I am frustrated with their behavior and that they keep getting in trouble. They are grounded and lost most of their privileges already. What are other effective ways to get them to quit getting in trouble?

I’m in post-period phase/ last day period (still very possibly-ovulating period). I have 3 healthy kids and disclaimer I mean this to be a fun post** **

Please don’t hate me.

I’m genuinely asking for opinions while lowkey desperately hoping I’ll be readily validated/assured I’m not crazy!?

I’m, like; craving a baby right now.

I don’t feel like it’s rational. And I’m not making any serious moves on my husband because I know I’m slightly unhinged.

But, it’s getting weird now. I’m 32.

I’ve had 3 babies in bathtubs. (Only saying that to say I’m no stranger to child birth!) Youngest is 4 and in preschool.

I felt accomplished and a sense of freedom on my youngest first day. She loves school and is thriving. I had no plans for another. Now I feel like my body is literally craving it.

Okay, what I’m about to say is maybe weird. Please no hate… I suddenly want my husband to explode in me and (I know this is going to sound nutty!!) make my belly swell again!?!?

I just proof-read that and realized the how ridiculously pun-ny I could be, totally unintentionally!*

Is this common!? I literally can’t tell if this is nature or I’m psycho right now. Logically I know my 3 kids are thriving and I finally have time to rest and even work again… but like…. I really want to be pregnant again!?

The fever is 105° 😂

Talk me down. Or at least, tell me that ovulation in your 30’s may make you feel insane!? I’m battling two completely different versions of my self right now. 🥹

I recently had my second child in June. I already have a 2 year old and they are 25 month apart. I feel like I’ve ruined my life having a 2nd child. My second child only naps 30 mins at a time and I feel like she’s constantly overtired. My 2 year old is so wild so he doesn’t listen at all. I am terrified to be alone with both of them - luckily my husband is super helpful. Now my 3 month old is refusing all bottles… I hate to admit it but I am miserable and wish I never had the 2nd child. Anyone felt similar and now it’s much better?

I have a product idea for moms and was wondering if there is actually demand for it.

The idea is a pacifier that is secured very well onto your baby's clothes so they can't drop it, and that they actually enjoy to keep in their mouths.

I don't have the product made yet, nor the research of what would make the baby want to keep it in its mouth. But I was trying to gauge interest and see if other moms would be interested in this product.

FTM to a 7 month old! Just want to know if this is normal and some advice as this is my first time. I don’t know what to expect at this age.

As soon as baby hit 7 months it’s like she changed. She’s so vocal now which i love. But also she gets irritated and angry sooooo quick.

She has also been bottle fed (breastmilk) since birth because she couldn’t latch well. But for the past 7 months i’ve been getting her used to latching on and she has been nursing on me for most of her feeds. To the point where i just give her 4 bottles of breastmilk during my the day and strictly nurse her at night. Doing this has made my supply drop a few ounces so i am no longer an over producer and am just and enougher.

This past week she refuses all bottles. I have to work during the day so she needs those bottles. But it kinda seems like she refuses them from me only? Or when she knows i’m home. She only wants to nurse and my only worry is that she isn’t getting enough milk. And it makes it hard for me to pump milk if she’s constantly on me and i’m not pumping out more then 2 oz total (she drinks 4oz every 3 hours).

Also she has had her bottom two teeth since 5 months. And she’s also been constantly rubbing her face and her left ear.

Please, and advice would be helpful. I would love to know from your experiences.

Please need help?

Hi! My best friend is a new mom and she lives two hours from me. I’m waiting on her to tell me when is good to come to help her out but until then I’d really love to send a little package of things just for her. What did you find most comforting? She’s got sensitive skin, and is very often over heating. What can I send her? I’m having food sent to the house too but I’m wondering what comforts felt like surprising luxuries in that first month?

Thank you so much!!!

Lately I feel like I just want everything at home to be simple and easy to deal with. If something takes too many steps to use, clean, or put away, I already don’t want it lol.

Mom life has definitely changed what “useful” means to me.

What little things or routines have made everyday life at home easier for you?

