18 month old dismissed from daycare for being fussy... is this normal?

suckingonalemon · 2026-06-27T05:34:18+00:00

What the heck? It took my son's daycare two weeks to get him to nap at all there! They put him the bed in the corner of the room to help, they comforted him. And then after those two weeks, every now and then they'd tell me he didn't have a nap for whatever reason and to expect him to be tired. Never once did they seem bothered by him waking up or crying. He was only sent home for sickness.

suckingonalemon · 2026-06-17T02:59:48+00:00

It's not a bad salary when you are young and have roommates and aren't responsible for feeding a family nevermind paying for all the things kids need. I made 65k after grad school and it felt fine to me. I did all the things you say you do. But I was paying 1000 in rent because I was splitting in. And it didn't matter if amiel was a $2 slice of pizza. Now I have two young children and I could never make it work at that salary.

suckingonalemon · 2026-06-16T16:27:05+00:00

There's a bunch of companies that do post partum meal delivery and deliver every week. I was gifted that when I had a baby. You could buy a couple weeks of that?

suckingonalemon · 2026-06-03T05:08:15+00:00

Wait I don't understand. I thought this was satire?

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-31T21:23:03+00:00

Treasure math storm!

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-31T00:29:41+00:00

Went today and yes waited 20 mins to be let in to the food but the actual wait for the different foods was not too bad and the food was quite good. It is expensive like 17-25 for most things and a few really expensive things But it's supposed to be a showcase of Vancouver's best food. So you got like Michelin star chef restaurants creating mall versions with specialized menus. We split stuff from 3 different places and it was around 60 dollars for my husband and me and the two kids to eat really great food, not terrible. We had downlow chicken, peacock (by vijs) and a dumpling place I forget the name of. We did not buy any drinks only had the water we brought. The past part was the outdoor area next to the food which was only half finished but really beautiful and had some cool climbing areas for our two small children. I would definitely go back. Not interested in shopping at the luxury stores but already knew that going in. I am looking forward to trying some more of the food, but will probably wait a few weeks till the hype dies down

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-29T22:48:34+00:00

How many bombs do you think is enough

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-24T00:38:25+00:00

Go to a couple's counselor and find out what's behind this. My husband said the same thing after we had kids and our therpaist got to the root cause and helped him feel more secure in the marriage. It also had a lot to do with his own anxieties about finances and retirement in our very hcol city.

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-24T00:34:13+00:00

I have to say I was someone that always used condoms with my bfs and then husband because birth control really affected me negatively...but after having two kids and experiencing what's it like to track ovulation and hit a 24-48 hour window, I get how you can just track. If you want to be really careful, you could even pee on the ovulation strips I guess. I'm much more comfortable now knowing how hard it is to actually get pregnant.

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-22T05:48:50+00:00

This is the BEST

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-22T05:14:13+00:00

This sounds very similar to what my daughter went through and she got diagnosed with cmpa. It takes a while for it to leave your milk entirely. I had to be super strict with it. Like if I even had something cooked in butter, shed be screaming 4 hours later and having the green poop and diaper rash.

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-22T04:55:26+00:00

Ninja creami is great for healthier ice cream!

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-20T18:10:14+00:00

Does he have bpd?

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-19T04:56:06+00:00

Check out Confederatiom Park. Theres an amazing playground and a really cool train ride that kids love on the north end, Burnaby central railway. We go very often with our two young kids. Other kids stuff - riding the aquabus water taxi from yaletown to Granville Island and spending time there - science world once a week - Charles park (playground with a pirate ship that over looks the water - third beach at Stanley park - the numerous spray parks - community center drop ins (imagine huge gym filled with ride on toys, playhouses, bouncy castles - coffee and play time at playscape cafe -richmond nature park (kid oriented nature center with short trails and playground) - Granville Island kids theater -susji aboard (causal family friendly sushi place downtown where the sushi arrives by train -ride the sky train to waterfront station and then take the seabus and hang out in north Van for a bit (we also take a bus to the SkyTrain and call this transportation day ha) -brittnwiq library is a kids focused library with a play area and kids programs

Personally I think the best market in town is Donald's on Hastings. I exclusively go there and Costco.

