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@3007 i posted an ad for a nanny to come from 5-9 each night just to put my hellion to bed. we’ve been on a bedtime groove the past month but tonight he wants to shake it up. eek.

@ajay003 we’ve kept my LO nearly completely isolated for 2 years (only outside storytimes). he’s now fully vaxed and we chose to start him in 5 hrs/wk preschool plus swim, outdoor soccer, and indoor gym class because it’s to the point where he NEEDS socialization to grow. it scares the hell out...

@scrivener i’m gonna get a PT job when my mom moves back and can babysit for me. i have zero desire to return to my professional job. going to find something more fun and easy.

@987abc i’m a SAHM and definitely can’t afford it but i do it because my mental health needs the break! nannies here make $60-70k a year.

@987abc VHCOL and i pay $25/hr for babysitting for my regular sitter and $20/hr for my sick day sitter

@perfectlove25 we had three adults, incl my mom. we did husband on from 6-12, then it was me til morning, then my mom took over. baby won’t be bothered by TV or noises. we EFF and it meant i got longer stretches of sleep.

@kievonn a box of lids of various shapes and sizes. my toddler’s favorite toy right now.

@nessofonett05 my husband also has apnea and is high sleep needs. i’m the 24/7 caretaker. it sucks. husband went back to bed this morning at his parents house.

@magdalenab started preschool at 2. no daycare as i’m a SAHM.

@lebron623 Juniper is super super popular right now so she’d be one of 12 in her class. What about some thing a little more vintage like Jessica, Jennifer, June, Joan, Juliet, Joseph

@sitch777 my toddler is terrified of it! i’m trying to sell ours.

@pecosheero i’m not anti screen time at all but i’ve been limiting it to bedtime because it calms him down. i don’t want to take away the enticement of ceiling fan videos before bed lest it make bedtime even worse.

@alannasteph my son loves these. we took batteries out tho.

@stripe i could have written this about my 3.5yo. my husband and i are high sleep needs and our son is low sleep needs. both have sleep apnea too. LO never STTN and always ends up in bed with me. i wouldn’t care about that so much if he would go down on his own. it’s like a physical fight to get...

@jonderdonk4 my 3.5 is low sleep needs and sleeps 9:15-7:30, no nap. we do a LOT of activity and he still takes 20-45mins to fall asleep.

@vitality traumatic pregnancy during covid, traumatic birth, and traumatic medical diagnosis at 13 months old. also i’m 40 this year. my husband wants another but i had a psychotic break while pregnant and not gonna do that again!

@faithfulflower913 yup

@girl4god86 i had a rough pregnancy with mental health and we had a genetic diagnosis at 13 months that left me solidly OAD

@stripe thanks!!

@stripe i’m in therapy and on meds. it got real dark for awhile a couple months ago. the nights are bad.