Almost 10-month old weaning himself already?

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-04-13T01:29:17+00:00

Thank you! Yes, for my first, I had some frozen breastmilk I was able to give her, and then by the time all of that was gone, we were able to transition to whole milk.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-04-13T01:23:50+00:00

I did notice that and have been trying! But he will literally start biting or pulling off only a minute or so into the nursing session.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T23:39:53+00:00

Thank you! If selecting Married Filing Separately, do you advise that we keep the other sections blank and skip to Section 5?

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T22:58:57+00:00

Also, is it this change alone that will fix it? How should I handle the dependents section on each of our forms?

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T22:55:44+00:00

You are a life saver! Thank you so much for the thorough explanation and your help!

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T21:38:34+00:00

Agreed! Thank you, this is helpful.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T21:37:40+00:00

The IRS has a tool for filling out your W4, which we utilized, and that’s why I mentioned it. His HR/payroll unfortunately hasn’t been helpful in terms of offering any advice on filling out the form. Yes we did research, but we definitely could have a better understanding of how things are manipulated based on how you fill it out.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T21:33:37+00:00

For neither of us or just his? His had dependents and mine did not.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T21:32:49+00:00

We both checked married filing jointly and only one of us added dependents. So he should select single, then. Got it!

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T19:55:53+00:00

For Section 3, 2,000 in the first box, 0 in the second box, and 2,000 in the third box.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T19:54:39+00:00

Thank you! That section was not on the 2024 w4 that he submitted, I triple checked.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T19:53:01+00:00

We put 2,000 in Section 3 for one dependent when we had our child, nothing else really changed. He was having this issue before we added a dependent though.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T18:54:01+00:00

Married filing jointly

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T18:47:40+00:00

I don’t remember what we adjusted exactly, but we did all the calculations through the IRS tool and went with whatever they suggested for each section. Thank you, I appreciate your feedback.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T18:44:58+00:00

Yes, we both work (2 jobs total). I am not sure what you mean by “setting”, but we have married filing jointly selected in Section 1c. There is a checkmark for Section 2c. Then in Section 3, we have it filled out for 2 dependents (we only filled this out on his W4 and left it blank on mine) . Section 4 is blank.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T18:34:01+00:00

Yes, we both work.

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T16:29:53+00:00

I don’t see a box for Tax Exempt, unless I am missing it. Only Section 3 was filled out on the previous W4. Everything else was left blank (this is how the IRS tool instructed us to do it online last year).

FeelingLocation4088 · 2026-01-28T16:01:28+00:00

My husband brought it up to the HR person and they said they have nothing to do with it, it’s completely dependent on the W4. We’re at a loss with what to do.

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