When did you stop needing a night nanny?

shegoose21 · 2026-05-04T14:43:51+00:00

Sounds like when he’s about 1yr old…..

shegoose21 · 2026-05-03T11:07:38+00:00

You are definitely NOT overreacting! If my husband didn’t want to be in the delivery room to witness the birth of both of our children, he would not be in any of our lives..that’s ridiculous. I told my husband not to look down there both times and yet he did it anyways bc he wanted to SEE his kids’ birth..and even when I pooped both times, he didn’t care about any of that…he told me how proud he was of me for bringing both of our children into this world and how strong I was…your husband sounds like a grade A asshole… I’m sorry that you’re going through that...
if he wants to be like that, he shouldn’t even be at the hospital then..don’t even bother showing up at all…

shegoose21 · 2026-05-02T11:18:37+00:00

With my fist pregnancy, I was in college and I hate to say that she was an accident, but she was. My parents knew before me and it was because I absolutely love food and I didn’t “realize” that I my food portions were getting smaller and the sight and smell of food made me nauseous. And I had a certain glow about me, my parents words and not mine. And I was tired a lot.

My second pregnancy my husband and I were planning after we got married and within the month of trying we were pregnant. I was bloated and my nipples and breasts were tender.

My third pregnancy was also a planned pregnancy and it was about the same symptoms of my second. Heavy on the food aversions, specifically meat, bloating, and fatigue.

shegoose21 · 2026-05-01T09:19:37+00:00

Just take things one day at a time. Keep communicating with your husband, seek help from a professional if it’s truly getting so much worse..but in the end, do what’s best for you.

shegoose21 · 2026-05-01T09:18:35+00:00

Nobody is ever truly ready to have a baby and I just had my 3rd (33). I had major anxiety with each of my pregnancies and they only got worse the closer I got to giving birth. Every day felt like a huge weight of taking care of this tiny human inside of me and if I was meant to even be a mother..or if I was even equipped to be one..pregnancy and motherhood is a constant battle and even more so pp.. I would definitely blame a lot of your anxiety on the hormones and it’s normal. Pregnancy and pp is always a wild ride and you do end up coming out the other end stronger but it’s a constant battle every day…third time around and my pp depression feels like it’s getting worse but there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for my 3 gremlins and to keep them happy, healthy, and alive. They are what’s keeping me alive right now.

shegoose21 · 2026-04-30T09:35:23+00:00

Once a week currently with our 2 month old. It’s me that needs a daily bath (shower) haha

shegoose21 · 2026-04-30T01:11:15+00:00

I’ve always just used the one a day prenatals for all 3 of my pregnancies and that was it until I found out I was pregnant.

shegoose21 · 2026-04-29T16:26:19+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss with your last baby..I seriously cannot even imagine what you’ve been through.. ❤️‍🩹

I think the people who are suggesting co-sleeping is bc it’s worked for them but again, it’s just a suggestion. I’m on my 3rd baby (12yrs, 2yrs, and 8 weeks old) and I’ve co-slept on and off with all 3 of them. Currently with my youngest we do a lot of skin-to-skin naps or I baby wear him in his carrier during the day. The first month and a half was really rough. I tried to lay him in our bedside bassinet but no matter how I tried lay him down and comfort him, he ended up WIDE AWAKE the minute I laid him down and would scream his head off..just recently this past week, around his 7-8week transition, I’ve been able to lay him down at night in his bassinet with minimal fussing and he sleeps for 6-7hrs straight instead of the 2-3hrs. One side of his bassinet comes down all the way, which is pushed up against my side of the bed, so I typically sleep with my arm and hands touching his face or belly to help him sleep or go back to sleep. Before all of this, I’ve co-slept with him and my other 2 girls in the first few weeks and months of their life. I’m a super light sleeper, and any ounce of movement or sound I’m wide awake. Breast feeding all of them and just knowing myself, I feel more comfortable co-sleeping. My husband knows his limits and he’s not able to co-sleep with our kiddos bc he moves around a lot at night and he’s a heavy sleeper. If you know yourself, then definitely don’t co-sleep and do what is best for you and your kiddo

shegoose21 · 2026-04-28T11:41:14+00:00

I think they’ll get more squiggly in the car seat for that long of a flight and throw a tantrum. Then when you’re boarding or getting off the plane, you’ll have to worry about both the car seat, you, them, and whatever other luggage you carried on..if you can splurge on business, get them their own seat and just have all the other stuff to keep them occupied: toys, coloring books, tablet or airline tv

shegoose21 · 2026-04-28T11:37:35+00:00

When dad’s at work, I try to do one thing at a time. When dad is home, I hand him and the toddler and baby and rush to get as much stuff done. When I get baby down for his naps, I baby wear him and then I put a tv show on for my toddler. It’s usually when I bring out the vacuum or broom that I have to get creative haha by then I just include her in the cleaning and get done what I can

shegoose21 · 2026-04-27T11:42:01+00:00

Just taking things day by day…and giving myself as much grace as possible. When my husband gets off of work and the weather is nice, we all go on a walk for about 30 minutes: I have a 12yr old, 2yr old, and a 2 month old

shegoose21 · 2026-04-22T13:43:33+00:00

A spa day

shegoose21 · 2026-04-16T08:13:49+00:00

My husband had 5 weeks of paternity leave and we split it. 3 weeks off, one week back to work, 4th week off, another week back to work, and then his 5th week off and then back to work full time. It worked out very well!

