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Would it be ok to leave baby somewhere 100% safe while I go out to the complex parking lot for 1 min?

I live in a complex and it’s extremely hot outside. My car is black with a black interior and it gets really hot and takes a while to cool down after starting. The heat causes my LOs eczema to flair up really bad. Would it be ok if I leave baby alone for a minute while I go start our car, so it can have a chance to cool down before we head out anywhere? I’d lock my complex door and put baby in there crib.

Daughter (2yo) gets bit on the face at daycare & blamed.

I received a text yesterday from my daughter’s daycare employee that read: “Hey! I just wanted to let you know that F (daughter) was arguing with a little boy in the class and she got bit on the face. There shouldn't be a mark but she might mention it!” I understand that these things are to be expected when toddlers are together, but I’m incredibly bummed that this is the language that was used. It’s 1) my daughter doing the arguing and 2) she got bit; instead of 1) there was an argument and 2) a boy bit her. How would you handle this— not necessarily the incident, but the phrasing that places blame on my daughter instead of the boy that bit her? What can I do to approach this respectfully so that the [female] employee understands how harmful (& somewhat offensive) this phrasing can be? Or tell me I’m overreacting— either way!

Family referring to baby as theirs

I don’t know why this is driving me nuts, so I want to see if anyone can relate. My mother in law recently referred to my baby in a text as “her [baby’s name]”. I thought it was just a one off thing but she’s just done it again. I hate it and don’t really know why! She lives 1,000+ miles away and has only seen the baby once since she was born (almost four months old). My husband thinks I’m overreacting by being annoyed. I’m sure she has no idea it bugs me and really doesn’t mean anything by it, so I’m just torn on whether to address it or not. Anyone have a similar experience? How did you handle it?

I'm a mom at 15 and I need advice

I'm going to be upfront about this as this is entirely my fault. I had unprotected sex at 14 and fully admit that it was dumb and irresponsible so I'd rather not see any shit about it in the comments. I wish I had aborted my son but I decided not to, I hate being a single parent and it's the hardest thing I've ever done especially since my parents are only helping financially and I'm always busy with him. I'm not happy but I'm going to try to stick with it, how can I make this easier on myself while still being responsible? Any positive advice would be greatly appreciated.

What did you do today?

A question my husband asks when he comes home. This question isn’t so much an inquiry of curiosity, but a judgement of the lack of things he sees has been done. If you encounter this question, how do you respond? Is keeping the household tip-top a priority for you? Or how do you manage to get all the things done in the house with a baby?

I am a stay at home father and struggling to keep my head above water

We have 3 kids a 3 year old, a 22 month old and a 7 month old. My wife is the breadwinner and I am a stay home with our kids. The days are long and so unbelievably exhausting and what’s harder is feeling like at the end of the day when I’m tired from it all and all I want is to just mentally detach my wife needs me to be an emotional support. She is constantly nagging me to sit and help her process through life when all I want to do is sleep because I just don’t have the emotional capacity to give anymore. But she just keeps nagging and nagging to talk. And says I’m neglecting our marriage. I don’t really know where to go from here I just know that I’m drowning under the weight of these kids and their constant needs and my wife’s pressure to meet her emotional needs.

I can’t put her to sleep cause I don’t have boobs

The nanny doesn’t breastfeed either but somehow she can put my 8 months old to sleep without breastfeeding! If only he’d ask her for advice.

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Don't be like me and assume it fits like a size 3-6 months. There were a whole lot of hand me down clothes we never got to use because I'd sorted them into the wrong category.

I love playing games with my baby. Our current favorite is “stop eating your hands so I can feed you”.

What fun “games” are you playing with your newborn right now?

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Do all husbands have that learned helplessness?

I realized we were almost out of dishwashing detergent so I shot my husband a quick text asking if he could pick some up before coming home. Not even ten minutes later I get a call asking what I meant. I thought dishwashing detergent was pretty self explanatory. Then he asks me if we should get the liquid or the packets. Well we’ve never gotten the liquid, so probably just pick the packets. I know this is small in compared to other peoples problems and that my husband is an intelligent man, but these are the reasons why I never ask his help with the gardening or extra cleaning because it feels like having to guide a toddler through these tasks.

2 year old Birthday party fail.

I planned a pool & water slide birthday party(50 guests) for Saturday just to find out it’s gonna be too cold. Everything is booked/payed for and there’s no way to change the date. What do y’all think? Is 73 degrees and partly cloudy wayyyy too cold to get wet? I feel like crap about the whole thing now. EDIT: I can’t express how grateful I am for the replies. It was so crushing to think the party was ruined. I’m gonna have some warm towels and a heater for the kids if they get cold! Happy summer guys!