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@syncakes Solidarity. My kid is an extreme picky eater and at her most restricted, was down to like… 4 foods. Occasionally a fifth. I dropped $200 on a digital program called Mealtime Works that was created by an OT who specializes in picky eating, and it was very eye opening. We’ve made a bit...

@luchadora23 I’m on a one-woman mission to tell people about mini-IVF! It’s very under-talked about as a more attainable financial option. I hope that it might be a good fit for you!

@luchadora23 We’re currently dealing with secondary infertility, and similarly, traditional IVF is financially unattainable for us right now. However, just by happenstance, one of the issues we’re up against is my low AMH in which case mini IVF is actually a better fit anyway. And it’s about...

@pilgrimschild Yeah, I’m in the same boat - I like my daily life to have a relative level of calm. It’s a little more achievable with a single toddler. After being a nanny, I’ve been adamant about waiting to even think about a second child until the first is at minimum in preschool. I don’t...

@renob I’m glad the 2 year gap is working for you! That’s awesome to hear! Just goes to show you how your personality and temperament can really affect your experience of parenting! I was a nanny for years and for that 2yr gap to be the most difficult, and far preferred working for families...

@joanna2r I really needed to hear this. I’ve been hemming and hawing about a second kid for months, and been wondering if I really DO want a second kid, or if I just want there to be a bigger age gap in between. I’m glad to hear that having an older kid and a newborn seems to be the best of both...

@ericak101 I have three younger brothers - one is two years younger, and my half-brothers are 18 and 23 years younger. I have - at best - a strained relationship with my oldest brother that I grew up with. We either got along great or were fighting a ton growing up. He’s a problematic person...

@jello123 Tbh I don’t think you can really know your feelings until you’re in it - getting the positive test, I mean. We were fencesitters about a second for a long time, leaning toward OAD. When our kiddo turned 3, we decided we’d try again because we had some feelings that we would regret it...

@leah_talbot My kiddo is closing in on 4, and I’m currently pregnant with #2. EDD puts the age gap at just under 4.5 years. IMO, there’s a lot of social conditioning (especially in the US) to have kids about 2yrs apart. That was never something that appealed to me because I used to be a nanny...