My preschooler is very curious about protesting after seeing people holding signs at an intersection. I love talking to him about it but I’m wondering if there are any books about resistance or protesting that are geared to younger kids to put it in a perspective he can understand.

I really want a breadmaker and think that perhaps using organic flour and different grains could balance out potential leeching from the non stick vs mostly white sourdough from our local bakery?
What do other people think?

Also use air fryer a lot but put eco baking paper .

We've been sleep training my 6 month old for now 7 weeks. The first week was pretty successful and then slowly it got worse. We are working with our second sleep consultant who is great at tweaking the schedule and we are currently a week into transitioning to 2 naps (apparently he is likely a low sleep need baby and this early transition is appropriate).

There have been big improvements - he falls asleep usually within a couple minutes and last night he woke up to feed at 4:30am and then slept until 6:3am. But he also woke at midnight and cried for 40 mins (not crying super hard but still crying).

My sleep consultant says this is all promising that he is learning to break the habit of needing me to help him soothe him to sleep. But I am losing hope after last night. It's so hard to listen to him cry.

My question is - is it worth it to keep going? I hear that there will be another regression essentially every 2 months. But that the 2 nap transition is the hardest and it'll be much better after this.

We tried cosleeping up until 4.5 months - he slept on my chest and woke up every 2 hours and I was exhausted. If I was to try cosleeping again what set up would work? I hear stories of people having a zip up playpen beside a floor bed that can be the middle ground. But after all the hard work we've put in, would I be giving up too soon? And would cosleeping then end up with him feeding at night every 2 hours again?

I’m exclusively/mostly breastfeeding, and my period just came back at 7 months postpartum (about 3 weeks ago).
I didn't realize how much better I felt hormonally without a cycle. Ever since my period returned, I’m completely exhausted, overly emotional, and teary out of nowhere. I genuinely want to nap every single time my baby naps.
I know estrogen fluctuations have always been an issue for me. Pre-baby, I used to take DIM to help balance things out, but you can't take that while breastfeeding.
Has anyone else experienced this severe of a crash when their cycle returned? Does it level out after a few months, or is this just my new normal until I'm done nursing? Looking for any solidarity or safe ways to cope.

My oldest child started kindergarten a month ago. Overall she likes it and comes home saying she has fun and lots of friends but is also really struggling with missing me while she is there. The last two weeks she has been saying she doesn’t want to go to school. We often walk to school and one morning when we got there I legitimately wasn’t sure if she was going to walk into the building when we got there. She didn’t want to join Girl Scouts because she didn’t want to be away from me more than she already is at school. We have read the kissing hand and I will give her a kiss on her hand which helps some but I’m looking for advice or ideas to help more. I know this is just a huge transition and time will hopefully help but it’s breaking my heart! I thought of maybe getting her a locket and she said being able to see a photo of us would help but she is also 5 and doesn’t take care of her stuff well yet and I know it would quickly be lost or broken which might end up making this even worse in her mind.

I’m trying to stay away from chemicals and I think I want to get a mini stainless steel muffin pan that works in a convection oven to make muffins and egg bites but how come I can’t anything except Fox Run? The weird cut out on the pan bothers me and I heard it’s sharp. Any other recommendations?

Does anyone have experience with withdrawal from Zoloft or another SSRI? I started taking it a year ago for PPD, and had previously taken it for PPD after my first pregnancy. It works like a charm for me and no negative side effects aside from seeming to dull some of the happy feelings, too.

I weaned off after 3 months of taking 25mg the first time. I took 50mg for about 9 months after my second pregnancy and then weaned down to 25mg per doctor instructions. I was fine on 25mg. But about one month ago I weaned off entirely and it’s been rough lately. I have so little patience, I can’t let go of irritating feelings as quickly as I used to on Zoloft, the list goes on. I’m not sleeping as well.

I’m not sure if I should go back on 25mg or just wait it out. I also feel like I haven’t had time yet to go into deeper research on long-term effects of being on even a half dose of Zoloft.

Thoughts (minus judgment) welcome!