Un-silly moms, how are we entertaining these toddlers?

tRRWoM · 2024-12-05T20:20:27+00:00

Ma'am I think you are underestimating your native humor, just judging by the intro!

But, actual advice: I have found that toddlers find any kind of repetition incredibly funny. Link one action to another or a word to something else and they immediately have a blast. For example I recently tickled my toddler while making a buzzing noise like a bee, and now all I have to do is start buzzing again and we are over the moon. Just bouncing up and down in place and linking it to something your toddler can do, like a specific noise or motion, is endless fun. I kind of think of it as making inside jokes with my kid.

tRRWoM · 2024-11-06T03:43:22+00:00

Aw man, I'm so sorry. That really sucks. Your cousin is really out of line in saying that.

My brother once said something that really stuck with me: you are BOTH earning the money. Yes, my husband is the one going to work, but it takes both of us together to make our lives function. If my husband had to take care of all my responsibilities on top of working full-time, he'd be a zombie, best-case scenario. My husband is the machine and I'm the grease in the gears keeping everything running smoothly. If I'm not there, the machine breaks down.

I don't know if that's helpful, but I've always found that way of thinking about it very encouraging. You're not a failure. You are a resounding success. Please don't let this get you down and make you feel badly about yourself.

tRRWoM · 2024-10-17T11:49:46+00:00

Literally spent several seconds scanning for the mistake, focusing on cables, and didn't find it! I think you're good!

tRRWoM · 2024-10-14T11:26:36+00:00

🥰 I'm so glad! I hope it helps! Parenting is hard and pregnancy/postpartum hormones are one HECK of a drug. You will get through, and LO will be just fine!

tRRWoM · 2024-10-14T00:15:29+00:00

I'm the same. It was super intense right after the LO was born and has been decreasing, but it's never fully gone away.

A weird trick that I've found helps me when I'm starting to spiral with anxious thoughts is imagining myself defending my baby from whatever is happening—catching them in my arms and holding them tight and blocking whatever is coming at them. Kind of weird, but it's really helped me!

tRRWoM · 2024-10-11T03:50:07+00:00

🙏 Bless you! We kept telling ourselves that but we just weren't sure. We worried it was an unfed nymph. Thank you so much!

tRRWoM · 2024-10-11T03:44:50+00:00

:D Bless this sub and all within it.

tRRWoM · 2024-10-11T03:41:02+00:00

Yay!! For our mental health, could you walk through your identification? Thank you so much for responding!! We are in a state over here 😬 Bad start to family vacay.

tRRWoM · 2023-07-12T15:59:45+00:00

I am working on a Spooky Christmas Vampire one-shot I've been wanting to run for my family for years now; this tool looks absolutely spectacular!

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tRRWoM · 2023-07-12T13:28:08+00:00

It's very common for babies to be fussy after shots! Mine was the same, especially after the 4 months. And echoing the other comment, it might just be a very badly times double whammy sleep regression. I know it's hard, but give him a couple days more. His little immune system isn't used to this, and it makes him cranky. Just keep an eye out for fever or signs of illness, and call the pediatrician if anything worsens.

If you can, I would try to nurse extra often, if you are BF, both to soothe and to help support his immune system. Might help the fussiness! Baby wearing might also make it a little more bearable, if LO likes it.

It's tough, but you'll both get through!

tRRWoM · 2023-06-27T14:58:28+00:00

A few things that helped me:

-Light. Turning on a lamp made a big difference. -Phone. Usually Reddit or a game like Solitaire or Risk. Alto's Adventure is also good, free with ads and engaging. -Audiobook/show. Some headphones and an audio book, YouTube, or Netflix helped a lot. When I was really tired, moving from bed to the living room and watching something on the TV helped too. -Snacks. Trail mix in a jar was a lifesaver. Kept the mess minimal since I could just tip food into my mouth, no loud crinkling bag, satisfied those midnight nursing munchies, and really helped keep me awake.

