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Anonymous says
Those of you who have RSUs and/or options you’ve exercised, did you do your own taxes? DH is adamant about not paying anyone to do our taxes, even when we had a nanny and had payroll etc.
I’m sure we could figure it out, but wondering how much of a hassle it is vs just paying someone. I had both RSUs and options this year that I exercised, if that matters.
Anon says
DH used to do ours but his comp got complicated with stock, carry, etc and while we are in the US, his company is based in Europe so some stuff is held over there that he decided it made more sense to outsource and that with some other responsibilities at home and at work, it wasn’t worth the time to do it himself
anon says
DH has RSUs every year and we do it ourselves. Calculating the cost basis of his RSUs takes a few hours but it’s worth it not to pay someone, plus I think it’s important to understand our own finances to that level.
Boston Legal Eagle says
Yes, I get RSUs and husband used to. I still do our taxes, via TurboTax. Just make sure to edit for the right cost basis, as the default will have it at 0, at least on my system. Your brokerage firm should have all of the documents available at tax time.
Spirograph says
I have RSUs and do my own taxes. It’s a bit of a headache, and I do have a financial advisor who’s helped me make sense of it from a planning standpoint around vesting/selling schedules. Our tax situation is otherwise extremely un-complicated, so I don’t mind spending a couple hours on this one piece.
anon says
FWIW, I pay my accountant $500 to do my taxes. We have RSUs and an otherwise fairly uncomplex tax picture. Worth every cent that it saves me in time. Plus, we have a fail safe in case we ever got audited. Peace of mind is worth something to me nowadays that it wasn’t when I was 10 years younger.
Momofthree says
My husband started getting RSUs last year and we do our own taxes. We always sell immediately upon vesting, so that simplifies things a little. My husband has found issues with tax returns completed by family members’ accountants and I’ve had accountant issues in the past as well, so we prefer to do them ourselves. He’s also a personal finance nerd so that helps
Anon says
It’s not that hard, but it is somewhat time consuming. My view is that this is the call of the person doing the taxes. In my case, it was me doing the taxes and I didn’t have the brain power to do it. By the way, I do have to know everything and will check the return very carefully, but I pay someone to do it. Having an accountant is still a hassle.
Cb says
Ugh, mom solidarity? It’s my first day at new job (not in office til Monday b/c academics don’t ever come to the office) and my kid is home “sick” and I just feel really overwhelmed with life. Teaching starts in a week, and there are all these systems I don’t understand yet (I started prepping classes a few weeks back).
At home, we got a call from school that he had a stomach ache on Wednesday, from aftercare with a headache, and some conversations with friends/triangulation revealed that a playground issue with an aggressive kid last year has resurfaced. I think the tummy/head was a result of stress so gave him a mental health day today. We emailed last night and got a solid reply from the school with their plan, but I hate that my 6-year-old is dealing with this stress at school.
Anon says
Ugh I hate that for him and you. You’re a great mom <3
Anon says
Low stakes Friday questions:
1) What’s your favorite frozen pizza?
2) What’s your go-to low-effort food to leave for your kids and babysitter (e.g. minimal prep for the babysitter, but enjoyable by all)?
Anon says
1) I personally love Digiorno
2) we always have pizza delivered (before we leave). I don’t want to bother the babysitter with any prep. I tell her to leave the dishes in the sink too.
Clementine says
1. Trader Joe’s mushroom pizza. I think it’s the mushroom tart??
2. Either Mac and Cheese from a box (which the kids DEVOUR and think our sitters are the best cooks ever) or I let my 7 year old cook everyone grilled cheese sandwiches.
Actually, lately we’ve started doing date nights after dinner and after the baby goes down at 7PM. It means we’re eating at like 7:30 (which is great), don’t need to worry about dinner, and the kiddos get to basically wear pajamas and watch a movie with the sitter.
Anon says
The one with black truffle oil? I love that one too.
GCA says
I’m still on the hunt for a favorite frozen pizza, but echoing the boxed mac and cheese – my 8yo likes to make it himself (sort of – sometimes he forgets how long it’s been boiling, puts in too much milk, etc., we tell the sitter that he needs a bit of supervision). Or I throw together a soba noodle salad beforehand and leave it for kids and sitter.
anon says
1) Red Baron
2) Kraft mac and cheese
We’re not fancy, clearly.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Fun questions!
