stay-at-home parents

Parenting young children is often exhausting and stressful. I experienced it! To cope with stress, music and meditation can be helpful. So I wanted to share "Something else", a carefully curated playlist regulary updated with atmospheric, poetic and soothing soundscapes that helps me slow down...

Hi everyone! I’d greatly appreciate your participation in my honors study. Please see recruitment message below: You are invited to participate in a research study about school-parent communication (WFU IRB# 00023763). The study is online and only takes about 15 - 20 minutes. In thanks for your...

After many miscarriages, I just learned today I can’t have a third child. I’m distraught, I wanted a larger family - I have a son 5 and daughter 2 who are my world but i just always imagined more. I also thought it’s good for them, I feel like people I know in families of three or more are...

I am a stay at home mom. I was a working from home mom before and I have been a stay at home mom since December. My husband still hasn’t opened a joint account. I told him if I couldn’t have joint access and equal say where money goes, I will get a job. I don’t want to sacrifice income and a...

I have three sons— oldest is 3.5, and 3 months ago I had a set of identical twins. The twins obviously take up a lot of my time during the day. I’m (almost) exclusively breastfeeding, and they aren’t on a schedule right now. My husband is starting a new job next month that will add to his time...

I see so many social media posts about changing wake windows and oz fed. How?? I feed my LO when she’s hungry, she stops when she’s satisfied. I put her to sleep when she’s tired, she wakes when she’s rested. The most control I have/ impose is waking her up. How do they control so much of their...

Today, I'm driving my family to catch a ferry. We stop at a grocery store. We park in front because all the spaces are taken and my wife is running into the store, but now my 4 y/o has insisted on going with her. My 1 1/2 y/o has been screaming for the past ten minutes because she wanted to get...

Or whatever day(s) your partner has off work/together as a family. M-F I have my routine, different places we go to play/shop, chore routine, meal routine. But come the weekend I don’t have a set schedule or plan. Do you all have a routine/schedule or do you just see what everyone feels like...

New SAHM here. I have this awesome list of tons of fun places we can go and things we can do. Turns out it’s really exhausting going out with a 1 and 3 year old. And especially with the weather turning I’m needing ideas for more things we can do at home. My oldest loves games and art but my...

Hello! I am a graduate student at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the Program for the Study of Infancy. I am conducting a research study about informed consent documents. I am trying to see if different types of consent documents can help people understand caregiver-child studies. I am...

Venting. Have a 2 year old and a 9 month old. First of all, we’re going on a cruise this summer and my parents and brother’s family are coming too. My mom is INSISTENT that my toddler and my nephew (2) are both potty trained by then so they can go in the pool (no swim diapers allowed). I am...

My 4 year old has regularly been staying up until 9:30pm lately and I am going insane. I am a SAHP to 4yo and 2yo. The 4yo is in preschool three mornings a week which theoretically should tire him out! We also go outside as often as possible (we live in a cold climate). Schedule as follows: Up...

I am a SAHM. My husband WFH. Our son is six months old. There are MANY benefits to this setup, and I wouldn’t change it at all! I love that we both get to be so present in our child’s life and each other’s, and I love that we support one another. Nonetheless I wanted to see how other people...

Sometimes I’m just so utterly jealous of my husband. He has a wonderful 9-5 and on Fridays he’s off at noon. What makes it even better is he works from home and can take his time with lunch or finish a bit earlier if he’d like. He’s so lucky to have the job he does and it pays well, too. He’s...

Hey parents we have a very, very active 7mo. She will wiggle, flop, crawl and stand up, she'll wake up in the middle of the night and start doing all this. If I don't actively push to sleep she'll just stay awake and stay active, like really active. Yesterday we missed her sleep window, it's...

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Sewing is my one great hobby. It also entails embroidery and quilting. I mostly sew for others especially my 3 y/o son, so (since this year) almost all his clothes are self-made. Of course I'm also the one to care for household items, like sewing table cloth, curtains, bike covers, etc and a lot...

Losing your mind at home? Here are some tips from a psychologist that might help you talk to your kids, your spouse, and yourself during these uncertain times. https://dadthebestican.com/parenting-help-coronavirus/ (hopefully, this is cool to post; feel free to take it down if not...

I’m struggling lately. My 4.5 and 2 year old are really wearing me out. I was so into gentle parenting before I decided to stay with them (about 6 months ago) and now I just fly off the handle and yell. They fight with each other all the time. Before they were apart much more and so there wasn’t...

I currently am home with my 6 month old and my 2.5yo goes to preschool. He’s been there for a year and has friends and loves his teachers. However, I’m really missing him at home. Would it be terrible for me to withdraw him and stay home with him until he goes to pre-k (he’d go at 5 since he has...