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Things you experienced at your kids' ages, but they haven't

For example, I started this thread because I realized that my kids (currently 7&4) have never been to a movie theater. By the time I was 8, I had been to the theater dozens of times. Too expensive nowadays and my autistic child would hate it. Other examples for me: Sleepovers (I went to a few by age 8, but I won't allow my daughter to stay at any friend's house past 9pm - maybe when she's older) School field trips (Coronavirus - the world shut down in the middle of my daughter's Kindergarten year) Roller skating rinks (none exist around here anymore)

What kind of parenting day are you having?

I just stres ate 3 spoonfuls of chocolate frosting because my 4 week old has been awake since 5 AM and has fussed the entire time. How's your parenting day going?

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How do you do it alone?

I am beyond stressed. I am not surprised if I suffer a heart attack from it. How do you care for a small child alone? No daycare, no family/friends, just me and my beautiful seven month old.. How do you shower? Bare her cries? How do you cook? How do you sleep when she teethes/growth spurts? I need to get over this but I don't know how. I've asked the pediatrician, my own doc. I am having a very tough time. I even upped my anxiety meds.. day five of no shower. I need genuine advice..

i finally understood what my toddler has been saying for months

for at least six months now, my (almost) four year old has been saying something that I have not been able to understand. it sounded exactly the same every time so i knew he was saying the same thing. recently he said it again and it was a lot more clear this time. i asked him, "are you saying x?" he said yes and got so excited that i finally understood him.... what is it that he's been saying?? "fucking asshole" he's been calling me and everything else (the dog, his toys, etc) a fucking asshole for MONTHS and i've just said "uhhh okay" every time since i couldn't understand him.

Grandma(vaccinated) of our 7 week LO tested positive. How long should we wait to see her?

My mom tested positive last week and is now 8 days post positive test. She went to get retested today and they told her it was likely she would test positive for a few months but is not contagious after 10 days. Our LO is only 7 weeks so she doesn’t have a full immune system yet. My wife and I are both vaccinated and the baby probably has antibodies from my wife. We are wondering if it is safe to let my mom see the baby after the 10 days. Has anyone had a similar situation and what have you done?

About last week...

So Wednesday I dropped my kettle and got a serious fucking burn on my leg. The hospitals are FULL so I just dealt with it. Saturday I burned the bottom out of an unopened gallon of vegetable oil and it spilled ALL OVER MY KITCHEN. Sunday night I developed a hot water leak under my house that flooded my yard. My water was off completely until an hour ago. Cold water only until it's fixed. I am also facing disconnect notices for my electricity, water and car insurance. Resumed homeschooling Wednesday. It was raining so my husband didn't work that day. I expressed major frustration over the fact that this IS NOT how it is supposed to be. "I should be dropping them off at school and you are supposed to be at work! This is supposed to be MY TIME" of course I got told I'm too negative and have NO reason to be frustrated. I know y'all will understand. I'm fucking tired😩

The school nurse for our elementary isn't vaccinated and she just had covid!?

What the hell! You are in a school with hundreds of children who can not get a vaccine. And a NURSE! How do I know this? I was in the office waiting on them to bring out my 4 year old. Hes in the special ed pre-k classroom for his autism and speech delay. The school nurse came in and was talking about how she had covid a week ago. One of the receptionists asked her if she got covid after the vaccine. The nurse said "hell no I don't have the vaccine, and I'm not gonna!" I am terrified for these poor kids. We're also in a shitty state that won't allow mask mandates in school.

I love playdates

Today I had 5 kids all girls over at my house plus my 2 that makes 7. I just love how they all play with eachother, regulate their own drama or take turns to share. They took themselves to the toilet and remember to wash their hands without prompting. I just love this age where they are independent and still all sweetness and niceness... Until close to home time where tiredness finally took over and more and more meltdowns started happening and everything just kicks off when their mothers came to collect them. They didn't believe me when I said the children were nice and said I was mad to have so many in my house lol. Honestly I really enjoyed their company and we had a fun filled giggling day and I really don't mind hosting another one again. Does anybody else love hosting playdates? Any great tips to share? Or age appropriate tactics? For context they are all 6 youngest was 2.

Am I the only one & did the doctor treat the situation right?

About 5 months ago my then 5 month old got really fussy as I was holding him, slightly behind and next to me was a side table I was sitting on the bed trying to hold him and calm him but he ended up tilting back and bonked his head on the corner of the table. This traumatized me and I hate myself for it. We took him to the hospital, they checked him, said he was OK and sent us home. I'm still worried that the doctor was dismissive and careless and should have given him a ct scan or sent us to the children's hospital, or am I being paranoid and the doctor did the right thing? Would I notice by now, 5 months later if my son really did have fracture or not And has anyone else's LO one done this or some similar or am I just a dumb mom and am alone on this? Sorry I guess I just need reassurance with knowing I'm not a shit mother I guess.

My family hasn't had covid, but I lost them anyway

I had a realization today that made me very emotional. I was thinking about how happy I'd be when lo got vaccinated because we could be back to normal-ish. Except, we can't, can we? Because my family has refused to mask around family since they've gotten their vaccines even though my kid hasn't. It was a slap in my mother's face that I asked her to wear a mask to see lo before we were vaccinated. And they keep trying to force us to go to public places with them for meals etc, and they act like I'm crazy to say no. "we wear masks in public" they say as if that's enough to make me sound like an idiot. It's a personal attack to them that I value my child's life, heath, and well-being over their wishes to go somewhere. And why would I put my child in a group of people who value a good time over their life? I've moved a lot as an adult, and I don't have friends. I realized that after the pandemic is over, I'll still have no support system.

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Had been taking my one year old swimming at the pool and she LOVED it and would say hello to the other kids and adults but I didn’t take her for a few weeks and today we went and she seemed afraid of people and was very clingy with me and didn’t want to practice swimming. She’s 14 months and started

Walking in between the time we didn’t go and had a sleep regression so maybe her brain had grown and she’s having more stranger anxiety? Any advice?

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