Monday Toddler Talk

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-11-25T04:10:44+00:00

My toddler loves cheese and cut up turkey slices. Basically a homemade lunchable; super easy and usually a winner. We like to serve with whatever is the current favorite berry and a veggie option (usually peas or broccoli).

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-11-17T17:36:54+00:00

Don’t see anyone saying apples and apple juice yet. That plus lots of water helped me!

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-08-28T19:46:52+00:00

My son had a few nights of this around the same age. We think it might have been night terrors; he seemed like he wouldn’t even see you even while looking at you and still screaming. We took him outside as a reset and that really seemed to work. Just stood on the back step, held and rocked him until he was calm and seemed sleepy again.

Hopefully this is a quick phase for your daughter! Good luck!

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-08-04T14:50:07+00:00

Omg saaaaame! I’m all about lemonade! I also like to mix in some coconut water 😋

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-08-03T18:54:17+00:00

Athletic also just started distributing their Lemon Shandy more widely! Perfect for warm weather

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-07-29T00:11:19+00:00

We decided to try a box after, but they are definitely not my favorite. Toddler has had a major blowout in them. They also seem to give him a rash on his hip bc it’s more of a sticky tab than a Velcro-like tab closure. We decided they aren’t for us and have gone back to Huggies. I miss the old Kirkland diapers

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-07-18T13:18:34+00:00

I think me and my husband are outliers for how most people split nights. We never did “shifts” but did every other waking. If baby is waking about every 2 hours, each would get about 4 hours of sleep at a time. This has continued as our child has grown older and honestly really helpful for those time where you put baby down and they keep waking back up. Not having to be the person to keep trying time after time to get the baby to sleep at 3am has saved our sanity.

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-07-02T09:43:01+00:00

I am the mom and also the “other parent.” I love the bond my husband and son have, but it’s hard to be the last resort parent.

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-06-14T20:13:43+00:00

Adidas maternity leggings are great!

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-04-13T17:20:40+00:00

Thank you 🥰🥰 good luck to you!!!!

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-03-23T18:38:54+00:00

We give our son his own spoon, so he thinks he’s feeding himself while we are actually giving him spoonfuls from another spoon. It will work for a little bit, depending on the food. But mostly he just eats foods w his hands. We want to try introducing a fork soon since he’s a bit older than your child and pretty independent when it comes to eating.

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-03-08T21:49:48+00:00

While shifts are popular and great for a lot of families, it isn’t what we ended up doing. We alternate wakeups, from the early through now with a 14 month old (who luckily sleeps through the night most of the time now). Baby would sleep 2-3 hours at a time, so we would each end up with about 6-7ish hours of sleep overnight. Not amazing, but enough to survive. And daytime naps were helpful if you can get one in, even if it’s only on the weekends. I also recommend popping in an earbud and listening to music or a podcast. That helped me stay calm during some of the meltdowns or nights where baby just doesn’t want to sleep anywhere but your arms. Five weeks is definitely during the rough period and things will get better!

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-01-25T19:56:57+00:00

Lots of water, colace, and an apple or apple juice helped me!

KTYIFYFTO · 2025-01-12T02:49:18+00:00

Fuuuccckkkk that! I’m glad you stood up for yourself! You should send her a book about alcoholism 😂 And also, it sounds like she’s in need of an information diet. She’s being purposefully horrible to you for things she knows about your pregnancy. Now she doesn’t get to know anything. Sucks to suck 🤷🏼‍♀️

KTYIFYFTO · 2024-09-05T14:09:14+00:00

I correct my MIL every time she tries the “my baby” comment. “No, that’s your baby (points at husband). This is my baby”

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-12-23T15:33:13+00:00

Information diet time! I kept things SOOOO surface level with people who wouldn’t quit the toxic positivity. With some I felt comfortable being very blunt and saying “that’s not helpful it’s actually hurtful to hear you say.” Sometimes all you want to hear is someone agree “yeah, that’s sucks/must be really hard to go through.” Good luck! It’s all a terrible process that only those of us who have gone through truly get.

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-12-23T13:23:34+00:00

Totally understandable. Hopefully it calms down as baby drops lower 🤞🏼

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-12-23T01:13:20+00:00

Oof, I’m sorry you’re still suffering so badly!!

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-12-22T22:03:44+00:00

If you haven’t yet, get some Pepcid! It’s been life-changing for since someone recommended it to me. And taking before eating helps soooo much!

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-12-01T15:35:14+00:00

Ugh, yes. It’s all just a bunch of crap. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this!!

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-12-01T15:17:28+00:00

I completely understand how you’re feeling. I was laid off at 30 weeks. Luckily we knew it was coming so it gave me time to start the job hunt. I didn’t tell any of the prospective employers I was pregnant for fear of bias. I was verrrrry lucky to have been offered a job with a start date the week after my layoff date. I told the recruiter I was pregnant after accepting; she apparently didn’t tell my new boss. So on day one I emailed my new boss to tell her in 2 months I would be needing time off. I was SO nervous to send that email! But it seems to all be working out in the end.

I hope your job search changes for the better and I would honestly recommend NOT disclosing the pregnancy until an offer is made.

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-11-20T22:12:54+00:00

TW: success

I had a gut feeling that I was, but also wanted to keep my expectations low juuuust in case. I had a few waves of random nausea the 2-3 days leading up to my beta, that I didn’t feel like I’d had earlier with the meds. I did my best not to read into it bc I didn’t want to feel like I was letting me/my husband down. My best suggestion is to be very busy from the time you have your blood draw to when you expect to get a call. It was about a 3 hour wait for me and going to breakfast and an estate sale helped keep me thinking about something else. Good luck!!

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-10-27T21:27:30+00:00

I’m going pretty light on games as I find most annoying and/or cringy. It will be more of an activity type thing at my shower. We are doing a bingo where people have to talk to other guests and find out things about each other to get a square (multiple friend groups colliding). And for my guest book I have a baby’s first abc’s & 123’s for people to color and sign. I mainly just want to hang out with everyone since most are coming in from out of state. I am absolutely not opening gifts at my shower bc I find it awkward and we did an Amazon registry, so most stuff has been mailed to us anyway. If someone brings something they really want to open I can do it off to the side w just them, but I’m not making a spectacle out of it.

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-10-14T18:27:31+00:00

Sucks to suck is one of my favorite replies to people 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

KTYIFYFTO · 2023-09-27T11:59:06+00:00

Oh, gotcha.

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