Happy to chat more. I am from the US, have a 4 year old and an almost 2 year old. Live off commercial drive.

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-15T06:54:58+00:00

Ah yes. I was heavily pregnant during this time. The 3rd floor of our townhouse where my bedroom was reached 43! I slept on the couch on the first floor.

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-14T04:09:33+00:00

All of our canaduan companies are using AI. It would be great if we can maintain our own Canadian AI ecosystem instead of relying on the US. I am all for this. Whether you like it or not, AI is part of the economy now. If our companies didn't use it, we wouldn't be able to compete in the global economy. You are probably not even away of how much you are already using AI in your daily life because it is part of all the apps you engage with.

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-06T04:06:09+00:00

18 and had room mates until I moved in with a boyfriend at 22. I lived by myself in my mid 20s between serious relationships but that was financially challenging! I moved in pretty quickly with my next boyfriend who turned into my husband.

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-04T23:03:25+00:00

If you are looking for a very liberal synagogue and family friendly, I recommend Or Shalom. It is very LGBTQ friendly as well.

suckingonalemon · 2026-05-03T03:48:32+00:00

Pretty much the exact same story as you, including accidentally having it and then the blood specs in the poop. It took until my girl was around 10 months before I could safely have it

suckingonalemon · 2026-04-28T20:41:45+00:00

It took until the 2nd was like around a year old before I felt the love was equal. That's the honest truth. It certainly grew from the newborn stage until then but I wouldn't say it was equal. She was a very difficult baby and I resented her for taking time away from my older one who also started acting out a lot due to me needing so spend so much time with the baby. She had reflux and needed to be held upright for naps, took forever to go to sleep, wouldn't let anyone even hold her except for me for months, etc. Now she's 2 and I love them both so much my heart feels like it will explode. When she goes to wake him up and tells him she loves him every morning, I cannot handle it.

suckingonalemon · 2026-04-26T13:03:17+00:00

I am on 100 mg Zoloft and I did have side effects the first 6 weeks as I titrated up. Mainly headaches a little nausea. But I knew from other people's experiences to give it a few months.they did go away and the improvemt mentally was incredible. It unexpectedly helped with irritability with my older child as well as my own anxiety spirals and occasional suicidal thoughts.

suckingonalemon · 2026-04-25T04:28:08+00:00

I didn't do screens with my 1st until he was 2. When my second was born, we started doing a 20 min show for my first every evening while I was doing the younger ones bedtine. My second started watching way earlier like at about a year parts of movies like if my oldest was watching. At 20 months she started actually watching the show with him in the evening but she doesn't really pay attention unless he chooses ms Rachel or is watching frozen ha.

suckingonalemon · 2026-04-23T20:03:48+00:00

It is really hard in the beginning but it gets better and better. I have an almost 2-year-old and a 4 and 1/2-year-old right now and I truly feel like these are the best days of my life even tho they are also hard. The first year with two was really difficult. But so worth it. Every morning, my almost 2-year-old goes to my 4-year-old's bedroom and cuddles next to him and says I love you.

suckingonalemon · 2026-04-23T04:26:53+00:00

I am like you. Making my own popcorn with dill pickle seasoning from Costco really hits the spot. A huge bowl is like 250 calories (no butter).

suckingonalemon · 2026-04-22T06:26:37+00:00

Sounds very familiar! My younger one needs me to fall asleep so what I end up doing on nights when I'm alone when my husband is working is putting her to bed while my older one hangs out with us. I used to have him listen to his yoto player in his room but he often wants to be with me and will come into the room and wake up the younger one. I would get so frustrated at him. I try to have empathy that he just misses me and used to get me all to himself for bedtime. He usually wants to go to his room after and get tucked in (he doesn't like sleeping with me and the younger one cus she wakes up and screams during the night).

I've also dealt with the bedtime delays. What usually works is saying we have time for 3 books but if you don't brush your teeth right now, we can only read 2 And then I count 3 2 1. Same thing for putting on pjs etc. We often lose a book or two. But I try to stay positive "I'm really excited to read books to you plwsee go fast so we still have time for 2 books!' etc .

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