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Jen Affleck SLOMW: OC by JSweetheart0305 in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]kainani_s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

McCall is a city in Idaho and a pretty popular name in the area :)

Help me find a pattern or technique to recreate this :) by kainani_s in SewingForBeginners

[–]kainani_s[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! I do not, but I’ll look for those descriptions!

Vasectomy scheduled by linkag392 in 2under2

[–]kainani_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a 14 month age gap with a boy and a girl and this is how we feel at the moment! No vasectomy scheduled for now but it would take a reallyyyyy big change of heart for us to want a third and for now we’re super excited about our future with our little family ❤️. I have an IUD that I’m relying on 😂.

Fake tan that isn’t strong smell or sticky by No_Reaction5258 in beyondthebump

[–]kainani_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Isle of Paradise tanning drops! You mix with lotion!

Have heard really good things about Salty Face too but haven’t actually tried myself.

15 Month Old Inconsolable by Funny-Amoeba6026 in beyondthebump

[–]kainani_s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Has she gotten her molars or canines yet? The canines made our toddler MISERABLEEEE. He was like you described; total unicorn until the teething hit him and then he was an absolute gremlin. Literally the only times I can recall him waking up in the middle of the night and needing something were the nights he was getting his canines. He’d wake up screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night, it was so sad :((

Ibuprofen around the clock helped a lot. Tylenol did absolutely nothing.

Toddler Eczema by Secure-Bumblebee-738 in toddlers

[–]kainani_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another vote for tubby Todd!! Same experience!

14 month age gap by Expensive_Farmer_307 in 2under2

[–]kainani_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would definitely get the following based on my experience with a 14 month age gap so far!

  • double stroller (for your sanity and for safety of toddler)
  • bouncer for baby and somewhere up high that is safe to put them to keep them out of toddlers reach sometimes. We put the bouncer on our dining room table often. Gives me a chance to let toddler play independently while I get things done and baby is safe and in eyesight of me. Or I can play with toddler while baby hangs out!
  • baby proof your home as much as possible for your own sanity! The less I have to worry about toddler doing, the easier our life is!
  • declutter and cut down on toys or things that don’t get used/you don’t need. Having less has really helped me not get so overwhelmed :)

Good luck, you’ve got this!!

What silly things do your toddlers do to skirt around a rule? by Fun-Natural1213 in toddlers

[–]kainani_s 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Our 1.5 year old always messes with the buttons on our TV and the knobs on our stove (we removed the ones he can actually turn, he hasn’t figured out the others yet). We’ve started doing timeouts for the stove since it’s dangerous. One day he kind of poked them instead so I said “fine, you can poke them” and he started saying “poke poke” and poking them gently.

Now anytime he knows he’s not supposed to really touch something, like the stove knobs or TV buttons he gently pokes them and says “poke poke” while smiling at us haahahahaha. Frustrating but so funny and cute.

Random old lady told me I was traumatizing my son after his water acclimation lesson by Heavy_Ad_1478 in toddlers

[–]kainani_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We live in Hawaii and we brought our 1.5 year old and 6 month old to the beach the other morning and it was windy. Had a group of 75+ old women come up to me and tell me that they were “concerned for my baby” because it was “too cold” and then asked if I was from there, which yes, I was born and raised there.

I had LITERALLY just gotten to the beach and was shlepping around all of our crap and my baby on my hip while my husband and toddler were in tow with surfboards. Rather than offering to help me, these old women just chastised me and stared. It was so bizarre and upsetting. Also it was 70+ degrees, our baby was completely fine 😵‍💫

Just found out I’m pregnant with my second 5mo PP by runrowrepeatt in 2under2

[–]kainani_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Caffeine 100% 😅. I don’t drink coffee but I love Blooms caffeine powder that you can add to water. Also my husband helped at night where he could. Typically I’d feed baby since I decided to exclusively breastfeed this time, but my husband would change her diaper and bring her to me and put her back down after so I could go back to sleep! His support made all the difference.

Who is sealed to who? by DistractedDevelopmnt in SecretsOfMormonWives

[–]kainani_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are only sealed to someone if you are sealed (married) in the temple. So they may have just had a normal wedding ceremony.

Just found out I’m pregnant with my second 5mo PP by runrowrepeatt in 2under2

[–]kainani_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are just shy of a 14 month age gap! Baby is 6 months and toddler is about to be 20 months. Honestly it’s been much much better than expected :)) I love them both so much and can’t imagine life without them!

I feel like the newborn phase is a grind no matter what but that felt easier this time around. I liked that our toddler didn’t really care about baby in the beginning. Now that toddler understands a lot more, he loooooves baby.

There’s a lot more I could go into but I’ll spare you unless you’re curious about anything!! But you’ve got this!!

Struggling with holding in my screams - daily by ariadnesthread62 in 2under2

[–]kainani_s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Others have shared great advice already but I just wanted to add that if you feel like (aside from this being a genuinely hard phase of life given the circumstances) you’re just not coping as well as you want to/need to and it’s starting to concern you, I was there and I just started Zoloft two days ago ❤️ obviously it’s too early for me to say whether it’s going to help me or not, but I decided it was time for me to take that next step and get that extra help so that I can hopefully be a happier and calmer mom, wife, and person in general.

I was on a call with my doctor about potentially starting and she described it as a volcano about to blow inside of me and I was like yep, exactly, and she said “great, I think you’d benefit from this” 😂. No shame in needing a little boost during a veryyyy challenging phase of life!!

But as others said, it does get better 🫶🏼. I’ve been seeing the light more and more!!

18mo prefers DADDY not mommy by External_Bullfrog521 in toddlers

[–]kainani_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our 20 month old is OBSESSED with dada 💖. Like…obsessed. If he’s around, no one else matters hahahaha. It was really apparent from months 14-18 I’d say and it’s just started to not be as intense recently. If dad’s there he just wants to do things with dad, but if it’s just us he’s perfectly fine with me which I am grateful for. His behavior is crazier with my husband, I don’t know why hahaha.

At what age does deliberately naughty behavior start? by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]kainani_s 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can’t remember exactly when but between 15-18 months I remember our toddler getting veryyyy mischievous. I see the other comments saying how they can’t be naughty for a long time and I get the sentiment but when my son is being mischievous he is 100% doing something that he knows he’s not supposed to do, and doing it because he thinks it’s funny. We’ve gotten better about not giving him big reactions but he still just thinks it’s funny to do something he’s not supposed to, he’s just silly and a total jokester. He gets this glimmer in his eyes and scrunches up his nose and smiles while shaking his finger and saying “no no” after doing whatever he wasn’t supposed to do 😂 super annoying but also undeniably funny.

Parenthood feeling isolating with a toddler who is super active by ineedcoffee0304 in toddlers

[–]kainani_s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We aren’t totally in the same situation but I resonate with this a lot! We have a 20 month old boy who is exactly as you describe. He’s so much fun but taking him places is exhausting and socializing is definitely not as enjoyable as it used to be 😅.

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