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Honest non judgement question. How many parents lock their toddlers bedroom doors at night?

For instance our Toddler can open the front door of our house and will throw the cats out, it has a automatic deadbolt, that locks after 30 seconds. She could potentially let herself out and get locked out or worse. And she loves to go outside. She also will come out and wake us to play multiple times a night. Would it be wrong to lock her door at night?

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"DADDY LOOK! LOOK AT ME! DADDY LOOK!"

Godamnit kid, just let me make the goddamn bed in peace. I'm trying to make dinner, keep the house clean, do *your* laundry, and keep my goddamn sanity. I have watching you do a handstand at least 3,000 times now.

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does having kids get easier or at least more fun?

I feel like im in a never ending hellscape and like I hade a huge mistake having kids. Regret. Our kids are 1 and 2 and we are a military family with no help nearby. Im a stay at home mom

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Is there a sort of...wheelbarrow to transport a tired or sleeping four year old up hills..

I've recently moved to a very hilly area. My kids nursery is at the bottom of the hills and our home is at the top. My kid is tired after nursery and I have a heavy rucksack so can't piggyback. My kid is tall and heavy for their age, and I end up carrying them on my hip and front up all the hills and I have a lot of back pain. I also have a lot of travelling to do this Christmas on foot, with a tired and potentially sleeping four year old. I need something that I can transport easily, but that is big enough to cosy my child up in if they sleep, or comfortable enough for them to sit in when their legs get tired during the day. Any suggestions?

My husband said he’s unattracted to me since giving birth

I am 10 months postpartum and since giving birth I can count on one hand the amount of times we’ve had sex. Last night I broke down about how concerned I am about it and finally got him to admit he’s not physically attracted to me since becoming a mother. He told me he never wanted to admit it because he knows how awful it sounds and sees how hard being a new mom is so he never said anything. He said I’m still “beautiful” but is ultimately attracted to physical fitness and can’t get turned on lately because I’ve put that on the back burner. I don’t know what to do. He said I’m an incredible mom and cherishes our relationship. I want him to see me as his sexy wife again, not just the mother to our child.

Partner just took our baby to his parents house.

He’s doing it alone and the trip is about 35 minutes one way. I locked that door and immediately hopped into the shower. The music is turned up, the laundry is going, and not one person is asking for my attention. We will go over their tomorrow for a family dinner, but holy cow it feels nice to just breath.

I don’t think we’re doing anything for my birthday.

I turn 35 in exactly one week, and today I asked my husband if we had any plans for next weekend. He mentioned the baby shower that’s on my birthday, and I replied “ok, but that’s only 3 hours and I will be back in the early afternoon.” He didn’t mention anything else. I turn 35. My parents are dead. I’m in charge of 3 small humans, and a household. Just once I didn’t want to have to plan something. We’re going to end up doing nothing, aren’t we?

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Not sure how to feel about this.

My daughter (14F) gets a ride to school with her best friends older brother (17M) a couple days a week. She recently mentioned to me that he occasionally buys the girls Starbucks. It came up by accident when she started telling me about a new coffee drink she had tried the other morning. She is usually trying to beg money off of me for these things and so I asked her and she admitted that he pays for her. I am a single mommy so money is tight especially this time of year but I will sometimes throw him some gas money. I am sure the drinks he buys her are way more than what I give him. Regardless it is very nice of him and I guess it’s not a big deal according to my daughter. He has never brought it up to me but I honestly would not have the funds right now to be reimbursing him. Should I intervene or just let it be if he is fine with paying for her?

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My health app sent me a notification... my average resting heart rate has dropped by 11 points in the last 8 weeks. 8 weeks ago I met with a lawyer and 6 weeks ago I left my awful husband.

I have felt drastically better. It's still a fight... he told me he plans to fight for 50/50 custody (which everyone is shocked by because he hasn't wanted to be a dad for more than 30 minutes a day for the past 3 years). He makes threats every time I see him, which is every weekend because until he signs a separation agreement, he's forcing a 50/50 weekly trade off. Trying to make himself look good while I spend a week at a time worrying if he's hitting or screaming at our child. And despite all that, I still feel amazing compared to 2 months ago. BroMos, this was SO WORTH IT!

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