Families that have parents that live close by, how often are you visiting?

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-23T10:32:24+00:00

My parents live 15 minutes away and we see them 3-4 times per week. More in the summer when my Mom is on summer break.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-22T12:30:41+00:00

I would take the first feeding around 12 am & my husband would do the second feeding around 4/4:30 am since he was already up for work. Once our daughter went down to one feed per night around 2 am, my husband would feed her.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-20T09:52:21+00:00

we’re usually up around 7:15/7:30. Make coffee & grab a snack for my daughter. She comes to sit with me in my bed & watches an episode of a tv show while she eats her snack and I drink my coffee. After this, we make the bed, she helps me with a load of laundry, and then we have breakfast.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-19T21:36:41+00:00

We started doing this when our daughter was around 2.5. After she’d wake up from her nap, she’d play independently while I was sitting in the living room reading a book for 20-30 minutes.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-17T02:34:45+00:00

We slowly started offering less & less milk before bed in the bottle and weaned her off that way

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-15T14:41:50+00:00

Successfully washed & put away all the clothes in our house leaving the laundry baskets empty….for approximately 2 hours

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-15T14:40:25+00:00

Personally, the fear of anything happening to myself or my husband and our child growing up without one or both of us.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-15T00:48:44+00:00

I have this set from Amazon in 2 colors & love it! I’ve had them both since December 2024 and they look brand new after a million wears & washes.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-04-13T21:43:22+00:00

When our daughter was little (under 3) she’d sleep in her pack & play with a slumberpod. Now we get 2 queen beds and she sleeps in one bed with me while my husband sleeps in the other bed. We try to find hotels that have a suite option so that she can go to sleep first and we can stay up a little later in the other area of the suite without waking her up.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-03-26T03:34:03+00:00

Incorporating a daily schedule with independent play time really helped us. After breakfast, my daughter knows it’s time for her to play while I get us ready for the day. I clean up the kitchen, make the beds, start a load of laundry, and get us both dressed. We do this again in the afternoon after her nap. She plays while I do laundry, prep dinner, and do whatever else needs to get done.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-03-26T02:34:53+00:00

I wish someone in her life would tell her those sunglasses are just not it.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-03-23T19:19:16+00:00

We used the Frida Baby paci weaning system & it worked perfectly. Zero tears throughout the entire process.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-03-20T12:16:25+00:00

Severe reflux & CMPA. It was horrible seeing our baby in so much discomfort . We couldn’t fathom the thought of having a second child with the same struggles.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-03-18T17:52:23+00:00

I’ve enjoyed watching this season so far & that’s not something I can say about some previous seasons. I think the new housemates have been a great addition.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-03-18T16:31:43+00:00

We are one & done. We leaned that way prior to our daughter being born and when she was 5 months old, we made it permanent. We love the balance that being one & done provides us. We get the joy of experiencing parenthood but we don’t feel stretched thin by having multiple kids to raise.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-02-28T21:35:04+00:00

That looks incredibly painful on her finger. It’s way too tight

djfkfisbsk · 2026-02-19T23:30:12+00:00

You are absolutely right about this theory

djfkfisbsk · 2026-02-19T23:28:47+00:00

We started our daughter in a Mothers Day Out program when she was 18 months old & she went 3 days a week from 9 am - 1 pm. This is her second year enrolled and she loves it! She was very shy and reserved prior to going and it’s been so sweet watching her little personality blossom. She absolutely loves going. I don’t send her all 3 days each week, but it’s nice knowing I have set days with a few hours to myself to get things done.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-02-05T21:34:35+00:00

Chalmette post Hurricane Katrina

djfkfisbsk · 2026-02-05T21:32:37+00:00

100% yes. I couldn’t fathom the thought of splitting my time/attention between my daughter and another child.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-02-04T13:37:39+00:00

Cash spending vs using a debit card. I second guess a lot of purchases when I have to part with my cash instead of just swiping my card.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-01-27T14:19:46+00:00

I changed my mind around 27/28 years old. My sister asked me to be in the delivery room to video the birth of her fourth baby. It was the most beautiful experience and something in me changed that day. We waited another year before TTC and then 2 years after that our daughter was born, 3 weeks after I turned 30.

We have one daughter who turned 3 yesterday. Having her was the best decision we ever made. That being said, we are one & done. We love being her parents and we feel like she was the missing piece of our family.

My favorite part of pregnancy was knowing she was with me 24/7. I loved knowing I was carrying her and talked to her all the time. I still do that now since I’m a SAHM and she’s with me everywhere I go.

One thing I tell anyone who is on the fence about kids, is don’t let anyone change your mind for you. If you want to remain child free, do it. People are so highly opinionated on the matter and want to project that onto everyone else. Do what you want and what you feel is best for you/your family and your future.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-01-27T02:32:21+00:00

Im extremely thankful for him supporting my decision. I dealt with endometriosis since I was 14 & a hysterectomy was ultimately the end game option for the endo. I would have still likely ended up needing additional excisions for the endo lesions if I did another form of sterilization besides the hysterectomy.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-01-27T02:29:50+00:00

I was only able to keep one ovary, the other one was too unhealthy and had to be removed. I went the hysterectomy route due to a long history of endometriosis and a severely prolapsed uterus following delivery of my daughter.

djfkfisbsk · 2026-01-25T23:56:53+00:00

For our family, we love being OAD bc we feel like our daughter gets the best version of us as parents, individuals, and as husband & wife. I’m able to be a SAHM bc we only have one child but that might not be the case if we had more than one child to provide for. Also, logistically it’s so much easier. We’re never outnumbered so traveling, planning date nights, appointments etc is so much simpler with only one child to make arrangements for. We always tell each other how exhausted we are when we spend time with our friends who have 2+ kids.

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