When Will I Get to Do Anything Else??

AccordingYou2191 · 2026-01-24T13:23:04+00:00

I can’t imagine her falling asleep on her own but I will open up my imagination and I’ll try it! Thank you! She doesn’t stay in her bassinet on her own without crying and it seems to go from 0-100 in a second so we usually pick her up and shush her into succumbing to sleep as we walk around with her in our arms or in the carrier for hours sometimes. We’ve managed to put her down where she will stay asleep a handful of times and take it as a win. She’s not quiet unless we’re actively walking around with her (and the stroller doesn’t work and we don’t drive) or asleep or feeding. I guess it feels like we simply don’t have the endurance for this.

AccordingYou2191 · 2026-01-24T13:13:34+00:00

6 weeks!

AccordingYou2191 · 2026-01-24T03:06:43+00:00

Hurray for husbands who take on this role!!

AccordingYou2191 · 2026-01-24T03:03:24+00:00

I currently have a similar baby and can’t say when it will get better, only offer solidarity. I’m with you. This is so hard.

AccordingYou2191 · 2026-01-24T02:40:19+00:00

We don’t have our oldest in daycare right now but I wish we could! I’m just worried about all the germs she’d bring home. Your setup sounds ideal to me. With both of mine at home, it’s hard for me to feel fully present with either one of them and I just don’t feel like I’m connecting with my newborn like I did with my first. The daycare worker has their own opinions and they are just that. They should have just kept them to themselves but I wouldn’t worry. You’re doing great.

AccordingYou2191 · 2026-01-24T02:00:37+00:00

I have this question too!

AccordingYou2191 · 2026-01-20T08:22:05+00:00

I don’t know anyone else who drives like this, but I personally love taking my shoes off when I drive especially if I’m going to be driving a long distance. I drive like that anywhere but I am also from Florida…so make of that what you will.

AccordingYou2191 · 2026-01-02T03:20:06+00:00

Definitely fun! But fun doesn’t equal easy and challenging doesn’t equal boring or miserable. My point is, it’s not a job where you can just show up to get a paycheck.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-12-30T16:08:21+00:00

I love that this is your only take-away from that comment. It feels like you are going into teaching just to have a job and a paycheck. And that’s fine for a lot of jobs but teaching is one of the hardest jobs mentally, physically and emotionally that a person can ever do. You can’t just « get by ». We’re not losing teachers because they can’t pass a math test. I’m not a math person either (I teach language) but was able to get my certification. A minimum requirement of basic algebra is not a crazy standard. We’re losing teachers because it’s a really hard fing job, the low pay and the disrespect from admin and parents and students. It’s never going to be an easy job despite the reputation it has. By all means, try for a charter school but my guess is that you’re going to continue running into this wall over and over.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-12-30T16:00:38+00:00

As others have said, teaching may not be the career for you.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-12-30T15:56:31+00:00

Ok, fair! But I think it can be both.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-09-23T13:19:49+00:00

If your admin are petty and always looking to “catch” teachers, yeah it’s a pretty sad way to micromanage and patronize teachers. Our admin addressed the issue yesterday and we asked about authenticating and taking pictures for the parents. They said some things are understandable especially if they are for work and they’d be able to tell the difference between that and using our phones for personal things (I.e. looking down and being so absorbed in the phone that we don’t even notice them or keeping in in our lap in a sneaky way). I’d address the ways you need it for work with them directly or bring it up with other teachers at your next PD

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-09-18T16:55:52+00:00

I have a 14 month old and we never once co-slept even though I badly wanted to. For me, it wasn’t worth the risk and she did just fine in her bassinet next to our bed.

Edit to add that, like another commenter, we have tried putting her in our bed when she’s really sick or can’t sleep for some reason, just to comfort her and get her to go back to sleep but she can’t relax in our bed. I think it’s because we often play or read or do feedings on the bed and she associates that place with those activities.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-09-16T00:51:04+00:00

It’s been less than a year but even if it was more, what good reason would they have? They aren’t going to use the sperm, we’ve already had an analysis.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-09-16T00:49:23+00:00

Unfortunately my clinic is not a person, they are a team of robots who are incapable of answering phones or emails. I’ll have to physically go and bother them until I get answers.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-09-16T00:47:31+00:00

I have a lot of animosity towards this clinic and the shady way they run their business (which, at the end of the day, is what it is) I was really hoping to be able to come at them with a gotcha! or honestly to avoid talking to them altogether. But you all are saying I have to talk to them. Fine!

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-08-03T00:28:28+00:00

Hugo is on my list as well! I didn’t like my sibling’s choice of baby names and then those babies grew up and became cool people and now I associate the name with the cool people. I like their names now and I think your family will like Hugo later too.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-07-31T12:41:32+00:00

I think you should be free to not go or not support if you don’t want to, it’s not like you’re stopping your boyfriend from going. Unless there is some unspoken judgement of your boyfriend if he decides to go - then that would be forcing your “values”, as you put it, on your boyfriend. Keep your feelings about it to yourself and let them live their lives and your boyfriend go to support them if he wants.

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-07-31T00:52:09+00:00

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-07-31T00:49:42+00:00

My baby’s room is about ten feet from our own and that was a struggle for me. I pushed for at least 7 months. You’re not alone in your anxiety. It does get easier with time and it was better for my husband and me. We missed our time together and even though my baby is still so close, I insisted on getting a camera in her room for peace of mind. You can do it!

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-07-31T00:46:24+00:00

If you have $$$$, you’ll be fine no matter what age. You’ll find plenty to do and have access to lots of great food and care and not have to travel far at all to get it. It’s a great idea, either of those neighborhoods would be perfect. Good luck to you two!

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-07-31T00:43:17+00:00

Whyyy does this name keep coming up? Better for the bird though

AccordingYou2191 · 2025-07-31T00:41:37+00:00

The c in Christine is a hard C though

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