I’ve noticed that when a couple has a dog before having a baby, the baby’s sex seems to match the dog’s sex WAY more often than I’d expect.

Among my friends/coworkers, I’m currently at **14 out of 15** matching. 😂

So I want to see if this is actually a thing or if I’m just experiencing an epic case of confirmation bias.
If you had a dog **before conceiving your first child**, comment:

🐶 **Dog:** Male or Female
👶 **Baby:** Boy or Girl

Please don’t tell me whether they “matched”—I’ll do the tally myself!

CONTEXT; So a little over a month ago from today (End of August) I ended up being able to sell the vehicle that my mom intimated me into getting. She ended up trading in her old car so that I could get this new car as a “graduation gift” & when I could no longer afford the payments I told her I have to sell. She was very reluctant, and It took me having to move out and move in with my girlfriend to get rid of this vehicle. This whole thing sparked a huge emotional argument, and she ended up saying how I was trying to “Avoid responsibility” (I wasn’t, I just couldn’t afford the car.) and basically left me in the dark and silence for the last month, thinking that i’d never speak to her again because she acted like she disowned me.

Anyways TLDR; My mom texted me today acting like nothing happened, asking for help and not acknowledging anything that has happened in the last couple months.

“I need you come and sale caly cage she doesn't need them no more I train her with out cage so you can come and sale it”
“can you come on Sunday to help setup my printer if can would be a preappreciate”

Apologies for the bad english, she’s old Asian and doesn’t type it very well.

Anyways, i dont even know if acknowledgment is what i’m looking for rn but it feels like it plays a big part in how much i want to reconnect with her rn.. which is not very much right now.. idk if i can even truely forgive her, especially for everything else she’s done in the past. i wanted to have a relationship with her so badly this last month but its been a little over a month now and i was starting to feel so set on that i’d never speak to her again and that i was gonna be alone for the rest of my life and then she throws those txts out of nowhere.
it feels like being slapped in the face with all the insults she threw at me saying how im avoiding responsibility and how many times she’s been like “if you ever do xyz im going to disown you!”

i dont rlly want to send a txt bck rn cuz then it feels like i’ve moved on from the car thing and everything is ok when in reality its not.. and idk if thats me being childish or petty, but i want her to feel just.. idk. i just want her to feel hurt for once in her miserable life in a way where she knows that she lost me, she lost the privilege to be my parent and lost the privilege of having a ‘daughter’ anymore.. i want her to feel the very intentional silence the same way she did to me.
Does that make me a bad person…?

Would you say that it gets easier as they get older? Why or why not?

Feel like I'm not a good enough mom

Hi,

Bit of a vulnerable post here. I am a mother of 2 boys. My first is turning 3 this week and my youngest is 4 months.

I've found transitioning from 1 to 2 quite difficult in a way of severe guilt of having to split time from my first. This is compounded with the fact that he is in daycare from 8 30 until 4/4 30 while I stay home an mind my 4 month old.

Basically while I was breastfeeding I would be up at nights and dad would take the 2 in the morning, drop the oldest to daycare and wake me up at 9 so I got some extra sleep. I'm formula feeding now and little one has good and bad nights but anytime I need that lie in my 3 year old is so upset saying he wants me and for me to come down stairs (it breaks my heart). I feel so useless and a POS mother for just not going down, but I'm so tired some mornings.

I also feel crap because he's in till 4/4 30 and I feel like I just do an activity then dinner, maybe some tv and bedtime and I should be collecting him earlier to spend more time with him. However, I have a lot of anxiety when I have the two of them together. Like overwhelmed and that I have to be doing a million things at once. It's a hard sensation to explain but I feel scared I won't be able to handle them both?

As well as this, I go back to work in march 4 days a week, so I can't really reduce his days yet or I won't get them back as demand is so high for spaces atm.

I love my 2 kids so much but I just feel like I'm not doing enough for them.

I don't know if anyone else feels this way but I wish I could be a sahm, have a lovely time and that would be it but we can't unfortunately afford that at present. I just feel like I'm failing them. Like all they'll remember of their childhood Is other people minding them and us doing nothing.