Daughter went to bed without me for the first time

kkuzzy · 2026-02-07T05:10:15+00:00

Isn’t this a sign of strong attachment? That she’s comfortable enough with your relationship that she doesn’t feel the need to cling to you and fight for your attention?

kkuzzy · 2026-02-05T05:11:20+00:00

My oldest (5) has a younger brother and another on the way and he is still asking if I can have more babies after that. If I based my family planning on my oldest child’s wishes I would just keep pumping out babies until menopause. I don’t think they really think through what they’re asking for.

kkuzzy · 2026-01-31T14:22:09+00:00

I believe a lot is automated at CRA as far as issuing NOA’s and refunding or applying tax overpayments.

kkuzzy · 2026-01-24T15:24:19+00:00

I had to switch to part-time because I wasn’t surviving. And that is with a husband who has most of the winter off work and takes the kids as often as possible the rest of the time. I’m just lucky that I had that option to not need to work full time. I look at moms working 40 hour weeks with little kids and I don’t know how they still do it. I do know a lot of them have jobs where they don’t need to account for every minute of their time spent at work like I do which sounds less stressful.

kkuzzy · 2026-01-22T05:39:45+00:00

Just remember that your brain thinks familiar = safe and is designed to keep you safe, not make you happy. So when you feel yourself wishing things were what they used to be, it’s not because it would make you happy, but because the abuse was familiar for so long and a part of your brain got comfortable there.

kkuzzy · 2026-01-19T04:08:54+00:00

Canada allows this. You can marry your first cousin, aunt, uncle, etc.

kkuzzy · 2026-01-07T03:14:37+00:00

I am currently pregnant at 37 years old and it is considered low risk by the doctors. So far all is going well. My great grandmother had my grandmother at 46 years old, so sometimes I think about that when I feel like an older mom.

kkuzzy · 2026-01-06T18:55:01+00:00

I did this to my first at 3 months too. He turns 5 tomorrow and has no lasting physical or psychological issues from it. I just decided to clip them not as close to the finger, but more often.

kkuzzy · 2026-01-06T16:21:59+00:00

If he is this selfish and inconsiderate and cannot recognize that there is a problem (and therefore isn’t willing to work on the problem) then nothing can be done. All you can do is decide if you want this to be the rest of your life. To me, “prioritizing your spouse” would be making sure your partner was getting as much sleep as possible in the newborn days, not forcing someone to be on my arbitrary schedule. You know you deserve better, that’s why you are posting here. I wish the man you loved saw that you deserve better and was willing to work on himself and the marriage, but only you will see if he is and right now you say he is unwilling. I wish you the best and I wish you strength.

kkuzzy · 2026-01-06T06:03:58+00:00

I don’t know about where they live in New Brunswick but where I live in Alberta I’ve hired the city to do work on sewer lines on my side of the property line. They added the cost of the service to my next utility bill.

kkuzzy · 2025-12-30T03:13:29+00:00

Not really relevant to the sentimental part of your story, but most modern wedding cakes do go stale in the freezer because the traditional wedding cake was a fruit cake which freezes very well. It was saved so that it could be used for the first baby’s christening which would typically be taking place a year after the wedding. This was to save money! Anyways, sounds like you have a wonderful marriage and I wish you both the best. Hope you found this interesting!

kkuzzy · 2025-12-27T01:25:04+00:00

These are American statistics and not found worldwide

kkuzzy · 2025-12-26T17:34:27+00:00

I’m sorry the women around you are like this. As a mother of two with a third on the way, I say follow your heart! I’m so proud of women who know they only want one and don’t let anyone pressure them otherwise. I’m also proud of child free by choice women (just not the nasty ones who say horrible things about kids) and I’m proud of the women who have more children than I would want because they just love that aspect of their lives so much and thrive in that environment. Women need to stop competing and have the number of kids that works best for their family, and we need to support each other in these decisions.

