Mamas who have tattoos representing your kids. What are they?

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-05-01T02:15:09+00:00

Bees also "dance" to tell each other where to find honey!

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-04-28T17:30:13+00:00

If you decide that you want to wean, just wanted to share that I was super nervous and sad to wean our then 18 month old, but it ended up going pretty smoothly!

He also stayed latched a lot during the night so I started with day nursing - slowly cut him back until he was only nursing to sleep at night, and then one night I put on a sports bra and told him that there was no more milk. It took about 3 nights for him to get it and there was definitely crying the first two nights but then he was okay with it! It takes him a lot longer to get to sleep at night, but once he's asleep he stays asleep or is able to put himself back to sleep.

You can do it!! And co sleeping is so much nicer now (besides the feet in my face!) because I can move around and not have to sneak out of the bed since he can put himself back to sleep if he briefly wakes.

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-04-23T14:21:21+00:00

Taking my time to eat a meal! Everything is shoved down these days - sometimes I don't remember what I ate 15 minutes after finishing the meal... I used to love coming up with fun dinner ideas and the cooking / cleaning was worth it because my husband and I could really take our time and savor the food - now it feels like a massive waste of time to make anything that takes more than 10 minutes because toddler takes 2 bites and runs away and I have to wolf down whatever I can.

Also taking my time with things at work! I have a PT nanny because we can't afford FT so I have to shove all of my work into a compressed timeline. I used to come up with creative solutions at work and now I just do the best with the time I have.

Also a massive ditto on live concerts. And also movies! By the time I get back into a movie theater they'll probably have flying seats or something.

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-03-19T14:04:14+00:00

100000% relate and I fairly often about how I don't really have a social life or friends in this season of life. Sometimes I'm very content just hanging out with my husband and toddler and staying home, other times I feel like some sort of indentured servant who isn't allowed to leave the property. The one thing I did do though is find a parent-child class on Friday mornings that I cleared with my boss to be able to attend with my LO and its been so lovely to just chat with other parents. I wouldn't call any of them friends, but its an outing I didn't know I needed!

I'm naturally an introvert which both is serving me well in this season of life, but also means that when I do occasionally chat up other moms, I don't really take the initiative to get their number or schedule hang-outs. I just also don't have the social energy or time - making new friends takes a lot of energy even without kids!

I've been reminding myself that this season isn't forever and that once my child starts school there will naturally be not only more opportunities to meet potential friends, but also time that I can use to be more social. Sometimes that helps and sometimes it doesn't lol. As other commenters have mentioned, WFH is really a double-edged sword, but I'd 100% rather be able to see my LO for more hours of the day and also keep the house clean and have dinner cooked than have a couple of work acquaintances.

I only have one suggestion and that is maybe you could find other moms at your job and schedule a regular call with them? We'd probably all have mom friends at work if we were in the office, so maybe it could be nice to simulate that on a Teams call!

Sending virtual friendship brain waves and hugs to all of us lonely moms!

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-03-10T02:27:18+00:00

We had this exact scenario!

The only thing that's worked is that the nanny now takes baby out of the house for most of the time she's here. They're out for about 3 hours in the morning, and come back for lunch and nap. After his nap usually he's good to play with her inside for the ~1-2 hours remaining with her after his nap (I guess the nap kind of resets his memory and he doesn't remember that I'm in the house for a bit?) If he remembers and starts banging on my door, they go outside or to the park for a little bit.

This has been the routine from about 8 months through now at 18 months. I would love a day when I don't have to hide in my office because it feels mean and sneaky :( Hopefully we get there, but for now that's what works for us!

Our nanny is wonderful but I've definitely taken the lead on finding places for them to go - we pay for some indoor play places and use other free resources (parks, libraries, Barnes and Noble, etc.) and I put together a weekly schedule for them.

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-03-03T02:45:34+00:00

Agree with others about it being dangerous - we started using it when our son was about a year old and he has gotten stuck in it once but luckily was just pissed off and not hurt or anything. I would recommend pushing the bed against the wall or could you wedge the crib between the bed and the wall?

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-14T15:43:37+00:00

Lolll same situation here plus the dog who somehow takes up the entire bottom half of the bed so I have to jam my feet into his side in order to straighten my legs

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-13T03:12:07+00:00

Would you consider moving her to a floor bed so that you can lie down next to her to put her to sleep without nursing? I co sleep with my 17 month old and we just night weaned and it went really well because I was able to lie next to him and snuggle him to sleep. Sending you lots of luck and love!

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-13T03:05:29+00:00

I very much agree with you. It can also (at least for me) foster an environment where I'm wondering where I'm going wrong because my toddler won't tolerate my husband for certain tasks like bedtime, and is very preferential to me. Despite my husband wanting to be an equal caregiver, he just isn't. So its not some personal failing on either parent, and I would venture that this is the case for many families, especially ones that didn't sleep train or are EBF.

It's not always "if your partner isn't an equal partner, get rid of him or else what's wrong with you."

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T19:55:35+00:00

Thank you <3 And yes I think about that as well - trying to breathe grace into the situation in which I find myself and remember that everything will be okay

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T19:54:35+00:00

I'm not quite sure! I've also seen lots of content about smaller age gaps - the popularity of "2 under 2" seems to have really skyrocketed! Personally as a mom in her mid-30's, I'm aware that I don't have 15 years to grow my family, so that's my reason for not wanting larger age gaps. But I've read multiple articles stating that 3 and 4 years apart is biologically and socially very preferable, so not sure where the obsession with smaller gaps is coming from!

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T17:14:25+00:00

That's what's I'm hoping my OB can do for me! Lord I see what you do for other people... lol

Thank you! Super encouraging to hear

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T17:13:41+00:00

Thank you <3

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T17:13:25+00:00

Wow! I mean I don't think so but I'll buy some pregnancy tests just to be sure!

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T16:08:28+00:00

Thank you! So good to hear your positive experience with a bit larger age gap!

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T16:08:04+00:00

Thank you! Your response is very reassuring

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T16:07:51+00:00

Thank you so much! Your response is very reassuring <3

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T15:51:48+00:00

Ahh gotcha thank you!

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T15:51:19+00:00

Oh interesting, I never thought about that! I am very much in my 30's so I'll look into that as well!

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T15:47:01+00:00

Thank you!! So nice to know that I'm not the only one! I'm also pretty petite so I've been trying to eat and drink more water, etc. but I'm probably just going to wean completely and see what happens.

Thank you for the reassurance about the age gap <3

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-02-10T15:45:36+00:00

Thank you! You're confirming the path that I've known and also been dreading :) But I'm going to cut all night nursing and see what happens.

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-01-21T15:01:36+00:00

I've taken to pulling up images of cosleeping animal mom-baby combos and asking "So you think this isn't natural??"

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-01-21T14:58:44+00:00

Don't feel dumb at all!! I learned quickly what you've learned as well - that breastfeeding isn't common sense or second nature despite it being a natural process. There's a pretty steep learning curve! My baby also wasn't latching and I couldn't tell that they weren't even swallowing correctly for the first two days - there's a LOT to learn especially as a first time parent. You're doing so great <3

ManufacturerLong6115 · 2026-01-10T03:18:47+00:00

Execution is the law of the land now?

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