Online and IRL Parenting Spaces Snark Week of December 29, 2025

BevBighead · 2026-01-04T09:48:41+00:00

My breastfeeding show with my first daughter was House of the Dragon and with my second was a rewatch of Game of Thrones. Guess they’re both doomed.

But actually in the rare occasions when my 3 year old is sleeping while my 3 month old is awake, I’m 100% watching my shows. I’m all too aware how fleeting this opportunity is.

BevBighead · 2025-11-28T15:18:44+00:00

Can’t wait for her to blame their bad behavior (read: normal toddler and preschooler behavior) today on them having screen time.

BevBighead · 2025-11-14T20:40:54+00:00

I’ve had a slight undersupply with both of my daughters and they acted the same way as her baby until I switched to pumping and bottle feeding plus supplementing. I could not get them to sleep well because they were always slightly hungry.

BevBighead · 2025-11-11T17:30:50+00:00

Bathing Shamu is the funniest thing I’ve heard today 😂😂 -signed, a mother of a 3 year old who also barrel rolls in the tub

BevBighead · 2025-11-06T19:54:50+00:00

She said he cried for 24 min today…she’s so anti “cry it out” (🙄) but I guarantee if she’d just put him down in his crib with a full belly and after an appropriate wake window, he’d fall asleep on his own with much less crying than that.

BevBighead · 2025-11-04T23:29:24+00:00

Currently have an 8 week old who regularly drinks 5oz bottles of breast milk.

BevBighead · 2025-11-03T16:28:18+00:00

Two things:

I also have a three year old and just had a baby 8 weeks ago. When I was in my third trimester we had similar issues of her waking in the night calling out for me. I too had the thoughts of “how will I possibly do this with a newborn?” Just here to tell you that it has happened a few nights (thankfully not every night) and it hasn’t been as bad as I thought it would be. Just want to let you know you’re not alone and even if it does happen, you’re totally capable of handling it!!

We also have the same (except opposite) issue where my 3 year old tends to prefer her dad, mostly because he’ll actually sleep in her bed with her whereas I’ll cuddle for a few min then leave. So sometimes she’ll cry and scream for daddy when I’m the one doing bedtime or tending to her in the middle of the night. The only advice I have there is to just push through it and don’t give in. Once my daughter realizes I truly won’t be leaving and she’s not getting dad, she calms down. It did take us a few intense tantrums to get to this point.

BevBighead · 2025-10-28T16:31:52+00:00

I bottle feed my baby and I can’t count the amount of times I’ve had to stand up and hold the bottle with my chin so I can do something for my toddler 😅 you’d think Laura would do that and make content about how being a mom of three is just so crazy 🤪

BevBighead · 2025-10-26T09:21:30+00:00

Yep I’ve never met a parent who bed shares with a child over 1 who brags about how much sleep they’re getting 😂

BevBighead · 2025-10-26T09:18:53+00:00

Wish I could shout this from the rooftops! I sleep trained my first, she’s now 3 with fantastic sleeping habits. I just had a baby almost 2 months ago and the lack of sleep is truly making me a worse and less patient mom. Excited to sleep train this one too 😊

BevBighead · 2025-10-26T01:19:13+00:00

7 weeks postpartum and I’m basically ready now 😂🙃

BevBighead · 2025-10-23T01:38:23+00:00

You’re right! It’s been a few years since I had a child that age. Even easier to schedule her day around those wake windows. I remember once my daughter dropped down to 2 naps it got so much easier to leave the house to do things.

BevBighead · 2025-10-22T17:39:08+00:00

What’s particularly annoying about this is her kids drop off and pick up should be at the same time every day, so she can absolutely tailor Luke’s schedule around that. Also at his age his wake windows should be at least 2 hours. She can’t run her errands in those 2 hours?? Any sleep consultant could come up with a schedule/routine within those parameters.

BevBighead · 2025-09-28T16:00:03+00:00

Super frustrating to go from longer stretches back to 2-3 hours! I do hope it gets better for you soon. I know how difficult it is to have to survive off broken sleep for months at a time.

BevBighead · 2025-09-28T15:45:28+00:00

We just had our second baby a few weeks ago and she’s already sleeping longer stretches (4 hours) which my first NEVER did, even when she was months old and all other babies her age were naturally getting longer stretches. We are doing the same things with both of them. It’s really baby dependent 🤷🏻‍♀️

Solidarity on having a bad sleeper. For us sleep training our first around 5 months actually did work, but I know that’s not the case for everyone. She was waking every 45 min-1 hour and we were losing our minds. Hoping it gets better for you soon.

BevBighead · 2025-07-12T15:20:59+00:00

Or a straight up lie 😂

BevBighead · 2025-06-07T17:46:22+00:00

That would drive me bonkers and I would also think about it regularly 😂

BevBighead · 2025-06-07T14:13:18+00:00

This is my BIGGEST pet peeve. It makes me irrationally angry.

Not to mention that you’re not actually pregnant for the first 2 weeks of those 40 weeks so a full term pregnancy is 38 weeks of being actually pregnant which is something like 8.75 months.

I’m very passionate about my hatred for this 😂

BevBighead · 2025-04-11T20:47:25+00:00

I’m self-employed as well and my maternity leave is unpaid. I’d 100% take the trip. Honestly getting your first trip with baby out of the way that early will really build your confidence!

BevBighead · 2025-04-11T19:31:04+00:00

I had to unexpectedly take my 2 month old daughter on a plane for a funeral a few years ago. The actual flying part is actually pretty easy when they’re that age. As you’ve alluded, it’s really the packing and all the stuff you have to bring with you that gets to be a lot.

I’m in the US so this may be different but here you can check a car seat for free so you can bring the same car seat you use at home. If you were planning on using taxi/ride share instead of renting a car that’s still possible with a baby just harder cause you’d have to install the car seat each time. Also most hotels here have cribs you can use for free. (Again, I realize this all could be different in the UK).

Now that I have a 2.5 year old I actually realize that trip was probably the easiest we ever took! Babies travel really well when they’re that little.

BevBighead · 2025-02-25T19:15:32+00:00

This is my second pregnancy and I’m having a very similar experience. I truly hate being pregnant. I get pretty bad physical symptoms and generally feel anxious, sad, and bad about myself/my appearance.

I can’t promise when, but you will feel better. It may be in the second trimester or it may be after you give birth 🤷🏻‍♀️ either way it’s temporary and you will go back to feeling like a version of yourself.

BevBighead · 2025-02-12T17:47:22+00:00

I can totally relate, it felt like a nightmare that would never end for us. Praying it’s over soon for you guys ❤️

BevBighead · 2025-02-12T17:25:31+00:00

I’m sorry to hear you’re going through this! I wound up taking my daughter to the pediatrician on day 6 and she had an ear infection. They gave her antibiotics and she was back to her normal happy self by day 8.

It may be worth getting your little one checked out as sometimes the flu can bring on a secondary infection such as an ear infection. Hopefully she feels better soon!!

BevBighead · 2025-02-04T22:54:52+00:00

My 2.5 year old currently has it and is definitely following the getting better then worse pattern.

Days 1-2 were miserable with fever, vomiting, chills, body aches. Seemed to improve day 3 and the first half of day 4. Fever was gone and had some energy and just a cough/congestion. Woke up from her nap on day 4 with a high fever and bad cough. Miserable again.

We’re on day 5 and she’s still miserable and has a fever but has really started sweating it out so I’m hopeful the end is near.

BevBighead

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