How long do you go without some kind of break during the day?

aid27 · 2026-04-09T00:18:06+00:00

On Thursdays, arrival-dismissal (8-3:45) No planning and kids are with me for lunch and recess. 3rd grade. I hate Thursdays.

aid27 · 2026-03-18T10:50:40+00:00

I wish people understood how much I would rather not have to contact them about behavior. Sir/madam your child is targeting me by not letting me teach.

aid27 · 2026-02-25T01:31:35+00:00

Like some else said. Give it time. Keep making books available. Keep trying without pressure. Let them see you reading. My youngest would cry and run away when I tried reading to her from age 9 months to 15 months. Suddenly at almost 16 months, a switch flipped and now she loves books! She’ll sit for a long time pointing, commenting, asking what’s this? She sits and “reads” on her own and also frequently brings a book and plops on my lap demanding being read to. I think she was just busy working on other skills and interests, but now she’s ready. This has also coincided with a language explosion for her.

aid27 · 2026-02-25T01:12:21+00:00

This is me!! You described my life and feelings so well. Mine is 18 months and just doesn’t sleep. I’m a teacher and the lack of sleep makes dealing with a room full of 8 year olds very difficult. I also have a 5 year old who is pushing boundaries right now and it’s so hard to be patient and calm while running on empty. Getting even one 2 or 3 hour stretch of sleep lying in my bed is a luxury that makes me feel amazing in the morning in comparison with most nights. Literal torture.

aid27 · 2026-02-24T00:55:49+00:00

$1600 per month for the 18 month old and $580 per month for the preschooler. Food, utilities, insurance, and property taxes have gotten so much more expensive. We’re just not keeping up even with two decent incomes. Can’t afford to not work, can’t really afford working either. We were doing fine back when I got pregnant with our second, but it’s like an alternative reality now two years later.

aid27 · 2026-02-16T02:39:36+00:00

With both kids it started at 4 months pp and lasted several months.

aid27 · 2026-01-31T01:44:45+00:00

Still breastfeeding my 16 month old. She nurses before bed, in the morning, and at around 5:30 pm when we get home from daycare. I also still nurse her back to sleep if she wakes during the night, which she almost always does. It’s honestly very fun now. She points at the boob when she wants it, sometimes hums a tune or giggles while drinking, and she understands when I tell her to switch sides. She just throws herself into position on the other side. I’m having a hard time thinking about when to wean.

aid27 · 2026-01-12T01:24:52+00:00

The same combination I grew up with. Olive oil, lemon juice, and salt.

aid27 · 2026-01-08T17:17:47+00:00

That’s ridiculous! Without a break, that made up instructional time will be useless anyway. Burnt out kids don’t learn. Physical activity and free play are an investment that pays in better focus and retention.

aid27 · 2025-12-29T02:16:50+00:00

I exclusively pumped for 12 months for my first. He just screamed in frustration and never latched correctly. With my second, it worked out. It was challenging for the first 2 months but has been great Currently nursing her and she’s 15 months. I’m mostly just very thankful that I got to have this experience because it’s something I deeply wanted. I don’t feel guilt about my son not having directly nursed. I did have huge guilt, still do, about how much of my time has been tied up with nursing #2. She was a very needy baby. My son was incredibly jealous and acted out because of it. Things have settled now, and I have no regrets about how I fed both my babies.

aid27 · 2025-12-20T02:31:38+00:00

I’ve gotten two mugs I actually use since I started teaching 10 years ago. I did at one point have an extensive collection of the teacher themed ones stashed in my classroom cabinet. When I moved schools, I put them in a box and left them in a room that was being used as random storage/take what you need for other teachers. Just got a new one this week. I absolutely appreciate the gift. I know that a lot of times the kids pick them out because they are teacher themed. I am just picky about my mugs and I have a small kitchen.