1) Our grocery store’s brand – lots of different crusts, toppings, all good.
2) Boxed mac-and-cheese, pizza delivery, or the pre-made heat-and-eat meals from our grocery store. Sometimes leftovers. I try to do as much “prep” on these things before she gets to the house so she can immediately turn to the kids.
Anonymous says
1 ) Dijiorno
2) Favorite: leftovers of a meal that I know kid really likes. Actual Typical: Mac and cheese or frozen pizza.
Momofthree says
We really like the cauliflower crust pizza that you can get at Costco (either the veggie or the kirkland brand supreme)
For sitter nights, we normally do delivery pizza or some times our version of mac & cheese.
Anonymous says
Do folks provide food for a sitter if you have very young kids that the sitter mostly doesn’t put to bed? We often have a sitter come for the tail end of the dinner/bedtime routine so my kids are getting to know them but we usually don’t leave until they’re in bed. As a newer parent I feel unprepared on the feeding a babysitter front.
Anon says
If you’re gone during “normal” dinner hours, you should provide food (or offer to either order them something or reimburse for delivery). If it’s more fringe time, tell them either way so they know to pack something or eat before.
I also always tell them to help themselves to whatever food we have in the house.
SC says
We always offer to provide food. A few sitters have taken us up on it, and I usually pick up a rotisserie chicken and sides from the grocery store. (Then we eat the leftovers over the next day or two.) Most sitters, including our current go-to sitter, have said they prefer to bring their own food from home.
Anon says
Trader Joe’s ham and caramelized onion pizza.
I usually door dash, and ask the sitter what they want from wherever I’m ordering for the kids.
SC says
1) Trader Joe’s
2) For the kid, Red Baron French bread pepperoni pizza or Kraft Deluxe mac n’ cheese. If we provide food for the babysitter (we always offer), it’s something different, usually grocery store rotisserie chicken and sides.
Tired of laundry says
Bedwetting advice question. Our 5yo is again going through a strange stage of bed-wetting, after being fully potty trained since 3. Last time we realized dream-peeing him before bed was making things worse, and once we stopped that it phased out. This time it started when he was sick AND when he was getting nervous about starting kindergarten. Now, he’s completely better, has started KG, and is still wetting the bed. It’s a lot too- soaking under the waterproof mattress cover to the extra pad I got, and several times a week for about two months now. (Weirdly, and thankfully, he did NOT have any accidents on vacation smack in the middle of those two months!). His OT has suggested an ADHD eval for him, which I mention because it appears sometimes there is a correlation with ADHD and bedwetting, per google. We are going to try to really enforce drinking water at dinner and then nothing after that, but it is also hard to stop a 5 yo from drinking anything (as in, he can go get a cup himself and sometimes I don’t notice until he’s chugged it). Any suggestions or tips? (Other than checking for a UTI, which he has no other symptoms for).
Anon says
i have 5 year old twins still in pullups. one was starting to be dry most nights and we tried for 2 nights without pullups and she had an accident and started K this week and I’ve noticed the pullups are much more full than they used to be. he is probably exhausted from the change in routine and just sleeping through it. also, idk where you live, but we live in Houston where it is still SO hot and with all the other changes going on i dont have the energy to deal with changing sheets in the middle of the night. is he willing to wear a pullup for a month? bc this sounds exhausting
Clementine says
Kiddo might be a little young, but I have a few friends who have had a lot of success with bed wetting alarms. As in, an issue they had managed for YEARS was resolved in 2 weeks or less.
Cb says
My friend spoke to a specialist about this and they suggested a need to expand the bladder, so lots and lots of liquid during the day, cutting him off at 5. The dream wee has been working very well for us but I also want to work on pumping more liquids.
Anon says
That would surprise me that a doctor thinks an ADHD evaluation would be necessary when it’s so common to wet the bed. Has anyone else heard of this?
Anonymous says
Kids with ADHD often have trouble recognizing bodily signals (potty need, hunger, full tummy, etc.) but I think an eval seems out of proportion if there are no other signs.
anon says
Bedwetting is included on ADHD screeners I’ve been given for my kid, but I agree it wouldn’t be what I’d jump to absent any other symptoms, especially with a kid who’s only 5.
