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I Have A Newborn Right Now. You Cannot Give A Baby Cold Medicine.

There is a whole wall of it at the pharmacy and none of it is for a baby under two. What the FDA and the AAP actually say, the four things that do help, and the fever number to have in your head.

I Did Nails For Twelve Years. Gel Didn’t Ruin Your Nails. Taking It Off Did.

Cured gel grips the top layer of your nail, so picking it off takes that layer with it. The twenty-five boring minutes that remove it without damage, and an honest answer about the lamp.

I Clean Houses For A Living. You Cannot Smell Your Own House.

Your nose switches off a smell it lives in, which is why the plug-in loop never ends. Where the smell actually is — soft surfaces, the washer, the drains, under the bag, and the filter you are about to seal the house up with.

I Did Nails For Twelve Years. Your Nails Aren’t Weak, They’re Waterlogged.

Splitting nails and cracked hands are a wet-dry cycle problem, not a vitamin problem. What twelve years as a nail tech and a cleaning company taught me about hands that live in water.

I Clean Showers For A Living. You Cannot Scrub Hard Water Off Glass.

Hard water is a mineral deposit, not dirt — and half the cloudy shower doors I see are already etched, which no product on earth will fix. The thirty-second test that tells you which one you have.

I Wrote This Post In 2019 Promising You A Baby Who Sleeps Through The Night. I Was Wrong.

I had one easy sleeper and thought it was because of something I did. I have a newborn again now, and I owe this post a correction.

I Did Nails For Twelve Years. You Cannot Moisturize A Callus Away.

The most common thing people get wrong about their own feet, and the order of operations that actually fixes it.

I Clean Houses For A Living. Most Of What I Buy Is Boring.

Ninety percent of the job is four unglamorous products. The other ten percent is the stuff that will burn you or wreck a surface if you use it wrong.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: Embracing a Counterintuitive Approach to Life Book Review

In a world filled with self-help books promoting the power of positivity and relentless pursuit of happiness, Mark Manson’s “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” is a refreshing and unconventional take on personal development. Released in 2016, this book quickly gained popularity for its straightforward and no-nonsense approach to life, offering readers aContinueContinue reading “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: Embracing a Counterintuitive Approach to Life Book Review”

Saving Money: Make Your Own DIY Baby Swaddle Blankets

Swaddling your baby is a great way to make him or her feel snug and secure, helping them sleep better and longer. After I read the benefits of swaddling my baby, I was excited for him to arrive so I could test out some of the swaddles that I got from the baby shower. IContinueContinue reading “Saving Money: Make Your Own DIY Baby Swaddle Blankets”