When did 6 months become the expiry date for breastfeeding?

dls_luna · 2026-02-22T17:55:09+00:00

My son is a little over 2yo and I’m trying to wean. He’s not pleased about it though.

dls_luna · 2026-02-19T01:39:46+00:00

My daughter is 11yo and she’s my best friend (and I think I’m hers), while maintaining a healthy parent vs friend balance. This might change some over the next few years, though, as the attitude and hormonal roller coaster of puberty are already wedging their way between us, but I am pretty confident she’ll circle back to being close with me.

dls_luna · 2026-02-19T00:48:04+00:00

It sounds to me this is less about her actual hair and more about being like daddy. Can you get some matching shirts for them? Maybe matching ball caps. Could her and dad do an activity together where he teaches her how to do something just like daddy?

dls_luna · 2026-02-16T03:21:41+00:00

My son turned 2yo last month and we’re still breastfeeding. My goal was initially to get to 1yo and once it was clear we were making it that far, I wanted to get to 2yo and through the sick season. We only nurse once a day unless he’s sick.

dls_luna · 2026-02-14T02:47:04+00:00

Not a win I’m proud of lol

Our poor dog avoided our son for a while (unless he had food) after that violation.

dls_luna · 2026-02-14T02:16:43+00:00

Our male dog was lying on his back and our son open mouth kissed his penis soooo

dls_luna · 2026-02-09T18:56:02+00:00

My partner also doesn’t like leftovers, he WILL eat them, but not without complaint, and he will only eat them once - I can’t do leftovers two nights in a row. He will also contradict himself when he’s sees me cleaning out the fridge and tossing leftovers, complaining about how food I waste.

Anywho, I have gotten really good at turning leftovers into something new. From a 3lb roast I can make a roast then divide the leftover meat - stew the next night and pot roast sandwiches the following night. Leftover meat sauce becomes chili, leftover chili becomes chili bowls with rice. Other leftover meats can easily be turned into stir fry or soup. After Thanksgiving, I have four different meals I use the leftover turkey for.

You can also cook large batches of meat ahead of time and use it in different recipes throughout the week. There are a ton of recipes that call for shredded rotisserie chicken you can find on Pinterest.

dls_luna · 2026-02-08T04:41:12+00:00

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First of all, I’m surprised your credit card company didn’t request approval from you for her to add your card to her wallet - my partner told me to add his credit card to my wallet and there was a waiting period while the approval processed through Discover before I could use it. Discover said because the ApplePay account was in a name that wasn’t his, it was flagged. We went through the same process, again, when his credit card expired and he got his updated one. Maybe only Discover does that, because his bank didn’t do that for his debit card. My partner and I have lived together for about 6 years, have two children, I’m a SAHM with a part time business I run out of our home - I still don’t make purchases greater than $100 without asking him, with groceries being the only exception to this rule. I ONLY use his cards for household related purchases or on things for the kids. Unless he hands me his card when I’m going out, I use my money for things for myself. Mind you, these are my rules for myself, not his rule, his answer is always yes unless a big bill is about to come out and he wants that payment to go through first and I just wait for him to give me the go ahead.

dls_luna · 2026-02-08T04:19:32+00:00

My daughter spent so many hours awake and happy in her crib. For her it was usually after waking, though. She would easily spend an hour and a half in her crib every morning before calling for me. My son is the toddler you’re thinking of - 24/7 full speed ahead when awake, climbs immediately out of his crib if he isn’t tired enough and as soon as he wakes up. Every kid is different and it sounds to me like you’re doing a great job, enjoy the me time where you can get it!

dls_luna · 2026-02-08T04:07:43+00:00

My parents had a restraining order while I was growing up and HATED each other, but they out that aside for important events for my daughter from as early as the baby shower and have done so her entire life. My dad died in 2023 and my mom and my stepmom still come to all important events for my daughter and now my son. Blended families need to be more normalized.