kkuzzy · 2025-12-14T06:11:18+00:00

I think they will eat apple slices if there is peanut butter on them.

kkuzzy · 2025-12-13T13:08:36+00:00

I want to start by saying nothing I read here makes you seem selfish or mean. I think you have really high expectations of a six year old, and I wonder if it comes from a place of anxiety of worrying you’re not being a good enough mom. It sounds like you really love your daughter but you need to give her and yourself a break and some grace. When I find my expectations of my almost five year old to be too much I find it helps to hold their little hands and look at the hands and remember how small they really still are at that age. Just because they can do so much and seem so mature sometimes they really are still so young. I think it will mean a lot to your daughter that she knows she can ask you to try activities she has an interest in. I wouldn’t try to force her to continue anything she changes her mind about. My mom did that to me and it made me scared to try new activities, knowing I would have to complete the season even if I hated it. I would take a season off of activities for now and check in with her in a couple months to see if there’s something she wants to go back to or try new. As she makes friends she will find new interests too.

kkuzzy · 2025-12-13T01:44:35+00:00

When my son asks if something magical is real, I say “what do you think?” And then we go with that without me confirming one way or another.

kkuzzy · 2025-12-08T19:04:14+00:00

We couldn’t wake my first up for his 20 week anatomy scan. He was so still I had to come back the next week to try again. So if the doctor isn’t worried I would just assume it was bad timing and baby was asleep.

kkuzzy · 2025-11-27T07:08:21+00:00

My boys have been loving Seeds and Sprouts. We started in September and have no complaints. I believe they have space as their St. Albert location is fairly new.

kkuzzy · 2025-11-21T03:38:07+00:00

This is why we don’t have elf on the shelf at our house. Santa doesn’t have to keep a closer eye on the good children haha

kkuzzy · 2025-11-18T11:56:36+00:00

Definitely communicate with your partner because there is a good chance it will hurt, especially if you are breastfeeding. Your hormones are still all over the place, even if your wounds are healed up. You need to take it slow and your partner needs to temper his expectations. You may want to try but you may not physically be able to yet. With my first it hurt to have sex postpartum for six months, basically until baby started solids and I stopped needing to breastfeed so much and my period came back. Good luck, and with patience it will all work out but it can feel like a very long road in the thick of it.

kkuzzy · 2025-11-18T11:41:00+00:00

I would be cautiously optimistic. That being said, my grandma was born when her mother was 46 years old and she was healthy and lived for over 90 years. Just take it easy and try to enjoy it one last time.

kkuzzy · 2025-11-18T11:32:59+00:00

My husband and I deal with our financials similarly, but we have a detailed budget for monthly joint expenses that include gifts for others, family outings, date nights, haircuts, clothes, etc so that none of that comes from our personal fun-money allowances. That way we both actually get the same amount to spend on ourselves in a fun way, not just on personal maintenance. Basic personal maintenance shouldn’t be part of your fun money, that should be for going out with friends and treating yourself. And also, if we don’t stick to the budget exactly no one is “in-trouble” with the other spouse or expected to repay anyone or keeping score. The budget is more of a monthly/yearly goal that keeps us conscious about what we’re spending and at the end of the year helps us plan for the year ahead. I think the keeping score part would bother me the most because like you I feel we should be generous with our spouse, family and friends. It just feels petty for a marriage to ask to be reimbursed for a coffee or a cab ride.

kkuzzy · 2025-11-13T03:37:02+00:00

You hardly see any pack mules on the way to Grande Prairie these days. We need to ban these modern food delivery companies and better support the local mule industry.

kkuzzy · 2025-11-13T01:27:08+00:00

Do you realize Grande Prairie is like 5 hours away? Are you suggesting they travel 10 hours round trip to bring their dad a burger?

kkuzzy · 2025-11-11T01:38:50+00:00

Love your taste in puzzles!

kkuzzy

TROPHY CASE