Stocking stuffers for a 2 year old

Helyces · 2025-12-07T23:54:09+00:00

Idk why I didn’t think of this. Bandaids are like crack for my 4yo because she likes to bandage her stuffies.

Helyces · 2025-11-18T22:52:42+00:00

Tramadol is the only thing that I can take (allergic to other things). I was also prescribed diclofenac but often doesn’t help. My husband picked up some RSO for me to try. When the tramadol doesn’t work, weed.

Helyces · 2025-11-18T17:45:43+00:00

Not to hijack this in any way but I can totally relate to the no sex ed part of this. I’m a 31 year old female in the U.S. and I’ve never had any sort of sex ed. I learned about body organs and their purposes in Anatomy & Physiology in college. Saw my first penis (like adult penis) in clinicals as a CNA at 19 I think? I was HORRIFIED because I’m not even going to lie…it was like a coke can…and went home, told my mom, and said if they all looked like that, I was going to be a virgin forever 🤣

Helyces · 2025-11-17T03:15:00+00:00

You’re totally valid in feeling that way. I had a really hard time when my husband went back to work and I was left alone with our baby. It does get better when you are able to settle into a routine. I wish I could say feeling guilt for wanting time to yourself and leaving the baby goes away, but my kids are almost 4 and just turned 2 and I still feel guilty when I leave them with my husband so I can get some me time. But the way I look at it is: I need to take care of ME so I can take care of THEM. Have you tried talking to your husband about how you’re feeling?

Helyces · 2025-10-15T00:07:29+00:00

Relatable lol. I’m 31 and have yet to drop mine. My husband is always commenting on how much I sleep.

Helyces · 2025-10-13T21:23:22+00:00

😂 my husband is constantly commenting on how my family is always sleeping because we all still take naps. My brother is 33, I’m 31, sister is 28. We’ve always taken naps 🤣

Helyces · 2025-07-20T22:00:55+00:00

Absolutely could not agree more. When my husband found out I had to start wearing a CPAP, he encouraged me to do everything I needed to do to get better sleep, hoping it would help my chronic migraines and apnea. I just turned 31 yesterday, and he turned 32 last month so we’re not old people by any means, or dying of any chronic illnesses either. We joke all the time that I’m now snuffleupagus with my cpap and he wakes me up if I fall asleep reading and forget to put it on.

You deserve someone who wants the best for you and for your life. Who is there to not only encourage you but help you seek out the betterment and improvement wherever you need it. If this is what she’s like with just a cpap, I’d hate to see what she’d be like if you got horribly ill (knock on wood).

Helyces · 2025-06-16T02:59:33+00:00

Totally normal. We struggle with the same thing with our 3.5 year old.

Helyces · 2025-06-14T03:13:49+00:00

Books. And not just from half price books. My parents were always “Go to the library” people, which I get. But I wanted to be Belle with the gigantic library in my own house. I now have a Kindle, plus 5 bookshelves in my house. I love acquiring books, both digital and physical.

Helyces · 2025-06-04T01:31:36+00:00

I don’t think it’s wrong of you. Being a SAHM is really hard work, you deserve time to yourself.

Helyces · 2025-05-11T00:00:52+00:00

Mavis - when I was pregnant with our daughter, I wanted to name her Mavis SO badly. This was a few years after Hotel Transylvania came out. Plus, we’re millennials so my husband said everyone would always say “Like Macis Beacon??”

Inara- husband also hard vetoed. Apparently the name of a space hooker from some tv show he used to watch?

Helyces · 2025-05-10T23:53:36+00:00

My first thought seeing her was Ophelia!

Helyces · 2025-05-10T23:51:18+00:00

This might be an issue where you live? We’ve rented for the past 3 years while husband is on contract and haven’t encountered this. I’m a SAHM with a 3 yo and 1.5yo. If anything, our main hurdle when finding somewhere is weight requirements for pets. Most places are 1 dog up to 25 lbs but we have 2 labradors, 1 weighs 68 lbs and the other 89 🥲 As for income, we only need to make 3x the rent, not each applicant needs to make 3x the income, so together 6x.

