- Husband says that I'm the only mom who gets overstimulated by my kid 🙄
I was trying to explain why, when he gets home, I need 5 minutes to myself before he blasts kids music and starts telling me about his day. He thinks that I should get psychiatric evaluation...
616 points603 comments6 d ago
- Dentist wanted 3-year-old separated from us for cleaning. Are we overreacting?
Hi and thanks in advance. Mom and I just took our kid to this three-year dentist visit at an office we hadn't been to before. Everything seemed pretty routine, we brought him back with us and...
565 points380 comments4 d ago
- Has daycare culture changed with the new generation of parents?
I remember dropping off and picking up my niece about 12 years ago from daycare. The parents were friendly, you could interact with other kids and it felt like a community of kids and parents...
304 points227 comments7 d ago
- "When I grow up"
My daughter is in preschool, and they've been learning about jobs and talking about what they want to be when they grow up. My daughter's teacher sent me a message and said my daughter wanted to...
248 points8 comments6 d ago
- Does anyone else's toddler use the phrase "all done" in this way?
Our 2 year old was taught the baby sign language for "more" and "all done" as a baby at daycare, before she could talk, and then transitioned to using the spoken terms. These were taught in the...
219 points111 comments3 d ago
- Parents that have been through this before, what was the hardest age?
And when does it ease up a little bit? Please say about 3 1/2 is the hardest. Until 3, parenting has basically been a breeze, at least compared to what we read and what we heard about. Until 3 we...
216 points587 comments3 d ago
- Oh My, I kept thinking he was saying "hey mommy" he was asking for EDAMAME. (Humble brag)
My baby loves beans yall! And I'm bragging a little bit because honestly, I did not have my first edamame until I was in my twenties at a Japanese restaurant where my friend's father paid for the...
181 points33 comments7 d ago
- If you could you outsource one part of caring for you toddler what would it be?
For me, it's mealtimes. I find feeding him excruciatingly boring and nerve wracking. What will he reject today? How bad will the mess be? Is it going to take an hour? It's the part of being a mum...
149 points152 comments4 d ago
- Why is toddler care harder with both parents home????
Maybe this is just my experience, but when i (mom) am at home with my son (21 months) it is sooooo much easier then when my husband is also home. My son is currently independently playing with his...
124 points47 comments2 d ago
- How many times can a two-year old watch the same movie
I think we are in double digits already. I mean, Kiki's Delivery Service isn't too bad, but there has to be a limit, right? We don't even let her watch the full movie in one sitting so it has been...
108 points258 comments5 d ago