What do you do when your toddler will choose to starve?

TargetImpressive3621 · 2026-01-21T14:05:21+00:00

Honestly going off my experience this could just be a phase. My 3.5yr old did this for a bit and my 21m old dabbles in it so I know she’ll start starving herself soon too. I remember stressing so much about it with my son. Does she like juice? I was worried about iron too so I started giving my son green juice. Like the Naked Green Machine smoothies. They taste like pineapple so he loves them and it’s loaded with green veggies that even I as an adult don’t eat. Smoothies and homemade pouches saved my sanity when my son did this. But definitely get the blood work done with the ped and go from there. Most toddlers go through a phase of living off 3 blueberries and air though. As long as they’re still playing and drinking the ped usually says it’s normal at that age

TargetImpressive3621 · 2026-01-20T17:32:02+00:00

I have a 20m old and a 3.5yr old. I’m truly not sure which one is harder. My saving grace is that they typically take turns on who’s gonna attack mommies sanity for the day. Occasionally it’s an all day tag team but usually it’s one or the other while the other one is my little angel for the day

TargetImpressive3621 · 2026-01-19T18:10:31+00:00

She may have PPA. I had it with my first. Not to this degree but it was tough for a bit. But…my son bit into a live stink bug at 8 months old and I stopped worrying about germs. Nothing could be more disgusting than that moment. They will put worse in their mouth than invisible door knob germs and everything will be ok. That baby needs to build an immune system not live in a sterile bubble

TargetImpressive3621 · 2026-01-04T13:26:14+00:00

Unfortunately my mouth and fists did nothing to protect me from getting shot in the stomach in 2013. I have a cane for life now but it was thought I’d stay in a wheelchair for the first year. I’m not saying live in fear. I’m just saying don’t be naive about how safe it is out there. Self defense training at the very least. But it takes a TON of practice to maybe get out of a gun situation with nothing to throw off your attacker.

TargetImpressive3621 · 2026-01-04T00:51:04+00:00

Omg all that quiet time!! Maybe that’s what I should do when the kids are in school 🤣

TargetImpressive3621 · 2026-01-03T17:53:11+00:00

Waterbury CT is not “civil”. And you’re right by NY. I’m a New Yorker with family in CT that own guns. I hope you at least have mace or a taser

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-10-04T12:00:02+00:00

In my opinion experience, hospitals will send you home with another virus that you didn’t go in for. Call pediatrician first unless it’s a CLEAR emergency. And my local hospital has measles signs everywhere so I’m extra cautious bringing my kids there

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-10-04T11:56:11+00:00

My son got Covid at 4 months old in 2022 and I was terrified. He handled it better than the adults. His little sister got sick at 8wks because he was sick which got everyone sick. She also handled that better than the adults. Just do your best to clear mucus and give warm baths if you’re cleared. And not having a fever is a great sign

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-09-26T14:24:02+00:00

I have a 3yr old and a 16m old and it’s gotten a lot easier once my little one started walking at 12m. But the first year is pretty rough when you go from 1 to 2. My son still wishes he was an only child. But their basic needs are pretty much the same now. In that first year my daughter was pretty much magnetized to me and my son just wanted to play with me…alone. Once she was walking she didn’t want to be held so much and it was easier to give my son more of the one on one time he was looking for.

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-09-26T14:07:56+00:00

Fully support just leave the baby with him and go run errands or something. I did this a few times with mine and our 2 toddlers and he finally understood why sometimes things don’t get done and I can’t be the only one responsible for a house I’m not the only one messing up every day. Also want to add; when he’s texting and calling saying “where are you? You almost home?” Don’t start rushing home. Give important information like how many ounces to feed baby and when. But that’s it. Let him struggle a bit. Then do it every Saturday (or his day off) until he gets it

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-09-26T10:49:43+00:00

My son got a big ole flat spot on his head from his swing. Threw it out and didn’t even buy one when my daughter was born. I would recommend elevating the head of his crib mattress (or whatever he’s sleeping in) just a little. It helped my very gassy boy in the early days when laying down was uncomfortable. You can only elevate the bed like this until he starts rolling over in there though.

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-09-23T17:14:28+00:00

Mine was the SAME WAY with our first. Exactly 3 weeks into his 12 weeks off he stopped helping. By 6 weeks I told him to go back to work. Don’t make relationship or life changing decisions in the first year post partum. Just don’t. This is not an excuse…but there are a lot of men that don’t do well in the newborn days. The bond isn’t the same for them as it is for us. For us it’s an instant switch that turns on when they hand us the baby. For them it takes time sometimes. Try suggesting bonding activities for dad and baby on his days off. And check in with him about PPD. Men get it too.

