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Struggling financially

Im the mom of two young babies, 3 years old, and 6 months. I work, but lately i maxed out all my cards for food, gas, diapers, mortgage and various other bills, and struggling bad. My job pays almost 17 an hours but I cant get out of the hole I'm in and ashamed to ask for any type of help. My children's fathers family doesn't ever help, and my own family has given so much money I wouldn't ever afford to pay them back. What can I do to make some type of income preferably from home so I dont have to leave my babies. I ebf my 6 month old as well.

My partner does this thing to sooth our new baby when she cries where he bounces her up quickly in his arms. We’ve just had a panic after learning about Shaken Baby that this has caused damage. Now we are so paranoid! Could someone take a look at the video link in comments please.

https://youtu.be/DxLKGwqZcMw Thanks in advance!

But what are you all really doing?

I know what the CDC says, but I’m curious what others have done/would do… If you give your baby a bottle of fresh breast milk and they drink half and go to bed, what do you do with the remaining (let’s say 3oz remaining) [View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/vs4w3n)

Toddler and Parents Legal names

I've been getting a lot of people telling me I'm wrong, for teaching my 4 year old daughter my husband's and mine legal name. Several people tell me it is disrespectful or unnecessary for her to know our real names. However if she were ever to get separated from my husband or I, I would like her to be able to tell people who we are so we can find her better. IDK what is everyone's thoughts on this? Am in the wrong for teaching her this?

Why are our moms so prideful?!

It is so weird to be that my mom and my MIL have this adamant need to be alone with my baby. I’m a FTM to an 11 week old girl and my mom/MIL constantly ask when I’m going to be ready to leave her alone with them. I’m like… I don’t know??? On my own time? I’m still on leave, def have PPD/PPA and don’t have many reasons to leave the house honestly - but I still don’t understand this prideful thing with moms about being alone with their grandbabies! Get your own damn baby if you wanna watch them so bad lol. I especially don’t want to leave LO alone with grandmas yet because especially my MIL has some crazy ideas about homemade formula, SIDS not being preventable, etc. Of course I don’t want to leave my baby alone with a SIDS denier! How do y’all deal with prideful grandmas?

Please tell me it gets easier - I need a light at the end of the tunnel

LO is 17do and I’m exhausted, still trying to learn his cues and feeling like a failure. I love him but I cannot wait for the newborn phase to be done. The last two weeks have been unbelievably difficult, especially after having delivered him via c section due to severe preeclampsia and he was breech. When did things get easier for you?

What to do all day with 6 month old?

What do you guys do all day with your babies? I know play and stuff but like what? My husband takes the car so cent drive anywhere. And I feel like it’s too hott to go for walks. We play, she uses her bouncer, cocomelon (yes tv) but I feel like it’s not enough

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He’s napping in his crib!!

My 3.5 month old has never taken a nap alone. He sleeps in his bassinet at night but daytime naps he’s either on me or in our beside bassinet while I lie in bed beside him. I’ve been trying to get him to do one nap a day in his room alone in his crib. It usually takes two hour of him fighting sleep and then me eventually just holding him so he’ll get his nap. We only battled an hour today and he’s been asleep for 15 mins so far! It’s not much but I feel so relieved and even if he wakes up in 5 mins I’ll count this a success!

Is it normal for your baby to scream bloody murder during most diaper changes?

Lol, I’m 1 month with my little babe and most times she screams bloody murder during a diaper change. This is normal, right? 😅

Will I regret room sharing with a toddler?

We’ve been following the guideline to keep the baby sleeping in the parent’s room for the first year. Well, now the first year is up and we’re trying to figure out what to do. We live in a small 2 bedroom in NYC. The crib fits comfortably in our room but it’s a bit cramped in her room. It cuts her play space in half. It doesn’t really bother is that she’s in our room and I think I would prefer her to have the extra space to crawl around in her room. She still doesn’t fall asleep independently and has been a bad sleeper in general, so she’s still very dependent on me throughout the night. If we keep her crib in our room for the next year how much will I regret this? Will it be harder to transfer her to her own room at 2 years old? ETA: Our rooms are right next to each other and share a door because it’s a railway apartment. She will still be able to see us from her room.

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Daycare vs nanny

Hi group, we are first time parents and trying to decide between daycare vs nanny four out 7 month old. We have had 2 Nannie’s who have quit unexpectedly and it has been costing 4500/month in nanny care. I have heard horror stories about daycare but is it really that bad? It would save us 1500/month and our baby will get social interaction.

Tell me your happy moments from the day!

My little dude has discovered looking under things the past few days. He’ll lean forward and look under his drawers or the sofa. This morning I hid a little bunny toy under his drawers. As is the norm now he peered under and spotted the bunny. He squealed with delight and couldn’t stop laughing. Felt like my heart was going to burst and it got the day started perfectly! Tell me those little moments that make you go all gooey for your baby.

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