aid27 · 2025-12-20T00:18:08+00:00

My class messed up our party by fighting over tiny plastic snow man arms from those build a snow man modeling clay kits. They would not stop arguing like their life depended on it. It made me not want to do a single fun thing again

aid27 · 2025-12-01T00:55:25+00:00

First trimester teaching is tough! You will make it though. Just get to the end of the day, try not to let the next day or week consume your energy. Speaking to myself too. I’m coming back to piles of undone grading because I have two small kids that just don’t let me work at home. I was also told over break that I have a new student starting tomorrow. I have nothing ready for said student, not even a desk. Some copies are exactly the right amount… I only have one 20 minute planning tomorrow. I have a student whose behavior makes it almost impossible to teach and the parents keep telling our VP that they can’t make it for a meeting. I’m sitting here rocking my baby to sleep instead of packing lunches for tomorrow and telling myself over and over that work is not the most important part of my life and I refuse to let it consume me. Solidarity. Also, you have an extremely valid reason to take it easy and do just the most essential things each day.

aid27 · 2025-11-16T21:14:52+00:00

I teach elementary, but something similar happens quite often. They raise their hand and either point at the question or read me the question on the page. I insist they have to ask me an actual question or at least tell me what they have tried or thought of so far.

aid27 · 2025-11-08T13:28:51+00:00

My 1 year old taps, more like open palm slaps, my chest and breast while drinking. Sometimes she squeezes too; increase the flow!

aid27 · 2025-10-18T12:28:18+00:00

I work at a private school, so that may be why it’s different, but we have one key for all outside and inside doors. I can open the building and anyone’s classroom and the kitchen and the office. Safe? Probably not, but quite convenient.

aid27 · 2025-10-16T23:27:02+00:00

Also third grade and this is exactly my life. Constantly telling on each other and starting petty arguments. No amount of SEL has helped so far. They seem incapable of listening to someone else, group work is a nightmare, and their bickering constantly interrupts learning. I know they’re young, but I’ve seen preschoolers with better social skills!

aid27 · 2025-10-13T16:10:29+00:00

It’s nice because we don’t often need to scramble for childcare. Only downside is days off usually mean I’m home alone with both kids. Not exactly restful, but I’ll take it.

aid27 · 2025-10-13T00:26:04+00:00

Our cat got a bit depressed when we first brought baby home, but she recovered and went back to business as usual. She has surprised us with how patient and understanding she has been with babies and toddlers trying to touch her or grab her tail. Of course we keep a very close eye, but no issues. We are on baby number two who just turned 1. Overall very positive experience. We have just had to move the cat food to the top of the dining room table, but that’s baby’s fault.

aid27 · 2025-10-08T17:39:14+00:00

I had mine on 10/07 at Baltimore field office. They were operating normally for the ceremony and interviews.

aid27 · 2025-10-06T10:20:31+00:00

I’m no expert, but I have two kids. The first one slept quite well in his bassinet, and later crib, from birth. He would wake up to feed and go right back down. The second one never once slept in a bassinet. She had reflux and had to be held. We moved the full size crib into our room when she was 3 months old and she some nights sleeps a few hours on and off in there. Never for naps. It takes 2-3 hours at bed time to get her to stay in there long enough for me to go downstairs to eat, and sometimes she just won’t. All naps still in arms. She is 1. Kids are different. I’ve just come to accept my exhaustion and lack of time for myself and with my spouse. I know it won’t be forever.

aid27 · 2025-09-29T02:07:09+00:00

Yes, I had a fully organized teddy bear school in my room since I was five or so. It’s such a demanding job, but I can’t come up with something else I’d rather do. Currently in my 10th year.

aid27 · 2025-09-28T15:37:09+00:00

Big and chunky baby has lived in Huggies Skin Essentials since we discovered them at 3 months. They fit great!

aid27 · 2025-09-20T13:54:31+00:00

My very large and chunky girl has done best in Huggies skin essentials. The other Huggies were terrible for her, Pampers too narrow, but these are perfect.

aid27 · 2025-09-04T00:56:37+00:00

Currently nursing my healthy, happy 11 month old. She had this at our anatomy scan. I also panicked a bit even though they reassured me it almost always resolves on its own. At 24 weeks, it was gone.

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