Trading Post

Well, oznl's pretty much said it, and I won't repeat.  The best pins appear to have gone from the market: they were 3" long with locking metal heads. I'm still using them, but my stocks have just about run out.  The plastic-headed ones don't last, as oznl says. The metal pins in oznl's post don't have a locking head, as far as I can see, so are a bit riskier - I've not tried them. 2" pins aimed at real babies aren't strong enough in my experience - they will bend and spring open when you really don't want that to happen. I use a pin for each thigh and a Snappi for the waist, and I'm in terry 4ft squares folded in the Chinese fold. During the day too, in the summer anyway. Works for me.

“Well, let’s start now,” Annie addressed Kayla when she finished dressing up. She slowly removed parts of the teenager equipment and showed Kayla how to equip the room properly. They worked together. Of course, the school stuff had to stay; it was the only difference against the actual nursery. “How do you like your new room, Kayla … or baby Kayla?” Annie looked around and got amused, but she somehow liked the new look. It was cute.

Plumers wanted to change out all of the toilets.  Since we are all in diapers we told them that would not be a problem.  Some didn't get the notifications.  Some were planning on using the bathroom in just a little bit but are now going to have a surprise.  Lol 😂 😂 

Me and then Andrea?  Ladies should be first.  

Been pissed off being stuck in a loop of silence, waiting for a response from a bureaucracy that seems to have forgotten we exist. For the past two years, I've been fighting for something as basic and necessary as better medical supplies. Despite repeated requests to my Urologist and my advocate, my inbox remained empty. Two weeks of total silence finally pushed me over the edge. I decided to stop playing by the "polite" rules and started using the tools that actually force movement: Direct escalation and congressional advocacy.   Sometimes, you have to stop asking nicely and start documenting the failure. Here is the process I used to get results finally: The Double-Down: After two weeks of zero communication, I sent a follow-up email and an "Every Secure" message detailing the entire two-year history of my requests. I didn't just complain; I created a clear, undeniable paper trail showing the neglect. The "Senator Card": I reached out to Senator Patty Murray's office to open a formal casework file.  I got an email back for the patient care advocacy patient advocacy wth a case tracking number after I emailed our Senator