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@mercuryash If it makes you feel any better at all, I had a playdate with my friend with two who are close together (less than 2 years. Optimal "built in friend" gap). Spring break has been hell for her. I'm drained from running after my preschooler a lot. She has been literally keeping her kids...

@jolene250 Agreed. If you can get a core group together, it does a lot for opening up playdates (and, even better, you can start integrating into bigger friend groups, like one of my now good friends introduced me to another friend and I introduced her to a few other moms with kids the same...

@samalematina If your kid hits it off with another one, people tend to be pretty receptive to "we should get them together to play" (at least around me). It's not just at random so much as "look, the kids are having a good time. Let's try again"

@samkruger As someone whose depression is triggered by sleep issues, this was my first thought. When you're deeply depressed, you feel like everyone in your life would be better off without you/you're holding them back. It's of course possible he's cheating, but it's also possible he's having...

@allisonbella We originally wanted 2. We're now one and done after everything. I had awful PPD and sleep issues still set off bad depressive episodes for me now. I know I couldn't be the best mother for my daughter let alone another one if I went back to newborn sleep issues. We'd have to either...

@allisonbella About 2.5 my daughter became a pretty reliable sleeper. She's closing in on 5 and I'm finally starting to feel somewhat rested again after years of sleep deprivation

@edtkw 110% on the toddlers With my PPD, people telling me "you think newborns are hard? Just wait until you have a toddler!" nearly sent me suicidal (I was going "if it gets worse than this, I might as well check out now") Yeah, there are rough days with my almost 3-year-old as well, but I...