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What to do if your child has a nightmare? Try this.

When my children were very little (3 or 4 maybe) and woke with a nightmare, I told them that their brain gave them a scary dream to wake them up because they had to go pee and their brain didn’t want them to wet the bed. After they went pee, I told them, their brain would let them sleep now with no more scary dreams. It worked so well that they would wake from a nightmare, go to the toilet and go back to bed without calling me.

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This isn't even my story but it makes me so mad!

My best friend's husband asked her for a divorce. His reason? She gained 10 lbs during the pandemic and "looks like she doesn't even care anymore." They have three children under 11. Three. Bonus, they live in the middle of nowhere with HIS parents. He's just all of a sudden like, "I'm not happy - it must be because you're fat (she's not even fat not that that should matter anyway)." Do you know what this pig of a man told her when she was in tears asking why he doesn't love her anymore? "Coming home to you is the worst part of my day." What. An. Ass. Hole. And what - he thinks hes gonna be hot shit with the ladies now? As a single dad with three kids who lives with his parents? Ugh. Why do men think that just blowing shit up is going to solve all their problems??? Ok rant over - I just know you ladies would understand my ire.

Pride Month

My daughter is 13 y/o in 7th grade. The other day she was asking me what to do about a crush she has. She was saying she didn't know if the other person liked her and was wondering if she should tell the person or not. During the conversation she mentioned that her and Jessica hold hands but she wasn't sure if it was in a friend way or not. My daughter has never talked about her sexuality or anyone she likes before. It was a proud parent moment for me that she didn't feel like she needed to come out, she was just talking about a crush. So happy she feels comfortable in who she is and with us.

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"With time and targeted support, even the most apprehensive child can once again experience full and joyful engagement." Thx for the great advice @Pfagell https://t.co/rOxvb9dZNc

Update: I’ve been putting on baby’s diapers backwards this whole time

Thanks to everyone for the responses on my post I enjoyed reading through them all and realized I’m not alone in making these silly mistakes. I know pregnancy brain is a thing but there must be new parent brain too lol And I would like to add that we just switched from newborn to size 1 diapers and the ones we bought are now labeled front and back so that should help me out 🤣👍

Constantly feeling guilty for being a SAHM.

You know, I was against the idea when I became pregnant. My fiance and his mom kept telling me how great of an idea it was. I was skeptical but here we are 4 years later. SO has been a nightmare and frankly so has MIL. They're always talking about how great it'd be to stay home all day and just worry about cleaning. I felt so belittled. Whenever I spend any money I get lectured how this is a one income household. I feel like a child again. My mental health is so bad but I'm not allowed to complain bc I don't work. I'm not allowed to be tired bc I don't work. I'm not allowed to be stressed out from my toddler bc I get to watch her grow up. Being a stahm has been the most invalidating and loneliest thing I have ever experienced.

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Blanket and infant scare 😳

I’ve seen some posts here that I found very helpful, just reminding fellow new parents of things that come up. Well we just had a blanket scare with our 6 month old and NO it wasn’t even in the crib. It was a complete panic (for her and then for us) as the blanket went over her face and she was even in the same room with us. Just came here to give a little friendly reminder about blankets in cribs and in general. I’m very into safe sleep and never thought I’d see this happen, let alone during our play time. Please no mean comments, we are all doing the best we can, this was such a freak thing and I’m pretty upset. Hope this is just a little fresher for anyone that needs it. ❤️💜💕

Loved this #podcast episode with @_JonathanMooney about implications of “normal” and what can happen for kids when we set aside typical conventions, timelines, and expectations and celebrate their differences. https://t.co/9BGlCbg7oY https://t.co/MjXabvzkem

We make learning difficult for children by trying to teach them by means of grown-up methods; the natural and happy way for children to learn, however, is by touching and moving solid objects, not by trying to memories rules. -Montessori #parenting #kids

What is your outlet/guilty pleasure?

To all the under appreciated wives and moms that get shit on daily by their husband and kids, what is your outlet or guilty pleasure that helps you keep your sanity and gives you the courage to go back at it again day after day? All the good that your family sucks out of you (feeling Appreciated, Secure, Calm, Happy, Loved unconditionally, Accepted, Trusting, Important, A priority, Special/unique, Exceptional, Beautiful, Amazing, Sexy)... what/who have you added to your life to get all that back? Aside from God, your faith, meditation, exercise... what keeps you going?

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