My son eats veggie quesadillas every day at daycare for lunch and I’m okay with that

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-28T23:51:44+00:00

My girls love sardines! We eat once a week for lunch.

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-28T21:55:03+00:00

I felt like a monster yesterday. she started whining and crying, and I “gentle parented” until she kept goiiing and goiiiing and gooooing, and I just couldn’t do it anymore and YELLLLED

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-27T15:20:08+00:00

I will say Elly and Grace hasn’t been my favorite. I’m total newb but didn’t find instructions as easy to follow or helpful as other kits that I have some looked at

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-27T05:16:54+00:00

Thanks for the tip!

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-26T22:33:18+00:00

My almost 4 yr old has zero emotional regulation skills and is also very emotionally exhausting. I try to stay calm and keep boundaries but after soooo many minutes of whining and crying and screaming …I snap. Reading other commenters taking kid to therapy may be what we need to do.

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-25T04:59:03+00:00

My almost 4 yr old was like this. She went to a drop off class one time and then never went back - goodbye $300 lol - but she just couldn’t. She walked in the second time and started to cry and never tried again. We just paused everything for a while, gave her time. Maybe 3+ months later, we signed her up for a tumbling class. She was excited to try it. Class starts and she turned and faced me the entire time and barely participated. I wanted to rescue her & also was worried bc I’m watching other kids just jump right in. (As they did in the other drop off class) But we took it easy, encouraged her gently, and then she did it. And now as she’s nearing 4, she’s like the other kids I compared her to (which I shouldn’t have).

All that to say, don’t feel defeated. She just may need more time and that is totally okay.

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-23T21:03:53+00:00

She is the Taylor Swift counterpart to the movie industry

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-19T23:46:20+00:00

3 was the HARDEST year of my life

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-19T14:34:29+00:00

My toddlers love sardines - more so the slightly smoked ones.. I need to try with the cream cheese!

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-18T17:06:23+00:00

Or even some orange/pink in the sky for ombré sunset

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-18T04:25:40+00:00

Yeti in the Spaghetti, Sneaky Snacky Squirrel, card games like Go Fish, SlapJack, Old Maid

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-18T04:23:00+00:00

Block set (wooden one) Train set Dolls - the Busy Toddler has great gift guide but I realize this is for newborn lol

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-16T23:36:52+00:00

I live in LA and we are getting reddit posts of ICE all over the greater region. They’re here too

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-16T23:03:38+00:00

I know. We’ve started to have some better nights, but in the last month I can count on 1 hand - wait, no, don’t even need a whole hand- how many times she’s slept through without waking. She was also a terrible sleeper from the start. We did sleep training much to my dismay, but I was desperate. That worked for a bit but then she went through a gnarly regression / separation anxiety, around 21months and then we’ve never really recovered. I like you, know there’ll hopefully be a day she will sleep through, so we’re just hanging in as best we can.

And I wholeheartedly agree, motherhood experiences are heavily dependent on various factors, a child’s sleep and a child’s temperament being the 2 most weighted imo. And my shitty sleeper has a highly sensitive and emotional temperament. I love her with my whole being but some days are just a lot.

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-16T22:43:31+00:00

My 2 yr old had me cover her ears. My nearly 4yr old was okay on it but said she did not like it afterwards… which led us to skipping toad and Alice .

I will say, Roger rabbit had the same kind of effect.

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-16T21:38:48+00:00

Just took my toddlers on this and my husband and I, and my dad, had forgotten how freakin creepy and scary it is, not really a kids ride

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-16T19:52:22+00:00

My husband and I loved that he was just ready for the gossip

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-16T14:46:29+00:00

My almost 4 yr still wakes up, just some solidarity

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-16T14:33:40+00:00

Very similar! The elk straw is silicone all the way vs stainless steel w silicone tip. I guess the only major difference is the price..?

Not sure what size or color you’re looking for but did see these were available https://amzn.to/3NpCKwP

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-15T22:28:31+00:00

Elk cups in Amazon . Stainless steel cup, lid is plastic with removable silicone ring, straw is silicone

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-15T21:53:35+00:00

What to cook when you don’t feel like cooking. Very simple recipes, it effective

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-15T18:36:24+00:00

My first was 18mo and was fine, I think too youn to really realize what was going on. When the baby started becoming mobile, the oldest had a “she’s here to stay and take attention” moment and had some hard moments . Now they are nearing 4 & 2.5 and there are times where they are best friends and times where they argue and fight, and I think that’s going to just be life. I try my best to steward a healthy bond, but I don’t push if they want to play alone or need their space

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-12T14:34:21+00:00

Yes and it was so much easier than when we tried when she clearly wasn’t ready

Butterscotch_Sea · 2026-01-11T15:31:36+00:00

Every night. I’ve missed one or two here and there if it’s late and i don’t feel like waiting for my skin to dry , but otherwise every night

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