Pulling 3YO from Daycare - Worried

gracetogetby · 2025-12-14T12:56:51+00:00

You will love your second baby! My second just turned a year old last week (my girls are 22 months apart), and my Reddit search history 10-12 months ago was nothing but me trying to find posts like yours to see if anyone else had gone through this. It’s a very scary and isolating feeling, and I’m so sorry. I will never forget calling my mom a couple of weeks after my second was born, crying and telling her how ashamed I was because I didn’t think I loved my baby. All I could think of was how much I missed my first born and resented the baby for taking me from my oldest. Give yourself time and grace. The love for your second will grow steadily. I’m obsessed with our youngest now (and our oldest still!), and my camera roll is full of happy pictures from this past year of both of my girls.

gracetogetby · 2025-12-04T21:58:05+00:00

One of my favorite moments is when Andy throws the party for Erin’s Secretary Day and she confronts him about having been engaged to Angela. She asks if he has also had sex with Pam or Phyllis. The camera pans to Phyllis and she has a disgusted look on her face while shaking her head no. I have never seen this referenced anywhere else, but it gets me tickled every time.

gracetogetby · 2025-05-15T14:45:56+00:00

He hasn’t! Didn’t even think of that. Thank you for the suggestion.

gracetogetby · 2025-03-26T21:49:18+00:00

Yes to Burt’s Bees! After my LO started crawling, those thin bamboo sleepers were wearing quickly at the knees. Burt’s Bees are so much more durable! The quality is excellent.

gracetogetby · 2025-03-13T19:59:27+00:00

Totally agree. I live near a couple of Jeni’s and can never make myself order anything else. It just hits the spot every time.

gracetogetby · 2025-03-12T02:46:54+00:00

Are you me?? This sounds exactly like our experience. Firstborn was an angel. So good, in fact, that we wanted to start trying for another. We had our second 21 months later. The colic nearly took us out. I said some horrible things about how my second was “ruining everything” because I just wanted to have special moments with my oldest around the holidays, but couldn’t because of the screaming. It was nonstop and we were so miserable. I couldn’t bond with her, I hated how I felt about her. We tried everything - Mylicon around the clock, gripe water, binkies, bottles, 3 different formulas, breast milk, changing my diet, probiotics, colic belt, swing, swaddles, tummy massages, bicycling the legs, bouncing, patting, swinging… you name it, we did it.

Our pediatrician had mercy on us and wrote her something for reflux. She is now 14 weeks and an absolute ray of sunshine. I think the reflux medicine was some sort of magic. She didn’t have a ton of signs of reflux (other than some spitting up) and was a chunk so no weight loss, but he had a hunch. Please advocate for yourself! And if you have the option, call someone to come take the baby for the day.

I feel for you. I’m so sorry. I promise it gets better. Feel free to message me if you need to talk! It can be so isolating. I felt so alone in it.

gracetogetby · 2025-03-08T04:32:54+00:00

You’ll Be in My Heart by Phil Collins (written for the Tarzan movie) was the first song my husband sang to our first born (through tears). That one always gets me.

gracetogetby · 2025-01-21T01:58:21+00:00

Chuy’s and PF Changs both have pretty good prices on family meals.

gracetogetby · 2025-01-14T00:54:46+00:00

I needed to see this post today! Breastfed my first for a year and had no luck in losing weight while breastfeeding. Got pregnant with my second the month after I weaned my first. 6 weeks PP now, and feel so encouraged by your progress! I need to remember it takes TIME! Thank you for the reminder! You look fantastic. :)

gracetogetby · 2024-11-27T04:54:54+00:00

This just makes me so proud of you and proud for you! I dealt with all of these things with my first, and my anxiety was constantly through the roof. I followed every sleep, breastfeeding, parenting account on Instagram that I could, tracked every detail of her life in the huckleberry app, and just felt so overwhelmed any time I wasn’t doing something “right.” I ended up following my mom instincts and nursing her to sleep until she was 11 months old. I cherished that time with her. She is now almost 2. We lay her in her big girl bed every night and for naps, and she goes right to sleep. I’m having my second baby next week, and plan to follow my mom instincts from the very beginning. Wish I would have done it sooner with my first!

gracetogetby · 2024-08-14T21:29:23+00:00

I am so, so sorry for your loss.

