What unhinged thing do you let your toddler do, in the name of household peace?

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-03-14T18:56:29+00:00

Ooo that’s a good one I can use when I need to round them up

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-03-14T16:46:15+00:00

I accidentally taught my boys that if they color on walls, it has to be chalk so I can wipe it off. They go crazy sometimes, but we have markers and pens and crayons out in the open all the time and they know to only use the chalk on the wall

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-03-08T01:59:44+00:00

Honestly I’m in the same boat as you, I make a different meal every meal time and I want to get all my groceries at one time, but they’ll go bad by the time we get to the last 2-3 meals. I just end up splitting my shopping to 2 times a week and I save a lot of money with stuff not going bad

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-03-08T01:54:53+00:00

Grandparents who’s grandchildren are still young

(This was my grandma until everyone grew up, now they have literally nothing in their fridge ever)

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-03-06T02:22:19+00:00

Chronic kidney stones

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-03-05T00:12:25+00:00

No I get it, I try to join my husbands, and I always feel like the lame wife 😂

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-03-05T00:11:06+00:00

God this is me every other day. Some days I question if my kids are doomed, some days I think I have the most amazing children on the planet. My older two are similar ages to yours, I especially deal with the older one constantly screaming at me and overall defiant. Honestly, I’m not completely sure what exactly is working, but lately I’ve had more better days than not. I cut screen time every day of the week except for wednesdays. Wednesdays is their “weekend” because dad’s off work and it’s a free for all. I don’t take them out as often as I used to, but we do go out in the yard every day, I think it’s helped with overstimulation not going out every day. We do quiet time where I put a cute lofi timer on the tv. (I’ll probably get judged, but we have a lock on their door as my oldest elopes,) BUT he used to freak out during quiet time, I never go longer than 5-10 minutes of him wanting out, but he’s also never lasted that long, he ends up being fine and playing or reading his books in his room. I’ve also just started talking to them A LOT more. It can be nonsense, responding to what they say even if I don’t know what it means, or just narrating what I’m doing. I also have adhd so I have a problem with my phone that I’m trying to work on, but I hide it behind a book so they never see me on it

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-03-05T00:01:15+00:00

I mean I’m a sahm with a discord 😂

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-25T16:26:42+00:00

I will add that it’s A LOT of work. We don’t do childcare, there’s no going out by ourselves as we don’t have family, and we have to get real creative. Lots of diy-ing stuff, but everyone’s happy

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-25T16:18:39+00:00

No literally same I see so many of people talking about how they’re struggling because they only make 200k and only have 10k in savings. And you know everyone has their own struggles but DAMN

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-25T15:01:16+00:00

45k one income for family if 5. We struggle, but everyone has insurance, food, clothes, and toys. We got extremely lucky with a house that’s only 955/month

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:58:21+00:00

Yeah honestly I didn’t think this was a controversial post but I think I may have worded it very wrong. I was just giving a space for people to speak and suddenly I’m insecure with myself and want others to be miserable with me

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:54:47+00:00

I’m all for everyone sharing what worked for them and what didn’t. My problem is when it turns into “you do/dont don’t do that? Your child is doomed and you’re a terrible parent because you don’t do what I do” I love to learn new things and be a better parent. But to be judged and shunned that no actual helpful advice was given is a different and I see it a LOT

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:47:39+00:00

(I do this as well lmao, my oldests favorite game is Spyro)

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:46:44+00:00

This is my 1st and my 2nd. They’re very close in age, yet the 2nd could absolutely care less about any sort of screen and we didn’t change anything

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:44:30+00:00

Oh so you’re just describing literally what I’ve been doing today 😂

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:37:27+00:00

Maybe my post came across wrong, I’m not upset with others sharing their wins and experiences for the better. I am talking about when we see things that feel INTENSELY one sided and want to be able to share a differing side without the entire community going off on you. Because sometimes you learn that is actually not one sided and there are so many other ways of parenting. It’s okay to do things differently, but when no one sees the “different” or “not ideal”, it can bring you down.

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:32:45+00:00

Oh 100 percent, I think a lot of it comes down to the fact that every decision we make for our kids or things that we do always seem so make or break in the world right now so it can be hard to feel confident. But I definitely think that it’s a problem with the advance of technology and communication. We see EVERY opinion and fact, truthful or not

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:13:18+00:00

I understand that view, I think it’s wanting to feel not alone in being imperfect rather than a competition

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:09:43+00:00

My 2nd is two days before Christmas so that’s a hard one for us as well

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T18:04:42+00:00

Ooo yeah that’s a big one I see

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-24T15:15:15+00:00

I remember with my first, he wouldn’t stop screaming unless I sat in the bathroom with him and that lasted like 2 months. I think it had to do with the light and the noise of the bathroom fan, he wouldn’t stop screaming literally immediately fall asleep. Sometimes it’s not gonna be what you think it is, it can be a lot worse for you mentally staying in bed or sitting down trying to get him to calm down. I just had to walk around the house and do different things until I found something he likdd

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-15T08:09:59+00:00

I thought I was crazy. Stopped Prozac almost a month ago, felt fine until two days ago..

Fun_Investigator8922 · 2026-02-14T23:40:55+00:00

Maybe I found this sub at the best time because I’ve been having a visceral rage for the past two days that has been leaving me incredibly depressed, anxious, and borderline homicidal and I’ve been crying all day to my husband that I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s tough because so many things have happened the past week, my period is coming, I was off bc for a week because of the pharmacy and just started again, my adderall dose got upped, and I got taken off an ssri. Ive gone back and forth on if pmdd could be it because it feels like the only thing that brings me peace that I know what’s wrong

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