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I want to add one thing: “I don’t want to” is good enough justification if you are in situations where people are saying you need to detach from your baby in some way. You don’t need articles, research, it doesn’t matter if “baby will be fine” - “don’t feel like it/doesn’t feel right to me” is...

@miyuki256 It’s none of your friend’s business what you do, I would be so livid if I was you. Actually, if I was you I wouldn’t go. Three days for a bachelorette trip - nah. Things change when people have kids, it’s unfortunate that your friend doesn’t understand that.

@eveningxhush K is an asshole.

@mduce Currently sitting in bed next to my coughing 5yo who is trying her best to sleep, and annoyed at myself for being annoyed. Thanks for making me feel I’m not alone.

@francescapl Maybe not the feedback you are hoping for, but my now-4yo was like this as a baby. Every evening, it was intense crying for HOURS before bedtime. I still wonder if there was some underlying issue that I never got to the bottom of, but it did pass in time. She's completely fine now...

@zaldivar We haven’t been masking a lot this year but I’d like to start. This might be a dumb question but do you wear the N95s just once or several times before tossing?

@bellzybee Kissing and hugging my children is one of the joys of my life. No, you can’t show too much affection to your kids. You’re building a solid sense of warmth in their hearts.

@joshdons PNW American here. I’m heavily invested in this book, and I take the “spirit of the law” approach, rather than the letter of the law. Yes, I won’t be letting my kid play unsupervised in the streets for a while if ever probably BUT the book reminded and encouraged me to seek community...

@cutin Agreed. It’s been tough to find.

@brione I’ve been trying really hard to make that happen. People really keep to themselves here, and I’ve gotten to the point where if I see a kid in our neighborhood I almost feel like a creep cuz I’ll linger around and wait for their parents so that I can try chatting. I do have a neighbor...

@joshdons Your comment about narration raises a point that’s always been interesting to me. Since so much of the way that parents in the book operate is predicated on societies that look very different from ours, to what degree should we as parents be stepping in to fill the gap of the village...

@jasa Damn, a “waste of time”? That just made me really sad.

@debbie_s It might be tough without dad’s help. If it’s possible, maybe he can take a few days off work. Or if he can nap at some other point of the day... Just my two cents. It will be tough to do on your own.

@tisanewseason We contact napped with our now-5yo and it was totally fine. If it works for you, keep doing what you want. Those people are telling on their own insecurities.

@rocknroll15 I never really thought about it intentionally, it just felt right for a while. I think we stopped around 3/4 months though. Now she just kind kid sleeps next to me, and attaches to the nip sometimes. If you want to move baby to their own bed and they sleep well there, do it, why not?

@brad94 My kid (now almost 4) was exactly - I mean exactly - like that when she was younger. She’s still a very active child but now it’s easier to redirect that energy (hello trampoline gym membership). I have no advice. I just know it happens and it’s hard. But don’t feel like you have to...

@y0ung1996 Hate to break it to you, this is how most babies sleep. Mine is one and I work, my husband is a SAHD. There is no magic bullet. Sleep training isn’t a magic bullet, and even if it was, there is no way that I could do it from an ethical and emotional standpoint it’s just wrong to me...

@ell3bee What would be your advice for someone who doesn’t have much of a village? My biggest problem right now is trying not to be overwhelmed and not direct that unnecessary anger toward my children. Too many demands of me and only one me.