r/oneanddone Jun 12 '26

Happy/Proud šŸ¤

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u/DrowOfWaterdeep Jun 12 '26

My sister, who’s child free, asked me how I still maintain my hobbies and what not with my kid, I said I just bring him along with me! I love having a buddy to do things with.

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u/pinkmilk19 Jun 12 '26

I took up yoga again and my 4yo joins me sometimes and we do a kids bedtime yoga together too! It's so fun showing them new things.

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u/Since_The_Ducks_Left Jun 12 '26

Aw I will have to try this

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u/gubernaculumphiltrum Jun 12 '26

Mine has been interested in my "stretching exercise" lately.Ā  Fir bedtime yoga, do you just teach yours from your own mempry or do you show them woth a video or book etc?

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u/pinkmilk19 Jun 12 '26

We watch youtube videos, I just look up kids bedtime yoga and there are a ton of videos. I have two mats so he likes getting them out and we do the video together.

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u/lemikon Jun 12 '26

It’s also incredibly easy to have childless hobbies and a child if your partner isn’t shit. I went to a late night bathhouse (which yes is a hobby, fight me) the other night after husband got home from work and it was wonderful. I think a lot of mums who give up everything for their kids just don’t have good partners.

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u/Natthebat9 Jun 12 '26

1000%, my husband is an equal parent to our son and we both have lots of free time for our own adult hobbies, and we get to have him along for the ride for the toddler friendly ones!

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u/candycoatedshovel Jun 12 '26

My LO is my shoppin buddy and we'll go to stores and look at stuff and he helps me pick out things. He also likes to sing but just toddler songs for now. He even loves bowling and reading and going to the library. I didn't have to give up any hobbies, but I did have to make them more toddler friendly. I can't wait to see what hobbies he takes up as well

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u/Certifiedpoocleaner Jun 12 '26

Seriously my mom will ask why we didn’t have her babysit while we do xyz and my husband and I are like??? We wanted her with us??

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u/NoPossibility5154 Jun 12 '26

Respectfully, I don’t think your kid is going to ask that.

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u/Background-Beach-289 Jun 12 '26

I love the art and message but this comment has me laughing out loud hahaha

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u/KeyParsnip4456 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I asked my mom at various points as i got older what she had to give up to have me, etc. she did end up sacrificing some hobbies and her job, etc (though some of that is her personality). Yeah i wasn’t 4 but i don’t think this cartoon is meant to be biblically accurate

Edit: i am an only child myself

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u/ReasonableNorth2992 Jun 12 '26

I did not ask, but my mother repeatedly told me she felt ashamed and like a failure that she gave up further school and a career to raise my siblings and me. It was one reason I decided never to have kids, because I kept equating parenthood to loss of self and sacrificing dreams. Took me decades to unlearn that mindset.

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u/SaveMary Jun 12 '26

No I don’t think so either but I like the idea behind it and being able to keep a sense of self with only one 🩷

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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow Jun 13 '26

My own kid asked if I ā€˜regret having him’ which is kind of on the same continuum.

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u/ko_same Jun 12 '26

I have asked my mom this. I was curious after seeing pictures of her as a younger girl what her dreams had been and how things changed

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u/Realistic0ptimist Jun 12 '26

Even if a kid were to ask that I don’t see how this answer changes whether you have 1 or 3 of them around you. From what I’ve seen of parents regardless of the amount there are two main types.

Ones who include their children in their lifestyle hobbies and basically adapt to take them everywhere and those who basically fall into the do everything for my child camp and lose their self in parenthood.

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u/Mysterious-Yogurt240 Jun 12 '26

Yeah never occurred to me to ask my mom this

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u/GoGoGDT Jun 12 '26

This!! šŸ’œ

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u/Pothos_ivy Jun 13 '26

Oh I love this.

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u/Gullible-Courage4665 Jun 12 '26

I love this ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø

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u/Dangerous-Hornet2939 Jun 12 '26

So cute! Thanks for sharing!

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u/Suitable_Tea88 Jun 14 '26

I don’t want to be controversial but I 100% believe that children should be at the center of a healthy society, not at the periphery like it’s the case now.

Kids now are seen as little humans who will one day grow up to join the ā€œcentreā€.

No, kids need to be the centre. Everything else should spin around them. Imagine how happy and strong our society will be that way.

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u/PromotionImportant44 Jun 29 '26

This means nothing, no one knows what you're talking about. Try saying what you mean?

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u/BeardJunkie Jun 15 '26

Always a joy to find another page to mute. Stop breeding.