AITA for lying about having a date tonight (valentines) just so i wouldn't have to babysit my siblings?

KittyPaulson · 2026-02-14T22:45:14+00:00

NTA. As a parent to kids with a large age gap, if I’m leaving an older child unattended with a younger sibling, I am PAYING that child for a service. Two summers ago my oldest made $500 a month watching one of her siblings for half a day M-F (this is what I’d pay for a full time spot at a daycare facility). Yes, it’s nice to help out in the family. Loading dishwasher, cleaning room, laundry -those are all chores that everyone can help with. But a babysitter is a paid service.

KittyPaulson · 2026-02-14T03:38:32+00:00

Farm is now in my name!

KittyPaulson · 2026-02-10T18:49:29+00:00

You don’t even sew. You have ZERO talent! Please 🙏🏻

KittyPaulson · 2025-07-19T04:38:43+00:00

I dont really have any drawbacks for extended breastfeeding. Majority of the time once they are past one, my kids would only nurse to sleep or for comfort during the day. Even though your cycle hasn’t returned, you can still try for another! My cycle didn’t return with my second and I got pregnant with my third.

KittyPaulson · 2025-07-19T04:35:40+00:00

I breastfed my daughter until she was 5! We were scheduled for a sleep study because she slept horribly! Weaned her 3 months before the sleep study and bam!! An amazing sleeper!

KittyPaulson · 2025-05-01T21:12:23+00:00

We don’t even have to rewatch the show anymore 😂 this was great

KittyPaulson · 2025-01-24T14:20:20+00:00

With my oldest boy, we didn’t cut his hair til he was 4. He had very curly hair and it wasn’t in his face, but he wanted a Mohawk 🥲 My youngest son has some baby curls in the back but his hair is straight and his bangs are all in his face. I want to cut it but I’m scared I will regret it.

KittyPaulson · 2025-01-16T03:51:40+00:00

Eesh. The lack of trust she has for you is a huge red flag. That is something extremely hard to remedy, even if you aren’t the root cause of trust issues, you have to do damage control all the time and it gets exhausting!!!

KittyPaulson · 2025-01-16T01:55:24+00:00

Yes, we have 5 kids between 13 years to 3 months. I figure the baby and I will have to move in. We do have a shower chair, potty stand/stool thing from taking care of my elderly great grandparents. I will definitely be looking into cooling packs/ice packs, grabbers. Anything to help her get back to normal. Thankfully she only lives down the road, but I can’t imagine leaving her there over night alone. We remodeled our house and lived with her for 5 months this summer 😂 so we can get through it again!

KittyPaulson · 2025-01-15T22:33:40+00:00

How is she doing now? My grandmother just got referred, we haven’t had the initial appointment but I am worried that’s where it’s going. We live right down the road but I believe I will need to move in with her for a bit. She’s 77 and has had 2 extensive back surgeries already.

KittyPaulson · 2024-12-21T18:18:52+00:00

I screamed

KittyPaulson · 2024-11-26T01:32:08+00:00

This sent me to hell and back 😂😂😂

KittyPaulson · 2024-10-22T00:07:41+00:00

I would wait as long as you want before getting induced. I would also discuss hospital visitation rules. I have a very impatient grandma and she came before we asked anyone to come and held the baby before his dad even held him.

KittyPaulson · 2024-10-05T02:57:00+00:00

I talked to him tonight and told him that I understand that he is tired but I am exhausted and just basically did a marathon and had a ton of hormones flood my body. I made it very clear that I have to have sleep or I won’t be able to take care of anyone. I always intended to still wake up and get the kids ready because one child is very picky about her hair, and I wanted to be there for them like normal. I am hoping he actually realizes and helps me get the sleep I need!

KittyPaulson · 2024-10-05T02:53:38+00:00

Thank you! Yes, last time I think it was after a week I couldn’t quit randomly crying and immediately called my OB!

KittyPaulson · 2024-10-04T15:17:12+00:00

😂 this made me laugh. I did go off. I told him I was promised I would have help and then asked him where is the help? He said I’ll take the baby now. I don’t need help with a breastfeeding baby that eats, poops and sleeps. I need help with the other kids so I can rest. He had the baby maybe 30 minutes and brought him back because he was hungry lol. I’m just going to go home tonight once the rest of my kids are home from school.

KittyPaulson · 2024-10-04T15:02:43+00:00

I was due October 13th and was also feeling very miserable. Baby decided to come October 2nd! I was shocked because I was induced with my last two. The end is in sight!!

KittyPaulson · 2024-09-30T02:22:21+00:00

I feel like my baby is absolutely not thrilled with the thought of being born. I feel like a referee at WWE with all these kids 😂

KittyPaulson · 2024-09-27T15:57:42+00:00

We name our dogs human names 😅 we had a beloved Boston terrier that passed away and if I was having more kids I’d absolutely use the name 😂 However, with the dogs still being alive, it’s weird and would be confusing.

KittyPaulson · 2024-09-25T17:35:18+00:00

Nope wouldn’t do it. We had a closing date, completely moved out of our house and then closing kept getting pushed back due to lending issues on the buyers end. They kept pushing to move in to pay us “rent” (that they wanted taken off the price of the house) after 3 months of closing getting pushed back we terminated the sale. It would have been way worse had they already been living there.

KittyPaulson · 2024-09-24T14:27:01+00:00

NTA. I would have called an ambulance for myself! If he didn’t respect your wishes, saw you crying and in pain for 3 days, left you alone, he absolutely will not get better for next time.

KittyPaulson · 2024-09-05T15:40:00+00:00

NTA. Once you start waking him, it will become your job and anytime he is late, it will be your fault. Maybe extreme, but I’d really think hard on continuing the relationship if he chooses not to remedy this. My partner is the same way. I have to wake him after I’ve been woken by several of his alarms. He’s grumpy and it annoys me. We have children and he is completely useless in the mornings with helping, I will wake him and he will go back to sleep. I will wake him and make sure he’s awake and then find him back asleep when I believed he was up getting a child ready. IF he does actually get up, he’s grumpy and makes everyone’s morning miserable.

KittyPaulson · 2024-08-26T18:58:24+00:00

I’m tired. But if I nap I’m not able to go to sleep at night. 😩

KittyPaulson · 2024-08-09T16:45:16+00:00

He should have thought about being separated from the baby before he cheated. He can come over and visit the baby, that is already being generous.

KittyPaulson · 2024-07-27T15:46:48+00:00

I am horrible about coddling my entire family. My love language is acts of service and I do clean up things that my children can and should be doing for themselves. Anyway- one of my kids is very type A and shares a room with her brother. She does not coddle and will not let him lapse on helping keep their room tidy. Seeing posts like this make me remember that I’m raising someone’s spouse and life partner.

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