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I’m a mom of 1 beautiful, healthy, energetic baby girl. I often feel so content with just her and my husband that I think I don’t want anything to change. Then I question if I’m being selfish by not giving her a sibling to grow up with. Can I hear from parents and maybe only children on this...

Hi all! I’m in the market for a baby/toddler wagon and don’t even know where to begin my research. I honestly am not even sure what features wagons can have so I don’t know what I’m missing as I compare. I’d love some help: • currently have a 1 y/o who loves her stroller and is happy to sit in...

So I've skimmed the web, most of the standard health websites all agree that teething fever is not a thing. And even those that mention that a slight temperature rise say it's only to about 38°C/100F. So science seems to agree. But anecdotally (son has about ten teeth now), every time he's had...

I feel it’s easier to ask stranger than family/friends for baby name opinions. We are having a baby boy in a few weeks. We already have another son beginning with the letter B, and both myself and my husband begin with a K. My favorite contenders in order are as follows: 1.Cambell Jay (CJ or...

Him: 1.) grabs a random pile of clothing (whites, colors, delicates, towels, muddy socks, wool sweaters, whatever) and crams as much of it as humanly possible into the washer 2.) adds tide pod 3.) starts washer And... That’s f**king it. He has done the laundry. Me: 1.) sorts the clothes...

Edit: Okay y’all it’s been about 10 days since I made this post. I carefully read each response (thank y’all so much!!) and I just wanted to tell you all how much my life has been impacted. 1. I was lucky it was a restock week, which meant I could buy some new items. We already purchase mostly...

Last April I lost one of my best friends to cervical cancer. I am now raising her baby as my own as she wished. She was 32 weeks pregnant with him when she was discovered to have stage 3c cervical cancer. He is the only one of my kiddos without a baby book. I would like to start one for him...

My mom has watched him before just only at my house. This time was at her house. For the record, she watches my three and a half year old niece a lot. It sure that helps or hurts. Thing 1) baby came home with a big cheek scratch. This doesn’t bother me, I understand this can happen pretty...

I asked for advice a few days ago , and thank you so much to everyone who responded . I left while he was at work. I am in a private room at a shelter. We are being quarantined for a while, but have internet, TV and a roku with lots of streaming services. My daughter is fine so far. She's...

I'm due in December with our second and am hoping to birth this one unmedicated. Last time, I made it to about 6 cm before I asked for the epidural and then received it at 8 or 9 cm, so I can very clearly remember that sensation (discomfort) of labor. My doula this time suggested the body-ready...

Need all of your valued opinion! After some research, we felt these two were a good fit for us (Aria, because of its low weight). Then I read some posts here that Uppababy may not be completely PFAS free. I have been communicating with their CS, and while they use a lot of legalese, it appears...

I’m so heartbroken for my daughter. We’ve never uttered a negative thing about her dad to her. We try to get along and be nice no matter what in the name of doing what’s best for her… She’s 4 Today her dad got mad because I was late dropping her off (unexpected circumstance, it was completely...

I’m so sick of his “help” but I’m not going to do it all by myself. Clothes aren’t on the hangers correctly, he won’t hang up his towel flat, he just bunches it up on the rack so it doesn’t dry then starts to stink. He won’t put dirty clothes in the basket, just next to it. When he vacuums he...

I see so many kids with cell phones and tablets from a very early age. I know kids in grade school who are learning to code. A 16yo in Missouri died by suicide in January when he was extorted for $500 and a threat of public humiliation. What resources have you found to talk to your kids about...

Have a high needs kiddo who is as yet not fully diagnosed except as having high levels of anxiety and depression. We’ve fallen into a really destructive cycle of him being an absolute wildling unless I yell, then he cries, ten mins later the cycle begins again. The best advice I’ve gotten is to...

My daughter is almost 12 and has been really struggling mentally since the pandemic started. She's developed an eating disorder and this week I tried to get her to eat a snack because she rarely does and she got so angry at me that she grabbed a knife from the block and held it at me. She was...

Won’t go back to sleep without breastfeeding. I’m so tired. We used to cosleep but now he actually wakes up more when he’s in the bed with us and doesn’t go back to sleep easily. He’s in a crib in the room adjacent to ours. He has a lovey that he sleeps with. Bedtime routine most nights...

My 9wk old girl was 9.9 lbs at birth and she went down to 8.5 before we ever left the hospital. We had issues with my supply and her latch so we had to supplement & it took her 4 weeks to get back up to her birth weight so she was a month old at 9.15! At her two month check up she weighs 12.13...

Baby decided a couple weeks ago she doesn’t like the bassinet and only wants to cosleep attached to my boob. Overall she’s been a tough baby since she came home. My first kiddo I was able to nurse to sleep for naps and bedtime. We contact napped forever but bedtime he always slept in his crib...

I recently posted (elsewhere and from a different account for privacy reasons) a concern I had about our holidays plans with our 7mo coexisting with older and full of energy kids. In order to explain my concern, I mentioned how my 7mo sleeps through the night, takes long naps and can play alone...