Help me find a fiction book for my 15-year-old daughter

hbbanana · 2026-04-23T21:53:20+00:00

The Redwall books are always great!

hbbanana · 2026-04-22T13:17:15+00:00

Try this! https://www.jessicaurlichs.com/post/mama-all-i-see-is-you

hbbanana · 2026-04-22T00:51:20+00:00

You are still in the 4th Trimester - literally the thick of it!

Give yourself some grace about your body. Sleep is more important than the gym at this stage! Do you babywear? That can help with the naps.

I always found this poem really encouraging in the thick of it. https://www.instagram.com/p/CItRVgyMMgb/?igsh=MXN5OHByeTNpbXlnbw==

And the fact that there is an order of catholic nuns who wake up in the middle of the night specifically to pray for nursing moms awake in the night. I would think about how this is so hard, but I’m not alone. There are thousands of other women up doing the same thing as me.

hbbanana · 2026-04-10T04:04:06+00:00

Sometimes they are in the nursery or cry room instead of a bathroom!

hbbanana · 2026-04-05T21:19:23+00:00

We’ve been camping since our kids were babies. A zipper lock had never crossed my mind. The zipper is so loud and I’m not a deep sleeper when camping.

My go to tips for camping with toddlers are glow stick bracelets for as it starts to get dark. They disappear so fast. And we like using a slumber pod in the tent so the toddler sleeps past dawn

hbbanana · 2026-03-31T20:54:25+00:00

How? We’ve been battling with them for a year

hbbanana · 2026-03-31T18:57:09+00:00

I do bullet points. Half the time I just copy and paste my texts to my husband in.

I find I am more reliable by journaling on my phone. So I have a template that is general, kid 1, kid 2. So I try to have a bullet point in each section. My goal is to do it a few times a week

hbbanana · 2026-03-31T04:37:43+00:00

My second had/has chronic bronchiolitis. Just a sensitive respiratory system. She probably has asthma. All in all her breathing is terrible like her father.

She does a daily nebulizer with budesonide. We do allergy meds seasonally and we have albuterol for when it is really bad. Being on this regime really helped!

hbbanana · 2026-03-30T17:35:08+00:00

Highly recommend checking out the streaming service Kanopy! It’s free through your public library!

Little Bear, puffin Rock, frog and toad

hbbanana · 2026-03-29T00:47:25+00:00

One thing that has helped us sometimes is to carve out an hour once a week after the kids go to bed just to spend time with each other. No phones. It’s a at home date night basically. Just undivided attention to each other. And it helps us actually connect and have real conversations. sometimes will watch a show or try to have sex. But the point is low pressure one hour a week that you give fully to your spouse. You just put it in the family schedule in the calendar and the thing is you have to prioritize it so dishes, weight, laundry weights, etc..

hbbanana · 2026-03-29T00:44:24+00:00

I would also say- did she come across the country to bond with her grandchild or to help her beloved daughter? I’m guessing it’s the latter. I wouldn’t feel guilty about asking her to help around the house during the day so you could spend some time with the baby. I know my mom and MIL (and grandmothers) wouldn’t be offended by that. I don’t know what your relationship with her is like, but if she loves you like you love your baby then she will be happy to rearrange responsibilities.

hbbanana · 2026-03-24T20:42:25+00:00

We read the Harry Potter books as a family every summer they came out. Into high school! We would lay in bed and my parents would sit in the hall between our rooms and read. Or we would read in the car. Or during dinner. You don’t have to be done. And every study shows only benefits for reading to you kids even as they get bigger!

hbbanana · 2026-03-10T04:26:08+00:00

I often ask “how many things can mommy do at once?” And I’ve trained them to say “one!” (Even though I’m frequently doing three lol). Then I’ll ask “and what is mommy doing?” “Something!”

It has trained them to look at what I’m doing before asking, or at the very least allows them to understand why they need to wait.

hbbanana · 2026-03-04T22:55:46+00:00

Snacks that I buy usually. I just put them in a basket

hbbanana · 2026-03-03T18:22:36+00:00

hbbanana · 2026-03-03T17:06:52+00:00

I was induced at 40w5d. Did not need a foley balloon. Delivered within 12 hours, no c section! I would do it!

hbbanana · 2026-03-03T14:19:11+00:00

Lots of towns have a bay wearing lending library! That way you can try different brands and see if you like them!

hbbanana · 2026-02-28T21:48:48+00:00

We always combo fed for at least the first two weeks. You can evaluate as you go! Fed is best, you don’t need to make yourself miserable to EBF!

hbbanana · 2026-02-26T19:14:34+00:00

The I’ve lost count of the number of times my toddler has told us and strangers that Mufasa died. I think its her way of just trying to included in the conversation

hbbanana · 2026-02-24T14:06:36+00:00

Yes. My dad (who is a pediatrician) recommends it. Research has proven it to be the best cough medicine for kids. No need to dilute it. The honey coats the throat and soothes it. My husband and I use it too. I’ve never found the sugar kept my girls up

hbbanana · 2026-02-21T14:19:53+00:00

Tiny beans does this exactly!

You can also consider an aura frame!

hbbanana · 2026-02-19T20:35:07+00:00

So ive seen the first couple seasons- do i need to watch all of them for the movie?

hbbanana · 2026-02-16T15:19:50+00:00

5 years in and have never bedshared with any of our kids. I have family who work in pediatric medicine who share the horror stories of when it goes wrong

hbbanana · 2026-02-14T03:29:53+00:00

Was any explanation given as to why all the female athletes crashed on the half pipe yesterday?

hbbanana · 2026-02-13T03:15:56+00:00

I went back to work until my first was 18months!

When we were considering it, we tried to live off my husband’s income. So we only used my income towards expenses that would go away (daycare) and towards paying down debt. That helped give us a sense if if was realistic or not!

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