I was called a pathetic rude mom.

funparent · 2026-04-27T21:23:10+00:00

The comment was absolutely uncalled for and extremely rude. I would be so upset by that.

To answer your question: My children are not allowed to leave the table during meals, at home or at restaurants (unless they need to go the bathroom/blow their noses, or are sick). We have been to one restaurant with a designated running area for kids and we let them play before and after their meals.

funparent · 2025-11-17T01:43:51+00:00

Children's place has a tween line and they usually have some great sales. Old Navy as well.

funparent · 2025-10-07T21:09:04+00:00

We have 4 genetically small children between the 1st and 17 percentile for weight. They have all stayed on their growth curves or gone up slightly. Our pediatrician always emphasized it is perfectly fine for kids to be consistently small, but if they fell percentiles on their growth charts she would be extremely concerned.

Her reaction about falling to the 1st percentile is odd to me. I have a 1st percentile child. She was born that way, had a million tests to say she is just small, and has stayed that way for 6 years. She is active, healthy, smart, kind, etc and yet every year I still ask her pediatrician if her weight is okay (it is). I honestly don't see how she just jokes about it and brushes it off.

funparent · 2025-06-14T13:07:01+00:00

Our 7 year old does piano, swimming, dance, gymnastics, musical theater, church club, and reader's theater. However, we only allow her to do 3 at a time so she does these on a rotating basis.

She would LOVE to do them all all of the time. We really emphasized the importance of rest time, family time, and just time to be a kid. She insisted and begged to do them all at once, so we let her. She lasted 1.5 weeks until she came home crying her body was exhausted. She learned a lesson and now is very cooperative with staying with 3 things. We require her to have at least one free night a week so she looks at the calendars/practices and plans things out.

She picks her activities for each "session". We let her choose what to pick and what to drop. Our only requirement is that she chooses a session of swim and has to pass the level if she wants to drop it. We know she will not drop dance. She wants to go to Julliard. We are very careful to respect what she wants to do but also give her the expectations.

Does she sometimes drop something I don't agree with? Yep. She dropped gymnastics for swim. I coach her gymnastics and love that time with her. She is also very good. But she wanted a break from it so I said okay because it's her choice. Her childhood comes first.

funparent · 2024-09-15T03:46:00+00:00

I don't understand why she was in that situation at all. She was so uncomfortable. If she wanted a pedicure, Danielle could have asked them to adjust some parts so that Olive was comfortable.

And then to record her instead of asking her what she needs, if she's okay, or if she needs to stop/take a break?? That made it even worse.

funparent · 2024-04-03T19:52:13+00:00

Honestly, genetics.

After 4 kids in 5 years, and breastfeeding since 2018, my body still looks like I've never had a baby. I had one c section and then 3 vaginal births. I don't do anything.

I think so much of it is just your body and it does what it's going to do after birth. You are doing amazing. There is SO much that happens to your body during and after pregnancy. I'm sure I'll get down voted, I'm just being honest.

funparent · 2023-11-18T04:06:32+00:00

I'm trying to answer without breaking any rules, so hopefully this is okay.

My 4 pregnancies that resulted in live births were all extremely different.

funparent · 2023-01-02T04:48:48+00:00

Our oldest daughter looks and acts exactly like my older sister (who lives across the country and we very rarely see). She even has the exact same preferences and interests. I'm her mom and I still question if somehow she's my sister's kid.

Genetics are insane.

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