OP says
Nope, not his doctor. His occupational therapist. Not due to bedwetting, due to other behaviors. I mentioned the ADHD because it apparently has some connection with kids bedwetting.
Boston Legal Eagle says
Night dryness is not something you can teach. It’s hormonal, and kids get there at different ages (my older kid was ready at 6, younger kid was ready at 3.5-4). Maybe he’s not ready for it? Give him a nighttime pullup and take it off when he’s been dry for about a week.
NYCer says
+1. Jumping to an ADHD evaluation seems odd if he does not have any other symptoms. Bedwetting is still common at age 5.
OP says
Nope, ADHD evaluation is based on other things. It’s the regression part that is concerning, as he won’t wear pullups now (and hasn’t for years).
Anonymous says
Echoing earlier commenter, you can *kind of* teach nighttime potty-training, but it’s ultimately about your child’s biology/ hormone levels/ etc. I’ve heard that with boys, hitting the point of making it through the night happens later, on average. Don’t hold your kid to a standard that their body physically can’t meet. Just buy some pull-ups!
OP says
My issue is he won’t wear them, as he has been night potty trained for 2 years and is regressing. DD is still in pullups, I am not opposed, but he refuses and I can’t physically force him at this age.
Anon says
You should also check for type 1 diabetes – it’s unlikely to be that (especially if he’s not drinking a ton during the day), but bedwetting for a previously overnight-dry kid is one of the classic early symptoms, and it’s one of those things you want to catch sooner rather than later.
OP says
Hm, ok I will look into this. Thank you, didn’t know this.
Anonymous says
I don’t know if this is the right answer, but my 3rd grader still wets the bed fairly regularly and I just console her and make sure she gets her sheets into the washer. She’s mortified, especially since her brothers never really had that issue and tease her occasionally (which I shut down hard when I hear it, but siblings). Obviously, I remind her to use the bathroom right before bed, try to limit beverages in the evening, etc, but it doesn’t make much difference. There seems to be a correlation with how tired she is — when she’s on a good, regular sleep schedule and well-rested, she’s more likely to be dry. Unfortunately, she often tries to stay awake so she can use the bathroom later… while it seems logical, the extra-tiredness often negates the later bathroom trip. We’ve tried the wetness alarms, but they didn’t really work for her. I’ll bring it up at her next pediatrician appt in a few months if it hasn’t resolved yet, but last time the doctor said it’s just a physical readiness thing and to wait. My siblings and I were late bed-wetters too, so it probably has a genetic component. I’m fairly sure she has ADHD, so maybe that’s part of it, too.
From a practical management standpoint: We do “waterproof” mattress pad, hospital-style xl reusable pee pad on top, then the sheets on top of that. We’ll buy a new mattress once she grows out of this phase, but the pee pad directly under the sheets does a very good job of catching everything, much better than if it’s under the mattress pad.
Anonymous says
I’m going to echo what others have said. Bed wetting isn’t something you can precisely train out of; it’s developmental. My oldest is 6.5 and has been day and night “trained” since he was 2. He just stopped peeing in his nighttime diaper around the same time we potty trained. I absolutely believe this was coincidence. He has always attended day care, but we did have a bout of bed wetting when he started kinder: I think it was stress and being overtired and not waking to pee. Incidents happened about weekly for three months, then stopped. I will also say it’s super, super common at age 5 for kiddos to still wear nighttime pull-ups. I would probably just lean into that for a while and then re-evaluate after Christmas.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
+1 – I’ve had multiple pediatricians tell me bedwetting/not staying dry – especially with boys – on its own isn’t a concern until they’re like 6 or 7.
Caveat that I am on a very relaxed timetable when it comes to potty training than many others here. DS #1 was 3+, DS #2 turns 3 later this year and has shown minimal interest, except saying bye to his diaper and talking about pee and BMs…when asked to sit on the potty he strongly rejects the offer.
Anonymous says
If he won’t wear pull-ups then look up PeeJamas. They can absorb some of the pee and wake him up a bit wet. Is he not drinking/using the bathroom at school and then drinking a ton at home?
