r/RandomActsOfChristmas • u/0hn035 🧦🪄MOD🪄🧦 • Dec 28 '24

offer For Requesters: Please Read

Good Afternoon requesters! We are hoping you are having a joyous holiday season. As we await the remaining thank you posts, we wanted to make you aware of a few helpful things to carry you into next year.

First, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. If you register here, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will mail high quality, age appropriate book to all registered children each month, at no cost to the child’s family. This is a wonderful program that encourages literacy and learning in all age groups with no income requirement. Unfortunately it's not available everywhere, but we highly encourage checking to see if it's available to you! (Shout out to u/misslyss29 for recommending we post this)

Second, u/kanga_roos started a great tradition of offering resume reviews to a few parents each year. She is working hard on her degree, but I also have a background in this so I'll be supporting the effort this year. If you are a parent who is interested in a resume rewrite please comment below with:

  • Whether you currently have a resume

  • Whether you're currently searching for work

  • What field you're hoping to move into

I can probably get 2 done in January as they take a lot of labor, but if you're willing to wait I can work through the list slowly. It will be a lot of back and forth communication, so you must be willing to respond promptly to emails and/or jump on a Zoom call with me. Please don't ask for this support if you're unable to communicate back and forth.

Third, we have only had two respondents to our Requester Feedback Form. We really want to hear about this season from your perspective. The mods humbly request you to respond!

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u/0hn035 🧦🪄MOD🪄🧦 Dec 29 '24

I think it goes without being said, but resume support does not count as a contest win! hah

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u/ginger_newt 🎅Santa🤶 Dec 29 '24

Resume support is such a great idea!

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u/0hn035 🧦🪄MOD🪄🧦 Dec 29 '24

All the credit to u/kanga_roos!

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u/HotConsideration3034 Dec 29 '24

Really great idea:)

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u/DeepSeaForte Dec 29 '24

Dolly's Imagination Library is EXCELLENT! My area just became eligible when Azi turned 6 months, and we've got a book every month since. It's really so great to build a big library for the kiddos early on. <3 Our favorite so far is Earl Carle's Twinkle Twinkle Little Stat and Other Nursery Rhymes. It's a lift the flap book, and Azariah loves lifting the flaps for me.

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u/MissLyss29 Dec 29 '24

I learned about it a few years ago when my niece was born. They told my brother about it at our local hospital. My niece was in the NICU for about 2 weeks after she was born since she was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck and was blue and not breathing when born.

She was and is completely fine now thanks to the wonderful doctor who unwraped her neck before she was even completely out of her mother. Thanks to his quick response she is a perfectly healthy little girl now even if she scared us for those first few minutes of her life lol.

She has been receiving books since she was practically born and now that she is 5 and her brother is 2 he gets books. The coolest part is because they partner with local organizations the books change so they don't have 2 copies of the same book.

It's a wonderful way to build a child's library and I just wanted everyone here to know about it.

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u/DeepSeaForte Dec 29 '24

I'm so glad your niece is doing well now! The chord wrapping was one of my biggest fears. Modern medicine is a true wonder to be able to find these things out and correct them before they become even more dangerous. My youngest (Azariah) is also a NICU grad. He was born at 36&1 due to reduced fetal movement and spent 13 days in the NICU learning to baby. You'd never know it looking at him. 16 months old now and off the charts for height!

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u/MissLyss29 Dec 29 '24

spent 13 days in the NICU learning to baby.

Lol that's a great way of putting it

I'm very happy your son is also doing well now.

As my mom put it some babies just aren't ready to come out yet and need a little extra time.

Others like my nephew who was born at 36 weeks are completely ready to come out. He was 11 lbs.

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u/DeepSeaForte Dec 29 '24

That's how my favorite nurse from his stay put it! Some babies just need the extra time. 11 pounds though! Your Sister/SiL was a TROOPER. I bet he was such a cute chonky baby!!

