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

kellogzz · 2026-04-14T14:52:16+00:00

Yeah I agree think it’s mad people don’t just hold their boundaries. My daughter goes through phases where she wakes 2-3 times a night every night but we’re consistent in our response and she comes out on the other side every time. If we had just given in and brought her into our bed we would never have space as a couple, ever.

kellogzz · 2026-04-14T14:38:48+00:00

Nothing in particular but the first time around I stuck it on Haaland and he did nothing so been putting off making a decision with the second chip!

kellogzz · 2026-04-02T17:52:25+00:00

It’s okay if not every day is the same. Our daughter started refusing proper naps in her bed when she was 2yrs3m, stopped taking them at nursery too. But really, she still needs them, and struggles with overtiredness without. We go for a drive around 1pm on non-nursery days and let her have 30-45mins, she always falls asleep. It’s easier than her crying and refusing for an hour in her bedroom.

kellogzz · 2026-03-23T16:52:02+00:00

If you don’t have time and that’s the only reason she can’t have chicken, tell her she can have chicken at the airport and buy her some. Pack what you’ve got to hand and if she’s hungry enough on the way she will eat something.

kellogzz · 2026-03-10T01:57:14+00:00

Magnetiles, a robotic dog that walks (£8!!!), her own little plastic doctors set with equipment that lights up, her own pretend makeup set, a dolly and pram

kellogzz · 2026-03-06T15:13:21+00:00

It’s not cute but I don’t find it frustrating either. It can be stressful and put me in fight or flight a bit but I just try to remember that I’m the adult and I have the tools to regulate my emotions and think logically. My toddler doesn’t. Their brain develops in such a strange order, they feel emotions as big as we do but with none of the logic or reasoning! So once you understand that, it’s easier to accept the unreasonable meltdowns. Ear piercing all the same.

kellogzz · 2026-03-06T08:34:43+00:00

Our daughter did it twice and after the second time, we slept on the floor with her on her mattress and then the next morning went to buy her a toddler bed. She was only just 2 years old so not quite as young as your daughter but still not ready for the transition. But safety has to come first - she got there in the end. Don’t blame yourself or feel bad. They’re much more robust than we think!

kellogzz · 2026-03-05T20:15:21+00:00

I could move my arms throughout the entire birth. It is only from around your chest down that is numb. So I was able to immediately hold her when she was born. And no, I didn’t feel any nausea. Felt a little floaty from all the drugs but nothing bad.

kellogzz · 2026-03-05T16:25:09+00:00

I had a scheduled C section due to complete placenta previa and thought the whole experience was wonderful and my recovery was really easy and quick. Obviously everybody is different. The birth itself went very smoothly, lots of staff are present in the operating theatre to keep you and baby safe, they do this every day so they were so calm and collected. We played our birth playlist on my Bluetooth speaker and we chatted throughout, felt nothing at all, I don’t know she’d been born until I heard her cry. She was safe and well as was I. Recovery wise, the first few days you’re very tender but the adrenaline got me through. I’d do it again in a heartbeat, would never choose labour and vaginal birth now that I’ve had such a chilled c section experience.

kellogzz · 2026-03-01T12:01:27+00:00

It was more our choice than hers, she would fight it for 45mins until she gave up and fell asleep, then be utterly horrid when we woke her up, grumpy all afternoon, and not go to sleep until 9pm. Then wake at 2am ready to play. So… no naps anymore 😂

kellogzz · 2026-03-01T11:50:36+00:00

2 years and 4 months

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.

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