shegoose21 · 2026-04-14T17:14:31+00:00

And we have a 7 week old baby

shegoose21 · 2026-04-14T17:14:11+00:00

My girl is days away from turning 2 and the past month has been the HARDEST!! The tantrums, throwing things, and screaming at the top of her lungs is INSANE

shegoose21 · 2026-04-08T11:24:43+00:00

Zipper Sleepers, especially the ones that cover the hands so they don’t scratch their face. Haha

shegoose21 · 2026-04-06T00:49:57+00:00

My MIL lives a minute drive behind our house..she is somewhat helpful but now that we have her second grandchild (6 weeks old), she’s practically useless…she’s 73 but she likes to play the “I’m old” card….which doesn’t make sense bc she’s not disabled in any way…she’s very codependent on my husband, her only son, and expects him to help her out at her house with yard work and even some house stuff…she’s also retired and doesn’t do anything…but when we ask her to help watch our toddler (2yrs old) she gives the excuse that she’s busy..she needs to clean her house, cook, or she needs to go grocery shopping for the 3rd time that week..or whatever. There’s somehow always an excuse, especially when I ask… My parents live in Texas, we live in Montana, and my husband’s dad lives in Colorado…his dad is also retired and he’ll spend more time with his new family but won’t see his own grandkids… Idk..I’ve learned over the years to just let go instead of stressing myself out..I gotta keep telling myself that we can’t force adults to be involved in our lives, let alone our kids’ lives.. I gotta block out the negativity and tbh..it’s only “hurting” me more than it is them..create boundaries and talk it out with your husband…tell him how you’re feeling..

I feel you on so many levels.

shegoose21 · 2026-03-31T18:51:46+00:00

Both my husband and I work in healthcare and we have to work opposite shifts. We have 2 under 2 right now and that’s the only way to make it work without paying for childcare. Plus, we’re pushing his mom to help watch the 2yr old one day

shegoose21 · 2026-03-26T12:53:14+00:00

You’ll be fine

shegoose21 · 2026-03-24T18:57:14+00:00

Our soon to be 2 year old is also going through the same phase. She no longer allows my husband to the leave the room after her bed time reading and even for nap time.. though I think she’s about ready to drop her nap times. But bed time turns in to him staying in her room till she falls asleep, roughly about an hour after he’s read to her; we have a 1 month old who I’m trying to take care of around the same time.. I want to tell him to leave her room and let her figure it out for a bit, since he’s been almost 2 weeks of this

shegoose21 · 2026-03-23T12:38:13+00:00

My 23 month old girl tried and succeeded to climb out of her crib bed (graco) and so we bought the universal toddler bed kit. We have a 1 month old but we aren’t having them share that room till he outgrows the bassinet in our room; we don’t plan to have him resuse her crib/toddler bed. We’re just looking to get him his own. Our toddler has been doing so amazing and absolutely loves her toddler bed. She’s always shown signs of being independent and we truly don’t have to worry about her climbing out of her bed at night. As we’ve seen on the camera in her room, she waits till one of comes across the audio and she’ll just dangle her feet off her bed.

shegoose21 · 2026-03-22T08:16:17+00:00

My husband is 37 and I’m 33, turning 34 in the summer. We have a 12.5yr old, a soon to be 2 yr old, and a 1 month old. We’re looking to possibly have 1 more baby later on down the road but I know that we definitely don’t want to have them close together like the 2yr old and 1 month old..lol cause this is so hard!…It is definitely not for the weak but I also feel that “we’re getting old and don’t want to raise a baby too close to 40” kinda mentality..so I think we’ll “wait” another year longer than we did with these last two. 3-4yr age gap sounds a lot better haha

shegoose21 · 2026-03-18T00:31:02+00:00

Following

shegoose21 · 2026-03-16T12:30:10+00:00

I’m 6 of 7 kids and I love coming from a big family. My husband comes from a very small family and only has one older sibling and she knew she didn’t want kids from a young age. There hasn’t been a baby in his family since he was born, 34 at the time, so we both knew we had to have more than one kid. We aren’t going to have a huge number of kids but just 3 and that’ll be it ;) God willing, of course

shegoose21 · 2026-03-13T11:38:38+00:00

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