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    SPF clothing

    @netta4christ SPF clothing is unnecessary. Don’t waste your money, regular clothing that covers up skin and a hat that shades face and neck and generally staying out of direct sun will do the job.
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    Does this sound like a reasonable and or normal to you life of a stay at home mom to a 2.5 year old?

    @xeonome I find it wild that you are child/house care 24/7 while your partner is on…never? Is he a parent to this child? Bc the normal is that SAHP is like an office job - 40 hours a week that deserves its breaks and downtime. And you both had the child. So outside of those 40 hours a week...
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    Waiting for the right time..

    @badone One and done can allow you space and freedom…but not guaranteed, and definitely not for quite a few years. Life with a young child is intense. I had someone compare it to someone blowing you and your life up when child is born and then it takes years for the pieces to come back together...
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    What do you class as sleeping through the night?

    @sass Sleeping through the night is 10-12 hours, no wakeups, no feeds. However with newborns, sleep can be so hard, so many parents get ahead of themselves and make up their own definitions like your friend did. Its fine for each new parent to define it however they want to, however it can...
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    No free time, no social life. No more. Wife disagrees

    @wisdomandlove Whatever you do, make sure there are no ‘accidents’. Having a kid is hard enough, they don’t deserve to be born to a strained marriage and one of their parents being uncertain, exhausted, tired , with no mental capacity to do their best by that child. Not to mention how unfair...
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    How to involve FTD with pregnancy, L&D, and newborn?

    @janet1971 Put him in charge of setting up the baby area, getting all the baby gear and clothes. Mine also booked all the parenting and breastfeeding classes at the hospital and packed the hospital bag. Try to remember that you are not any more skilled at this baby stuff than he is. Unlike...
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    Non-Cheesy, Fun, Getting to Know Games for Parents of my Kiddo's B-Day?

    @tssalacious Oh this would be my worst nightmare. At that age, my achievement is just making it to the party and surviving it. But if you had plenty to keep the kids occupied and then there was plenty of wine, beer, drinks and food and chill, comfortable space for the parents to hang out that...
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    17 month old starting daycare: more short days or fewer full days?

    @lizhoney The kids that go to daycare 5 days a week are the ones that adapt the fastest/easiest. So yes the part-time schedule by definition, switching it up, does make it a bit more jarring. Consecutive, longer days at least gives them an opportunity to full immerse themselves in the new...
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    17 month old starting daycare: more short days or fewer full days?

    @lizhoney Anecdotal, but I personally find focus much better on my work and then connect with my kid heaps better when I have a whole day dedicated to the activity. Cutting your day in half - I find it stunts whatever it is thaat I am doing, I keep running from one activity to another, rushed...
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