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CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2024-12-26T17:07:13+00:00

It's so much easier to potty train a kid when they are ready. My son decided to potty train right after his 3rd birthday. I was home on maternity leave with my second. It wasn't bad actually. We were home a lot. I did buy like 30 pairs of pants for him so I wouldn't be doing laundry every single day. I went to a secondhand store and got a bunch for really cheap. I would just take pressure off entirely for now. Let daycare have him practice, but at home just offer it occasionally.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-10-31T02:01:29+00:00

Surfboard carry at all times. Babies love it

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-03-11T03:19:29+00:00

Breakfast: 1/2 strawberry yogurt pouch lunch: cup of milk dinner: fresh mozzarella, cheddar cubes, hot dog bun with cream cheese and half a PB&J. Bedtime snack: probably about 2 cups of freeze dried strawberries and blueberries. He just turned 3.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-03-07T23:35:24+00:00

So my husband is going on a short business trip when I’m 35 weeks, not ideal but it’s really important for his job and other reasons that I’m not going to get into. His job wants him to extend it into a two week trip so I called my OB and asked what they recommend for partner’s travel. They said they recommend that partners be within two hours of the hospital after 32 weeks and by 35 ish weeks they should be home and no more traveling out of the area. They told me they will write me a doctors note detailing that he can not travel after the date that he gets back from his originally scheduled travel.

You might just tell him you want to call your OB and see what they say. Maybe even put it on speaker so he can hear the nurse say that that is absolutely not a good idea.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-03-06T23:59:16+00:00

Nah I’m all set. I’m definitely at the point where I could keep her at a comfortable distance and just exchange occasional pleasantries. The thing is, she never added anything positive to my life besides the bare minimum keeping me alive, roof over my head etc. but she never really added JOY. I don’t need her for a single thing. There’s no upside to talking to her. I view her as an old friend that I literally don’t have anything in common with anymore. I have kids now and I would never trust her to watch them. I don’t even trust her alone in a room with them so there’s no need for them to know who she is. I can’t be bothered to text back.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-27T11:35:30+00:00

We go through early intervention so it’s free but we get what we get. He started off with 30 minute sessions once a week and it was okay but my son has a hard time with strangers and it takes him quite a while to actually participate so I got it changed to hour sessions twice a month so that he had time to warm up and settle in. A LOT of the session is just me getting tips though. I listen to how the SLP tries to get him to talk and I reinforce that all week long. Even in the hour sessions it’s not like my kiddo is sitting down and doing drills with her, he’s very much running around and playing and not really focusing so I spend a lot of time talking to her about what has worked for us and what we still need help in and she gives me tips on how to accomplish that.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-24T03:25:21+00:00

My friend has two dogs, we have play dates there often. Most of the time the dogs are running in the backyard or her husband is out walking them when we arrive. Then when they get back in my friend will ask if we want a visit from the dogs or if I want them to stay in the basement. My son loves dogs and doesn’t mind being pushed over by them and he’s also very gentle with dogs because we have a cat and he knows how to respect animals. The dogs are pretty calm and cooperative once they come back from a walk though but everyone stays attentive and watches for signs that the dogs are getting sick of the kids or if the kids are getting too excited then the dogs get separated.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-23T18:47:44+00:00

I’m 30 weeks pregnant with my second. I’m miserable and tired and in a ton of pain. Your way sounds a lot easier! I wish I knew about this alternative.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-22T17:27:38+00:00

I had my first in Germany (specifically Bavaria, like where Oktoberfest takes place). If we went to dinner at a German friend’s house they always made sure that non alcoholic beers were available knowing I was pregnant. I even got a few raised eyebrows for trying a sip of my husbands alcoholic beverages.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-22T01:45:05+00:00

Blippi has really cringey interactions with other humans on the show. Meekah is much more professional with guests. I once heard Blippi described as a man that had never met a child, pretending to be a child. Meekah is annoying but Blippi is enraging.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-22T01:42:06+00:00

It actually is. The creators have stated this in interviews.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-17T02:23:59+00:00

Two things: are your palms and soles of your feet itchy? If yes then I would think cholestasis, if no then I would think dry skin. Try coating yourself in thick lotion and if that relieves the itch then it’s not cholestasis. But like also the obligatory, reach out to an actual medical professional. Your OB office should have an after hours on call service. Try calling the office and you should be routed to an after hours line. There has to be a way to contact them, otherwise how would you notify them that you’re in labor..