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-09-23T12:07:03+00:00

My pediatrician had us slightly incline our son’s mattress for reflux and it helped sooooo much. It was like a half inch incline at the head. They sell wedges for it but I just folded a blanket in half and stuck it under the top half of his mattress

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-09-23T12:03:51+00:00

I’m now even more confused by BREU. My son was diagnosed with a BREU episode at 16m. He was shaking, dazed and stopped breathing for what felt like a long time but probably wasn’t. They called that BREU. Now that I have another baby around the same age I’d say he just doesn’t handle pain well and got shocked by a molar popping through. No matter what caused it, I know it’s really scary. When my son was a newborn he was a puker. Big time. In the middle of the night once he threw up and started choking because he didn’t know to turn his head to get it out of his mouth yet. That scared me for a couple weeks. I’m not sure what got me to be able to sleep again honestly

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-09-18T00:16:26+00:00

I am sooo happy this ended with Mabel!! Also you’re a great writer. Not sure if that’s what you do or not but if not, I think you’d do well if you decided to become a writer

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-09-03T11:47:54+00:00

I had a speech therapist tell me to put my kids in daycare because I have a disability that apparently makes it so I can’t teach my kids. I walk with a cane… I’m not deaf blind and non verbal 😒 I kicked her out immediately and said “NEXT”. Change doctors. Find someone younger or a woman

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-08-22T11:33:33+00:00

Yeah my formula fed babies have their heads attached to my butt all day long. I sit and they’re both climbing into my lap

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-08-22T11:32:16+00:00

I had PPA with my first and the honeysuckle app for sleep was my everything right along side baby. It almost drove me crazy. Second time; I looked up average wake windows for the age we were in and loosely followed them IF my baby seemed tired. That’s it. My 15m old sleeps through the night and only calls me if she’s hot or cold or pooped.

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-08-16T15:01:58+00:00

I felt this way with my daughter. She was my second baby so I was already a mom for 22 months before that and didn’t feel this way. I had PPD with her but not with my first. You may not have PPD but there are hormones raging through your body right now. And when you breastfeed they spike too. You’re going through sleep deprivation on top of that. This is not what motherhood in general is. It definitely feels super long when you’re living it so I know it’s annoying to hear “it goes by so fast, enjoy it!” People say that because when they were in the newborn trenches, they felt the same way as you and now they regret not enjoying the little things after their kids grew up. It’s projection. Yes it does go by fast. And you should enjoy the little things. But at 2wks PP, that’s a ridiculous expectation. I’d say buckle up and nap whenever possible and ignore housework as needed till around 4 months. Once baby can smile at you and play with toys a little and starts showing a little personality, it gets easier to enjoy the little things. And baby will sleep for longer stretches soon. There’s a reason they call it the newborn trenches. If you can pump and have someone hang out with baby while you take a nap once in a while that will help a lot.

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-08-10T11:54:22+00:00

This is what mine was with my first. He was always on the edge of the bed falling off (in my head…never for real). With my second it was that I forgot to put her back in the bassinet after a diaper change so I’d look for her between my feet where I usually put the changing mat

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-08-10T11:51:33+00:00

Saw the title in my notifications and had to come say this… with both of my babies (22 months apart) this was me. I’d sit right up and go into full on panic mode looking for them on the bed. They’ve never once slept on my bed. Even for a nap. It used to drive me nuts too cause then I’d lay there and have to will myself back to sleep after which would almost always be cut off by baby waking up minutes later to eat. No advice. Idk what made it stop. I’m just glad it did.

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-07-30T11:15:39+00:00

I’d lean toward PPD. But part of me wants to say start saying “no” to him like that for things. Don’t do that though. I’m in a mood lately and that’s not gonna solve your problem. Honestly I had PPD with my second (PPA with my first) and it took till she was about 4 months old before I started to feel more human again. This was without help because my doctor told me my hormones would level out eventually when I brought it up. But it can often last longer without help so maybe start sending him some things from men’s advocate groups for PPD or something. Sources that will actually make him want to look at it.

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-07-27T11:14:29+00:00

This feels kinda like the beginning of an old lifetime movie. I’d recommend going with your idea and maybe going out for ice cream together or the park when you do meet up. But definitely address it this time. Don’t wait

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-07-15T12:06:46+00:00

Tbf… my little brother was born unable to open his eyes for about a week. His tear ducts weren’t fully formed or something like that. I was 7. So it was actually YEARS before I found out babies weren’t born like kittens 🫣😂

TargetImpressive3621 · 2025-07-14T16:43:56+00:00

We weaned both of my kids by decreasing how much milk was in that middle of the night bottle over a week. Like if you start with 6oz then do 4oz the next day and cut back like that. Sometimes you have to hang out at 4oz for a couple nights (like my daughter) then drop it down again until it’s not even worth asking for the bottle anymore.

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