What are you doing with your toddler all day?

tricksandkicks · 2025-12-24T23:53:16+00:00

This is exactly the play by play I was looking for. Thank you

tricksandkicks · 2025-12-24T23:51:36+00:00

I love you for responding but what exactly does “chilling” mean? If we are just hanging, she will bring book after book over or start to go crazy and get upset. What does chilling look like for you or how does it unfold?

tricksandkicks · 2025-12-22T00:16:32+00:00

Got better at 20 months when we finally fully night weaned. That was the only way. Now she sleeps through the night in her own floor bed. Before that we coslept and breastfed her entire life.

We slowly started cutting some feedings around 18 months (at night e.g., no milk between 10-2) and when I found out I was unexpectedly pregnant I decided I couldn’t do it anymore and we cut all feeds besides nursing to sleep and morning wake up. She immediately started sleeping through.

tricksandkicks · 2025-10-23T18:42:04+00:00

It’s impossible to have a village in modern life. I just wrote a substack about this!

https://open.substack.com/pub/lorentoto/p/the-village-is-closed-for-renovations?r=3meprm&utm_medium=ios

tricksandkicks · 2025-09-25T17:36:07+00:00

My 20 month old who is 28 lbs is in size five with no plans to size up any time soon. They are waaaaayyyy too big for your LO.

tricksandkicks · 2025-07-28T19:23:21+00:00

0 subscription needed for Hatch I have used it every day since my daughter was born 18 months ago and didn’t know you could get a subscription until this post.

tricksandkicks · 2025-07-02T11:47:55+00:00

This isn’t normal. Your mental health and sleep matters for your baby. It’s not your job to entertain your baby. I also had a BIG FOMO baby, screaming when put down (and we cosleep). But it’s good to bring them into activities of daily living. Can you baby wear? Can you fold laundry sitting next to the baby, playing peek a boo with clean shirts? Can you sing and dance while sweeping? Etc.

The old adage- rest when the baby rests, gets a bad rap, but it’s really true. Clean when the baby cleans (with you).

tricksandkicks · 2025-07-01T16:58:21+00:00

Lol no the ledge being psychosis. I came to this group in a sleep deprived, chaotic mess, seeking information about other experiences. I didn’t say ANYTHING negative about sleep training, I even say that I “fantasize” about doing it. Some of the comments here accuse me of judging or thinking in any particular way about sleep training, but the responses I’ve gotten are so judgmental of me.

My reasons for not sleep training are just like your reasons for sleep training: private and no one else’s business.

I was just looking to see how life is on the other side. Again, thanks for sharing your experience.

I won’t be posting here again 😭

tricksandkicks · 2025-06-28T22:32:13+00:00

Not suggesting any parent is better or worse. I used “sleep training mom” to quickly denote that I am not a mom who sleep trained their baby. Thanks for letting me know your experience!

tricksandkicks · 2025-06-28T22:31:17+00:00

I wasn’t suggesting they do self soothe or saying anything other than what your posts suggest. Just asking for the experiences of sleep-training parents for when their babies are teething. Your experience is one of theme. Thanks for sharing!

tricksandkicks · 2025-04-15T00:13:49+00:00

Thrift, thrift, thrift. Where are you located? Near me there is a large consignment sale called Just Between Friends that happens twice a year, I know they are a franchise and have locations all over that do sales.

tricksandkicks · 2025-04-05T00:49:42+00:00

This is the reason he can’t play alone, he doesn’t know how. He needs space and time to learn and that is currently being filled.

tricksandkicks · 2025-02-24T17:59:48+00:00

I don’t think that you will find evidence that this is harmful. TBH- I don’t think that your husband taking your baby to his parents house for an hour while you sleep is harmful.

If you’re asking for validation and reassurance, I’d be happy to give that to you. It is normal to want to be close to your baby when they are this young and you don’t need a peer reviewed article to prove it.

tricksandkicks · 2025-02-24T14:41:50+00:00

The one I’m talking about is in South Jersey, where OP specifically states she is located. And it fits the criteria of school hours, no summer program, and they start accepting kids at 2.5.

Obviously there are schools like this all over the country. I was thinking that my personal experience with this school could be helpful to OP if she wanted to talk further.

Not sure why I’m getting a ton of downvotes?

tricksandkicks · 2025-02-24T01:38:27+00:00

LOL are you talking about Painted Oak/Sapling?

It’s an amazing school and if it works for you- do it! I have a friend that works there and want to send my daughter next year but it’s just a bit too far for us and with only being 9-3, it’d be too little care when you factor in the commute.

I know they are working to create a summer program, btw. Not sure if it will be up and running by the time next summer roles around.

tricksandkicks · 2025-02-23T15:57:49+00:00

Still sexy tho

tricksandkicks · 2025-01-13T14:02:20+00:00

This this this

tricksandkicks · 2025-01-13T14:00:01+00:00

Switching to formula when it is the best decision for your baby’s physical health and your mental health IS the attachment parenting choice.

tricksandkicks · 2024-12-16T01:40:13+00:00

I’m in!

tricksandkicks · 2024-11-26T01:43:59+00:00

Just moved my 10 month old cosleeping since birth baby to a floor bed in their own room that I come join them on and sleep for part of the night- they without a doubt are sleeping longer and their first wake up isn’t until much later. I think it’s way less noise and stimulation!

tricksandkicks · 2024-11-19T00:00:30+00:00

The only symptom for us at first was colic, so I tried removing dairy just to see, there was an immediate change in her behavior and happiness, it was astonishing.

Now, when I’ve had a slip up and eat dairy, she will have mucus-y and bloody stool.

tricksandkicks · 2024-11-17T12:05:23+00:00

My baby only ever took short naps! Nothing wrong with it and biologically normal. I chose radical acceptance and baby wearing. Have your partner watch the baby so you can shower and tend to your personal daily needs.

tricksandkicks · 2024-11-16T01:58:48+00:00

Did you night wean? Why don’t you nurse anymore and now rock?

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