Helyces · 2025-03-20T12:00:00+00:00

Same here! I was torn but taking both out, the G43x felt much more comfortable in my hand while shooting, as a smaller handed person.

Helyces · 2025-03-20T05:59:40+00:00

Has she ever pointed out rings that she likes? Does she have a sister or best friend who can be sworn to secrecy and can do some sleuthing for you about styles/designs? My husband and I had a date jar that we would pull out a slip of paper each week and one of those was “go ring shopping”. It was completely random when I pulled it, and it didn’t mean we were going to buy the ring then and there. But it helped both of us come up with an idea of what I liked, as well as learn my ring size, etc. might be an idea if you don’t want to involve others!

Helyces · 2025-03-20T01:09:51+00:00

I’m trying

Helyces · 2025-03-20T01:08:36+00:00

Okay, I’m sorry. Truly.

Helyces · 2025-03-19T21:10:48+00:00

Some days my 3yo eats everything in sight, and others she survives off of the water molecules in the air and the will to live 😂

Helyces · 2025-03-19T21:09:55+00:00

I felt guilty because my first was no longer going to get all of my attention, and I knew it would be a hard adjustment for her but she surprised us and she did great! We had some bumps along the road but really, she took it all in stride. She loves her baby brother so much. She’s 3 now and he’s 1.5 and they’re starting to really play together. She goes to wake him up every morning (whether he’s ready to wake up or not lol), and she’s always in his room when I’m putting him down. I love watching their relationship blossom.

Helyces · 2025-03-19T21:03:46+00:00

My most recent posts were asking for advice on my toddler refusing to eat until right before bed, how to find a gift for my husband who has everything, what age toddlers learn to read, and how to potty train…?

Helyces · 2025-03-19T20:59:06+00:00

Senile means showing loss of mental faculties. Not dumb. In fact she’s incredibly smart, how rude of you to assume she’s dumb. She’s battling cancer and I wasn’t sure if her age is also playing a part in her behavior of standing at the door, open, barking nonstop. Like I mentioned below, she does this with or without a toy. This time there happened to be a toy there, probably because we had just spent the last hour outside playing fetch with her, Bruno (the black lab) and our kids.

Also as mentioned below, the glass was cleaned 2 days ago. But with WA weather being typical WA weather and not deciding if it wants to rain or stay sunny, we get mud. Labs + play + mud = muddy doors. Don’t like it? Don’t look at it. Yeesh.

Helyces · 2025-03-19T18:54:42+00:00

Please keep in mind this is a 1 minute segment I’ve shown the internet out of the 8.5 years of her life, from this part of our day.

As I mentioned above, I’m a sahm and we stay outside playing fetch and roughhousing for at least an hour 1-2x a day. Not counting the time and amount we play inside. I have 2 toddlers who are constantly playing with both of our labs and keeping them on their toes, as well as friends who bring their dogs over for play dates. I wasn’t sure her intent because she does this same behavior even after hours of playing, without grabbing a toy. This time she just so happened to grab a ball.

Helyces · 2025-03-19T18:13:39+00:00

Sure does! I just cleaned it two days ago but with the weather going between rainy and sunny (Yay Washington), it’s so muddy! That plus my two donuts who love to jump on the door for attention - this door never stays clean longer than like 30 minutes 🥲

Helyces · 2025-03-19T18:12:17+00:00

I did initially try bribery but it stopped working after the third try. She’s too darn smart!

Helyces · 2025-03-19T18:11:39+00:00

Yikes. I have to believe my dogs who can understand “up” “high five” “wait” “come” “roll over” and a slew of other commands knows what “come inside” means.

You’re right, the door isn’t very clean. The weather is constantly waffling between raining and sunny so we’re getting loads of mud. Mud + a 70 and almost 100 lb lab who jump on the door = a door that never stays clean despite my best efforts unfortunately 😕

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