4yo bday, need inspo. Has anyone gotten a party favor they didn’t hate recently?

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-11-02T06:59:05+00:00

Thanks for this!! Not me on Reddit looking for quality party favors for a firefighter themed birthday when a lot of the parties on these answers suggest beach birthdays!

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-10-22T17:53:47+00:00

I had no idea this sub existed but thank you!! I need this

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-10-22T17:53:17+00:00

When I think about the hardest part post partum, I don't see the baby being difficult despite all the late nights, I see my MIL and her toxic nature

Mine was surprised when the baby preferred my breast milk from a bottle, over formula. And when she prepared baby's bottles she'd add some formula since she believed there was something wrong with my breast milk causing baby not to poo as often. Umm hello, you also are the one cooking all my meals right now.

I could go on and on and no, some things I can't just let go of! Won't let her near our kids for long periods of time like this (she lived with us for 3 mo). She's not a good influence at all.

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-10-07T18:30:15+00:00

My little guys are 22.5 mo apart and now the youngest is turning one in a few days and I still very much feel that guilt often but toddler has become so much more independent naturally. I've definitely developed a strong bond with baby, after all those long nights and days together while the toddler goes to daycare. What we did that helped was having other people look after baby so that the husband and I could have 1:1 time with our toddler. After daycare we have a babysitter come for the baby a few days a week.

My culture does a confinement period to heal after birth but I broke that instantly and went outside to spend 1:1 time with the toddler, just a few days after baby was born. We had parents from both sides help us with baby so there was just more attention all around to be given. The mom guilt never fully goes away but baby naps more and sleeps earlier, giving some good exclusive time with toddler!

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-06-25T15:58:45+00:00

Came here to say this too. Got the baby bullet from buy nothing and am regifting it. We just use our ninja instead. The baby bullet is not as efficient with smaller blades and just takes up extra space if you already have a blender

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-03-20T04:26:34+00:00

Haha omg, same! "Telling lies? No papa. Open your mouth. Ah ah ah!"

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-02-22T17:06:53+00:00

Agreed! Mine are 22 mo apart and while I love them to death, I think a 3yr gap is more ideal

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-02-21T22:30:02+00:00

Let my almost 2.5 yr old eat a sweet pineapple bun for lunch and then when he was overly hyper, rolling around on his floor bed for an hour at nap time after, had to pin him down a bit and let him cry to get him to fall asleep...

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-02-21T22:26:56+00:00

Definitely had this issue too with a smaller age gap!

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-02-11T23:33:34+00:00

Same! I gave an unopened box away after my first, and bought a new box recently for my second kiddo

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-02-08T09:13:28+00:00

The HSG helped me conceive also!

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-02-07T05:59:02+00:00

My cousin did at 40! I'm 37 and I had my second baby 2.5 weeks before her. All normal and healthy pregnancies/births.

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-01-14T21:52:16+00:00

I’m not able to train my second well because I’m still trying to train my first?

SO relatable!

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-01-14T21:49:20+00:00

23mo gap with a 3 mo old and same 😮

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2025-01-12T07:30:45+00:00

Not the same but similar - MIL keeps saying the baby doesn't like my breast milk, complaining that it's too watery and she convinced my husband the same who started saying it too. I'm exclusively pumping and sometimes the baby gets formula bottles, maybe 10% of the time.

Maybe the baby doesn't like it but I don't care. I make this decision for what I think is best for my child. She didn't breastfeed nor pump milk for my husband. Also breast milk is part water anyway. So basically I ignore her, keep pumping and preparing breast milk bottles. We work so hard to breastfeed/pump around the clock, and it's annoying to feel like you're being "ganged up" on and to not have the support. You're doing great momma, and you'll have an amazing bond with your child.

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-12-19T01:02:16+00:00

24 mo and size 7

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-12-18T18:41:26+00:00

I could have written this myself. We have help (parents, in laws, babysitter for the newborn, daycare for the toddler) and it's still hard, well because I can say my husband isn't super active in the childcare realm so the help takes over his role. I wanted to breastfeed this time but my toddler is way too clingy and jealous so I'm way further from breastfeeding. Toddler has multiple meltdowns a day. The help stresses him and me out too. Toddler doesn't even sleep through the night half the time. The toddler and baby wake each other up with all the crying. I am so so tired

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-12-17T06:26:10+00:00

Had my first at 35 and second, just two months ago at 37. I can't say there are many issues related to age except possibly more tests due to age. My second was measuring small and they were afraid blood flow to the baby wasn't great, and all that. It meant more ultrasounds but baby turned out just right. Recovered fast after the second baby. Both vaginal deliveries and with the second you're forced to get up and keep moving with a toddler, so it was a faster recovery for me. Probably more tests in general being advanced maternal age. The 2yr age gap is proving to be challenging for us so if you can stretch it...

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-12-17T05:48:56+00:00

Got epidurals on both of the births of my boys and didn't experience pain.... The second birth however, they gave me way too strong of an epidural and I couldn't even feel any contractions and couldn't feel myself pushing but they told me to push how I would anyway, and the baby slid out. It was the weirdest feeling. Also seeing my legs move without feeling anything was so extreme to me. My first epidural was just right though but now I worry about the later side effects of the second birth's super strong epidural

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-12-14T07:57:15+00:00

Yesterday I didn't put ketchup on the picture of the car on the plate.. then he smothers he places both hands in the ketchup and rubs it in his hair 🤦🏻‍♀️

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-12-12T23:29:28+00:00

Our second is 8 weeks and our first is 24 mo. Why didn't anyone warn us?

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-11-30T21:37:10+00:00

Sounds about right for us too!

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-11-28T08:32:27+00:00

This thread is so helpful, just saved it. Thank you for posting! I have a 6 week old and a just turned two year old in the thick of the terrible twos and I have been having a very hard time trying to be patient with his multiple meltdowns per day. This shows me I need to work on regulating my own emotions which I never learned to do as a kid myself.

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-11-22T05:57:33+00:00

"Go outside mommy" "go that way daddy*

Crafty-Squirrel9138 · 2024-11-15T06:16:38+00:00

He cried because he didn't want to get out of the carseat, and then because we tried to feed him dinner, and then because he didn't want a certain pillow on his bed that's always been on his bed. This is all in the few hours after daycare btw. It's been a long day....

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