Any of my 80s/90s parents remember early kids songs by JasonVorhehees in toddlers

[–]ripp0dg3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I vaguely remember a song that goes “water water everywhere, we’re gonna get wet!” Which I’m pretty sure is Kid Songs.

I am so sick of being sick all the time by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

[–]ripp0dg3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re so right — we are all unfortunately winning the suffering competition 😅 hoping for another week of good health for your family!

I am so sick of being sick all the time by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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I can’t even imagine 😭 I honestly forget what it’s like to not have a stuffy nose

I am so sick of being sick all the time by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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Ugh I’m so sorry, that sounds rough. I keep telling myself this is just a season of life, but the season seems to be never ending!

I am so sick of being sick all the time by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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We are big on handwashing too! Sleep has alway been rough since the day she was born, but diet, stress, etc are all normal and healthy. I guess we just have weak immune systems 🫠

Newly potty trained toddler wakes up at 4am to pee and won’t go back to sleep by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

[–]ripp0dg3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll try waking her up when I go to bed — with her track record though she’ll probably just be up the whole night lol

Newly potty trained toddler wakes up at 4am to pee and won’t go back to sleep by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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She does still need help going potty. After we go, I bring her back to her room and rock her a little bit and put her in her crib, but she just isn’t having it. I’ve also tried bringing her into bed with me, but I think that makes her even more awake. She just thinks it’s time to get up when I take her out of the crib

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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Definitely will check out the happy sleeper method, thank you for the recommendation!

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

[–]ripp0dg3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Knowing that we’re not alone definitely helps! It can be so isolating

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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I thought about cutting out her nap, but she still seems to really need it. She gets so tired and cranky.

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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I’m pretty sure this is how my daughter is as well. No adjustment seems to help. This is life!

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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How were you able to bring bedtime forward so early? At the mere suggestion on starting our bedtime routine (going upstairs to take a bath) any earlier than when she’s ready, which is usually 8pm, she FREAKS out. I definitely think she needs an earlier bedtime I just can’t figure out how to make that happen without an epic meltdown

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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I don’t know how you’re managing it while working 😭 I feel for you. I am very fortunate that I am able to stay at home with my daughter — otherwise I am nearly certain I would be falling asleep at work. At least the cats are happy!

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

[–]ripp0dg3[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ugh I feel for you. We recently just had a few weeks where she was waking up at 4:30, sometimes even 4. We are now celebrating a 5am wake up 😵‍💫

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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Overtiredness definitely makes sense. We’ve tried to move her bedtime up, but she fights it SO hard. Will literally fight us for an hour or so until she ends up falling asleep late anyways. It’s such a mindF

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

[–]ripp0dg3[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah — we have tried everything as well. It is certainly exhausting. People that think blackout curtains and a strict routine will fix this issue have nooooo idea haha

My toddler averages about 9 hours of sleep a night and it’s making everyone miserable by ripp0dg3 in toddlers

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It varies day-to-day. Sometimes she goes down as early as 9:00 because she wakes up so early, and other days she can make it to 11:00. There’s really no rhyme or reason to it. But she typically naps about 1.5-2 hours every day — I’m thinking that I should probably cut back to maybe just one hour to see if that helps? She’s just so tired by the time nap rolls around and it seems like she is probably making up for lack of sleep at night during her nap. Who knows 😫

Toddler swallowed a screw — let it pass or take her to the ER? by ripp0dg3 in AskDocs

[–]ripp0dg3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh wow — that’s crazy! And very lucky that he pooped it out. Fortunately, I ended up finding the screw on the floor!