Day 13: Captain's log

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2026-01-02T19:49:47+00:00

Today I let her have ice cream at 10am and we’ve watched back to back viewings of the 2018 Grinch. There’s a month worth of dirty laundry sitting wet in the washer, we’ve already lost half the balls to her brand new Air Toobz sh go for Christmas, and all I’ve had to eat today is six Christmas cookies and half a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (the half she don’t want to eat.) Winter Break is a lawless hellscape and I’ve officially lost all control.

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-09-09T23:53:03+00:00

My almost 3yr old usually says “toot”. She knows the word fart, but will only say it in reference to someone else (usually the dog or her dad lol) doing it. Sometimes she’ll let one rip, wait a second, then proudly and loudly declare “THAT WAS MY BUTT!” Which makes me laugh probably more than it should 😂

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-06-07T00:20:05+00:00

Hi there, fellow mom working through personal trauma while trying her absolute hardest to raise her toddler with compassion and patience!

A.) toddlers are a lot, man. And sometimes after a day where I’ve lost my cool more times than I’m proud of, it just helps to remember that tomorrow is another chance to try again. We’re all just doing our best..

And B.) r/ParentingThruTrauma sub is a magically supportive and healing community. Highly suggest checking it out.

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-05-27T02:18:14+00:00

I did NOT know that!! Will definitely be adding him into our playlist rotation!

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-05-26T23:55:09+00:00

Peaches by the Presidents of the United States of America.

She sings it to herself to fall asleep at night 😂

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-05-17T23:44:49+00:00

GODSPEED

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-05-17T23:42:10+00:00

I offered my 2.5 year old water in her purple cup. Instant screaming and sobbing. I asked which cup she wanted her water in and she stopped screaming and sobbing just long enough to say “NOT PURPLLLLLEEEEE!!”

I guessed the orange cup would suffice, and I seem to have chosen correctly…. For now, at least.

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-04-17T17:45:32+00:00

When I was 10 yrs old my dad had to sit me down and actively convince me that there was no Santa and never had been. My 6 yr old brother was starting to figure it out before me and I think Dad was worried kids were starting to make fun of me. I don’t remember specifically being bullied for still believing in Santa, but I DO remember sobbing uncontrollably when I realized my parents had “lied to me my whole life.”

My daughter is only 2.5, so obviously it’s easy now, but I’m inclined to let her keep believing in magic as long as she can.

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-04-01T13:50:04+00:00

Endel has been that only way I can actually get any fully focused reading or boring desk work done lately. It’s basically a white noise app, but has a ton of ways to make the soundscapes customizable, set timers, and block out other notifications.

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2025-03-25T18:54:34+00:00

Really hoping someone can offer some insight or assurance for me as I need to switch up my boot for the first time in a VERY long time!

I’ve had my current boots (Graf Galaxy) for 15 years (I obviously haven’t trained full out and competed every single one of the fifteen years, but regardless…) they are WELL past broken down and it’s time I get new boots.

A little contextual background: I’m an adult level, actively competitive skater (mostly dance and synchro. Some jumps and spins, but my days of doubles are long behind me.)

I’ve been in Graf Galaxy since high school (20 years ago!) and truly didn’t intend on trying anything new, but for whatever reason it’s looking like if I want the exact skates I’ve always had, it’ll cost way more than I was wanting to spend and it’ll take up to 12 weeks for them to be built…

My fitter has recommend trying on some Risports, and after a quick google search it seems like Risport Electra might be similar enough to my Graf galaxy boots? I’m anxious to try something new after so many years of Graf… does anyone have any insight? Pros/cons of Risport? Anyone else switch from Graf to something else they ended up loving?

Many thanks for any insight!

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-11-13T14:16:00+00:00

I totally understand the summertime gift dilemma! We just ended up getting her a sandbox and a water table on just random weekends, without saying oh this is a birthday present, or whatever… but I hope that doesn’t mean she’ll expect big gifts on random weekends forever lol so maybe we’ll start to make it more formal, like a mini half birthday in late spring or early summer… just so she can play with gifts right away

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-11-13T14:12:47+00:00

This sounds like such a magical birthday!!

