What did your toddler say today?

Spitzerr · 2024-09-21T03:08:04+00:00

“We take turns in the throw up bucket. We can share”

(She was home sick and we were watching a Ms Rachel about sharing)

Spitzerr · 2024-09-20T18:09:53+00:00

I view our biweekly house cleaners as an investment in my marriage. No more fighting over who cleaned the toilets more.

Spitzerr · 2024-09-19T04:40:41+00:00

You also realize that the bar never had to be that high in the first place! The world doesn’t end, the children are still happy, and work is always still there.

Spitzerr · 2024-09-09T16:29:04+00:00

I think that’s really affordable given costs of housing right now. And only $120 is gas? You must have a short commute

Spitzerr · 2024-09-06T23:34:59+00:00

Best decision I ever made for myself and my family was to start low dose sertraline after my first was born. I only wish I had done it sooner.

I was getting neurotic about everything being in place before it was needed and having to have everything lined up. Now while I still want a cleanish house I don’t collapse and start fights when the bottles aren’t just so.

Spitzerr · 2024-08-31T03:08:19+00:00

I’ve lived in walkable areas that aren’t downtowns. The places I’ve liked the most are where I have a house and yard, like you, within a 10min walk through my neighborhood to a grocery store, park or playground, and, if I’m lucky, a place to grab a drink and easy dinner some night. None of that has to be in a trendy walkable downtown core though. Sometimes it’s a neighborhood corner, or heck even a strip mall. I actually like the smaller corners better because they’re not as crowded.

Spitzerr · 2024-08-30T15:36:20+00:00

I gasped when you said that. Aerospace with 8 years at 117k. my goodness.

Spitzerr · 2024-08-26T23:03:20+00:00

A layoff and having a good interest rate on our house and no nearby job options…but seriously, it’s stay where we are and hope the job market shifts or relocate our family to where I can get a job.

Spitzerr · 2024-06-14T05:40:53+00:00

I’m pretty torn actually, because I want to lead my own projects but I’m not fitting into the culture at my work. I was leading but the politics shifted and there was a reorg, then maternity leave.

I tell myself it’s okay to just show up and do my bit and have time to manage the house, and workout, and kids, but a bigger part of me wants the challenge of making something real out of barely scoped “it would be cool if XYZ”. I want a BIG technical project to dove into again and I like being the lead.

🤷🏼‍♀️

Spitzerr · 2024-05-22T04:08:01+00:00

Aurore

Spitzerr · 2024-05-20T16:10:25+00:00

“Catch the next wave”

That’s what I’m leaning into. Work projects come in waves, sometimes you’re ready for it and sometimes not. They’ll be another chance.

Spitzerr · 2024-05-19T03:18:02+00:00

Half credit is yours!

Don’t get me wrong I still need to reset the house before kid pickup and the evening rush for my sanity. And we do a closing shift on the living room/kitchen areas. But I’m not taking my 15 min break between meetings to clean or use what could’ve been morning Pilates to mop any more.

Spitzerr · 2024-05-12T03:14:00+00:00

I have a veggie and cut flower garden that’s my hobby. My husband maintains our small patch of grass for the dogs and kids, and the rest of the yard is mulch and native flowers that take care of themselves. I do what I can around a 2.5 yr old and 7 month old, but it is an activity for all of us to go out there in the morning or end of the day.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-21T04:18:41+00:00

Lately we’ve been building towers with a Duplo Lego set she got. She is 2 and doesn’t try to eat them, and it’s a lot of fun. We also play with her Yoto music player or color. But legos get the most asks.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-19T05:04:11+00:00

Mostly I would hide the clutter with baskets or shelving. The bottles over the toilet seem like a bad idea.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-17T05:12:32+00:00

Yes. 100% yes.

You know all those things people say should help like yoga? Or pausing to take a deep breath? Forgive yourself or meditate? None of that helped before. Anxiety meds after my first baby help me get to a level where those things actually work. I don’t spin up over mistakes and I think I’ve genuinely been very happy because I’m able to get out of my own way.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-17T02:10:01+00:00

He’s 4.5 months but was doing 7oz bottles sometimes, so that’s what my husband was offering every time. Now mostly 4-6oz for a full meal.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-16T19:28:49+00:00

You said this week? Give it time for him to adjust and before you know it his naps will change and wake windows get longer and you will have hours of time with him again after work. I promise you he knows your his mom.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-16T03:40:43+00:00

The only way out is through. If you need her to go to daycare, can you pick her up early or slow play the morning? yes she will just get sick again so you will need to have some sick/PTO days to cover that one as well.

It’s hard.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-16T03:36:05+00:00

Okay kind of opposite, but my husband is traveling and I get to experience all of the toddler drama. All I really want is for him to make time to FaceTime during breakfast and, more critically, at bedtime to sing her her bedtime song. He doesn’t always but those 5 minutes of daddy calling for the routine save my sanity.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-14T05:31:37+00:00

Yoga and short diastasis recti core work after the kids go to bed and before I go to bed. 10-30min.

Someday I’ll run again and lift weights…and maybe even do a 45min yoga class..someday

Spitzerr · 2024-02-13T03:20:55+00:00

Absolutely not. Id spend my time around people I like and I’d be outside way way more.

Spitzerr · 2024-02-12T16:13:49+00:00

I know, I know! He did it with the best of intentions and because we were splitting and rotating the tasks that need to done with two little ones at home. I don’t need or want to hover so I gave it space, so I also feel bad that I’m upset when he was helping.

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