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@vl32 I don’t recall feeling depressed or down or even just a bit off when my oldest weaned. He was nearly three, though, and had been nursing less (similar frequency but for much shorter durations usually) for a little while, including being at preschool every Friday for a couple of months. He...

@kitsoni I think it’s more hardwired for some kids than others. When my son was 9-10 months old, we took him to visit family, a 9-hour time difference. We figured as long as we were having to deal with jet lag and adjust him to the new time zone, we’d set his bedtime a bit later, to better match...

@martypdji Even for my combo-fed baby who never got a full meal at the breast this was true.

@rainrain95 I know, I love the freedom, but I miss being slept on, too. But now he goes to sleep on his own so well that nursing or rocking him to sleep takes longer, and his naps on me are often shorter than they are in the crib. Hell, half the reason we sleep trained was because his naps...

@elinternational My kid was just super ready to hang out with other kids, and I loved preschool and had been wanting to send him (I had also been considering pursing a PhD but the pandemic changed some timelines). His school teaches things I wouldn’t necessarily think to teach him, and it’s also...

@seekinggracefully Sometimes people are just assholes, and you can’t diagnose someone over the internet.

@rusyngirl Yeah, my MIL ran out and bought newborn stuff because the only thing we had was the coming-home outfit. Not only was my son 52nd percentile at birth, we had some feeding problems and he stayed un-chunky and in NB for weeks. (And even after we fixed the problems he’s just never been...

@lockermcdonald If you can afford it, get a cleaning service, even just every other week or once a month. It forces you to pick up and clear surfaces, and ensures the floors get mopped and bathrooms cleaned and is kind of a re-set. Also I find it works as body-doubling and I get a lot of laundry...

@lockermcdonald I love the username! Yeah sometimes I nearly cry over how functional I felt when my oldest was in preschool part-time and I was on my full dose. I cleaned and cooked and we went on Adventures on his days home. But also the baby is 4 months old and smiley and chatty and so cute...

@meki I mean, I take an amphetamine precursor every morning…but I have ADHD so it just gets me to “kinda functional” (and less so than normal because I’m breastfeeding so I’m on the absolute lowest dose I can take and still remember what time is, also, no sleep, infant care…) Yeah my house is...

@capriccio Get memberships to places she really likes to go - you’ll save in the long run over individual tickets every time. Tell people who are asking what birthday and holiday gifts she wants to give memberships/experiences instead of toys. Also look to see if there are free days - most...

@barry61 My husband takes time off work to watch the baby while I am at an appointment. Sometimes he doesn’t even officially take time off - he works from home and has a very flexible schedule. I do teletherapy so that’s really easy (and usually the baby is with me for a little while to say hi -...

@zennah ccs are cubic centimeters, also known as milliliters (not the point, just, you know, now you know)

@simancia That’s such a weird split, ours does “baby” time up to 16 months and then toddler storytime is 16-36 months (and they let my 3- and even 4- year-old attend for a little while until he was just really too big and taking over from the smaller kids).

@gladysrivera We like Cosmic Kids, which is for children and not “Mommy and Me”, but there’s no reason you can’t do it together. She has some videos specifically for very young children.