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Husband’s grandmother won’t give baby more than 3 oz because she will be “fat”

My 3 month old has been gaining weight slowly. She’s in the 20th percentile. Our doctor wants me to nurse her then offer bottles to encourage more intake. When I have to strictly bottle feed (daycare, etc)., I make 4oz bottles. Since she’s been struggling to finish sometimes, I will do 3 oz then give her more so I’m not wasting breast milk or formula. My husband’s grandma keeps not offering her another oz when feeding her saying she will get “milk fat”. When I made the comment that she finally took in 26 oz in a day (as recommended by her doctor), she made another comment about her getting fat. My sweet girl needs to gain weight and honestly these comments are SUPER irritating. Not to mention the fact my baby may want 4oz sometimes and if she’s feeding her she’s probably not getting it.

I don’t like being a parent

Does anyone else not really enjoy parenting? I have one child, a two year old. I love him more than anyone in the world. The thought of anything bad happening to him makes me feel ill. But the part of the day I look forward to most is when he’s gone to bed so I can have a few hours to myself. The rest just feels like an exhausting chore. I don’t look forward to the weekends any more because it’s just more hard work.I feel like people must not feel this way, because they choose to have more children. I’m barely coping with the one I’ve got.

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Most useful ASL signs to teach baby

Although there have been a few threads about teaching sign language to babies, I couldn't find one that specifically went into WHICH signs are most beneficial or useful so I thought this would be a good topic of discussion. I'm specifically wondering about signs we can use for early communication before LO can use spoken language vs starting the foundations for learning ASL in it's entirety as a primary or secondary language. If there is even any difference in approach for the two. I'm very interested in any research on the topic, but am also open to anecdotes regarding which signs you found most useful or easiest to teach etc.

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A full night’s sleep must do wonders

My husband has baby duty over the weekends and I’m always amazed how calm LO is, like there’s minimal fussing and she’s a cheerful baby all day. On top of that my husband doesn’t seem to get tired of parenting and I’m always wondering how he does it. Then it clicked. He gets 6-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every single night. I’m lucky to get 5 hours in 1-1.5 hour chunks on a good day. (The reason he doesn’t get up is because there’s nothing he can do, I pop LO on the boob and then plop her down to sleep next to me.) While this thought makes me feel less guilty about being a more anxious and less patient parent, it also makes me sad that I could be a better mom if I just had a good nights sleep for once. Not looking for advice, I’m just here to air some of the mom guilt out.

Somebody talk me down

…from throwing ALL THESE DAMN TOYS away. Seriously, I want to throw them all out. My whole house is constantly a clusterfuck of toy messes EVERYWHERE and I’ve just HAD IT. Three kids and endless amounts of shit later and I’m just on the damn edge here with the constant clutter. I’ve tried designated play areas, toy boxes everywhere, and nothing works. Do kids really even NEED toys?? I swear, 99% of the time they’re all just ignored anyway. My kids are 10, 4 and 2, for what it’s worth. One of these days I’m going to just get buried under a mound of toys and suffocate. Update: My 4 year old just found a HARMONICA among the toy mess. Just put me out of my misery already.

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give it to me straight…

i am a sahm in training (baby is due in december but stopped working early on in pregnancy). i feel a strong need for things to be tidy, it makes me feel really anxious and stressed out if things aren’t clean and in order. with that being said, i genuinely enjoy ending my day by spending 30 minutes-an hour wiping/sanitizing everything, scrubbing the stove, doing the dishes, sweeping/mopping, etc... i only finally feel at peace and satisfied once all my chores are completed before getting into bed! (maybe borderline ocd but 🤷🏻‍♀️) i have noticed a common theme amongst parenting blogs and subreddits to “forgive yourself” for not keeping up with household chores but the idea of that REALLY stresses me out and makes me feel a sense of doom as i am getting closer to my due date. how unrealistic of me is it to believe i can take on a newborn AND maintain a tidy home?

5 month old baby wants to feed mom....

my daughter has somehow decided that her finger is the same as my boob... so she insistently gives me her finger (puts it to my lips) while I feed her and smiles when I accept her offer and pretend to eat. I guess he's also trying to give me something tasty. She doesn't do this with anyone else. It's cute and weird at the same time. 🤣

For Christmas celebrating folks, when do you put up your tree?

Just curious! My kid wants to put ours up today (fake tree) and I'm actually feeling kinda festive, then I remember it's still over a month away lol. We're in Canada so our Thanksgiving was last month, making the holiday spacing a bit different. I was always a strict Dec 1st at the soonest type of gal, but now I'm finding it creeps earlier 😅 Also I was in an abusive relationship with my kid's father for her first 4 Christmases, he was very strict and controlling about how we would celebrate, and now that I'm free I take a lot of pride as a single mom now getting to do the holidays the way I want! Anyway just curious about ur thoughts and traditions re: trees! 🥰

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I’ve reached next level parenting. Just used the newest spill to clean up the older spill.

How’s this for a Hat trick? Just picked up a paper towel off the floor, and used it to mop up the spilled orange juice, and use the orange juice to get the dried sticky Hershey’s syrup. Obligatory #KidsAreDisgusting