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17 yr old daughter can't stay awake

My daughter, 17, falls asleep CONSTANTLY. within minutes. All the time. Daytime, nighttime, it doesn't matter. If she's not physically moving, she's asleep. She falls asleep when she's doing other things. If we punish her for stuff by taking her phone, tv, etc she falls asleep on the couch. If we send her to her room, she falls asleep. We've been to the doctor, done blood work etc and they say nothing is wrong. Please help!

How are you all surviving with the high cost of EVERYTHING?

Seriously, bromos, how are you living in this economy? We are literally living paycheck to paycheck & can’t put anything in our savings right now because of rent, bills, etc. Like WTF. What the actual fuck.

Did my baby say her first meaningful word?

Hi! My daughter is 8.5 months old and has been babbling a lot, she’s done the mama, dada, baba sounds flawlessly in the past but the last week she hasn’t been doing much babbling. Today I was giving her peaches for breakfast and was talking to her “does baby want peaches?” “Mama got your favourite, peaches!” “Mmmm how are your peaches, you love peaches!” All of a sudden I hear her clear as day go “PEACHES!” Am I insane? Or did she actually say her first word? We have peaches at least 5 times a week and she loves them, so she hears the words constantly.

Tubal or Vasectomy?

Currently TTC our last child. 100% sure we do not want more after this one. I have to have a c-section this time so I figured it would be easy enough to get a tubal while they're in there. However, someone recently suggested this might cause me to have hormal problems. Now I'm not sure if I should get it or if hubs needs to get snipped. Please share your experiences good or bad. If you could go back would you change who had it done?

What do you do when your toddler (2y) says "poop" to delay having to go to sleep?

I am a bit torn by this. It's obvious to me that it is said to delay going to sleep, but on the other hand I want to reward my son for the indication in relation to his potty training. He points to his bum repeating poop, a clear indication that he knows what he's supposed to do. Additionally... I have been wrong before. While I can be 80% certain that it is used as a delayed tactic. One out of 5 times I will be wrong and that seemes like a missed opportunity potty-training wise. Not to mention the mess to clean it up potentially..

Public vs Montessori

My wife and I are disagreeing. She won't budge on public school and feels our kid who's going into Kindergarten will be better off at Montessori. I have no issues with a Montessori at all except I'd like to save the $14000 per year bill if he enjoys himself and excels in public school. Public school begins one month ahead of Montessori so my ask is for him to try it out to see how he does because he may just like it. We won't know unless he tries. She feels he's so smart and will be bored and act out and get into fights / throw tantrums. I wish she was more flexible. What's the big deal if he just tries it for a few weeks? Does she just want to be right?

Told my 8 year old to come home and she refused

She has a Gabb watch. She asked for extra time and I gave her 5 extra minutes. I reminded her and gave her 15 minutes to be home. The park is at the most a 4 minute walk. She told me she was on her way and then sent me a poop emoji. After the 15 minutes was up, I walked to the park. She was still there. She lied to me and refused to come home. I hope I wasn't too harsh. I told her she wasn't going to play with her friends tomorrow and she was going to bed ten minutes early. I was so upset. Ughhhh. Venting.

Sobbing

Ever feel like you have all of the responsibility, shoulder all of the blame, yet have none of the control to actually do things? Yeah. Today that's me. And now I'm sobbing because I was invited to take my kids swimming but my oldest is so out of control I can't even think about it. He's fine with everyone but me. He hates me. And I can't even water the garden without getting a "DON'T WATER DURING THE DAY" from my husband until l send him fucking resources that say it's ok. Because why trust your wife? Who has been dying for a garden but can't fucking do anything in it because she's terrified of fucking it up in her husband's opinion? I'm done.

6 year old not sticking to activities she asks to do

my daughter is 6 and tried soccer last spring - she didn’t want to go after one practice. now she has asked to do dance and we signed her up in the middle of the season and she’s been to 4 classes and is saying she doesn’t want to go anymore. I’ve already also paid for her to do dance over the summer because she said she wanted to and now she’s saying she doesn’t want to do it at all. just curious how serious you guys would be at 6 years old to push a kid to do something? I don’t want to force her at all, but I also want her to understand things cost money and we can’t just sign up & pay and then quit without giving it a real chance

Share your craziest toddler tantrum from the "I do it" period, please

So that i'd know I'm not alone in this insanity Today my kid was crawling on the wet dirty asphalt towards each passing tram. We took a ride, it was time to get out, but he didn't want to, started a tantrum, and it was our stop already, I had no time to hesitate, so I had to drag him out. Of course, he immediately decided that he wants to get out of the tram himself. And to do that, he'd need to get in again. I held him by his jacked, he tried to crawl in the street dirt, right under the tram, he choked on his jacket, caughed and screamed like possessed. I called husband to pick us up from the tram stop, because I didn't have any energy left to solve it. I could just blank stare and hold his jacked while yelled at from the window of the nearest house by some grumpy old lady... and I'm 33 weeks pregnant. and it's my birthday I know it's just a period and he will grow out of it... but bloody fucking hell. Tell your story please

My mother told 4yr old about god. We’re not Christian. How do I undo this?

My mother and father watched my 4yr old son for an overnight last night. My son asked her how babies get in mom’s tummy and she said “god puts them there”. He asked who is god and she responded by saying “he watches over us”. I’m an atheist. My husband is somewhere between resentful of his strict Christian upbringing and an atheist. She knows this and also knows we have never spoken to our child about god or religion intentionally. Aside from being pissed at her we now have to address this with our child. Has anyone been in this situation or have any advice on what to say to our kid to undo this? I am basically in a spot now where I have to either say something like some people believe that god is and then explain religion or tell him grandma is a liar. I’m leaning towards grandma is a liar.

What to do about fake pokemon cards?

My son was given a pokemon card by one of his friends, he was really excited about it so we went and bought him some more. Only, after we got the new ones I noticed the back of the one his friend gave him is a different color. Google says that the backs of all the cards should be near identical even if they come from different sets, so this card is a fake. My son is excited to trade his cards with his friend, but now I'm worried he's going to end up with a bunch of fake cards. But like, he's 5, does it even matter? How would you handle this situation?

Mamas of bedwetters I need your help.

My 10 year old daughter is a bedwetter, I cant remember a single dry night in her life. She wears pull ups ( goodnites) to keep her bed sheets and pjs dry and they work great, overall it's no big deal. Recently she has been talking to her friends about sleepovers, they are excited about summer and being able to stay up late and have sleepovers with eachother. My daughter is excited about going on the sleepovers but is very nervous about her friends seeing or hearing her pull up. I was wondering if any of you have advice for how to be discreet about her pull up and help her have a good time at the sleepovers without having to worry about her bedwetting ruining everything. I would HATE for her to miss out on the fun of sleepovers because of her problem so any advice is appreciated.

‚Food before one is just for fun‘ vs. ‚switch to whole cow milk in a cup when LO is one‘. Where do these Statements collide?

English is My second language, sorry. I often read about These two Statements. But I never See them together in one article. There has to be an interface? Especially when bottle fed. How Long do I have to feed bottles because of nutrients when LO is perfectly eating „normal“ Food and is fully happy with it? How much does He still need at a curtain age? (Like right now at 9 months).

“Don’t mention divorce in the first year”

I’ve heard this from multiple people and seen it on multiple social media sites. About how hard it is the first year raising a kid and you shouldn’t that the problems in your relationship get to you while you still have a baby because everyone is adjusting. Is this really that true? Have any of you really thought your relationship was over but then things started to improve once the baby was a toddler?