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Met another single mom, very excited

Hey guys! I just wanted to make a positive post, because I feel like I might whine too much. I met another single parent! I am super excited because, while I have met single parents in the past. We seem to have a looooot more in common than just the family goals. It's very exciting after being on my own for just shy of two years as a dad. We just started talking, but last night we were on the phone for like 3 hours together. I haven't had a conversation with another adult, let alone a woman, that was that long since I was a teenager. I don't know if things will work out, but I definitely want to hold onto this feeling. As hard as the lows hit, it makes the highs feel that much better right? ​ Well, wish me luck!

“So, when he was diagnosed with autism, I felt kind of like, wait a second. Why, why me? How come everybody else has got all these kids that are on soccer teams and they're playing at the park fine. And they're getting together and doing all these playgroups, all the things you think that moms would do. My life just looked so different. And so, I had a really hard time for a while, kind of feeling like I fit in. I felt very isolated. It was challenging to relate to other people and to relate to their kids because we were in such a different world with all of our therapy and just my children's behaviors. And so, it was kind of… I felt very lonely, and I felt very isolated for a while. ” - angelarosehome for #TheMotherlyPodcast Link in bio to listen to the full episode. 🎧

My daughter asked to sleep with me because she was scared of germs. Not monsters...germs.

If that doesn't perfectly illustrate what this generation of children has had to deal with while growing up as Covid Kids, I don't know what does. It really gave me a pause. How can a three year old comprehend everything we've seen and experienced so far? I'm not really sure where to go from here either. Do you think life will return to normal without much coaching, or are we going to need to encourage our littles to get out and be adventurous again?

I'm tired. I'm tired of chores, and making meals, and homework, and mothering, and pretending everything is ok. I'm so tired. But at the end of the day I'm happy. And my exhausted mind will never beat a full heart.

"I would rather regret not having kids than have kids and regret it." https://t.co/fUYWatrzsk

Are other kids constantly in the fridge or is it just mine?

Anyone else have a 5 year old who wont stop opening the fridge? Every single time I turn around my daughter is in the fridge grabbing a snack or looking for a snack. If she isnt satisfied with whats in the fridge she is in the pantry.

Im a mom, yet...

...I dont really like other people's children. Is this the case with anyone else? I used to love kids. Now that I have my own I have a very small list of other people's children that I like. Its not that I hate every other child in the world, but I definitely dont like being around everyone else's child. Maybe its quarantine that changed that in me😂😂

Update: Asking for those BroMo vibes on a raise

Hekkky-YEAH!!! I don't know how it works but those BroMo vibes really work. Old Post about trying to switch teams to get a raise: [https://www.reddit.com/r/breakingmom/comments/mm3dsn/need\_some\_of\_those\_bromo\_luckvibes/](https://www.reddit.com/r/breakingmom/comments/mm3dsn/need_some_of_those_bromo_luckvibes/) It worked!!!!!!!!! I'm starting in late April. Raise all the roofs!

After five years, I have my body all to myself.

My two year old hasn't nursed in a week and a half. I just got my covid vaccine and they asked if I was pregnant or breastfeeding. I hesitated a moment because for the last five years, the answer to that question has been "yes" but today I said, "no." It's a weird feeling. A little sad. A little freeing.

14.5 weeks pregnant and it hasnt been fun at all

Hi, my gf is pregnant of our first child. We are happy and thrilled. But its been a rough few first months. Today we were discussing it and we realized it has not been fun at all. Constant sickness and sadly bleeding to scare us. The child is fine just a struggle to find the cause and get a grip of how serious it is. What im curious about are your stories. We all know the good ones the beautiful endings. But no one ever speaks about the struggles. Can anyone share with us?

Morning fun! Where did he hide my AirPods....

Last time my 12mo got his hands on my AirPods, he stuffed them into a tissue box. I had taught him to put all of the tissues back into the box after pulling them all out...days after misplacing my AirPods, I figured they were a total loss. Then, one morning, my son casually pulled them out of the tissue box and handed them to me. This morning I was on the back patio on a phone interview for a potential job. He grabbed the AirPod case (with one inside) and I snagged them back. When I wasn’t looking, he grabbed them again. I recall while on the phone he was playing with the plant watering can, had figured out if he used the spout like a straw he could drink water from it (?!!! Wow, I am actually pretty impressed with that). After I finished the call, I realized the AirPod case was missing again, having forgotten where I last saw them. While nursing him down for a nap, I had an awful sinking feeling and thought to check the watering can. Indeed. Submerged in the can. The End.

Toddler barely drinking water. I tried it all, help

My 15 month old is barely deinking any water in the last 2 weeks, she is only interested in milk. She was usually quite a water drinker on her own, no isses. I tried different cups, we usually did the 360 munchkin cup she loved it, we tried other cups, normal cups, tried offering from my water which normally was a thing of interest for her. She is just all of a sudden rejecting water entirely! I tried giving her a bit of juice, no interest, different smoothies, fruit water, all different tastes and nothing! I feel like I really have tried everything at this point and she has no interest in any othter liquid than milk I tried diluting the milk in water, she hates it

Working at home is breaking my heart

My toddler is pretty good at understanding that “Daddy has to work now” but every so often he bursts in to my home-office full of joy and enthusiasm and says “Daddy will you play with me?” I try and say yes as much as I can but I gotta actually work sometimes and he looks so devastated when I say no. I’m terrified one day he’ll just stop asking.

Tips for Preventing Toddler from Spilling/Moving Dog’s Water Bowl?

My almost 2 year old son occasionally likes to push the dog’s water bowl around, frequently spilling large quantities of water while doing so. Has anyone found any successful ways of dealing with this? We can’t put the dog’s water elsewhere because the dogs need to have access to it, but that unfortunately means the toddler also has access to it.