Amanda Bast Hildebrandt

Substitute teacher, seminary grad, writer, plant lady, wife, mama to a very cute bebe boy. Full of oddities.

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Mom to Dad: "We're having spaghetti, so go put on an eating shirt."

Guys, my dad has eating shirts.

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@jamiebgolden Once went to an 80s party dressed as an old lady and acted confused the whole time.

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@JBsTwoCents Every age is the best age for so many different reasons, except for 10-15 months. Those months nearly destroyed me 😂

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@JBsTwoCents But honestly? You can find conflicting advice about every little thing. If something works, do it until it doesn’t work, then do something different. Once we gave up trying to do it “right”he slept better. Now at 18m he sleeps like a champ. You aren’t going to wreck her, promise.

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@JBsTwoCents I think the loud/bright thing is if they have their days and nights mixed up. We had to do it at first, but a few months in he did naps in a quiet dark place.

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@JBsTwoCents Pain will not kill you and it comes in waves. Ride them out, one at a time. If my body can do it, yours can too! You’ve got this. 💪🏻

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@rushbomb All my Brio penpals were homeschoolers from Colorado Springs which as a child led me to believe Colorado Springs did not have any public schools.

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@moyermama I need more details

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@bwitt722 Why is this the only thing that bridges church denominations?

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I think I married Bluey’s dad.

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@SteveBi22850733 @HerrlesMarket Thanks, Steve! We kinda like him 😊

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Baby’s first @HerrlesMarket corn!

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@JBsTwoCents Oh yeah. Loosey goosey joints. I fell multiple times during pregnancy because my ankles rolled and my balance was off. Beeeee careful. Wear supportive shoes. 💕 Promise you it’s somehow all worth it.

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@JBsTwoCents It makes me wildly angry that you even have to think about this. Prenatal care at a world class high risk clinic, giving birth, and a week in the NICU cost me nothing. We only had to buy parking passes.

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@JaBogen You need to follow Busy Toddler on Instagram. She has a ton of ideas and tricks!

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@iamjakz Ohhhh my. This is great

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I need you to know that I parallel parked in a tiny spot while my neighbour Dave was watching and he complimented me on my skills and said that our other neighbour Joanne tried parking in that spot and couldn’t do it. Sorry Joanne, but I win the adult award today.

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To those who say the housing market in Southern Ontario is cooling off, I would like to tell you that ours was one of 24 offers on a house today. Twenty. Four.

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Mommies on the bus shush the baby, but the Daddies on the bus say, “I love you”: a social commentary

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@adamundefined @JBsTwoCents This is the beeeeeest. There’s an unscented version and a baby version.

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Me: I’ve never been that attracted to Ryan Gosling.
Husband: No? You wouldn’t want him to take you on a walk to remember?
Me: Wrong movie.
Him: But they’re both Mandy Moore, though.
Me: Also wrong.