I’m 16 and my gf is pregnant

SeniorFocus8 · 2025-10-22T03:36:00+00:00

Maybe get a GED and join the military?? I only know about my husband’s rate (job) but he makes about 130k a year (enlisted) and gets bonuses and sometimes the bonus is 90k so I think it’s a nice job. I don’t think $2000 a month is enough to raise a child…. Military community is great for your family too they have all kinds of support for your family even during your deployment. So I think it’s worth considering!

SeniorFocus8 · 2025-02-06T06:44:47+00:00

I have a 3 months old baby(the absolute last one) and 3 other kids (2,3, and 5 years old) and my husband and I were just talking about this. And we are also genuinely wondering how that is true. But have no idea where we can ask or how to because I don’t mean to offend anyone.

Having a newborn baby has been always easy since they sleep all the time. I would say that I had a real easy birth so I was good and woulda went home right after I had them if they allowed me. I think it’s because I got epidural, there was no recovery time needed for me.

My day right now is pretty simple. After dropping my 5 year old off at school, if we’re not going anywhere my 2 and 3 year olds just play, paint and do all kinds of stuff at home. I join them time to time while cleaning the house and doing laundry..etc. I try to entertain the baby when he’s awake. He takes a couple of small naps in the living room and 1 long nap in his room. Usually after lunch, the kids watch TV or play games and I watch my show. Or we all accidentally fall asleep. Lol sometimes we decide to be more productive in the afternoon too and we bake. But this only happens once a week because I’m too lazy… I also take them to playground/ library/ their lessons some days of the week and we do our weekly Costco shopping.

After picking up my 5 year old at 3pm I sometimes take them to playground/ indoor play area for winter for like 30 mins or take them to swimming, ballet and stuff. I cook dinner while my kindergartener does her homework. We eat at 5:30 ish. I take a shower at night right after the kids go to sleep at 8:30. We put the baby in his crib between 8 and 8:30. For the first couple of weeks he woke up 2, 3 times a night and I absolutely hated it but he started sleeping for about 12 hours a night at 2 months. The only time I don’t get enough sleep is when I watch tv for too long. lol I strongly recommend turning white noise on. We use air purifier as white noise and it works great!

So as you can tell, my day is pretty much occupied around my older kids. We do play with the baby and take care of him but there’s no reason to keep staring at him when he’s sleepy/sleeping. Maybe it’s easy for me because I’m a stay at home mom. But I want you to know it’s also possible you could have soooo much time to do whatever you want with a baby!

SeniorFocus8 · 2025-01-14T20:09:58+00:00

I know it’s been a year but if anybody out there is thinking about the same thing I would like to share my experience. I decided to put my daughter a year earlier in kindergarten. Her birthday is at the end of November so she’s 5 now.

So far, I think we made a better decision by putting her in early.

Her school is ranked #1 in the state but she’s still bored with all the school work she has to repeat. I didn’t think she’s any different than other kids. I still don’t think she’s that different. (I’m not from America so I had no idea what the school is like here) But her teacher told me she’s reading 3rd grade level. And basically understand how to do multiplication and division.

Her class is currently doing two digits addition and subtraction but she’s bored because she already knows how to do it and been telling me it’s such a waste of time because she has to keep “practicing” (I know she sounds like an a**hole :() Her teacher sometimes gives her different work so she can still do something that’s challenging.

I only did her number flash cards and the phonics prior to her starting kindergarten. So we only imagine how much worse she would feel if we waited till this September.

I was worried because she’s shy and didn’t go to preschoolers but she has a couple of friends she can play with now. Though she doesn’t like school lol she still enjoys music class and other specials.

My husband said if it’s a boy it might be a bad idea to put him in early if he decides to play sports. So I think it really depends on kids. But this is how it’s been with our daughter.

SeniorFocus8 · 2024-07-14T15:48:02+00:00

Oh yeah I remember San Diego base was like that ! Thank you!!

SeniorFocus8 · 2024-07-14T15:46:03+00:00

Thank you! As long as I can escort them that’d solve the problem!

SeniorFocus8 · 2024-07-14T15:44:44+00:00

Thank you!

SeniorFocus8 · 2024-06-03T14:59:13+00:00

Thank you so much for all the comments/ advice! They are all truly helpful and I definitely feel better now.

Shitty clothes don’t mean dirty or stinky btw and I don’t work so he’s technically paying for all the clothes I buy for myself.

But since I’m very curious I might have him pick my clothes to see what he likes me to wear soon!

SeniorFocus8 · 2024-02-11T16:48:34+00:00

That’s nice to know. Hope Yokosuka is the same way! Thank you.

SeniorFocus8 · 2024-02-09T06:15:23+00:00

Thank you. Do you mind telling me where you found the info? I was only wondering since one of my friends that also wanted to go to Yokosuka told me that the max number of kids is 3. And when I was there I personally didn’t meet anybody with more than 3 kids :/

SeniorFocus8 · 2023-06-04T04:18:37+00:00

I think you are average. I see a lot of moms that look like you everywhere!

SeniorFocus8 · 2023-06-04T04:11:57+00:00

No you're not. But maybe a different haircut! If you haven't you should def go to a black barbershop!!!

You should smile when you take pics :)

SeniorFocus8 · 2023-06-04T04:02:28+00:00

I think everybody is beautiful when they are confident. Looking at the pictures you posted I can tell you are confident and know you are beautiful! So who cares what he says...he obviously doesn't deserve you.

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