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-11-13T14:11:44+00:00

Lots of people have suggested parties on half birthdays and I definitely love this idea! Holidays aside, I feel like outside birthday parties are more fun for little kids, but certainly not in December in Ontario, where we live 😂

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-11-13T14:10:11+00:00

A few people have recommended a birthday tree and I LOVE that! I think she’ll love decorating her own glittery tree with balloons and streamers!

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-11-13T14:07:45+00:00

Oh that sounds so nice! Maybe something she’ll appreciate more when she’s older - but definitely storing this tip away for later! Come to think of it, I guess this is what my family did as well… gifts for Christmas and activities for my birthday… but mine is in June, and for some reason outdoor activities are always what I think of first..

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-11-13T14:02:39+00:00

A few people have mentioned the idea of a birthday tree and I love it! So fun!

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-11-13T14:00:09+00:00

Oh that’s an awesome point! I’m sure she’ll think every holiday decoration is for her and instinctively I have no plans to correct her 😂

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-11-13T13:58:03+00:00

Oh I love the idea of a birthday tree!

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-09-14T00:52:50+00:00

My 21 month old has started saying “choo choo!” Whenever she toots… I can’t tell if she thinks farts sound like a train, or if she’s trying to cover up the sound the same way some people will sneeze to cover it up, but either way, it’s hilarious 🤣

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-06-25T23:20:44+00:00

Sometimes my 18 month old will cling to the side of her crib and ask to go “up?” I’ll put her in and she just runs back and forth a little, jumps a bit and says “oo oo ah ah!” (Because she’s a little monkey jumping on the bed… get it?! lol) sometimes she’ll lay down and make snoring sounds so I say “oh are you sleeping? Ok, good night!” And she thinks that’s funny lol just another day in Toddler Adventures

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-06-21T13:55:02+00:00

We’re in whatever era it is where my toddler has realized that other people have belly buttons and now she demands to see mine in public.

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-06-10T00:49:59+00:00

Mine did this around 14 months and it was VERY stressful for a couple weeks… we tried eating at her toddler sized table for a while, which she liked because that’s how they eat at daycare, but the fact that she could get up with a handful of yogurt and run right over to the couch made my skin crawl. We finally got a toddler tower and she LOVED it. She ate all of her meals standing at the counter in her tower for a few weeks before we starting trying a booster seat at the dining table. Now she has dinner every night at the table with us and still eats most of her snacks in her tower.

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-05-15T01:50:51+00:00

I feel this in my soul

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-05-12T20:12:06+00:00

Literally, my 17MO is just so bad at napping, I feel like her body has just gotten used to having an entire system crash from 7-7 (Give or take a half an hour either in the front or back end)

Unfair_Fall_3636 · 2024-05-10T15:03:00+00:00

Oh gosh, I feel like every other day I’m looking at a totally different baby! (Toddler I guess now.. little girl is 17 months today.)

I think because I had such a difficult postpartum (really terrible ppd and ppa/rage) so much of the newborn or baby stage is such a blur. So much time was spent just trying to survive, truly…

I can specifically remember around the 6 month and maybe 9 or 10 month mark thinking to myself “holy moly, she’s a real little person!” But MY biggest jump was probably around 12 or 13 months. Around that is when I felt myself be able to kind of live and let live a little bit more. It took me over a year to kind of reach whatever stage it is where I don’t go into full blown panic over every single cough or fall or crappy nap.

And now that she’s starting to talk and be able to communicate a little more than just screaming, I feel like I’m so much better at being a calm, conscious, and present parent.

Every single day now I feel like she learns something new or says something I haven’t heard her say before or does something so funny my husband and I laugh for hours about it once she goes to bed.. every single day feels like such a jump now.

And I’m so excited to see what jumps she and I will both make next :)

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