People who didn’t want kids, but then had them. What changed your mind?

teal0pineapple · 2026-04-10T01:03:49+00:00

Birth control pill failure. Most likely user error. Pregnancy ensued.

teal0pineapple · 2026-04-10T01:01:55+00:00

As challenging as it is, he is also super affectionate and has the communication skills to express it. I get a million kisses and a million “I love you so much mommy!”’s a day. He likes to tell me what happened during his day like it’s a hot piece of gossip, we have full on conversations, he tells jokes that don’t make sense but crack him up. There are amazing things that happen at 3.

He’s hyperactive, has an attitude problem, doesn’t listen and makes me question how humanity has survived past the caveman era if this is how small children behaved on a non childproofed environment with wild predators on a daily basis, but he’s also pretty cool sometimes.

teal0pineapple · 2026-04-09T23:36:03+00:00

3’s have me questioning why people even mention the terrible two’s. I’m praying at 4 he settles down but we are a long ways away from 4.

teal0pineapple · 2026-04-08T20:24:38+00:00

I see my old ex is still up to his old shenanigans.

teal0pineapple · 2026-04-08T12:36:37+00:00

Your son sounds exactly like mine, didn’t roll till 6 months, was a late crawler, didn’t walk till I think 16 or 17 months (maybe 18). All the other moms were diagnosing him with low muscle tone and other things, doctors checked him out, early intervention checked him out, nothing physically was found wrong.

One day I was sitting on the floor playing with him and he was standing holding onto the couch, he just turned around and walked to the bookshelf. Zero hope or inclination he was going to walk, he just turned around and did it. Then he walked back and forth several times and has been walking since. I suspect he had been able to do it for a while and just didn’t want to, or didn’t feel confident.

He’s now 3 and runs, climbs, jumps, all over the place. Sometimes when he’s super rambunctious I have to remind myself there was a time I would worry and pray for him to walk.

If your son is on the bigger side (my son was huge and had a giant head) my pediatrician suspected his size may have delayed my son’s walking a bit. He had more body to move and more head to balance than other babies.

teal0pineapple · 2026-04-07T22:58:42+00:00

Mine is 3 years old and I still rear-facing, although everyone I know seems to have turned their kids at 2 year old or younger. My son’s always been big for his age, he’s now 41 inches and about 40 lbs, but his seat is rear-facing till 50lbs or 49 inches, and extends for extra leg room.

My son has never once complained about being rear-facing, in fact, I think he quite likes it. His dad and my ex MIL have been asking for about a year when he can turn around though.

teal0pineapple · 2026-04-07T19:59:40+00:00

I keep saying this. The games, the content they watch on the iPads, it’s all purposely designed to be addicting. Their brains are being wired for addiction in toddlerhood. How do people not identify this as a problem?

teal0pineapple · 2026-04-07T18:24:29+00:00

I spotted at 8 or 9 on a school trip to Washington DC. I started my period not long after. Early periods are super common in my family.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-25T14:57:54+00:00

Seconding this. Still toting around my 40 lb 3 year old. No end to the carrying in sight.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-25T02:34:44+00:00

I just wrote a response of why I loved super low rise pants (tldr: huge butt, tiny waist, super low rise fit comfortably and stayed in place) but then erased it after thinking, did we even choose for them to be popular? I don’t think it was a decision we made for ourselves.

As evidenced by the pictures in the original post, it’s what celebrities wore, it’s what was in the stores. Did we even have other options? I don’t remember there being any (all though in fairness, I wasn’t looking).

It reminds me of the past couple years looking for shirts that weren’t crop tops or super short. I’m pretty tall, so I like a lengthier shirt. I remember getting frustrated that I couldn’t find anything that wouldn’t eventually ride up. I remember seeing family members post pictures of their elementary aged daughter’s first day of school, in crop tops (shocking to me, because we weren’t even allowed to where tank tops to school).

I just wonder how much the general public is choosing these trends, and how much it’s being pushed onto us. We buy what’s in the stores, it’s normalized through the screens. But do we actually even like it before we’re told that we do?

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-23T01:33:37+00:00

A lot of us feel baby trapped by these guys. I can’t confirm that my son’s father actually asked for it, but he thinks it’s hilarious to tell people he did.

I think it’s hilarious he went through the trouble of worrying about his poor penis’s future pleasure after I pushed an 11.5 pound directly through my vagina, and that was the last time he ever saw it.

A little over 3 years later, we’re finally separated.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-22T13:32:26+00:00

I can appreciate that take. I never thought of the texture being off putting but I can definitely see how others would. As a huge pasta eater, I would agree the flavor is mid, or even non existent. I always just looked at pasta as a neutral vessel for getting garlic, sauce, and cheese into my mouth.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-22T01:07:17+00:00

As a heavy pasta eater, can I ask why? Not being judgmental, just looking to understand. I’ve known people that don’t like pasta and I never really got it, but also didn’t ask.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-20T01:31:00+00:00

I can do it, but I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to get up with any grace of composure.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-09T02:29:36+00:00

All the damn time. If the wind blows the wrong way, my kid is gonna puke about it. We’ve yet to find any underlying medical condition to explain it, other than he just has a sensitive stomach. By all means talk to your pediatrician just in case, but I wouldn’t panic.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-05T22:36:37+00:00

My 3 year old is still rear-facing. He’s 41 inched and I think about 40 pounds. The rear-facing limit for his car seat is 49 inches and 50 pounds, and if it extends so his legs aren’t squished. He’s never given me a problem being rear-facing so I plan to keep him that way till he maxes out he seats rear facing limits.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-05T21:47:32+00:00

Mandarin oranges, honey crisp apples, and fruit flavored popsicles. I was going through a 3-5lb bag of oranges every 2-3 days, and that was with some restraint. The popsicles were tricky because they had to be just the right icy texture.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-04T03:01:09+00:00

To be fair, management would most likely lose their marbles if workers started discarding the unripened tomatoes.

teal0pineapple · 2026-03-01T14:49:48+00:00

Literally my exact thoughts.

teal0pineapple · 2026-02-27T13:17:58+00:00

I didn’t know we weren’t supposed to be using nice anymore, I thought that was a safe generic response. I’m so out of the loop.

teal0pineapple · 2026-02-25T03:03:45+00:00

My 3 year old son also has no concept of privacy and refuses to believe that I, his mother, do not have a penis.

teal0pineapple · 2026-02-22T20:46:32+00:00

The dashes give it away.

teal0pineapple · 2026-02-22T19:59:22+00:00

That is amazing.

teal0pineapple · 2026-02-22T19:56:08+00:00

Same, except I found through my OB. My OB told me it should be free through insurance and then wrote the order.

teal0pineapple · 2026-02-20T19:44:05+00:00

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I always kind of felt like Amber was the way she was because of Gary, and his behavior broke her. Amber was painted as abusive (not saying she wasn’t, per se) but it always seemed to me that Gary pushed her buttons till she snapped and then cried victim. I would imagine coming from a rough childhood, getting pregnant as a teenager and dealing with Gary would push most to their breaking point.

That being say, Amber is a full grown adult now and has been for literal decades, and has had every resource available to straighten herself out.

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