stay-at-home parents

My daughter is almost 2 and things have been rough lately. I’m currently 32 weeks pregnant with number 2 and I’m struggling so bad with the guilt of not enjoying this time with my daughter. I feel like in 5 years I’m going to look back on this time and want to kick myself for not enjoying it...

I'm currently 10 weeks pregnant and am having a hard time actually wanting to get down on the floor and play with my daughter. Usually I take her out in the morning and afternoon to a park because she is a very active girl but I was tired of doing this even before I got pregnant because there's...

I’m curious to hear what sort of unusual/unconventional schedules you follow as SAHP with your kids. For example, does everyone get a bath at 10am? Eat dinner at 4pm? I’m looking for some potential “hacks” to work into our daily routine which has gone all topsy turvy recently. My 3.5yo goes to...

Your all doing great! Keep ur head up! I see u doing the dishes, dressing, bathing, feeding, projects being planned, grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, doctor visits…. I see u! Even if it’s spread out thru the week I see u! This is especially tru during sick season!!!! All the night time...

Just curious what your family plans to do! I’m having trouble deciding what I’d like this year.

Recently he was upset that I forgot to wash his uniform for work. I’ve been exhausted because my 1 year old is teething and suckling all night and my 2 year old is hyper af. So I forgot to wash his clothes the night before. I woke up at 5 am and the pants he did have clean had a hole in them...

I have a 2 year old and I’m 3 months pregnant with our second. I wanted to be a sahp after our first but it wasn’t the best financial decision at the time. We’ve started to live on 1 income and banking my salary once I found out I was pregnant, it’s been tough but doable. I’m planning on...

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Hi, my name is Frankie, (age: 23) I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy boy named Lokii on 1.24.2014, and this is my first post in any community so, here goes.. It's been three weeks since my csection and I have been feeling overwhelmingly weepy, hopeless, and like a failure to my son because I'm...

Hello, I hope your day is going wonderful! Congratulations are certainly in order for your expected delivery or newborn babies! My name is Stella, a research assistant at the University of Toronto. Currently we are running a Canada-wide study that specifically focuses on new parents with...

Of course I’m the SAHP but my husband is a business owner and works from home with a very flexible schedule. Of course he could go with us to our outings which are 1-3 hours every few days but he never comes. When I show him pictures, he gives a sad face and says I wish I could have been there...

Include age ranges too please! I'm in a lunch rut and as my littlest's appetite has grown we have less dinner leftovers for lunch haha.

EDIT: We decided to go for it. As long as I don't chicken out with the rose colored glasses. Looking around the house and remembering all the firsts from my boys. First steps, first laughs, first words etc... and the height chart written on the wall. I'm crying and afraid. We have been given...

In the past my husband has said he doesn’t want our daughter to receive any clothes as gifts after age 1 because of the fear that getting the wrong size could cause body image issues (this is something I told him happened to me as a kid). Our daughter is 13 months and for one of her Christmas...

Fellow SAHPs, I need your advice. Context: We’re the only ones on the playground. I forgot we had stupid water balloons in the stroller, but my kids didn’t. So I indulge them by doing water balloons. We’re five minutes from home so it’s fine, but later on my 1.5 y/o has taken off her shoes and...

I’m the SAHD, my wife works full time, kids are 5.5, 3 and 7M. I love them so much and I’ve been the SAHP for over 3 years now. But they all seem to be trying my patience; my 3 y/o thinks it’s hilarious to not listen to me, my 5 y/o half the time refuses to listen to me, and my 7M old is super...

Laundry is the bane of my existence and I’m wondering if there’s something I could do better to simplify this routine and make me hate it less. Or maybe y’all could share your routine and show me that this is as good as it gets. I don’t know. Haha. Here’s how it goes in my house - -I decide...

So I’m talking to families with a full time SAHP that didn’t need daycare/preschool for childcare reasons. My son is 3 and would be just shy of 4 starting this school year if we enroll him in preschool. He still has two years until K due to missing the cut off date here by just two weeks. He...

Just wondering how you split things up so everyone gets a break? My husband works FT and I stay at home. I pretty much take care of everything for our baby. I am happy to! But I’m finding that I am met with resistance if I do ask for help (Like so I can shower, do laundry, etc.). I’m just...

I’ve had a heck of a day and just need some solidarity. I have an 8 week old newborn and 2.5 year old twins. I had to take the newborn to the hospital this morning after a scary incident. I put baby down after feeding him so I could put my finished bowl of cereal in the sink. In those short 5...