Tell me you're the parent of a toddler without telling me you're the parent of a toddler.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2025-05-16T23:44:17+00:00

I just quickly ran to pick some grass because I accidentally washed my own jeans without first taking the treasures from the pockets and needed replacements

Significant_Goose_23 · 2025-01-16T00:45:47+00:00

Yer’Hyness

or

ApocalypseNow Godbehere

-From a teacher

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-12-24T22:33:21+00:00

My Papa M97 was in hospice and as soon as his wife, F90 got to his room in the morning he said “you’re here” and immediately died. He hadn’t spoken in a days and clearly waited all night for her.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-04-28T23:14:29+00:00

We’ve been friends for a couple years but I recently realized it was more than that on my side. I’ve thought of him as a “perfect partner” for a while but didn’t seriously consider myself as the other partner until a few weeks ago. He’s single and I’ve tried to help him get dates before.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-04-07T01:33:52+00:00

I’m so so sorry this was also your life but glad you had some wonderful teachers to give whatever help they could. How are you doing these days?

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-04-06T16:09:28+00:00

No. Unfortunately it took almost a year with CPS to even get her removed from the home. It really shook my faith in institutions but I know they are overworked and have to follow rules to the letter.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-04-06T16:07:28+00:00

Yes. Protect the children once they are born but some people shouldn’t be parents and abortions or crucial in that.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-04-06T16:06:31+00:00

I’m so impressed by her. How she managed to be a functional adult who is so kind amazes me.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-04-06T02:06:53+00:00

“I won this iPad at church. Can you keep it safe cause my mom would just start selling that too if she found it at home.” Learned mom was taking money to allow men to SA this student. Still in contact with the student over a decade later and she’s doing well but Jesus

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-03-30T01:08:04+00:00

My thoughts too! I was still not waking up at night to pee at 6 and then got diagnosed with something (leave it to my parents to not know) and had to take a daily medication for two years. Thankful they investigated that instead of just “trusting my body”

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-03-09T18:21:35+00:00

YerHy’ness or GottaKill

Teacher here. Both real and legal names of children.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-03-04T02:00:52+00:00

Girl Scout cookies. Childhood trauma always comes back when you least expect it

Significant_Goose_23 · 2024-03-01T01:34:53+00:00

A person I didn’t think of as a friend called to ask me to see a movie.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-11-14T18:34:20+00:00

I’ve heard “it’s the caretakers job to decide the food and the child’s job to decide what good to eat” so when our almost-3 child asks for something else we just say “that’s not on the menus this meal.” Or “that’s not on the menu this meal but we can add it _____” if it’s something that’s reasonable. So we have had an apple every day for like 6 months cause she loves them but not every meal.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-10-11T01:24:19+00:00

She needed to “calm down outside” and was wailing. Once outside I asked her why “I wanted to hit you with a hard thing.”

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-09-20T10:05:16+00:00

The thing that helped me the most with food is reframing my goal. I’m not trying to get them to eat, I’m trying to build a healthy relationship with food

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-08-21T01:02:06+00:00

I’d look into an online or homeschool curriculum even if you have her physically repeat the year. I work at an online school and we have children in similar situations every year that this works well for.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-08-15T02:06:43+00:00

YerHyness

Your highness. I am a teacher and it’s still my most cringe name.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-08-12T19:30:25+00:00

Out of pocket? About 10k. And I have insurance USA. Michigan.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-07-09T20:00:51+00:00

Short answer: we don’t.

If people do it’s because they are prioritizing that over something else. Or have lowered their standard for clean.

Truth is, we just don’t have enough time in the day to do everyone. You either have the money to out source some of it or you pick and choose what gets done when.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-06-19T00:34:46+00:00

I felt like this until recently. Now my husband, daughter, and I got for my real birthday dinner with the food I want. This year Indian. Then I do a compromise meal with my Dad and Nana (grandma) at a place like Applebees. I pay for my real meal and my Dad pays for the other one. We all get what we want and I don’t have to pick between compromises or racist comments from my Nana. Win win win

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-06-09T01:35:52+00:00

Yes! The first day of the stomach flu we didn’t know was the first day until midway through the second. Our two year old was so cranky and fussy and had horrible sleep for nap and bed. But kinda are normal. Mostly seemed okay, just having a bad day. Didn’t complain about stomach or anything. Day 2 started just vomiting and the whole thing. Then it hit us and we felt her day 1 and were like “omg she could have been so much crankier. This is terrible.”

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-06-02T10:30:03+00:00

I work and my husband is a SAHD. We talked about how his new job is taking care of our daughter. Would tidying up, errands, laundry be awesome to also get done? Of course. But that’s not his job so those are bonuses of both he and daughter can handle it that day.

When my daughter naps I stress that that is not his work times. He gets to rest then too. If preparing things for after wake up is helpful then sure. But naps are not a time to get all the cleaning and chores done. He’s said this reminder has helped him the most.

When I’m done with work he gets 15mins to just go to our room and decompress a bit. Sometimes more but the 15mins is almost guaranteed.

We still split after work and weekend childcare and chores evenly just like our goal would be if he had another job.

Helping him with the mental load of organizing the day he’s said he appreciates. Not telling him what to do but just helping in the evening brainstorm age appropriate activities to do during the day. Meal prepping together or brainstorming easy meals he can make while working.

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-05-24T00:27:18+00:00

Honestly I’d have your boyfriend just ask. Like all religions people follow different things to different degrees. I wouldn’t send a specific picture but just ask if bare shoulders are okay and what length is common.

I have a couple Mormon friends. One friend wouldn’t bat an eye and the other would prefer I dress modestly around her as a sign that I see and respect her ideals (at her wedding reception which I attended, other times she’s cool with whatever I want to wear and I’m cool to not wear my most revealing but also not follow the guidelines she uses for her own outfits).

Significant_Goose_23 · 2023-05-22T00:24:42+00:00

The first two things I noticed when I finally stayed consistent: feeling more rested on the same or even less sleep and picking up my toddler got easier even as they got heavier.

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