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8 month-old baby has had a nightmare sleep regression. Last night we were up every 20-30 minutes to her crying. From 7:30-3:30am we got zero sleep and she woke up for the day at 6am. She would not settle without being held and rocked to sleep. This has been going on for for about 3 weeks with anywhere from 4-20 wakeups. She used to settle pretty easily with a pacifier but somehow spiraled into this new habit of needing to be held.

Her naps are fine, even though she needs to be held. I just switched to 2 naps to try to combat this…..it hasn’t helped. 3/3/3.5

We are supposed to leave Tuesday to visit family for 2 weeks. I’m considering canceling so we can sleep train. I’m guessing it’s not

Baby is 11 weeks. Last week she started sleeping 7 hour stretches! She goes down around 8:30- 9:30 and then wakes up around 3:30. I’ve been putting her pacifier in her mouth and patting her back to sleep and then she sleeps another hour. My partner gets up for work around 6 and feeds her. Usually between 4:30-5:30 she gets up again and I can give her a pacifier and get her to sleep again but she wakes up after 20-30 minutes. I’ve just been repeating this until he wakes up. She doesn’t seem upset, but I’ve been wondering if I should feed her when she starts walking more frequently around 4:30. Since she’s only going back to sleep for 20 minutes then, is she hungry?!? I’m feeding her enough ca

It feels like someone punched the inside edge of my boob. I can’t feel any type of lump so it doesn’t seem like it’s a clogged duct. I’ve pumped and emptied the breast. Ended up taking Ibuprofin and icing it.

It happened after baby nursed on the opposite side. I almost exclusively pump on both sides like 95% of the time, so is it possible this side got engorged and that’s causing inflammation? I have a pretty large capacity so I haven’t had many issues with engorgement before.

I’ve been pumping 7-8x a day for 3.5 weeks. At the hospital they told me my flange size was 21 for the left and 18 for the right. I’ve been using a 21 insert for the left and 19 for the right as that’s what I have.

My left nipple is really sore and sensitive. Like when fabric brushes against it it feels like pin pricks.

I’m starting to experiment with different sizes to see if that’s the problems but I feel like it’s a lingering problem so might take time to figure out what is wrong. I’m confused if it’s too big or too small. It’s hard to tell if the areola is being pulled in bc my nipple kind of has a weird transition into the areola. When I start the pump the nipple doesn’t rub against

I’ve been doing 2 things for about 10 days and my fasting numbers dropped significantly (about 10 pts). So I thought I would share in case it helped someone else.

1. This was the biggest factor in my change…I went from restless sleep and having insomnia after my pee breaks in the middle of the night, to sleeping solidly for about 8 hours per night. I started taking 2 Benadryl before bed. This was recommended by my NP. I still wake up to pee but I fall back asleep easily. I take my fasting number about 8-9 hours after I fall asleep.

2. I eat a spoonful of peanut butter (sugar free) right before bed. I honestly don’t know if this has made a significant change since I started the Benadryl a c

I’ve had weird insomnia where I wake up around 4 or 5am after going to bed around midnight or 1. Then I’m up for a few hours and fall back asleep around 8. Making me sleep until like 11am. That’s usually when I take my fasting number. I’ve been testing for about 3 weeks.

My OB thinks my numbers are close to target so we are trying to stay diet controlled. She suggested I take my blood sugar when I wake around 5.

Today I took my numbers as follows while I was up: 5 am 121 6 am 97 7 am 91

I know this is the “dawn effect” and usually when I take my fasting number later in the morning when I wake up the second time, it’s closer to the 7am number. My number after dinner the night before was 9

I was diagnosed with GD after taking my blood sugar numbers for 2 weeks. My post-meal numbers are all within range. My fasting numbers are slightly high…usually like 104. I have been trying to eat carbs as recommended with my dinner (45-60g). My friend who has diabetes was told differently and was told to not eat carbs with dinner as it’s harder for your body to process them when you aren’t active at night. So I tried eating a couple low carb dinners with just meat and veggies. Both times I tried my fasting numbers the next day were within range. My OB wants to put me on insulin. I’m also slightly annoyed at them bc they didn’t seem to listen to me when I told them I have yet to actually mee

I’m looking for an AI program that could take an old photo and replace the face onto a different image that I would provide with their face in a different position than the original photo. So the old photo has the face looking forward, but in the new photo their face is looking downward.

Context: I’m a portrait artist and usually directly work from photo references to draw and paint realistic artwork. I’ve had a request from a client to create a drawing using photos of her and her dad from when she was young and have them sitting at a desk reading a book. She doesn’t have any photos of them actually doing this, just has photos of them at that age. I want to use a stock image or generate an

I’m looking for an AI program that could take an old photo and replace the face onto a different image with their face in a different position than the original photo.

Context: I’m a portrait artist and usually directly work from photo references to draw and paint realistic artwork. I’ve had a request from a client to create a drawing using photos of her and her dad from when she was young and have them sitting at a desk reading a book. She doesn’t have any photos of them actually doing this, just has photos of them at that age. I want to use a stock image or generate an image in midjourney of the scene of the girl and dad at his desk, and then replace the faces with the client and her dad

My mural client has requested gold paint for a portion of their mural. I’ve used gold acrylic paint before but not anything made for exteriors.

I’ve found a few gold paints like “Mural Paint” but those require a higher temperature (65 F) for application as well as a varnish that needs 48 hour cure time with low humidity. Because it’s not quite up to mural temperature where I live yet I don’t think that will be possible…..

My thought was getting a clear base and mixing in gold mica. I make acrylic paints this way, just not sure what to use as a base.

Any suggestions for a clear latex base I could use for this or a gold paint that’s already mixed and made for exterior applications?!?

My mural client has requested gold paint for a portion of their mural. I’ve used gold acrylic paint before but not anything made for exteriors.

I’ve found a few gold paints like “Mural Paint” but those require a higher temperature (65 F) for application as well as a varnish that needs 48 hour cure time with low humidity. Because it’s not quite up to mural temperature where I live yet I don’t think that will be possible…..

My thought was getting a clear base and mixing in gold mica. I make acrylic paints this way, just not sure what to use as a base.

Any suggestions for a clear latex base I could use for this or a gold paint that’s already mixed and made for exterior applications?!?

Hoping to get some community insight on this topic! I’m a reiki practitioner of about 10 years. Mostly using it for personal healing but sometimes I work on friends!

I became attuned through a YouTube video where I felt energy through my hands within about 10 minutes of practice, and eventually went on to be initiated through another practitioner (Level 2).

My question is this, am I possibly tapping into a different form of healing other than reiki? What I do is not exactly what I was taught in reiki. For one, I feel the energy much more strongly when I’m not actually touching anyone. I prefer my hands to hover about 2-3 inches above my body and I can feel the energy best this way and can