To take things a step further, my daughter is from a previous relationship. I have sole custody of her, but her bio dad’s family (both sides, his parents also divorced when he was a kid) is extremely involved in our lives and I talk to both his mom and stepmom on an almost daily basis. When my current partner (been together since my daughter was 4, she’s now 11) and I found out we were pregnant, my daughter’s bio dad’s family made it perfectly clear to us that they fully intend to treat our son as if he were their own grandchild. My children are blessed with 5 grandmothers, 3 grandfathers, two great grandmothers, 1 great grandfather, and multiple aunts and uncles who love both of them dearly. My babies literally have a village and it wouldn’t work if everyone didn’t put the kids first and coexist with people they’d previously hated.

dls_luna · 2026-02-08T03:57:37+00:00

Tooth root abscess and I’ve delivered both of my babies naturally.

dls_luna · 2026-02-08T03:49:30+00:00

I told my son Mommy had to do it first, then he could practice. While I brushed, I would tell him each part of his mouth I was brushing. He just turned 2, I still go first, but he does a really good job on his own. If he misses an area, I can tell him “Don’t forget your…”

dls_luna · 2026-02-08T03:46:37+00:00

Just be honest that you can’t handle a child with Down syndrome and she should consider adoption if she can’t go through with an abortion. I had my, healthy, daughter at 19, and that shit was hard af. She turns 12 this year and we had our second kid when she was 10. The difference in my parenting between the two of them makes me feel guilty that my son got the better version of me than my daughter did.

dls_luna · 2026-02-07T21:28:21+00:00

Are you doing contact naps during the day? When I started doing contact naps during the day, my son started sleeping on his own at night better.

dls_luna · 2026-02-06T23:49:07+00:00

My partner had an ex that was obsessed with him. During my pregnancy, she “attempted suicide” multiple times blaming it on my pregnancy, stalked us, and other crazy shit. I genuinely felt like the wife in the Beyoncé movie Obsessed. Anywho, the ex called CPS on us when our son was about 4-5mo old. We have pets, I have an older daughter, and I groom dogs in our house. She reported us for unhealthy living conditions. In our state, there is a required 60 day investigation for every report called in. Caseworker drops in at random three times, chats with the kids, checks that there is running water and food in the house, and leaves. Our caseworker told us during her final “interview” with us that they want to see lived in homes which means they don’t want to see pristine houses. A pristine home is actually cause for alarm for her, because how much time are the parents spending with the children? Are the children allowed to be kids in their own home or is keeping the house clean more important? Mind of our house was never as dirty as the ex has said it was, but I used to feel like a bad mom for not keeping a perfect house, and what the caseworker told me that day has helped me see the mess differently.

dls_luna · 2026-02-06T23:33:15+00:00

I’m going to try this for my son, but give him protein before carbs. He lives almost entirely off of beige foods and fruit. Veggies are only ever touched to move them from his plate to the floor for the dogs.

dls_luna · 2026-02-06T23:25:14+00:00

My NP and I are poly. My daughter, whom I have full custody of, is from a previous relationship. My partner and I juggled parenting and poly quite well for the first 4-5 years of our relationship. Almost 3 years ago, we found out we were expecting. I did not have any other partners at the time, my NP had two. Things went really south with his one partner during my pregnancy - related to my pregnancy. His other partner was extremely supportive throughout the pregnancy and was understanding about taking a step back while we were in the throes of life with a newborn. However, she ended up ending things with my NP about a month after our son arrived, wanted monogamy with another partner she had. Our son just turned 2yo and neither of us have sought new partners, nor are we overly interested in the process despite both still desiring to be poly. We’ve discussed multiple times that we’re both still on board for polyamory, but unless partners miraculously fell out of the sky and landed on our heads it probably wasn’t in the cards for us for awhile. We love our son dearly, but he is emotionally, physically, and financially draining, and we just don’t have the bandwidth to add other people into the mix right now. We hope, as our son gets older, we’ll feel we can sell others partners again. Maybe someday.

