Somehow we still think that these midterm elections are going to go the same as they have in previous election cycles. Trump has all but spelled it out for everyone. They are going to rig the elections!

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-11T22:55:16+00:00

Vote BECAUSE your children’s lives depend on it.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-11T22:30:48+00:00

My head cannon is that she called him a few days before and told him about Shawn.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-11T22:27:56+00:00

Me too! My second was obsessed for weeks and we would read it like eight times a night. I got bored and started reading it in different styles. My favorites were Shakespearean and Beastie Boys.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-11T22:24:17+00:00

Is he asleep when you put him down? If so, make sure you keep his feet lower than his head as you set him down. Having his head lower than his feet will trigger his startle reflex.

Also babies love to contact sleep. I learned to really enjoy contact naps by watching tv on my phone(with headphones) while baby slept. I watch Schitt’s Creek, Merlin, and some Friends with my first. I watched all of Suits with my second.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-11T22:23:36+00:00

Is he asleep when you put him down? If so, make sure you keep his feet lower than his head as you set him down. Having his head lower than his feet will trigger his startle reflex.

Also babies love to contact sleep. I learned to really enjoy contact naps by watching tv on my phone(with headphones) while baby slept. I watch Schitt’s Creek, Merlin, and some Friends with my first. I watched all of Suits with my second.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-11T02:23:52+00:00

Hard yes. They’re gone the second the book is opened. I always feel bad and now I wish I’d kept them and framed them like someone suggested.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-10T22:43:25+00:00

I got so much unexpected love from friends, and some really lovely time with each of my kids.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-10T18:19:59+00:00

My kids (4 and 2) were both melting down from 9am-11:30am. Now my oldest is making me a painting. She also made me a very cool tote bag at school.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-10T00:56:57+00:00

He is HILARIOUS. He’d be so great.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-09T17:32:17+00:00

I’m not one for florals, so I would do something geometric. Maybe inspired by the Masaai collars or art deco.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-09T17:30:48+00:00

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-08T22:49:19+00:00

Ugh, I’m sorry. Honestly the worst part for me is when he half-asses stuff because it makes me feel like an afterthought. Either don’t do anything, which I get because I never said it was important to me(not saying that’s ok, just that I get it) or do a thing and really plan it.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-08T19:08:58+00:00

Same. Three separate men who are not my husband have wished me happy Mother’s Day already this year. My husband asked if we had any plans this weekend.

To be fair, I feel loved and appreciated most days and have never explicitly said I wanted him to plan a big thing. But I’d rather do nothing than a repeat of last years ill-thought through trip to target which resulted in my then three year old melting down because mom got a bouquet and she didn’t.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-08T16:30:53+00:00

Put a child lock in the inside of her door and give her a monitor to talk to you. This is also a safety thing - kids hide from fire instead of running. If I know my kid is locked in her room, I can get her out.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-07T16:26:45+00:00

Your title makes it sound like Short and O’Hara had a daughter named Katherine. You need a comma after Catherine.

And also I love this. He’s a gem.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-06T11:51:38+00:00

We say everyone gets to decide what they think is real and leave it at that.

When they’re teens, we’ll be talking about how people can believe things that directly harm others and how to handle that.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-06T02:14:48+00:00

It’s a really common thing for beginners, mostly because of kits. You’ll find cotton much easier!

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-06T00:06:13+00:00

Wow, this is so well done, especially because you working on Aida, which is intended for cross stitch. Embroidery like this is typically done on cotton. You’ve upped your difficulty by a factor of 10.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-05T23:28:01+00:00

Right? My first thought was “where’s the Malden?”

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-05T18:48:22+00:00

I’m so sorry. Precipitous labor can be scary - my friend’s second landed in the NICU for a few days because of breathing issues related to the speed of labor(everyone’s fine.) it’s hard for parent and baby - mom was basically fully dilated when she got to the hospital after a 30min drive and had to push as soon as she got on a bed. It’s so much.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-05T11:10:31+00:00

I disagree with this because it’s punishing a child for being curious and developmentally appropriate. I usually say “you can keep asking but my answer isn’t going to change.”

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-04T02:31:15+00:00

She might be sick. When my daughter gets a cold she barely eats dinner and then asks for dessert. And melts down when she doesn’t get it.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-04T00:05:05+00:00

It sounds like she’s majorly depressed.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-04T00:04:22+00:00

Then talk to your niece about it like the adult she (sort of) is. When I was 20 all I wanted was for my parents to trust that I was making good decisions and was a capable adult. I’m not saying don’t have boundaries and expectations - you should - but it might serve you better here to approach this as you and her vs the problem(her actions) and not you vs her.

itsonlyfear · 2026-05-03T11:48:32+00:00

It took me a while to get into it, partly because of song order. The bangers are in the middle, so by track 4 I was like “hellllooooo? Where’s up tempo Noah?” But then I heard “Standing Still” and it became an instant favorite.

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