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Play helps children process feelings and develop social emotional skills. For preschoolers, even just playing with one other child outside in a park can be beneficial, helping children process their emotions and learn important skills. @hechingerreport https://t.co/NaONSAC2rQ

Playground parenting politics

So I ended up basically minding these stranger’s kids at the playground today. My 3 year old made friends with twins of the same age and the 3 of them had a great time together. Problem was, their mother completely ignored them the whole time so they kept coming to me to ask permission to go on swings, slides etc. One asked me to push her on the swing and they needed help climbing the frames. The other parents even thought I was their mom. Their actual mom sat on a bench on her phone the whole time. She looked up a few times but never came over if they needed help. When it was time to go home, she shouted at them to come. I told her they were really good kids and the 3 of them had a lot of fun and she totally ignored me. The whole thing made me uncomfortable and I felt caught between making sure these kids were safe but maintaining boundaries since I was a stranger. It’s really bothering me since we got home. Anyone experience this or have rules/advice on dealing with this situation?

I wish MY only task was going to work and coming home!

With the occasional taking out the trash and mowing the yard. Head empty, no idea who their child’s doctor is, what appointments/birthdays/events are coming up, when the sheets were last washed - not even a single thought towards dinner beyond “what are we having?” I adore my husband, and he is very helpful, but I swear to god I want to trade places for a good year sometimes. Let me work a hard job that rewards me with praise and a paycheck. Let me drive to work listening to my music alone, eating my lunch in peace, then come home and eat a dinner someone else made followed by playing video games until bedtime. Put the child to bed? HA! Put away leftovers? Do the dishes? No no, that’s his job! After all, I work hard all day! I even took out the trash after you reminded me to!!

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Did we get lucky or does it get worse?

My baby girl is 4 weeks old today and she is amazing. I’ve been told to be ready for the crying and sleepless nights but she only crys when she’s hungry, wants her pacifier, or to be held. She wakes up at 2:30 am and 5:30 am to eat then falls back to asleep very easily (I go to bed late and wake up early). She lays in her bassinet with her eyes open but doesn’t make a noises. She’s a very gassy baby but she just grunts and moves around she never crys about it. She sleeps through loud talking or noises usually. We had friends over for the UFC fights on Saturday she was in the living room with us in her bassinet and you’d forget she was there only cried when she wanted her bottle or to be held. Since the moment she was born I’ve been told many times by different people, my family and the hospital staff, that she’s a very calm baby. My question is she tricking us and eventually she’ll keep us up at night or are we just lucky? Sorry not sure if I used the right flair.

Loving where kids shows are going

Watching Nick Jr with my son (19 months) today and bubble guppies was on. The episode was about Ballet and it had multiple scenes with people watching ballet and wearing jerseys, cheering on, ect. I know it’s a little thing, but I’m just loving that kids shows have started pushing stereotypes and showing that everything can be enjoyed in different ways. Made me smile

Almost 3 months of beautiful smiles and laughs. We almost didn’t make it together during labor, but I’m so grateful to share this world with you my beautiful pumpkin 💖

How long does it take you to finish a movie/series?

Took me 3 nights to finish Black Widow and staying up til 11pm but it’s worth it. I have so much on my watch and reading list and it’s the only thing I look forward to after putting my babe to sleep.

How to approach the StrangerDanger topic?

I have a very independent, social and fun girl, age 5. She's also pretty sensitive and shows signs of anxiety. We live in a pretty safe place where locals agree kids age 5-6 can very well go outside on their own, so we have been experimenting. I bought her a GPS+SIM card watch that she wears when she goes anywhere alone. She can call me, I can call her, I can listen in on her surroundings and see where "ish" she is on a map (not very accurate but oh well). I know I have to have a chat with her about strangers, because she will literally talk to anyone and share a LOT of information about herself, me, etc. She starts more conversations with adults than kids, which I also find a bit uncomfortable. While I know I have to have this talk, I also don't want to ruin her independance or make her scared to be outside on her own and/or talk to people. How would you go about this, or how have you?

How to balance returning to public places vs keeping my baby healthy and safe?

I am a FTM to a (fortunately) heathy 9 week old baby boy. My husband and I are fully vaccinated for COVID, as are the members of our extended family and friends. We have been enjoying get togethers at our home ever since we were all vaccinated, but I’m really struggling with returning to public places and events. Just last week my husband decided to go bowling with his family and two days later he developed a cold for the first time in a year and a half (covid negative, was just a classic cold). But the entire time he was sick I didn’t want him touching the baby for fear of getting him sick, and now the outlook of attending events or going to have fun in public just really scares me. I know that ultimately this is a matter of personal opinion and risk tolerance, but I’m curious how you are balancing the risk vs reward of experiencing things outside of your homes at this time?

You’re not good at anything

Literally what my 6 y.o. said to me last night after I tucked him into bed. He didn’t mean it to be mean he just said in a very matter of fact way. He’s also said I’m not smart or fun or strong at various other times. Like I could handle it if he was just trying to get under my skin and being mean but he just actually thinks those things and doesn’t realize they’re hurtful until my husband or I correct him. He never says this stuff about dad. No, he’s the smartest, funnest, strongest, most capable person ever. I had a super shitty day yesterday too, issues with work and I found out my entire family is going on vacation to the beach next weekend and none of them even thought to tell me, much less invite me. I have a decent relationship with them they just like forgot about me I guess? Fuck it all.

Get some depends

I'm dead serious. Period too heavy and you just want to sleep without a pad rolling around or getting up to change a tampon? Depends. Stomach bug and afraid you might not make it to the toilet? Depends. Too busy all day to fuck around with other period products? Depends. Piss when you start laughing at the audacity your partner has? Depends. Your man acting like a fucking baby? You guessed it. Slap a depends on him. Anyway, I started wearing them at night after seeing Always had a "night time period underwear" that was literally just a depends but worse and with nasty added perfume. And this morning, when I was sick and thought I had to fart, my depends saved my ass. (And my sheets.) Am I 27 years old and wearing a lady diaper? Yeah. Did I sleep better and also not have to change my sheets after getting sick this morning? Also yeah. Get some just to keep around the house. They're weirdly handy.

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Trying for a second after the first one is a year old.

My fiancé and I both agree that we would like another one and think that after she is a year old would be a good time to start trying again. I basically just want advice or thoughts about this age gap and what it would be like to be pregnant with a one year old. Share your experience please! My daughter is almost 7 months now so we still have a little bit of time to go.