Anonymous says
That last question is a good one. Some ADHD kids and kids with anxiety will do that.
OP says
Thank you so much you two. The Peejamas might work- I tried underwear like that but he resisted. The special pants might do the trick. And yes, he’s in OT for anxiety/ADHD type behaviors, so this makes sense to me, especially since he’s been off his “normal” summer camp schedule for a bit now too. I am going to keep an eye on drinking during the school day, too now. TY!
Anonymous says
this is like 3rd hand advice, but FWIW, u had a coworker whose daughter was still wetting the bed at an older age (10+ IIRC) and she said their doctor thought the issue was the daughter wasn’t using the bathroom much during the day, so then her body would compensate at night. Just mentioning this in case your son is having trouble fitting in potty breaks during his new school routine – that could be part of the issue.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Fellow parents that started school this week – we made it to Friday!
This AM DS #1 told me 30 times that “I do not like [Elementary School].”, “I want to go somewhere else”, “There’s too much math and my brain hurts.”
My response – “Okay, I heard you, got it, let’s move on.”
Anon says
the other night my daughter told me the tools she would like to use to disassemble her new school because she wishes it did not exist. it has been heartbreaking for me to listen to her complaints about school and her crying in the morning to go to school, because at her old school she cried when she was sick and couldn’t go to school…but this morning we had no tears, so progress?
Anonymous says
My kid would not stop talking about Desk Pets. “If we show expected behavior we get Desk Pets!” I’m picturing a hamster in the middle of their little tables. He couldn’t really explain what it is (first grader). I google and turns out it’s a behavior management thing like sticker charts. They really must have talked it because they had to draw a picture of themselves and write what they were excited about learning in first grade and he wrote “desc pets”. Cracks me up that he cares more about the sticker chart equivalent than the actual curriculum, but hey, whatever works.
Anon says
what stores other than primary carry tunic length tops in solid colors. looking for red and primary is sold out
Isabella says
Does anyone else spend time (lunchbreaks) at daycare? Reading yesterday’s discussion about the other daycare dad made me think maybe wonder a little bit about interactions I have with other kids at daycare. I spend an hour in LB’s classroom once or twice a week, so I’ve known the kids for most of their lives. At this point, they are pretty comfortable cuddling on my lap, asking me to put their shoes on, etc. I would never scold aggressively like the post yesterday, but I definitely say things like “no pushing” or “that’s not yours”.
I’m not particularly worried, because it’s A) all good and B) all within the written policies. But I was wondering if that kind of parent interaction is really unusual at other daycares? And would you be upset if your kid were in this class?
Anon says
Do you know the parents? I’d find it really weird if I didn’t know the parents.
Anonymous says
No. And I think it’s bizarre and I wouldn’t like it. Why are you just hanging about there? Are you back ground checked and finger printed? Are you trained? I’m not paying a fortune to have a random mom hanging out with my kid.
Anon says
Yes I think that’s fairly unusual. I wouldn’t love it but also wouldn’t raise a big stink about it. I assume the school did some kind of background check on you? If not, I think that’s super inappropriate of the school. I had to do one to volunteer in K-12 and I’m not touching the kids.
HSAL says
I would say that was pretty unheard of at our old daycare. Is the daycare in/very close to your work? Our daycare welcomed nursing moms to come in during the day, but beyond that it would have been strange to me. Not upsetting at all, just surprising.
Anon says
This is very very odd to me. My kids went to university daycare so tons of parents had very flexible schedules. Lots of parents (including us) picked up early or dropped off late; and our daycare had observation rooms where parents could hang out and watch their kids and DH and I did that a few times as nervous new parents. And nursing moms would regularly show up to breastfeed their babies during the workday. But I never heard of any parent spending an hour or more in the classroom and playing with kids besides their own, let alone scolding other kids. I think the teachers would have shut that down, quite honestly.
Anonymous says
On my lunch break I am eating lunch, or working out, or doing one of the 5,000 tasks I can’t get done with my kids underfoot, like scheduling a doctor appointment, returning clothes that don’t fit, ordering/picking up groceries or folding laundry. Personally, I wouldn’t care if you’re there observing/interacting with my child but from a licensing perspective I do think it’s a risk.