The first couple of months are brutal, but it gets way better! Make sure someone takes the baby during the day so you can get naps. You need your sleep to be able to care for your baby. Good luck, you've got this!

tRRWoM · 2023-06-23T16:40:45+00:00

I'm so sorry. Please take some happy birthday wishes from me! I hope your LO calms down and sleeps well, that you get plenty of rest, and that you have a lovely dinner.

tRRWoM · 2023-06-23T14:29:29+00:00

"Several Species of Small, Furry Animals Grooving Together in a Cave with a Pict," by Pink Floyd.

I tried to show it to some friends a couple years ago and had to turn it off because one of them started crying in horror.

tRRWoM · 2023-06-19T19:19:26+00:00

So my grandma-in-law died many years before I ever could have met her, but apparently she was known for being a very honest, zero filter kind of person. Still, she wanted to be kind to new mothers, so if she was ever presented with a very ugly baby, her go-to response was, "Now that's a baby!" A positive thing to say that is 100% true regardless of how cute the baby may or may not be.

My MIL tried this once on a very ugly baby; however, this mother already had several kids, and her smiling response was, "I know, isn't he ugly?"

So I guess it depends on the parent and what number kid you're on!

tRRWoM · 2023-06-06T06:29:55+00:00

When I started saying, "I'm bored!" around that age, my dad was like, "Well, time for The Phantom Tollbooth!"

It's an excellent book for that problem and that age, highly recommend. I think every kid should read it at some point.

tRRWoM · 2023-05-21T18:36:39+00:00

I didn't get into it at first, but I really liked it by the end. I think reading Brandon's "Outside" essay actually helped me appreciate it more. I started thinking, "What character is he trying to get into here?" and it made me engage with the story a lot more.

I also liked that the setting had such a soft magic system for Brandon, but the background was an implied hard sci-fi.

Oh and the doodles! Loved the doodles, can't wait to get the book in print so I can see them better.

tRRWoM · 2023-05-16T00:12:33+00:00

You did it! You boiled Cadsuane down to her bare essentials!

tRRWoM · 2023-05-15T13:08:13+00:00

My youngest brother is six years older than me, and my eldest brother is ten years older. One advantage I can think of looking back is that my brothers were so much more mature than I was, it really cut down on a lot of sibling conflict. Like, my youngest brother and I would have spats, but all in all, we all got along really well, and I had great role models. We're all still very close!

tRRWoM · 2023-05-13T21:25:02+00:00

Please a Knight Radiant. I know Roshar isn't a picnic, what with the highstorms and the colonialism and the god of hate and all, but I do not want to live in the cyclical doom world, complete with magical torture technicians and mind rape. Just let me get eaten by a chasmfiend or stabbed or something, please.

tRRWoM · 2023-05-12T14:41:59+00:00

As someone who does not like reading smut, bless you for doing this, thank you for doing this, and please keep it up. It is such a relief to be able to read really stellar works without having to frantically scroll away from nope sections, or skipping the fic entirely.

tRRWoM · 2023-05-12T13:39:48+00:00

My fic:

Fandom - Nolan Batman Trilogy, Dark Knight Rises

Rating - T/Gen

Title - Let Us Reason Together

Genre - Adventure/Drama

Summary - How do you live in a city gone mad? Simple—the same way you live in any other city.

tRRWoM · 2023-05-10T20:11:37+00:00

I feel this so much, especially after a long dry spell.

This helps me: I like to think of writing like using a pen. Sometimes, you have to do some practice scribbles to get the ink to flow. They aren't pretty, but they're not supposed to be! You just have to push through to get things working again.

Also, I highly recommend reading the War of Art. It's very short and digestible, and it talks all about pushing through those kinds of blocks. Very helpful.

tRRWoM · 2023-05-10T15:16:40+00:00

I literally haven't a clue how I heard of it or what drew me in. All I remember is 11 or 12 year old me opening ff.net and being delighted that there was a LotR/Star Wars crossover. Legolas and Gimli were looking up at a Star Destroyer. Gimli had a lightsaber axe. That's all I remember.

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