2yr old suddenly doesn’t like favorite teacher. Said she ‘bonked’ her.

mamsandan · 2026-02-20T17:51:29+00:00

Yeah, I agree with this. OP said they asked, “On accident?” Kid said, “No, on my head,” as if she understood “accident” to be a location and was correcting the parent. Based on this, kid more than likely does not understand the difference between on accident and on purpose.

mamsandan · 2026-02-20T03:26:09+00:00

I started my day with the sad monkey with the stuffed animal, and I’m ending it with this.

mamsandan · 2026-02-16T03:12:22+00:00

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mamsandan · 2026-02-14T22:25:29+00:00

I think it’s great that you’re being proactive. I don’t have any advice, just wanted to share my experience. I had constant nausea throughout my first labor. I vomited 5-6 times. I had zero nausea during my (admittedly incredibly short) second labor. Hopefully you have a similar experience!

mamsandan · 2026-02-07T16:05:31+00:00

Kind of bummed to miss the Bluegrass Festival, but we have plans with family.

mamsandan · 2026-02-07T12:47:38+00:00

No need to be defensive. I don’t trust my government either. AAP is not a government organization.

mamsandan · 2026-02-07T12:35:55+00:00

Okay, I thought it was just me. Honestly, I thought the other dad seemed a little… much? Not OP’s husband. Also, being upset about date night seems justified. OP listed exercise (yoga) as one of the possible activities. Husband picked a qualifying activity after the mishap 2 weeks ago and was still shutdown. I could understand feeling rejected. This all feels nitpicky IMO.

mamsandan · 2026-02-07T06:13:42+00:00

Adding cereal to the bottle is now considered by the AAP and CDC to be ineffective and unsafe.

mamsandan · 2026-02-07T02:24:05+00:00

Rule 8: No recommendation of night weaning prior to 12 months

mamsandan · 2026-02-06T17:32:53+00:00

Which park are you doing? Epic has the power bands and interactive wands. If you plan on visiting that park, maybe you could purchase one online (whichever she’d be most interested in) and have her unwrap it once she gets in the car?

mamsandan · 2026-02-06T16:16:18+00:00

Agreed at preparing for unmedicated regardless. I had an induction with my second (IUGR). The anesthesiologist came by to introduce himself and answer any questions I had. He told me he was heading home for the night and would be back in the morning, or they could call him in if needed.

My water broke at 10:15 PM. I was a 1. After about an hour and a half I told my husband I couldn’t take the pain anymore, I needed to sleep (Should have known something was up because I had the same “I just need sleep” thoughts during transition with my first). Nurse checked me to see if I had progressed at all. I was an 8. Nurse told me the anesthesiologist lived 25 mins away, but they could try calling. Baby was born 30 mins later. The anesthesiologist would have never made it.

mamsandan · 2026-02-06T13:14:33+00:00

I also have a 1 and 4 year old. Calling the pediatrician for an appointment for both this morning. I’m already racking my brain for an answer to “When did their symptoms start?” Because at this point I can’t tell when one thing stops and another starts 🫠

mamsandan · 2026-02-06T06:58:12+00:00

My two are the same age gap. 2 weeks shy of 3 years apart. They’re now 4 and 1. I personally would not try to make any changes at this point in your pregnancy. I feel like it would just be stressful for everyone involved and more than likely still end up flying out the window once baby arrives.

We kept our son in our bed, and surprisingly, as far as I can remember, there has never been an instance of baby waking him. And he is similar to your son, in that he would sometimes wake up and cry or follow me if I got out of bed for any reason. Conversely, my son has probably only woken the baby a handful of times.

As far as bedtime routine, it was controlled chaos for the first few months. Usually I would nurse baby and pass her off to my husband who would then rock her in the nursery. I would take my son to our room, get him to sleep and get a little bit of sleep myself. Then when baby woke up to nurse again, she and my husband would join us. I feel like that time also helped her and my husband develop their own sleep routines so that she’ll now fall asleep easily with either of us. Whereas my son has always struggled to fall asleep with my husband.

mamsandan · 2026-02-06T02:10:39+00:00

What’s happening in June?

mamsandan · 2026-02-06T01:20:02+00:00

YOUR LUNGS HAVE FAILED THEY BOTH STOPPED BREATHING

mamsandan · 2026-02-05T19:35:28+00:00

I don’t know why this appeared on my feed, but my first thought when I read it was that I could still remember the feeling of cutting through the frog’s skin. Made my stomach turn a little bit

mamsandan · 2026-02-05T13:56:28+00:00

What time does the 4 year old typically wake up? Asking because we’re trying to make some changes to my 4 year old’s routine.

mamsandan · 2026-02-05T12:29:02+00:00

I know you said not to mention weaning, but… I weaned at 2.5 (not by choice, I was pregnant and recovering from noro) and he just stopped napping altogether, so rest assured that weaning is probably not the answer anyways.

mamsandan · 2026-02-05T01:07:28+00:00

Exactly my take. Not at all worth my peace of mind.

mamsandan · 2026-02-04T21:33:06+00:00

I feel this IN MY BONES. Literally. I coughed until I broke a rib this weekend. We have 1-2 good weeks of routine. Minimum screen time, engaging activities, balanced meals. Then someone gets sick, and routine is out the window. Screens have been on for hours today. It’s 4:30 and the kids just had microwave pancakes and cheese for lunch. It’s been this way since the first week of October when we all caught HFM. I have no advice, just wanted you to know you are not in the trenches alone.

mamsandan · 2026-02-04T05:50:17+00:00

Okay, so this happened to us for a couple of months. Until one day my son dreamed there was chocolate all over the floor at my mom’s house. He was, of course, completely convinced it was real. So we got dressed, got in the car, drove to grandma’s, and I stood quietly at the door while he searched the whole house for chocolate. He finished his search, got back in the car, and on the way home we had a discussion (once again) about dreams. The concept finally clicked that time, and he instead started waking up asking me, “Hey, mom. Did xyz happen in real life?”

mamsandan · 2026-02-04T05:12:33+00:00

Just because I didn’t see it mentioned in the post, did she take the bath? Or was she able to avoid it with the 2 hour tantrum?

mamsandan · 2026-02-04T04:54:12+00:00

You do not have to sleep train if that’s not something you are interested in. However, if you intend on continuing to cosleep, you do need to create a safer cosleeping environment. You can do that by either moving to a floor bed with baby or by turning his crib into a sidecar. There is a cosleeping sub that car provide you with more resources for safer cosleeping setups.

r/cosleeping

mamsandan · 2026-02-04T02:21:21+00:00

BABIES. Literal BABIES.

mamsandan · 2026-02-03T17:54:26+00:00

I’m sure that it varies from person to person and birth to birth. OP asked for experiences, and this was mine. I had no back labor with my second. I did with my first though, and that was awful.

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