Maternity Monday: Essentials Cotton Leggings

Has anyone had uterine polyps at all, or in the context of fertility treatments? Does the repair/removal require days surgery and anesthesia, or is it an office visit/procedure? And how long after recovery were you able to resume treatments?

I am waiting for the official diagnosis and direction from the doctor but trying to educate and brace myself. Curious what the experience might be like. Going down a path of internet searching is not helping. TIA.

Another book request thread! My 3 year old is doing a theater class next month (masks and distancing required). She is “spirited” and has a very big personality, and I think she will just love this class. So we’re psyched. But it’s superhero themed and she doesn’t really know anything about superheroes – any book suggestions about traditional superheroes or newer ones (e.g., Princess in Black?)

I know we periodically talk about the children’s books we just can’t with anymore, but what picture books have you been enjoying lately? Not the ones that your kids demand endlessly, but the ones that you yourself find delightful, touching, or are generally happy to read?
For my part- We just discovered two Kenneth Kraegel books through our library- Green Pants (about a boy who only wears green pants and is faced with a dilemma when asked to be in his favorite cousin’s wedding) and King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson (about a six year old descendant of King Arthur, going in search of adventure- it makes us laugh every time).
Also – The Proudest Blue about sisters and hajibs.
What’s been making for happy family reading time for you?

DH and I received the vaccine on Saturday evening, off a wait list. This morning, I woke up with a huge sense of relief, the sun shining through my window, and sounds of birds outside. I felt so much hope for the first time in a year.

Have you daycare’s hours changed since covid? Ours is still on reduced hours and I’m wondering if we are ever going back.

Looking for advice. We have a 3 year old. She doesn’t sleep enough. She goes to daycare/preschool and they want her to nap there, she will nap for 2 hours sometimes if they let her but have been on my instructions waking her up after 45 minutes. She never naps at home. She has been going to bed at 9:45-10 and waking up at 6:30-7 even on the days she doesn’t nap. If it is a no nap day, I can get that down to 9:20 or so and get her to snooze on the couch with me for another half hour in the a.m.. My husband is less able to get her to go to bed on the earlier side, I think she thinks he’s more fun or something (I cannot do bedtime every night).

She just got potty trained very successfully (we put her in a night diapers but they are usually dry). She doesn’t run for the potty or anything when she wakes up. She usually wants some sort of snack after dinner + some milk, we give her a banana or crackers (something small). Kid has ALWAYS been on the low end of sleep needs (i.e. you hear 11-14 hours, my kid was barely at 11). Sometimes after dinner she physically looks tired, we have tried to put her in her bed and do her routine at like 7 and she literally laughs and me and tells me it is not nightime yet. We dim the lights in the apt and limit activity (no screens) for an hour before bed. We try to do quiet time stuff and then do routine of pjs, teeth, etc. She sleeps in a toddler bed in a dark room with a sound machine. Baths wind her up and are only 2 days a week maybe 3 in the summer, and we do them right after dinner.

i just feel this is not normal and I must be doing something wrong. my nephew is 6 months older, still naps 1 hour a day, and sleeps 12 hours at night. i know you can’t compare kids, they are different, but I worry she is not getting enough sleep. (Also – WE are not getting enough sleep!) Personality wise, she is a fairly happy kid, of course has her toddler moments, doesn’t seem super grumpy or anything. I do think she is smart, so my next step is gong to be talking about how sleep makes our bodies healthy and maybe find some more books about sleeping and how it is good (we have one, which she hates, lol). We have 3 year old checkup next week so will be asking her dr (although at the last visit, he blamed daycare and naps).

Any magic ideas?

I need help and/or perspective. My husband is 37 and leaves Diet Coke cans All. Over. The. Place. Desk, kitchen, coffee table, bathroom, bedroom, and most annoyingly, my car (his car, too, but I don’t care about that). Most of them are empty but some have a little bit of liquid, which our younger child seems to be a magnet to and finds and dumps. Super fun!

Look, I will be very clear that our house is usually messy because two parents working 55-60 hours per week and two kids under 5 make it that way, but this is something small I feel we can control. I’ve gently said to him “please don’t leave pop cans in my car, thanks,” or, “can we put the cans in this bag right here so I can return them to the grocery store next time I go?” But nothing sticks. This has been going on for YEARS and now that I’m working from home until the end of time and have been for a year now I’m at a breaking point. I acknowledge he’s tired and does a lot but I am going to lose it. But also he’s a fully-grown adult and this is really, really stupid.

Do I ignore? Say something? Just accept he’s not changing and move on (sigh)?