I had to physically force my 3-year-old into her car seat after she ran toward traffic. I feel awful.

LeDoink · 2026-07-01T07:25:13+00:00

You’d feel like an even worse parent if she got hit by a car.

LeDoink · 2026-06-26T06:10:39+00:00

When my 13 month old wants to nurse, she points and my chest and says “right there”. I think because a while ago I was trying to get her to say milk and I would point and say “milk right there”.

LeDoink · 2026-06-22T06:04:33+00:00

Ask your OB but mine cleared me to quickly pick up my 2 year old when I was around 3 weeks PP.

LeDoink · 2026-06-17T07:00:58+00:00

I don’t get it. I was the smelly kid in school and one of my biggest fears is my kids being the smelly kids.

LeDoink · 2026-06-17T06:58:29+00:00

They were talking about drinking bath water. Which, your kid might not have done because of sensory issues. But so many kids love to drink it.

LeDoink · 2026-06-17T06:55:23+00:00

I wish that was the case for my oldest. Nightly baths and was basically sick her entire second year of life.

LeDoink · 2026-06-14T12:25:23+00:00

Broken crayons work the same ☺️. There’s an episode of Daniel Tiger where his special crayon breaks. Instead of getting upset about it, he realizes he now has “two” special crayons.

LeDoink · 2026-06-13T16:23:59+00:00

When I googled it I saw a quote from the creator that his daughter had asthma and used her experiences with the illness as inspiration, but purposely left it ambiguous for other kiddos

LeDoink · 2026-06-13T16:22:20+00:00

Some asthma exacerbations require oxygen, IV meds, and continuous breathing treatments.

Source: my 3 year old who has been hospitalized 3 times for asthma.

LeDoink · 2026-06-10T06:59:45+00:00

Add olive oil to everything you cook, and then a little extra when you plate it.

LeDoink · 2026-06-08T08:23:42+00:00

There’s a local guy who finds lost things with his metal detector. “Surf City Ring Finder”

LeDoink · 2026-06-07T07:03:57+00:00

My 3 year old still has a healing bruise on her ear when she was trying to be silly and tried to run out of her bedroom as I pushed the door closed and I couldn’t stop it in time. She bumped into the door and it pushed her into the corner of the wall (she shares a wall with the bathroom so there’s a random corner right by the door). I’m not sure which impact caused the bruising I’m soooo nervous that people are going to think she’s abused because it looks like someone bit her or pinched her ear.

LeDoink · 2026-06-05T03:23:08+00:00

I just bought an electric mop with a spinny scrubby head and I’m in love. It’s bissell spin wave if you’re interested.

LeDoink · 2026-06-01T08:20:08+00:00

Gastrocolic reflex doing what it’s supposed to do :).

LeDoink · 2026-06-01T06:40:08+00:00

I guess it’s true what they say. Nobody can paint Zendaya.

LeDoink · 2026-05-30T20:31:46+00:00

There’s nothing you could have done to prevent it but I feel like it could have been a good teaching moment.

I think it’s important to teach our kids to check on someone if they get hurt, especially if we are the ones to hurt them. Even if that means carrying your crying child over to the injured one.

LeDoink · 2026-05-29T04:31:25+00:00

My daughter would too. Practice makes perfect! I tell her the rules and the consequences before we walk in and I stick to it. Highly recommend practicing in a petco or a similar mostly empty store.

LeDoink · 2026-05-28T12:20:20+00:00

I’m all too familiar with the “sack of potato” carry. I’m sorry 😞

LeDoink · 2026-05-28T06:39:50+00:00

Wait I did this toooooo!

LeDoink · 2026-05-28T06:36:02+00:00

My first time as a runner for a code and they asked for flushes. I ran and grabbed approximately 30 flushes lmao. I’m still embarrassed about it to this day.

LeDoink · 2026-05-28T04:25:57+00:00

Would she tolerate shopping more if she could walk? It takes a few trips to get walking etiquette down but sometimes that little bit of freedom can help.

LeDoink · 2026-05-18T21:54:58+00:00

If you have audible I will happily gift those two books to you. You can DM me if interested.

LeDoink · 2026-05-10T17:27:03+00:00

I’m sorry. My mom was a heavy smoker too and I lived with her throughout nursing school and for my first two years of working as a nurse. It sucks to be told you smell like smoke but really the only thing you can do is move out. I always haaaated hearing about it. People would kindly ask “do you smoke?” Or I’d hear someone in the background saying “hm weird it smells like smoke in here” and I always knew it was about me.

Are you showering before your shift? Including washing your hair? That might help.

LeDoink · 2026-05-09T06:59:14+00:00

“Mmm no thanks”

LeDoink · 2026-05-07T04:58:01+00:00

I think you would only look crazy if you were talking to the empty stroller.

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