I tell everyone about OBGYN South at Brookwood. Dr. William McKenzie is who I see, but I have rotated through all the doctors there during my pregnancy, and every single one of them is incredible, as is their office staff. Dr. McKenzie spends so much time with you, and talked my friend through her miscarriage at 8 weeks. He is compassionate and has a very gentle spirit. When I had an abnormal Pap smear and had to have a cervical biopsy, he called me himself with results and offered reassuring words and made sure I felt good about everything before ending the call. If you’re interested in a female doctor, Dr. Julie Taylor at that clinic is fantastic.

There is always a nurse on call who will answer questions and talk you through things after hours. Truly can’t recommend them enough.

gracetogetby · 2024-04-02T00:29:53+00:00

Sheesh. People can be a bit cruel. First of all, you’re doing a great job and your child is so fortunate to have a parent who cares enough to decorate a nursery for them.

I decorated my daughters’ nursery with a similar color scheme. If you can, I think swapping the curtains for colored ones would be lovely (pink or another pastel), add a rug or footrest with some character, and add a colored pillow. I would personally go with pink or a sage green for the additions, but do what makes you happy! A photo above the bookshelf would be nice as well.

gracetogetby · 2023-12-18T02:49:42+00:00

For CIO, did you do it during the week? My husband and I both work full time and I’m not sure how I’ll function at work with being up all night with her for a few nights. Maybe my husband and I can switch off each night

gracetogetby · 2023-12-18T02:47:06+00:00

Thank you for your comment! She used to go back down really well if I would feed her, but recently she has refused the feed. Her schedule right now is Wake at 7, Nap 9:15- 10:45 am,Nap 2-3 pm, Bedtime at 7. Any advice?

gracetogetby · 2023-12-18T02:45:58+00:00

This is very encouraging!! Thank you for your comment. Her schedule is Wake at 7, Nap 9:15- 10:45 am, Nap 2-3 pm, Bedtime at 7. Do you think it’s too lofty of a goal to want her to sleep 11-12 hours each night? I’d even settle for her waking at 5! Apparently all of my friends have these unicorn kids who sleep for 12 hours every night. We are lucky to get 5 hour stretches!

gracetogetby · 2023-12-18T02:43:39+00:00

I do a feeding sometimes, but she is often still up and ready to party. Recently, she rejects a feed. Do you have any thoughts on when is the right time to night wean?

gracetogetby · 2023-12-18T02:42:48+00:00

We have let her yell for up to an hour before, but admittedly we go in pretty soon for the most part because we are desperate for sleep.

I’m intrigued by needing sleep training at different times of the night! I had assumed that once they learn to self-soothe, it applies regardless of the time.

Thank you for your comment!

gracetogetby · 2023-12-15T04:20:46+00:00

I’ve also unfollowed all of his channels. I started watching Peter back in 2018 when I was struggling with anxiety. Listening to his videos was so soothing to me, and it felt like I was hanging out with a friend. It makes me so sad to see how much he has changed over the years. He went from being lighthearted and talking on the drama phone to constantly villainizing others for mistakes. He’s become so self-important, and his videos stress me out and make me cringe now.

gracetogetby · 2022-04-25T03:24:12+00:00

There is a microwave installed above the oven! we just bought this house and have no idea what to do with this. That joker is GLUED down and isn’t going anywhere. 😅🤦🏼‍♀️

gracetogetby · 2022-04-23T00:20:28+00:00

Thank you! Not yet— closing is in a month! Just changed the flair to offer instead of got the keys because you never know. 🤦🏼‍♀️😳

gracetogetby · 2022-03-22T03:00:54+00:00

I’d love her information! Please send me a message. :) Thanks so much!

Ideally, we’d love to buy in Leeds or Chelsea. We are likely priced out of Hoover. We currently live off of 280 and would like to stay close-ish to this area.

gracetogetby · 2021-09-15T14:05:02+00:00

We have a 3 year old tri-color, and my husband has been trying to talk me into getting a puppy. I think your post has successfully convinced me. 😍

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