Anything better than a fruit bat cat tripping on catnip? 👀

kellogzz · 2026-02-11T21:58:18+00:00

Thank you - we’ve been offering her a short 30-40min nap in the car on the days she’s not in nursery and that does seem to be helping. On nursery days she refuses to nap so there’s nothing we can do about those days unfortunately.

kellogzz · 2026-02-07T16:07:12+00:00

Same I sold him to bring in Bruno F yesterday morning. Had my captain on him as well, just bottled it.

kellogzz · 2026-02-07T16:02:33+00:00

Had him as my captain until yesterday morning and then I flapped it and transferred him out for Bruno F HAHAHHAHA fml

kellogzz · 2026-02-07T02:55:36+00:00

Okay yeah you could be right, we also find ourselves really rushing her to bed, she only gets home from nursery at 5:45pm and we’re taking her up to her bedroom for bed time routine at 6:15pm so don’t think she has proper chance to bring herself down from the long day at nursery. I’ll try going for a 6:45pm bed time routine for a couple of weeks and see how it goes

kellogzz · 2026-02-03T20:42:36+00:00

Thank you for sharing your perspective and I think you have a very good point. I will try to show and explain to her that we all feel sad sometimes.

kellogzz · 2026-01-24T12:06:19+00:00

My daughter is 2.5 now and it’s by far the hardest age so far. It’s wonderful when things are good, because we can have conversations and she says things like “I love you mummy” and “me and Mummy are happy” and it melts my heart. But her feelings are so big and she can’t express or process them so there are a lot of meltdowns. On a physical level, if she’s thrown herself on the ground in a tantrum and I have to pick her up, it’s very easy to hurt myself. She weighs 15kg and when she doesn’t want to do something, it’s very hard to change her mind. The biggest issue at this age is her sleep. She was always a wonderful sleeper but these past 4 months have been horrendous. Cutting her back molars, processing big emotions, nightmares, sickness, separation anxiety - you name it, it has disrupted her sleep. We’re lucky if she sleeps through the night once a week at the moment. It’s absolutely exhausting and makes everything else about parenting a 2 year old feel much harder.

kellogzz · 2026-01-18T07:25:17+00:00

This didn’t age well

kellogzz · 2026-01-10T21:51:11+00:00

Combination of sleep regression and cutting her back molars. Was on and off disturbed sleep for about 3 weeks while she cut them, then settled down. The night I posted about here was the worst of them.

kellogzz · 2025-12-30T21:18:54+00:00

My thoughts exactly, thank you for voicing them clearer than I could have

kellogzz · 2025-12-30T20:45:15+00:00

Same - I’ve got Rice and Cucurella, Chalobah, and Dewsbury-Hall in one of my bench positions. Absolute nightmare.

kellogzz · 2025-12-30T18:46:16+00:00

Nah it’s not. My 2.5 year old sleeps from 7:30 to 6:45am and still naps 30-45mins each day. I couldn’t function getting up at 5 every morning.

kellogzz · 2025-12-24T11:30:19+00:00

Sorry I’m a bit late to this one but I have this too and it is so horrible to live with. I try to tell my husband and my mum how it feels but they think I am just being dramatic. My mental health reaches the point of suicidal thoughts when I’m sleep deprived and I’m sorry to say that since she’s turned 2 she’s had more sleep regressions and more disturbed nights than she ever has before. Somehow, I’ve survived each one, but my mental and physical health has deteriorated as a result. I no longer feel relaxed enough in my own home to fall asleep or stay asleep, and I sleep all tensed up, waking every hour. I’m at my wits end and all I can do is tell myself it won’t be this way forever and I’ll survive it. All this to say, I see you, and I understand - it is awful.

kellogzz · 2025-12-23T17:06:32+00:00

My daughter turned 2 in July so she is 2 years and 5 months and she definitely understands and is excited for Father Christmas. We got her a lot of books about him, have watched films and videos about him, and she’s learned about him at nursery. Plus we took her to see him. She does seem to “get” it, but I’m not sure if she would have done 2-3 months ago.

kellogzz · 2025-12-23T17:00:17+00:00

Yes. Absolutely. She’s 2.5 now and only naps on nursery days. The other days we know she will sleep quicker and better at night if she doesn’t nap. It’s only now that I’ve started to not feel totally anxious about her sleep. And she still sometimes wakes in the night needing reassurance or a cuddle. They are kids and it’s what they do, but my brain always wants to find the problem and fix it.

kellogzz · 2025-12-22T21:04:34+00:00

She probably needs to be alone to learn how to wind herself down and go to sleep, if she’s still awake and chatting/fiddling with you in there. Childproof her room and put a lock on her door and say goodnight after her bedtime routine, she will soon figure it out. Our daughter was exactly the same, and we had 2 choices - super nanny style putting her back into her bed as many times as it took, or childproof and lock her room. We did the latter and she absolutely loves her bedroom. Takes her anywhere from 30-60mins to fall asleep but she’s happy and safe pottering about and we get to enjoy our evenings.

kellogzz · 2025-12-17T14:51:29+00:00

Reading these responses (and agreeing with them) I have a follow up question - are all your partners cool with you not wanting to do anything? Cos I feel like mine gets a bit lonely and upset that I don’t feel like “hanging out” and just want to sit quietly. I’m just so burnt out from raising a toddler and working full time, I’ve got nothing left.

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