shoes? Arch supports? Podiatrist