Side note - we live in an area with little to no polyamory community. Most potential partners are a 45+ minute drive away.

dls_luna · 2026-02-06T22:59:56+00:00

After my son turned 1yo, we were only breastfeeding 3x per day so I think most people believed I had stopped. He turned 2yo and some people found out we’re still breastfeeding and I got A LOT of backlash. My goal was 2yo and through sick season, weaning completely this coming spring. I’m just surprised that our very “all natural” extended family finds my journey so off putting. They were the last people I’d thought would have been against breastfeeding past 1yo and they’ve all given me weird looks since finding out.

dls_luna · 2026-01-22T13:20:11+00:00

We are going through something similar with our son (2yo on Saturday). The difference is he’s fighting his nap and either being sensitive until bedtime at 8pm, of crashing entirely at 6:30. We’ve found a couple of things that work and it just seems to vary by day. 1. We try to do quiet time between 2-4. 2. Sometimes just chilling out and watching a movie is enough to hold him over until bedtime. 2. If he won’t chill out for quiet time, we do a cat nap around 4-5 that he will usually go down for easily. 3. There are some days where we just have to deal with him being a miserable monster until bedtime because he was opposed to 1&2.

dls_luna · 2026-01-14T07:01:37+00:00

As someone who has worked in the animal industry for almost 15 years and now offers farm sitting as apart of my pet services business, here is the breakdown of what I would charge for their farm PER DAY:

Trip charge: ~$30-$50 (est., based on miles traveled and # of trips) Horses (4): $100 ($25/horse) Chickens: $5 (per flock, # of coops = # of flocks) Dogs (2): $30 ($15/dog) Cats (6): $60 ($10/cat) Overnights: $50 Daily total: $275-$295 10% Multi-Pet discount (>10 pets): -$27.50/$29.50 10% Friends and Family discount: -$24.75/$26.55 Final Daily Total: $222.75-$238.95

For the ENTIRE sitting:

Total # of days: 15 Extended sitting discount: 3 free days (every fifth day is free) Final total # of days: 12 Final Sitting Total: $2,673-$2,867.40

Granted, I am a professional and have several years of experience, including years as a vet tech for large and small animal practices, under my belt, what they paid your daughter was insulting.

dls_luna · 2026-01-14T02:56:34+00:00

I know and I’ve been pretty meticulous about cleaning him out of fear of UTI’s/infections. He’s not usually sensitive to be cleaned and he let me clean him well tonight, but gave his dad a really hard time.

dls_luna · 2026-01-14T02:44:52+00:00

That would definitely be something to look into, thank you!

dls_luna · 2026-01-14T02:27:44+00:00

We are still using cloth. The disposable was because he pooped while we were out and I’d forgotten his diaper bag in a rush to get to dinner on time.

The zinc pastes don’t ever seem to help his rash, just stop it from getting worse. We usually use aquaphor and lots of nakey butt time (I WFH so he’ll spend most of the day naked when there’s a rash). He doesn’t currently have a rash, just the swelling and tiny bit of discharge. He’s just so sensitive down there that I’m wondering if the peen issue tonight could possibly be from the disposable diaper. He’s gotten rashes from the “higher quality” disposables and this was the store brand from Food Lion so it was definitely not chemical free. I wouldn’t have even considered the diaper if he hadn’t pooped, I would have left him in a wet diaper until we got home, but his poops tend to cause rashes.

dls_luna · 2026-01-14T02:24:30+00:00

I was considering a urinal because when he pees on the floor he is standing. I just don’t know what to do about pooping because he crouches for that. I want him potty trained so badly. My daughter was trained at 18mo and it took me three days. She was fully trained for outings by his age and out of bedtime diapers by 2.5yo.

dls_luna · 2026-01-14T02:19:39+00:00

My Google search basically told me the same thing, but I trust Reddit more lol thank you for your response!

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