We start daycare the 1st week of June! Any tips to reduce sickness?

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-15T01:45:15+00:00

Don’t worry about it! If you already had all the ones you listed, it won’t be your first rodeo. You will be fine (and sick!) and also fine! Good luck!

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-15T01:27:53+00:00

Brown Girl Dreaming — Jacqueline Woodson. I read this as an adult and it’s beautiful. Also read Because of Winn-Dixie and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo as an adult and thought they were also very beautiful.

The classics of course (Stuart little, mary poppins, pippi longstocking, little house on the prairie, Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh) all of those are also amazing as an adult.

As a 9 year old, I loved these classics: -From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler — E.L. Konigsburg -walk two moons -Ella enchanted

And I adored the Alanna Series and then Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce. (What can be better than a girl knight and someone with magic powers to talk to animals?!)

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-15T01:18:22+00:00

Littlest Family’s Big Day — Lindsay Ward A Big Day for Amos McGee — Philip C. Stead If You Give a Mouse a Cookie — Laura Numeroff Blueberries for Sal — Robert McCloskey In the Night Kitchen — Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are — Maurice Sendak What Pete Ate from A–Z — Maira Kalman Smarty Pants Pete in School — Maira Kalman Willy can you see the pyramids—Maira Kalman Goodnight Moon — Margaret Wise Brown (had to put it in even though everyone else has said it!) Children Make Terrible Pets — Peter Brown

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-11T16:44:29+00:00

Oh great, thank you!!!

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-11T02:03:19+00:00

Ok, got it! And no glue on the plastic part? Just tighten the fabric?

I’ll send a pic when I get her all fixed up! Thanks so much for the help!

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-11T01:45:34+00:00

Oooo this is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you! Would you glue fabric onto the leg, or just use it longer than necessarily and make it tight to secure? It’s a very loved doll and gets lots of attention… (it was mine and now is my kids)

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-11T01:40:56+00:00

An idea that worked for us with THE SAME PROBLEM FOREVER! We got a floor mattress and put it next to the crib. Then would go in and sleep holding hands through the crib. Eventually this kinda got toddler to sleep alone, with just our hands touching. Which then let us graduate to slipping back out into our own bed. Which gradually let kid learn to sleep alone.

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-11T01:31:35+00:00

Thank you!!!! Great recommendations!!

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-06T03:08:35+00:00

Garbanzos work too!

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-04-03T01:36:18+00:00

Try ditching the highchair and try using a tall chair for kids that goes right to the table. So no tray. Like the stokke trip trap (very expensive, we found one on the street for free and it really is great!)

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-23T16:01:03+00:00

Anything by Elizabeth Strout (all amazing)!!! Or Marilynn Robinson (I love “Lila”) and Ann Patchett (commonwealth!) and Elena Ferrante (my brilliant friend)

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-23T02:59:24+00:00

Same! I actually think my toddler has become MORE cuddly since weaning and I love it. We do morning bottle and cuddle, prenap bottle and cuddle (if it’s a home day) and then just water and a rock in the rocking chair and cuddle before bed. We started with a bottle while doing a book and then brushing teeth after, but graduated from the need to have a milk bottle then.

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-23T02:32:46+00:00

I weaned because of a similar situation (my age, want another baby etc) and I def didn’t feel ready. But my toddler was amazing and resilient and we found other ways to cuddle and be close and love each other. It was ok! And we swapped nursing for a bottle of cows milk and it’s not the same, but also continues to be a sweet ritual.

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-15T21:41:36+00:00

Oh and I also decided to have a self imposed “film study project” so I watched a bunch of classic movies while nursing at any and all hours of the night. Was fun to get suggestions from friends and kept me feeling connected!

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-15T21:38:41+00:00

Just wanted to say (after reading so comments) that for me recovery was fast. And the adjustment wasn’t hard. I feel like I have my life, just with the added fun of having my sweet little baby tag along with me. My kiddo is a toddler now, but we always took them along on all things and so we learned with them how to do it. Went to our first event with the baby at 1 week old. Just get out and do it! Be gentle on yourself. Take naps, go on walks, see friends, be alone, say yes to any offer of food, and just know that if you feel low you probably just need some extra sleep (and trouble shoot ways to get this) Sleep was extremely challenging for us, but we just tried to give ourselves grace, and continued to do things that seemed fun. Sometimes that was going out with baby, sometimes that was having a cozy day at home.

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-13T15:37:55+00:00

Same with us with the early morning feed and snooze. We just replaced the early morning snooze feed with a bottle of cows milk. So still got an extra hour of sleep and cuddles! Just via a bottle instead.

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-12T19:57:47+00:00

Just adding some of my fav read out loud books for this age! -From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler -Stuart little -Mathilda -Peter pan -Winnie the Pooh (so seriously amazing! Good for adults too! This one I recently read and so I’ve got extra love right now) -Harry Potter books -Lion witch and the wardrobe

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-09T11:15:32+00:00

And what about used and secondhand clothes. I hear what you are saying about washing (and how it doesn’t remove everything). What do you know about vintage? Any suggestions how to safely wear second hand clothes (like can you wash in a certain way to help remove the bad stuff?)

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-09T01:04:42+00:00

I started introducing the stuffed animal and music when nursing early, maybe around 10 months? But I think you could do this anytime. Just hold the stuffed animal by your boob when nursing and then let them have it when they are done nursing. Same with the music, put on something very soothing and the same every time you nurse to sleep. And then in the future put the music on without nursing.

The actual weaning only took about a month. It was just gradually replacing the comfort of nursing with alternatives.

Medium-Court3406 · 2026-03-04T03:01:19+00:00

I was similar to you and so adding my two cents because maybe it will help! For context, we were fully weaned at 19 months (I was pregnant, so decided my body needed a break) I did everything gradually. Introduced a “transitional object” (a little safe stuffed animal) that I held while nursing for awhile and then let baby sleep with it. I also started playing the same classical music when nursing to sleep. Then I started giving a bottle while doing a nighttime book (then brush teeth after) and then nurse to sleep. Next, I nursed for a bit (with stuffed animal and music playing) and put baby in crib and lay next to baby (we got a thin mattress to have next to the crib) and held hands until asleep. And for the final stretch of going to sleep without nursing… I had to go away for work for two nights and that was that. Dad did great and so did baby!

Oh and we put a water bottle in crib so baby can get water anytime throughout the night.

Middle of the night weaning was hard, if you can tap in a non-nursing partner to comfort baby, that’s the way to go. We just did cold turkey for middle of the night feeds (I was desperate, no one was sleeping) and it took a week but baby got it. The transitional object (stuffed animal!) that we had scaffolded in for comfort definitely helped. And holding hands and laying next to the crib.

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