Parenting Contents Archive

"Unfocusing" your mind, or purposefully letting it wander, is key to improving focus overall. The brain does its best work when it's allowed to toggle between focus and unfocus. https://t.co/CE0MQDFuWN

When did you introduce screen time to your LO and how much do you use it?

This isn't really seeking advice, but I am more just curious (no judgmental comments or shaming each other on screen time please...we are all doing our best). My LO is 12 weeks old. I have read a lot about limiting screen time until LO is over 2 years old and even that background noise can be detrimental to language learning. But it makes me feel anxious, like even my husband and I can't watch TV unless she is napping in another room. Or if we do watch TV, I keep it on mute and use subtitles and make sure she can't see the screen (like when I am nursing, or put her in a swing facing away from the TV). I am not planning on plunking her in front of the TV anytime soon, but was just curious how other people have approached screens with their babies/toddlers.

Trouble planning healthy meals and grocery shopping?

I thought this game changer for my wife and I might be useful to the new parents here. We are expecting are first little one, and with everything going on it has been hard to do the already difficult task of meal planning and grocery shopping. I love to cook myself, but I hate trying to figure out what to make. We’re using a meal planning app called Mealime, but there are many others available. I just set a reminder to scroll through their menus and choose the meals we may like. It even links to our Kroger app and populates the shopping list. I then add the other stuff like milk or toilet paper and checkout for pickup. What used to take hours every weekend now takes me 20 minutes to plan/shop and 20 minutes to pick up and put away.

What a badass!!!

What's your baby's fav toy that's not a toy ?

Mine LOVES the shower curtain and the straps on my clothes

So tired of hearing EVERYONE'S opinions ALL THE TIME

I'm thankful we have so much (mostly) supportive family. I really am. But it is hard to hear 10 different opinions about anything I am currently doing with my 10 week old. Lately, it has been contact naps. LO won't sleep anywhere but on me during the day without HOURS of crying, so she has most of her naps in the carrier. I'm fine with it for now, she's fine with it for now, so we should be good, right? Except Grandma worries I'm going to spoil her and Mamaw worries I'm going to hurt my back. Dad asks "Does she ALWAYS nap like that? Is that safe?" Great Grandma says she is getting to old for that, and MIL says she needs to be more independent. Everyone tells me I just need to try whatever's worked for their kids, and if it doesn't work, I must not be doing it right. Any idea for snappy comebacks? I'll probably just stay them in my head, but it will make me feel better.

Toddler makes having g a conversation with another adult hard.

I am a mom of a sweet, crazy, loveable 2.5 year old who is now getting into that wonderful phase where, even if we can’t understand a word he is saying, talks like crazy. But god it can get annoying when I just want to tell someone something and he is almost shouting nonsense. Sometimes at us or just in general. Tried to tell my husband something is morning and legit gave up because my son was just loudly saying ready or maybe it was raining. I don’t really know. Thankfully I know this is a sort of phase and won’t last forever but man in the moment it’s just blaaaaaaah. Thanks for coming to my rant. I’m going to go have another cup of coffee.

Great article about #onlinesafety & children! If they can't go to the park alone, should they be online alone? https://t.co/kclfbgUtfR

“Give me one year of age over a hundred extra points on the SAT. Don’t toss an immature student into an environment with a thousand temptations you never knew existed. There’s just too much at stake." #college https://t.co/vqvZ9xJtVT

Yes, you have to go, we already paid for the lessons.

I wonder how many talented people are out there right now because their parents said this knowing their kid really actually liked going to the lessons because their kid always told them how good it was afterwards.

While discussing how to NOT raise an a-hole, Karen Alpert (@BabySideburns) & I discussed the controversial phrase "boys will be boys." https://t.co/tyuPZTgDqx https://t.co/2WfR0BmCne

Something to be concerned about ?

Hello Everyone, ​ I have a 12 month old son who I think is doing fine in-terms of development, However the mother in law thinks she's some sort of genius as she keeps saying he is behind in everything! Apparently he should be able to say his first word, he should be able to start walking and crawling. He is able to say the standard gabble like Dadada etc He is able to sit himself up from lying on the floor, he can roll back to front sidewards etc He can lift himself up etc He gets into the crawling position and rocks back and forward but doesn't actually crawl as of yet he is getting stronger on his legs but is not yet able to stand assisted just yet. I know children learn at different paces but is this something to be concerned about at 12 months ? ​ Thanks for your time.

If you're looking for a long-lasting and environmentally friendly toy, puzzles are a great choice 🧩. https://t.co/imYVnK3LfD

When children are learning another language it's important for them to see nuances of communication, such as facial expressions and other non-verbal signs. But those are also harder to make out on a screen. https://t.co/gagy1XKUk1

Babies born after mom was vaccinated in second trimester

Would love to hear stories about you or someone you know who has had their baby after the mom received the covid vaccines during the second trimester. Thank you!