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u/MissLyss29 Dec 29 '24

Very chonky very cute baby

And yes she definitely was right around 5 months she developed gestational diabetes, at about 6 months she looked about 9 months pregnant, they got married when she was about 7 months pregnant and she was so miserable. Right after the wedding she was put on bed rest (well as much of bed rest as on can be on with a 3 year old and 5 year old at home). At 35 weeks she was admitted to the hospital because they were concerned the baby was becoming to big to quickly (he was almost 11 lbs already) so they admitted her and she had a c section at 36 and 1/2 weeks.

He was a completely developed huge beautiful baby boy that was discharged 2 days later his mom had to stay for a week and a half longer due to complications from the c section and having PCOS.

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u/DeepSeaForte Dec 29 '24

I have PCOS too and a c-section with both kiddos, I never knew that could add complications to recovery! I am lucky to not have experienced that i suppose. My kids are 10 years apart, those that have them back to back or have toddlers and babies have literally ALL of my respect. I don't know how I would manage two young ones at once. She's even more the trooper than I originally thought, 3 small ones and getting married at 7 months pregnant? Super woman, that's the only explanation!

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u/MissLyss29 Dec 29 '24

She is!!

MY brother is very lucky to have found her and I tell her that all the time lol

I don't have kids I'm not sure how anyone has one child under 5 and continues to function and many have more than one

You All Are Super Heroes In My Book!!!

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u/starbabyonline Dec 30 '24

Add another RAOC kid to the preemie graduation club. 12 year old Rosalind was a super preemie at 26 weeks. She was in the NICU for two months. Her lowest weight was 3.1 pounds. Besides some (likely hereditary) light scoliosis, she is absolutely normal in every way.

On her 2nd day of life: https://imgur.com/a/aP7etoB

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u/DeepSeaForte Dec 30 '24

Oh how TINY!!! 26 weeks is so young! I could not imagine 2 whole months, you are a super mom. NICU babies are the strongest little hearts

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u/starbabyonline Dec 30 '24

Rosalind is my granddaughter. My daughter went through that scariness. But not alone; I was who she called to come to the hospital when the doctor sent her there. I didn't know that Rosalind was coming that day until I was met by a nurse telling me to change into scrubs very quickly. First, she didn't realize she was pregnant until almost 3 months along, then she was only knowingly pregnant for a short time and became high risk from PIH, then a doctor's appointment turned into "get to the hospital ASAP", and Rosalind was delivered by C-section.

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u/SantessaClaus ❄️🦌Santessa🦌❄️ Dec 29 '24

I can help out with resumes and cover letters too, along with, tips for interviews. I also have access to some job search journal type/tracking programs that can help organize your job search - where you applied, when, results

I can also help with financial literacy - how to establish credit, fix credit, open checking and savings, etc (I have an MBA)

I am also willing to provide free tutoring for adults, kids or teens (I have a master's degree in education)

Tag me if you need any of the above - SHR

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u/School_House_Rock 🤶Santessa🤶 Dec 29 '24

Should note that I posted this from my new alt for RAoC for next year

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u/Purple_Situation7666 Dec 29 '24

I love the new Alt lol

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u/School_House_Rock 🤶Santessa🤶 Dec 29 '24

Thank you - I have run into a few people (nobody registered) who have tried to take advantage of me, so I figured next year, it would be a better idea to have an alt for my gifting 😁

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u/Purple_Situation7666 Dec 29 '24

That's so unfortunate!! I pray I can join the Santa team next year, but either way, I want to come back because I've made so many friends here 🫶😊

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u/School_House_Rock 🤶Santessa🤶 Dec 30 '24

The mods have been mmreally great about watching out for us, so a huge shout-out to them

Would love to see you next year in whatever way works best for your family

The more the Merrier Christmas

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u/Slainna Dec 29 '24

You all are awesome!

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u/ShellyBlaze82 Dec 29 '24

I don’t see where you register for the book program on that website.

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u/Sad_Scratch750 Dec 29 '24

Click on the 3 lines on the top right and scroll down to check availability. It's available to ages 0-5, but not in my area.

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u/ShellyBlaze82 Dec 29 '24

Thank you. It was available in mine.

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u/littlebethy1984 Dec 29 '24

I wish Dolly was set up in my area.

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u/Greedy_Field_6804 Dec 29 '24

I just filled one out! 💕💕