Anonymous says
+1 I wouldn’t care, but this seems like a risk for the school from a licensing and liability perspective.
Anonymous says
+100. bless you OP that you have this kind of free time. Currently shoving my lunch in my face at 1:45pm after back to back meetings.
Our public school requires a full CORI work up just to come in and like, hand out art supplies. Surprised the daycare is ok w/ this.
That said, once I know the parents and we’re friendly (we text etc) I might say “Maddie! No running in the parking lot, wait for you dad!” or something at pickup when her dad is otherwise occupied inside with older brother. That’s about as far as I’d go. I also feel fine w/ other parents saying that to my kid, but again, the ones who I know, and who my kid knows and sees as an authority figure. If it was some random parent they didn’t know I would think that’s weird.
anonamama says
I like to chat with the kids during drop-off when they come over to the door to greet kiddo, just like “oh wow really it was a huge fly?” or “yes, this is my work badge.” They are generally chatty with me but I don’t have 1-1 relationships beyond one child who we are family friends with. I’ll probably read a book to the class on DS birthday, but beyond that, not much opportunity to engage. Curious how you have multiple opportunities to do so?
Anon says
It sound like she’s just choosing to show up and hang out, not a formal volunteer opportunity.
Isabella says
Like I said, it’s my lunchbreak and explicitly covered in the center’s written policies. So I’m just taking the opportunity I’ve been given, because I enjoy it and learn a lot.
Anonymous says
I used to nurse my kid on my lunch break, but after we were done with that there was no way I was getting near that place during the day except for required parent volunteer hours. I think it is super weird for you to be hanging out in the classroom even if it is technically allowed. As a parent I would think you were some sort of creeper.
Anon says
This wasn’t common at our former daycare but even if it had been, I would much rather have worked through my lunch break and picked my kid up earlier.
Anonymous says
So one of my kids did a co-op preschool so I was in the classroom and really enjoyed it! So I understand your perspective of enjoying the time. But every single parent who would be with the children was background checked and fingerprinted. Besides an in home daycare I find it very odd that this is even legal at a large center.
Anon says
+1. My kid was in a co-op, and I and our nanny had to do all of that to walk in the door. I am really surprised that your daycare permits it by written policy — I would be less surprised if it was kind of a one off that flew under the radar. Every care provider I’ve used has also remarked it’s much harder for a parent to show up and then leave mid-day. That said, I developed a really close relationship with other kids/parents by always allowing myself plenty of time at drop off and pick up. At pick up especially, I made an effort to talk to the kids and their parents, and my oldest is in 5th grade and we STILL have a text chain from her daycare years going.
Spirograph says
I do think it’s strange, I’d be taken aback but not upset to know that a parent was interacting with my kids during the day, assuming the actual teachers & staff in the room at all times. My former office had an on-site daycare, and other than breastfeeding mothers, parents didn’t visit during the day. You might see the kids playing in the atrium or the garden, but nothing like what you’re describing.
GCA says
no, that would have been highly unusual (beyond the occasional nursing mom). I mostly spend my informal lunch breaks desperately trying to get other things done – laundry or meal prep if I was working from home, extra work because it never ends, working out, other errands. Or lately, just catching up on recreational reading. (Thinking about it now, I have an identity besides ‘parent’ or ’employee’, and because we have no family nearby, I have to use some of that precious paid childcare time to let that side of me flourish.)
I wouldn’t really care if another parent chose to spend a lot of time in the daycare classroom – but I might think it odd (unless you are a childcare professional?) And I do think it could be a liability for the center.
GCA says
sorry, i’m writing this while wfh with kids underfoot (it’s *that* week between camps and school…ugh) and realize it went thoroughly off tangent! just to say that at our daycares, I think my kids’ direct, in-classroom interaction with another kid’s parent was maybe an hour total a month.
