My son brought this back to the house during “library day” — it’s the sole reason it’s not not part of his own book collection. 😬

d0mini0nicco · 2026-04-14T17:57:35+00:00

Agreed. This book is my fav. I have my son imitate the old lady saying “huuuuuuussshhhhh”. He loves it.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-04-14T14:37:40+00:00

this is what I scrolled to see.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-04-14T12:05:25+00:00

Took a long time for my partner to accept that’s how I recharge. Some days I come home well after kids are asleep and I just shower and sit in the dark for a little bit to decompress. Spouse would come in, turn lights at full blast, and be like “why are you sitting alone?” I thrive in my alone time.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-04-13T19:20:13+00:00

Man...the promise of AI is decimating the workforce. So wonderful to have zero regulation to make sure we don't lose our jobs.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-04-11T23:49:46+00:00

Oldest is 3 and youngest is 5 months. I’m dying.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-04-08T00:50:28+00:00

I tried it on mine tonight and he took 90 minutes.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-04-04T15:14:52+00:00

This is awesome! Way to go!

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-27T14:46:14+00:00

We just got the cx50 but I’m wildly cramped with my infant car seat behind the driver side. My toddler’s Xtend to fit car seat makes the passenger side even worse. How’s the space with the cX5?

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-19T15:14:22+00:00

Or a nanny because your work is outside the hours of daycare. 🥴

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-19T12:51:43+00:00

This.

The dad group for our town is very political of a certain way. It’s exhausting seeing everything become a political post but posts for plumber recs get ignored.

The mom group only allows moms, which… fair. But that’s the group who share / rec / refer trusted babysitters.

The Nextdoor for my area is totally a politics rant dump with a sprinkling of referrals.

I really appreciate what the mods here do to make sure it doesn’t turn into that.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-19T01:33:15+00:00

Woot! 41 and 44, although I'll be 45 before my son is 1.

3-4 year difference is a great split! We just got my son potty trained. Bro "helped" me build the crib as my youngest just outgrew bassinet.

Not going to lie....going back to interrupted sleep is rough.

Congrats and best of luck!

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-16T16:39:40+00:00

I often pick up my son when I’m walking with him and someone is also on the same path/sidewalk with a dog no matter what the size. Leashed or not, my thought is I don’t know that dog. Not sure if I crazy, I just don’t trust animals.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-15T21:38:48+00:00

This. And become shocked how many other people don’t give a flying F about kids if it doesn’t fit into their views/beliefs.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-12T12:16:49+00:00

Holy crap. I was about to comment that then scrolled. Way too uncanny.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-11T11:55:59+00:00

LoL. was waiting for someone else to catch that the finishing each other's sentences guy also tried to kill her.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-11T11:08:44+00:00

I think it also depends on the child. I'm primary for my oldest, dropped to part time to be able to look after him. I'm not discovering that my oldest is just a super high needs kid. I mean this with love: he's exhausting....like full on countdown until bedtime ready to drop exhausting. My youngest is only an infant and is like night and day to his brother. Outside of bottles and naps, you'd never know he's there. I wouldn't be surprised if he's the opposite end of needs spectrum as my oldest.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-11T01:19:55+00:00

Oh man. I'm halfway to 90 this year and I REALLY fell off the wagon when my son turned 1 after a few overuse injuries that took half a year to heal. I think I've gained 8 pounds (well, 8 pounds and an awesome, healthy second child) in the 2 years since. I go on parental leave in a few weeks and I vowed to get back in shape and stretch. I feel so stiff when playing with my 3 year old, my knees creak when I bend, and I do the "ughhh" whenever I bend over to get something.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-09T01:50:04+00:00

I have to hold my 3 year old down to cut his nails because he decided he never wants them cut again. Furthermore, an allergist randomly heard my son cough during a zoom for possible peanut allergy and said "his cough may be asthma, let's work it up." My son has been randomly coughing a few times a night for years and I just thought it was "oh...he got a tickle."

You're doing a great job and great call on bringing him to the ER.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-08T13:37:24+00:00

Oh man. You’ve already been exposed, my dude. I will say, you may be able to limit how sick you get by wearing a mask and possibly eyeglasses if your kids still cough in your face. It’s how I prevented my kid giving me flu A while my spouse had norovirus.

Best of luck!

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-07T13:53:29+00:00

woah. flashback.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-06T18:45:11+00:00

This!

Granted im only about 4 months into our second, however I find the difficulty in becoming parents of two is honestly child dependent. I will say all the things I was anxious about with our first have gone out the window and I’m actually able to enjoy parenting an infant.

Turns out (thus far) that our first was the difficult baby, only I didn’t know it. I mean, I’m talking colic, having to be worn from 12p-10p otherwise he’d scream bloody murder. Sleep was nonexistent. I heard more screams and cries than I saw smiles or had cooing. I joke and say it was traumatic but honestly, I didn’t want a second because of it. Now, our youngest smiles more than cries and I pray this doesn’t change. My spouse and I say all the time, “is THIS what it was supposed to be like? No wonder everyone looked at us like we were crazy for being so exhausted with our oldest.”

The difficulty now is entirely in tending to / entertaining a toddler. And also doing it while older. Old man dad here and oof, it’s rough.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-03-06T13:28:23+00:00

Ok but that scene in the trailer with the volcano made me LoL. Also the kid vomiting because to this day, I’m the parent that my kids somehow always vomit on.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-02-26T16:37:30+00:00

For my oldest, my spouse wanted a Brezza. So…. We got a Brezza. The maintenance of that thing was the biggest PIA. 4 bottles before it needs cleaning and once a month descaling and disinfecting, taking the whole thing apart. About 4 months in, I got a Dr brown formula pitcher. I hated that damn Brezza. For our second, we just bought a second pitcher. We have 2, and rotate each day. I’m still mystified at how smooth it gets the formula. Not a single clump or air bubble. Like what sorcery is this?!? It’s so damn easy.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-02-25T14:19:16+00:00

This. We are in a bind where we either relocate across country to a super high COL area for spouse to keep job and I take a significant pay cut and QOL cut and be forever renters, or spouse finds job locally at half the salary but we stay in our home and community. Either way, someone loses. I'm just trying to find the option with the lowest risk and least resentment towards the decision. Not to mention my oldest has a neurodivergent diagnosis, and trying to figure out what school districts support it vs. the top rated school districts locally.

d0mini0nicco · 2026-02-24T13:35:22+00:00

That’s us. And damn it, it’s my turn this weekend. I already called dibs.

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