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Honest question- parenting is SO HARD. Why do people keep having kids?

This question is always in my mind since having our toddler 19 months ago. Parenting is so so hard. Everything is so much more challenging. Sleep, travel, hobbies, peace. We are pretty sure we are one and done. But I keep wondering what am I missing? Why do people keep having more and more kids? We absolutely love our little one and enjoy her company and so thrilled to have her in our life. But we will not go through this again! It is hard!! Do people have easier/ unicorn babies!?

3 year old needs drinks throughout night

Any tips for getting a 3 year old to not need copious amounts of water during the night? I’m just exhausted. She has slept through the night only handful of times her entire life. She goes to bed between 7 and 8 but without fail will wake up a few hours later and need a drink. Like she downs a full 8 ounces sometimes and asks for more. She’ll continue to wake up through the night and drink and I’m so tired from the up and down. If I try to say no, she just will not go back to sleep. She’ll cry for hours, asking for her drink.

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I don’t miss my life before kids

I don’t know if that’s a controversial thing to say but I don’t. We waited until we were 35 before we had our first which is older then most people even in developed nations are when they have their first kid, and I remember on my 33rd birthday 2 years before having our first just bored of being child free. I was over it. I wanted a child because I didn’t want to live a child free life anymore, I wanted early mornings, less time for friendships and hobbies and aimlessly spending my time doing nothing I wanted to be a parent with it all the chaos and limitations it would bring. I wanted that life. I enjoyed being child free and all the autonomy and freedom that came with it, but I didn’t want that anymore. Parenthood is tough, but I’m glad I choose it, I was ready for all the ups and downs and changes it would bring. I don’t miss my old life, i don’t want it back it was good while it lasted, and now I’m so happy to have a different life.

Is it just my husband?

He seems to think he's incapable of holding in a fart. He just let's them rip and right now I'm.sat in a car unable to breath through my nose because He refuses to hold them in.

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Is it normal for a swim coach to do this...

My daughter (7) went to an indoor lesson today. Parents are not allowed inside the building because of covid. When she came out she was very agitated. One of the teenage coaches had flipped a child over in the pool mid-stroke because he (kid) was doing the wrong stroke. I guess he had tried to get the kids attention but obviously kid couldn't hear him because he was swimming. Kid was fine and didn't seem upset about it, according to my daughter. My daughter, on the other hand, was kind of horrified. She is worried that this will happen to her. Indoor pools are loud and she sometimes doesn't hear directions the first time because of all the ambient noise. Same coach also taps them on the back to get their attention. She says his taps are not light. My first instinct is that he shouldn't be touching them at all but then it's a pool so maybe that's not reasonable. I don't know. Edit: one word

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Should you allow your kids to have “mental health” days?

Do you ever have them days where you just can’t face going to work and need that day off to curl up on the sofa? I’ve recently left a very stressful job with a bad boss and needed the odd mental health day/week where I’d ring in sick. Sometimes incidents would occur and I’d need a day just to get over the incidents (school for kids that didn’t behave I might get bitten or hit and need a few days to calm down). Anyway I have 2 teens and my eldest has anxiety and is sometimes better staying at home to chill and my son gets picked on sometimes so he has the odd mental health day. I’m talking 1/2 a year not weekly. What’s your opinions on this? Would you do it?

Your favorite age

If you could have more time with your child at any age, what age would you choose? I used to say I wanted a forever 4 y/o because it is such a darling age. My son used to get free stuff everywhere he went because he was so cute and I felt like I had a little buddy to hangout with all the time. 4 definitely had its challenges but it was also such a fun age. This question is purely hypothetical.

Is there a safe way to let baby to hold onto something while sleeping?

My little one (6 almost 7 months old) loves falling asleep in my arms while scratching, rubbing, and holding onto my shirt. However when it comes to putting him down, I always have to detach him from my shirt, which, of course, wakes him up. At night when I get him down for bed, he sometimes rolls against the side of the pack n play, and will hold onto the fabric or the side of the crib for comfort. He is also a fan of holding his clothes or sleep sack, but there's not usually much to hold on to. It's obviously a comfort thing for him and it helps him sleep longer, but I hesitate to let him sleep with a lovey because I don't want him to roll onto it and suffocate. Does anyone know of anything that I could let him hold while he sleeps that isn't a suffocation risk?

Just say... you look pretty!

I rarely wear makeup or do my hair. I wear leggings most days and work from home. Today I got myself all done up for no reason except to feel pretty for myself mostly, but hubs too. I tried being all sweet and in his face.... kinda begging for a compliment honestly. And he says " what? Why are u looking at me like that?" 10 min later 2 yr old says "mommy ur hair is so pretty! Blow my hair so I can be pretty like you!"❤ She gets it. He doesn't 🙄 It's not like he doesn't say it to me sometimes... but I feel it's clear I tried. Just acknowledge it ya know

My 2 year old is driving me NUTS please tell me it gets better

I don’t know if I have parenting fatigue or what but my two year old is becoming too much of late. The constant food chucking, biting , kicking , refusal for changing of clothes nappy etc on top of the constant mess she creates , please someone tell me it gets better?!