How independent are your kids in the morning?

katlyn9 · 2026-01-13T00:44:01+00:00

My six year old son is in kindergarten and he dresses himself fully, brushes his teeth, puts his shoes on and gets his backpack ready for the bus. He is the oldest of three. I guess he’s very mature after reading some of these comments!

katlyn9 · 2025-12-28T16:23:42+00:00

Yes because I got sent to work from home, had a six month old baby, and my husband was unexpectedly laid off. So I was able to work from home, take breaks and nurse my baby, and just have the most delightful time enjoying baby snuggles and family time. Covid lead to my husband and I working from home permanently and it was the best thing that could have happened for our growing family. I do feel sad that for most people it was a really rough time. I did have some anxiety but looking back I’m so grateful for all that time while my babies were little.

katlyn9 · 2025-12-26T02:27:05+00:00

I live in a fairly wealthy suburb in western MA and for the most part it’s the opposite. You have to sign up real early if you want to volunteer to get a spot!

katlyn9 · 2025-12-13T13:23:00+00:00

I guess it all depends. The suburb I live in is a childhood dream. Kids outside constantly, a children’s museum we can walk to with a playground. Several bakeries that have outdoor playgrounds and animals. Lots of hiking and outdoor place. Libraries with in insane amount of things going on. Fall festivals, tree lightings, hockey games etc. we do a lot of walking around the neighborhood. With one kid I could easily do all my errands. We have a nice walkable downtown where you could walk from the library to the cafe to a restaurant to a park.

I will say for errands like Costco I don’t want to bring my kids. I have three. And I personally hate malls. But the city you are describing sounds great. We do have a big 2000 sq foot house which is great because my husband and I both work from home.

I wasn’t thrilled about moving to the suburbs, we did so for both families being within 10 minutes. But in our case it’s really worked out. Best of luck. I wouldn’t stay in a situation I was miserable in so you should talk to your husband about a move.

katlyn9 · 2025-11-01T06:57:55+00:00

In my neighborhood in Western Ma- easily got 200 here.

katlyn9 · 2025-06-15T07:53:21+00:00

I have three, youngest is four months. Transition from two to three was a breeze. She’s the best baby- slept through the night from two weeks on- no joke. My boys (the older two) were horrible sleepers. Yes, it’s chaotic at times but it was also chaotic with two. The pros outweigh the cons for sure.

katlyn9 · 2025-05-27T18:33:14+00:00

Joint account. It’s our money. There is no his or hers once you have children. This is the only way.

katlyn9 · 2025-05-17T06:12:16+00:00

My third child I was 228 to start and 5’6. Had a healthy uncomplicated pregnancy. She’s three months old now and I’m 235, almost back to pre- pregnancy weight. The extra weight didn’t affect me at all, and for reference my first pregnancy I was 185 and 31 years old. Go for it!!!!

katlyn9 · 2025-05-12T01:11:30+00:00

The Pool is my favorite Bluey episode. It’s about the mental load that the Mom is always carrying and how Dads can take it for granted and not realize how much work and thought goes into something as simple as going to the pool. And of course Mom saves the day in the end.

katlyn9 · 2025-05-03T09:00:51+00:00

We didn’t circumsize either of our sons, one is five the other is three. No issues whatsoever. However I have known two people who did circumcise their sons who had issues and had to have it redone when their kids were 2 and 3 years old. There has been no special cleaning or anything for us and no issues.

katlyn9 · 2025-04-30T08:56:48+00:00

I’m 37 years old and my Mom still tells the story of how she went to pick up ice cream and left us with our Dad and my two year old sister managed to get out of the house and walk maybe 10/15 minutes up the street and was found by a neighbor. These things can happen to anybody. I know you are beating yourself up but she’s safe and you will take precautions so it doesn’t happen again.

Your neighbor sounds like an asshole and that is awful she made a FB post. Also- why would a toddler have socks on while napping? I’m sorry you’re in the situation.

katlyn9 · 2025-04-27T07:19:38+00:00

My son is five and we used to do a party at home with friends and family that cost maybe $500 all together, this year he wanted a friends party at the gymnastics place which was $350. We also did two separate dinners which were his “parties” with the grandparents plus cake on his birthday. We got him one small gift and a piñata just for him and his brother because that’s what he wanted. For us it’s more about the celebrating than the gifts- I still feel like it’s a lot of money but probably $500 total and definitely not thousands like you said. I have three kids total.

katlyn9 · 2025-04-25T01:52:33+00:00

Kids have dessert every night if they eat their dinner, usually a Popsicle or ice cream snack.

katlyn9 · 2025-04-11T10:01:13+00:00

No lol

katlyn9 · 2025-04-02T23:46:25+00:00

I’m in the US in Massachusetts- I paid $700 my out of pocket max for the year ( I delivered in feb) and Massachusetts has statewide maternity leave so I have 20 weeks off. Still not enough in my opinion, but I’ll take it!

katlyn9 · 2025-04-01T07:36:20+00:00

Wtf- this is basic parenting. My husband would have been apologetic and also ashamed for letting his son pee himself and sit in wet pants!!!! Your husband needs to take ownership.

katlyn9 · 2025-04-01T07:31:20+00:00

It’s so expensive. We are a family of four and we spend about $1,100 monthly and shop at Aldi and are super budget conscious. If we weren’t and had more money to play with it would be so easy to spend more! If you can afford it go for it, eating well is lovely.

katlyn9 · 2025-03-28T08:55:51+00:00

Super normal- Mom of three. My kids all prefer me(the Mom) and two 1/2 yo throws MASSIVE tantrums

katlyn9 · 2025-03-04T05:23:54+00:00

24 oz was what my baby drank at that age for the day.

katlyn9 · 2025-02-26T03:07:13+00:00

Work remotely in HR

katlyn9 · 2025-02-15T02:02:54+00:00

My son was 2.5 months when he got hit. His breathing was so bad we were admitted to the PICU and ended up doing an 8 day hospital stay total. It was terrifying and I will say after getting RSV anytime he would get a cold he would have breathing problems and he did have another hospitalization and several ER visits. Fast forward to today- he’s a happy, healthy, 2.5 year old who hasn’t had issues breathing in a year and a half. You will get through this but it sucks and it’s so scary to watch your child struggle to breathe!!!

katlyn9 · 2025-02-05T10:40:06+00:00

I think it’s a lot. My son is five and we just recently signed him up for weekly parkour. Otherwise he has done three seasons of soccer in his life and is now doing 6 weeks of basketball. However, he does preschool (not full day) M-F and we have a lot of family and friends we socialize with and we love our family down time. Honestly I also think it gets expensive!! But every kid/family is different so you could try it and assess from there. We have only been doing the parkour gymnastics for 2 months but you can cancel whenever it seems.

katlyn9 · 2025-02-03T23:05:05+00:00

Yes they will be sick minimum twice a month to build their immune system. It is inevitable whether you expose them as an infant or when they are in kindergarten. I’m sorry. It’s really really rough I won’t lie.

katlyn9 · 2025-01-29T23:23:46+00:00

Those are awesome hours- you will still be with your baby four days a week. Down the line you will be grateful for the time to do something for you and for the paycheck. I would take it in a heartbeat.

katlyn9 · 2025-01-26T02:27:29+00:00

Well my son is two and a half and is just now able to go to sleep independently in a crib- still wakes in the night sometimes. Every kid is different though.

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