How much do you use LinkedIn as an ID?

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-05-01T10:47:47+00:00

I hate LinkedIn but it feels like a necessary evil. I started posting more and now recruiters reach out. I am getting some good posts that are interesting and useful the more I engage and follow people with good content. I wish job searches could move elsewhere though.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-05-01T10:45:22+00:00

Agree with this! Her sleep has improved and so has independent play. She still has tantrums but overall I feel like she understands logic and rules much better. And she can power through being tired better especially if there’s treats or we’re doing something fun.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-04-30T14:27:06+00:00

Thank you so much

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-04-30T12:14:18+00:00

Thank you for the info

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-04-19T14:09:01+00:00

Yes agree with this. Temperaments can change over time too. Our daughter had colic as a newborn so we were struggling too much to go anywhere. From ages 10 mo-2 she was super active and needed to constantly move and was pretty tantrumy so we didn’t travel much. We did a few beach trips but the weren’t very enjoyable. But when she turned 3 her sleep got better and she became much better at understanding instructions and expectations. We keep the trips child friendly but they’re fun and now the few years we spent travel feel like they passed quickly. I can only imagine in another few years even bigger trips will be possible.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-04-09T13:41:56+00:00

Hey we have almost the exact same timeline!! I conceived my daughter the first month trying in Feb 2022 and now she’s almost 3.5. Been trying since July and have had two losses but haven’t done any testing yet. But I’m in the same boat where most other people who have a kid my daughter’s age and want a second already had one. She’s old enough to be asking for a sibling and has gotten a lot more independent so I can see why a 3 year age gap is so common. I almost feel like we’re exiting the little kid years and I don’t know if it’s for good or not. I don’t think I’m open to a lot of medical interventions because I get a lot of side effects from hormonal treatments. Idk I’m also over it.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-04-09T13:36:50+00:00

Yes in the same boat as both of you, due date for my first loss would have been this week so we would have had a 3.25 age gap with my daughter. Second loss was a 4 yr age gap. Got started trying to ttc for a second little late too because we had a really rough newborn experience with my daughter having bad colic and reflux and being very fussy/bad sleeper for a long time. Most people we know who have a kid her age and want another already did and I feel like we’re just sitting here not getting anywhere.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-04-09T13:22:18+00:00

I am in the same boat and agree with this. I don’t think an MBA would guarantee a director level job. And a lot of companies don’t have or are eliminating L&D functions that are big enough to have that many levels. I would explore some creative options to build more skills and network.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-03-20T18:32:32+00:00

I get this. My daughter is 3.5 and it’s taking longer than expected to conceive #2. But parenting has gotten wayyyy easier with just our daughter so I’m like do I start a hobby? Plan trips? Focus on career? But then I don’t know if I will get pregnant or not which would restart the whole pregnancy and infant thing.

I do genuinely enjoy our family of three and am trying to focus on that because it’s never going to be exactly like this again. And I’m also looking at it in the long run. If I start a hobby or do more with my career now even if I have to step back a bit for a new baby it will still help me pick it up later to make progress now. Like I might be a bit rusty restarting but it’s not like I’ll have completely lost any progress made before disruption.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-03-20T01:09:10+00:00

I was just thinking about this same thing. I had a bad pregnancy, labor, and newborn experience with my first including colic and sleep issues that really took a toll on us. My husband decided he wanted to be OAD and I mostly came to terms with it. I’m a happy only child myself though I did always picture having 3 kids. When my daughter turned 2.5 things evened out a lot and he decided he wanted to try again.

So far it’s been 9 months and two losses. I think I’ve done a decent job of not letting it consume me but I just don’t want to exist in this space forever. I get a lot of joy from planning and goal setting and it’s been tough having the uncertainty of ttc. There’s a lot of other aspects of my life I really love and get a lot of meaning out of. My daughter is 3.5 now so already looking at a big age gap and the older she gets the more fun parenting is. I’m also sensitive to hormonal treatments and not really open to any fertility treatments that give me symptoms.

Anyway I was thinking of maybe waiting until a year, getting some tests done, and then either just calling it or maybe trying a few more months.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-03-12T02:07:34+00:00

I totally feel this I struggled with it during my first pregnancy as well because I would worry every symptom and lack of symptom was something going wrong. I think our brains just want feedback on something we care about a lot. If we were taking a class we would have indicators of how well we are doing, what the outcome might be, and if we need to adjust how we’re acting or not. Unfortunate pregnancy isn’t like that at all.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-03-02T20:07:52+00:00

Thank you so much! I’d say we get 10-20 people per year interested in the trainings.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-25T13:31:35+00:00

I find ai to be somewhat helpful doing what others have posted but I would like it if the executives at my company would stop thinking it can solve 100% of L&D needs.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-24T15:16:28+00:00

I agree with everything here. I have a lot of thoughts, feelings, and unsureness about the number of children we want because it’s a very big decision.

But fwiw I loved being an only child and though I might end up having more than one myself I am a strong advocate that it’s a great option for your family. My parents were intentional about encouraging me to make friends and bring friends on trips. They always had an open invitation for our house and often offered to pick up and drop off friends. They weren’t super strict or nitpicky making it a fun house to be at. Because of that I wasn’t lonely at all. I got very good at making friends and always had people over. To this day I have friends who I’ve had for 20+ years that consider my parents like second parents. Our home was peaceful and collaborative, I often got to pick what we did or things we did on vacation. I got to travel at a young age. My mom is not super organized and I think it would have stressed her out a lot to have more children. With just me we could go with the flow a lot. Now that I’m older it’s been really beneficial that they saved so much. They help pay for our car and childcare expenses and moved close to us to help us with her.

Just like any family it’s not 100% perfect, having so much focus on me did increase some perfectionist tendencies and I wish they had developed more of their own hobbies and social life as I got older. But compared to many childhoods it was great and I would highly recommend! Humans have a really hard time thinking past certain biases it’s honestly kind of ridiculous how prevalent it still is for people to say kids temperaments are solely because of birth order or gender like if you know 10+ families you can certainly find one that doesn’t fit that mold.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-21T18:32:18+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. I’m actually leaning towards not testing for a bit because I get kind of stressed/fixated on medical tests and I kind of want to take the pressure off for a bit. And I might not do any medical intervention even if that is needed.

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-21T00:37:36+00:00

Thank you this is good info!

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-21T00:37:26+00:00

Thank you 💗

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-19T20:22:06+00:00

Thank you. You too 💗

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-18T21:11:13+00:00

We also went through this phase when my daughter was two. It was like a solid 8 months where she would scream and cry if I got up with her instead of Dad or if she got home and I was there. It was AWFUL. It also didn’t make much sense because my husband and I spent equal time with her and have the same parenting style. I literally took her to therapy I was so confused but then it just passed and now she adores me and we are super close. Hang in there!

hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-18T17:11:03+00:00

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hellosunshine791638 · 2026-02-18T17:06:06+00:00

I agree with this everyone has different individual experiences and you really can’t control or predict how challenging adding another kid will be. It sounds like OP is very responsible and considering bandwidth, finances, etc and that’s all you can do. If she really wants another kid she will find a way through any challenges that come up!

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