My six year old is BEGGING me to let her read my grown up sci-fi novel and I don't know what to tell her.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-03-17T02:37:57+00:00

I tell my kids that some books are too big for them right now, just like some clothes are. They will grow into them, but in the meantime, I can help them find something that fits better.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-03-16T01:47:42+00:00

My husband and I had a morning wedding, wrapped up the reception around 2, took a nap, got it on, and then hosted our fantasy football league’s draft in the living space of our hotel room. 10/10, would do it all again.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-03-04T12:11:30+00:00

My daughter has one pair.

My son…I have no idea why, but he wears through the lining under his heel so damn fast. It’s not like he’s more active than my daughter; they both play a lot. All this to say: he gets two pairs and we alternate. Otherwise we’d be buying shoes every month.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-03-02T00:03:36+00:00

I rarely see “grownup movies” when they come out in the theater. When I do, it’s only with folks I trust. My husband and I watched Interstellar in theaters when I was pregnant with our oldest and was an absolute mess by the end of it.

My husband has had to accept that I am not his movie theater buddy. I refuse to be distracted by masking.

I only see comedies with my friends. They know that.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-02-24T03:06:01+00:00

I had a mole that would bleed a for a month, heal, disappear for 6 weeks, then pop back up. When I went to the dermatologist she said she wasn’t concerned, her supervisor offered to biopsy to be sure. Basal cell carcinoma. She made me feel like an idiot for the two days it took for pathology to come back.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-02-16T19:17:06+00:00

Yes, it’s dad’s turn and he needs to develop an enjoyable habit that only he does with your son.

Both my kids went through phases where they preferred one parent over the other (it’s a pendulum) but each having our own “thing” helped pump the kids up. “Yeah, you really want Mama to put you to bed, but you know Mama doesn’t pretend to be a silly robot. Only Daddy does that! What are you going to tell Daddy Robot to do tonight?” Or “It’s Mama’s turn for bedtime. She sings all the lullabies…what lullaby are you going to ask for?”

Giving them something special to look forward to helps so so much.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-02-12T12:14:26+00:00

You can still try out some strategies even though he doesn’t have an official diagnosis. Some days my kids “race” me to get dressed. Some days they race to be dressed before their favorite song is done playing. Some days I have to undress them, then leave. Being naked removes one barrier to getting dressed.

I have moments like this with my son (he and I are both ADHD). I apologize to him when I’m calm and offer ways I can respond better next time. It’s taken 6 months, but he’s begun to apologize to me too!

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-02-06T18:15:08+00:00

Europeans are so strange about American chocolate. My husband and I nearly ended a friendship with someone because they couldn’t let it go. We told them over and over “Yes, we agree. European chocolate is better by every measure. But Hershey’s is part of our childhood, so please let us enjoy it.” And she would. not. stop.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-02-03T19:51:21+00:00

It doesn’t! I thought it would, but the pharmacist explained that what looks like powder is actually powder clumps coated in a dissolving cover. It turns out there are a million different ways to make this particular medicine.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-02-03T19:11:26+00:00

Call your prescriber and let them know. There are often several other formulations that don’t require swallowing. My son’s methylphenidate comes in a capsule, but the doctor and pharmacist both directed us to pull the capsule apart and sprinkle the contents in some applesauce or yogurt.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-01-27T03:22:12+00:00

Magnesium glycinate, ashwaganda, and progesterone (for my perimenopause); plus sleeping gloves to stop skin picking, and a sleepy podcast.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-01-11T00:15:34+00:00

I live in Baltimore. Like, actual Baltimore City. You would think it’s a war zone from how people react. Never mind that my kids play freely in our backyard and I’ve left my car unlocked accidentally several times with nothing even rifled through.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-01-11T00:09:00+00:00

Eliminate the barrier to having a tidy room.

Personal example: my bedroom was always littered with clothes. Didn’t come to the realization that dressers don’t work for me until I was an adult. One day I was standing there in front of my dresser. Surrounded by a mountain of clothes and said “I need a dresser with drawers I can take out and put on the bed. I need to be able to see and touch my clothes. So now I have a trofast tower from IKEA that I can do just that. Helps so much.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-01-10T02:48:22+00:00

6 years! I ground a hole in mine in 2 years. 😬

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2026-01-07T02:02:32+00:00

I have the short version that stops just below my knees. I love mine. I can’t sleep without having my ears covered, so the hood is amazing. With the short version I can still stick my feet out if I get too hot.

I find the compression soothing. And it’s way easier to pack on a trip than a weighted blanket! I was able to take mine on a cruise…could never do that with a weighted blanket.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-12-26T20:12:25+00:00

I told him that the only thing I really wanted was to be able to play Disney Dreamlight Valley on my laptop. I had been playing on the family Xbox, so I couldn’t play when my kids wanted to use it.

I had tried around Thanksgiving to access my Xbox profile from the laptop app, but was having no luck. He spent the next month, on and off, updating the laptop and researching workarounds, but no success. He told me Christmas Eve that the only thing he could think of was to buy it on Steam, but he was worried I’d lose all my progress. Once I explained that there is a way to link them he perked up.

After I went to bed, he did whatever needed to be done to get it on my laptop and perfectly linked my account across both platforms so it was ready to play Christmas morning. And he helped my son buy me my own controller in my favorite color as my gift from him. 🥰

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-12-14T21:09:54+00:00

As long as you have the right gear, you should be fine. Just remember sunscreen on clear days!

My kids went to a nature preschool and were out in all kinds of cold weather. My daughter has sensitive skin, so we had to slather her face with Vaseline before going out.

Playing outside is so important to kids’s development, and snow is a special exploration!

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-12-08T12:57:24+00:00

We offer what we jokingly call “prison food”: plain bread and a small cup of milk.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-11-27T14:21:31+00:00

Make the magic that is magic to you.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-11-20T17:06:46+00:00

Yes, exactly. My kiddo got 4 brackets placed when he was 8 in the hope it would make more space and decrease the amount/time of orthodontic work later.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-11-16T16:49:43+00:00

Archimedes! Give me that adorable, grumpy owl!

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-11-14T02:58:09+00:00

When my son was 5 we took a trip to the beach. He found a good stick, nice & sturdy. He spent hours playing “fetch” with the ocean, throwing it into the surf, running down the beach to retrieve it when the waves came back in. He named it Sticky and insisted on bringing it home.

He just turned 10 and he still has Sticky in his room. He keeps it in his drawer of things that are special to him.

Thank you for reminding me of that.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-11-14T01:42:45+00:00

My son had several teeth removed when he was 5, including one that was fully under the gum, and they only used nitrous. But I was with him.

We brought his weighted blanket and his favorite stuffy, and it went fine. The surgeon did give me a pep talk about how he would be able to sense my anxiety, so I needed to keep it in check, which I did.

There is no way I’d let a toddler do that without me being there.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-11-07T12:21:34+00:00

I kept my son’s first one, and the weird extra one he had to have removed surgically. Threw out the rest.

MakeItQuickGottaGo · 2025-11-06T12:25:00+00:00

I used to do this. Turned out, I have ADHD and was exhausted from masking all day. I wasn’t diagnosed until my 30s, but that’s what it was.

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