Boston Legal Eagle says
This sounds very unusual, for sure. We’ve been at 4 different daycares over the years and this hasn’t been a thing at any of them. Most working parents don’t have a free hour, and if they have flex schedules, this isn’t how they’re choosing to spend their time! Are you in the education field? And, yes, please tell us you are background checked.
anonM says
DH spent his lunch with DS when he started daycare as a baby. But, he didn’t hold/touch other kids, and it was only in the baby room. Another mom was in there a lot, too – and basically WFH from the baby room/nursed. It doesn’t seem that wild to me for the baby room, but I guess beyond that age I’d want my childcare center to treat you like a volunteer and have you background checked before you interact with other kids on a regular basis as this sounds.
Anon says
I spend no extra time at daycare.
However, parents being there wouldn’t bother me. Our daycare is pretty small so I pretty much know all of the parents through seeing them at pickup / drop off, seeing them at birthday parties, having similarly aged siblings, or knowing them / knowing of them through something outside of school (friend of a friend, live in the same neighborhood, go to the same gym – whatever).
FP says
So, I am probably at a place where parents are hyper involved, and what you’re describing would be well beyond the norm here. I would think it’s weird. I am a faculty with a highly regarded multi-site campus daycare system, open only to faculty and staff. Since everyone works on campus it’s normal for the older classrooms to take walks across campus to interact with the rest of the community and sometimes they will do things that involve faculty parents naturally (like: a parent is a geology professor, so s/he will meet the class on one of the lawns to talk about rocks etc.). When my son was in the infant room I walked over and nursed once or twice a day instead of pumping. But no one regularly spends an hour in the classroom weekly without something like a regular feeding. This is weird, especially if you’re stepping in as a teacher to monitor classroom behavior.
Anon says
I commented above about university daycare, and same. Parents are very involved, but in a structured way – like they come in and lead an activity about their work or their family culture, but the teachers are the ones supervising kid behavior during that time. There were a few times per year where parents were invited to come to the room, but there was a teacher-planned activity like cooking decorating and a lot of parents present, so everyone was just trying to keep tabs on their own kid and make sure they didn’t snatch some other kid’s cookie. I’ve never heard of a parent just hanging out and supervising kids that aren’t their own. I don’t think there’s actually any policy that would expressly prohibit a parent from being in the classroom for an hour at lunch, but it would be seen as super weird by other parents (and I assume teachers).
Anon says
Honestly, parent volunteers in the classroom would not phase me at all- my kinds’ elementary school has them all the time. I know they are welcome in our daycare (with the appropriate checks) but very few parents have time to commit like that. And I am of the mind that anyone can give my child gentle reminders when they are not behaving. If my child is going to be grabby or pushy, and I don’t see it, please someone tell them kindly to not do it!
Anonymous says
+1 to your last couple sentences. All adults are welcome to gently correct my kids’ behavior if it’s needed and I’m not there. I get really annoyed if an adult seeks me out to tattle that my son cut in line for the slide (or whatever, but true story) rather than just being an effing grown-up and saying “wait your turn, please, he was next” in the moment.
Anon says
Yeah I know it’s old fashioned but if my kid is not behaving appropriately I’d want an adult to appropriately correct them.
AwayEmily says
Out of curiosity, is this somewhere other than the US? Like other people here, we’ve been to five separate daycares and this has never been an option.
Isabella says
In the US but operating under a very rare regulatory gray area.
Anonymous says
Sounds shady to me
Isabella says
Potentially it could be. Another reason why I want to be present and get to know people.
Boston Legal Eagle says
You should be able to trust your daycare without having to actually be there. That’s the whole point – they are caring for your children while you do other things. Are you saying they are not licensed?
Anonymous says
I meant you being allowed to be there is shady. If you think your daycare is shady what are you doing there?
Anonymous says
I’m so curious about this. How is a daycare in a regulatory gray area? Even in-home daycares are licensed I thought?
Anon says
Our daycares have allowed parents to drop-in at any time (I think most good daycares do?) and it sounds like OP is just interpreting that to mean she can hang out as long as she wants. It doesn’t sound like the daycare is formally inviting parents into the classroom, although maybe I’m misunderstanding.
Clementine says
I had something similar to this.
Daycare was right next to my work. As a nursing mom I would walk over and nurse my baby or hang out. When I was working long hours, I was thankful because it would sometimes be the only time I got with him. As they got older, I would often interact with other kiddos – like I’d be reading my kid a book and his little friends would want to come over and read the book.
Not weird to me because that was my experience.