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Ex wants to use life360 app to track our 16yo but I don't want to share MY location w/her

I have not been able to answer this question through web searches or looking at the life360 knowledge base. My ex and I co-parent our 16-year-old son, who isn't great about calling/texting to check-in when he's out with friends. My ex wants us to use a tracking app called Life360, which I don't have a problem with in theory, but I don't want my ex using it to track MY location. I don't care if my kids know where I am, but my ex is already a lot more interested in my personal life than I'm comfortable with. Families who use this app: Are parents able to hide their location, or does anyone with the app installed share their whereabouts to all parties?

How do I approach this

My partner constantly tries to make our son (3 months) tough. For example it’s 55 degrees outside and he has all the windows open our baby’s hands and feet are cold so I ask him to close them. He says “guess he’s just going to have to toughen up and adapt like we’ve been doing for thousands of years”. Temp is a big one for him and he constantly says we’ll he has Viking genes. Sometimes when our son cries he also will say “well we can’t always get what we want”…… our son literally just turned 12 weeks old. Am I being overly sensitive because this pisses me off.

How... just... HOW?

Seriously.... How are you all doing this? I feel like I'm crushing it with grad school, speaking my children's love languages, meal planning, errands, caring for the pets, doing fun things with the kids etc if I work REALLY hard. But how on earth are you guys keeping your homes clean? I'm so embarrassed. My daughter is 4 and my son is 2. My husband is embarrassingly messy and plays video games too much. I feel like I'm breaking down more everyday because the messy house is the one thing I can't seem to keep up on. I know I'm doing well with most things and I'm only one person, but seriously! I'm about to pull my hair out!

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At what age should your children stop seeing you naked?

What is, in your mind, the age which you should make every effort to not allow your children to see you naked? The kids are often barging in to the bathroom while one or both of us are showering or just out of the shower.

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can't get her to stop going on her tummy!

My LO is 6Mo. All of a sudden she loves being on her tummy. Which is great! Except for when I put her down for bed, she's just nursed, all she wants to do is flip on her tummy but if she does that then she spits up alot of her milk cause if the pressure on her tummy and cause she just ate. Does anyone have any tips??

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3 yr old socialising.

My 3 yr old daughter starts pre school next term and as a result we had a review with her teacher from the class she has been in since christmas. They have expressed a little concern that she doesnt understand how to play with other kids and her social language is lacking and basically she just wants to play with the teachers. We have no friends with small kids and shes the baby of the family so this is no suprise but I feel so guilty. Because of the pandemic and restrictions in our budget our groups or options for group play have been limited to parks or soft play which isnt great. Shes a little anxious and quite emotional/sensitive but such a clever little thing and I desperately just want her to have some little friends. I guess I am just looking for anyone else who went through this to reassure me.

Wedding

Hi I am taking my 3 year old daughter to a wedding. Kids are welcome. What the heck do I dress her in? She’s 3.5 so I can’t get away with a onesie like before. Do I need to dress her in a poofy dress with tights and strap shoe?

I have some rotten luck

Just got back from travelling with husband and toddler. It wasn't a bad trip, but omg so stressful. I scheduled to take today off work so I could decompress, all alone in a quiet house. My husband just happens to get "food poisoning" and is currently home with me, moaning and groaning on the couch and asking me to fetch things for him. I feel like this happens every time I schedule an alone day.

Pregnant with first child and pregnancy is so awful.Seeking encouragement:

First trimester I slept all fay and vomited 3-5x. 2nd trimester has been heartburn, diarrhea, insomnia, aches and pains, exhaustion, can’t get comfy. I’m only 23 weeks 3 days. People say it’ll be so worrh it once baby comes- please send help….

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