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Do you let your kids go barefoot outside in your yard?

As an 80’s child, even raised by my very prim and proper parents , we went barefoot all the time outside and loved it. It seemed cruel to me to deny my children of the feeling of soft summer grass on their bare feet. However, I have noticed many parents balk at bare feet these days and it’s foreign to me. Pool shoes while playing with water in the backyard? Is that necessary? Of course there are risks such as rocks, sticks or bee stings but I guess I have always just seen these as minor risks that are a right of passage in life. Am I the odd/gross one out? I am paranoid now and have my children always wear shoes in yard because I don’t want to rise them against current social norms.

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Do any of you have the feeling of “I have no idea what I’m doing.”

I am a FTM. My baby is currently 12 days old. I have had my mother in law and sister in law staying with us the whole time to try to learn everything I can about the basics of how to care for a newborn. I am wondering if in the newborn stage you also had the feeling of not knowing what you were doing and just going on your intuition? Many of the posts I read on here makes it seem that parents know what their doing especially in the newborn and early stages. So I am wondering if first time parents here feel that they do not know what they are doing and just going day by day and figuring it out as they go along?

Somebody tell me I’m not the only one male parent here staying home?!

My Beautiful LO is 11 month. Im 24/7! Mommy works hard and makes more money then me… I’m getting fat and stress level is high! Dont know how long will last… nanny not worth the money! Ughh God help me! 🙏

HUSBAND DOESNT GET IT

So we decided it made more sense financially for me to be a SAHM. Well, things generally are fine. But lately my boy 2 &4 have just been acting feral and driving me crazy. My husband came home from work early the other day to find me crying and stressed with the kids. Was just a bad day and they needed to nap. I needed to vent. Anyways, my husband tells me that raising kids is nothing compared to what he does for work (masonry) and that ive created my own problems for not having rules or discipline. Which i do Just need to vent, because he does not get it AT ALL. Hes got great parenting advice for a man who will not watch his own kids ever without his mother

When to let child choose haircut

My 4.5 year old girl has been asking for short hair for about 5-6 months now. She currently has long hair halfway down her back, and wants it cut up to her chin. My only concern is she is still quite young and I worry she’ll be upset after a few days wanting her long hair back. She’s VERY girly - think head to toe pink, unicorns, Frozen loving girl. Do I trust her to know what she wants? She always wears it down so it’s not like she’ll miss styling it. I have warned her I can’t do anything with it (braids, pony tails, etc) and that it will take a long time to grow back. She still says she wants it short. What do y’all think? Should we just go for it? Or maybe baby steps and cut to her shoulders?

Expectation vs. Reality

My expectations versus reality for how my maternity leave would go (feel free to add your own! And not including any baby care 😆): Expectation: Would get all the information required to get our will put together. Would get ahead on my professional learning requirements. Would organize the food, gadgets and other stuff in our kitchen cabinets. Reality: Misplaced the documents for the will. Attended one 1 hour learning requirement. Did not pay attention. Organized the silverware drawer in the kitchen (aka the easiest drawer). Everything else is still a mess. My maternity leave ends this weekend so I have 48 hours to get myself in gear, hah. How about you all?

My husband just told me he’s Bi

And I don’t know what to do, or what to say. I just don’t want this. I’m sorry. I’m pro LGBTQ+, if my kids told me they were gay I’d be supportive x1000 but I just don’t want this. We’ve been together over 15 years, have 4 children. I feel like everything is a lie and I don’t know what to say or do except cry. Help please

What is your current first choice when baby falls asleep?

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Question about newborn vaccines

Hi all! First-time mom here. My baby girl is 5 weeks old, and I’m trying to make an appointment for her shots. She won’t be going to daycare right away, so her pediatrician said for us to wait until 8 weeks. Problem is, they don’t have any appointments available until she’s 14 weeks old. We’ve been waiting to let friends meet her, and it’s a little disheartening that we’ll have to wait so much longer. Would it be a problem to schedule them sooner? Is there a benefit to shots at 8+ weeks versus 6?

Curfew…

My daughter is 16 and summer had just arrived. All of her friends that she hangs out with have a later curfew of 1am. And mind you, these are good kids. I’ve set her curfew at 10pm snd she hates me for it. She won’t talk to me & I can tell that she can’t wait to leave for college next year. I’ve always been a helicopter single mom and I need a second opinion. Thoughts? I need honest opinions.

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Keeping room cool with no A/C

I’m in the UK so no air conditioning or ceiling fans and we are in a house from the 1910s so it keeps the heat in. Great in the winter but not the summer. How do you keep the room cool for baby? We follow all the usual advice of windows open when it’s cooler outside, curtains closed if the sun is shining on the windows, we have a fan with water pump that we clean every day to try and counter the humidity but the room is still around 25C and we aren’t even in really hot/heat wave weather. We’ve looked at portable A/C units but given the current energy price rises it’ll be extortionate to run but it is our final option. Any other tips I’m missing?

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