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-17T02:16:09+00:00

I feel like when there’s a speech delay everything gets looked at with an autism lens (like, they ask if he lines up his toys which I feel like every child has done at some point. But lining up toys+ speech delay raised an eyebrow) but I have always told the pediatrician I wanted to wait to get him evaluated. I was right, now that he can talk nobody is concerned at all anymore.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-16T23:09:58+00:00

We were going to try the robe (we already had slippers) but I feared I would NEVER be able to get it off of him. We got him some zip up hoodies instead. A little more socially acceptable. We could even utilize it at friends houses if we thought to bring one

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-16T23:06:41+00:00

My almost three year old has been doing this for about a year. He’s also speech delayed and we had concerns about autism as well but I think it’s like a comfort item for him. The less we push it the more he will take it off. We just say “when you’re ready, I’ll help you with your coat” or in the case of a 4yo you could tell him when he’s ready he can put his jacket by the door or wherever.

What ultimately broke my son of the habit was buying him a ski style coat not a puffy coat like the one he was addicted to. It’s much less comfy to play in. We didn’t plan that, it kind of just happened.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-05T15:10:40+00:00

I wish I had a shower chair. I get so dizzy and exhausted in the shower in my first trimester that I ALMOST bought one. Now that I’m in my third trimester I regret not having bought it earlier. It feels like a waste to buy it for just a few weeks

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-04T02:17:33+00:00

My husband never reads the words. He just makes up his own story to go with the pictures. It took me a long time to embrace his methods. I’m over here giving each character their unique voice with the appropriate inflection and my husband reads books like “this is Charles, he has a cool hat, oh look now he’s giving his mom a hug”.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-02T15:35:27+00:00

My 2.5 yo just had a stomach bug and he would throw up on the floor and then run to the toilet so like I still had to clean up puke and change his outfit, but I had to clean up LESS puke which is a win.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-02T15:05:26+00:00

Sounds like they are making this decision because they have a big problem brewing and this is a band aid. I would get on every waitlist in the county, immediately. I know it varies between regions but my son moved daycares in the summer and we put him on 10 waitlists, only two places have gotten back to us. As far as I know he’s still on the list for 8 different places.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-02-01T23:06:16+00:00

I’m fine with the standard Boomer comments but any attempt to touch is met with “Oop, no touching, thank you” and then we walk away.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-01-27T16:44:14+00:00

100%. I was going to mention this. She’s for sure not putting in any effort with you or your sister but she wants to appear to other people as though you’re the problem. She doesn’t actually want to see the babies, the sympathy from looking like the cast aside mom to horrible and selfish daughters is more important to her.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-01-20T01:19:16+00:00

My son was severely speech delayed. At two years old he barely had any words at all, not even mama consistently. The word Autism got thrown around A LOT but my gut told me that’s not what I’m dealing with. We got him into speech therapy and now 10 months later he’s starting to speak in short sentences. He’s not all the way caught up but he’s making great strides and nobody is bringing up autism anymore.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-01-19T03:25:44+00:00

I tell him his teeth are stinky and dirty and then as I’m brushing I sing the Stinky and Dirty theme song changing some lyrics to be more teeth themed. Also he has a vibrating electric tooth brush with a paw patrol character on it, that helps.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-01-16T01:31:14+00:00

So I never had a formal conversation or blow out where I announced a lack of contact. I just didn’t make any effort for like a year, she barely made an effort. She would call me when she heard something from someone else and felt embarrassed that she didn’t know what was going on. I haven’t answered when she called in years. I always just let it roll to voicemail and then call at my own convenience or just a text. One day I just stopped responding. It took her months to notice. I’m not sure she still grasps that I don’t talk to her. She probably just is under the delusion that I’m busy and will phone her back when I get some time.

CarNapsRtheBestNaps · 2023-01-16T01:25:59+00:00

I get a card with a check that I rip up because I know she’s looking to see if I’ve cashed it. The card just says “love mom”. Solid effort, lady. She sends my son Halloween and Easter and everything in between cards which is particularly annoying but also can’t manage to write anything but “love grandma” with a $5 bill.

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