Maternity Monday: Pregnancy Pillow
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It can be challenging to get a good night’s rest when you’re expecting. A long pillow like this one will keep your changing body comfortable through all nine months.
This pregnancy pillow can be adjusted into different positions to relieve discomfort and pressure. It’s filled with fine microbeads, so you can even change the firmness. The outer cover is removable for easy washing, and there’s even a travel bag for storage.
The pillow is $219 at Nordstrom.
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The post below reminds me to make this PSA.
I’m a little joking, but mostly serious: if you have a kid who struggles to get up in the morning, get a fun advent calendar. Maybe even get 12. My ADHD, hates waking up, has to be rolled out of bed 12 minutes before the bus kid wakes up early all December in excitement for his advent calendar. We are almost hitting the point when he’s waking up too early and needs more sleep. But it is still better than what it is the other 11 months of the year!
Anyone else have a snow day today? We had one Friday and it was nice; work was light so I invited some kids over to give the parents a break. Well, last night another snow day was announced and I had pandemic flashbacks that pushed me to the brink, but knock on wood, it’s been okay. Snow didn’t start until late morning, so I was able to get DD to a medical appointment and hit up the grocery store for all the baking supplies.
my kids keep asking for a pet. DH would love a dog, but given that he travels a ton for work, it would all fall on me and i have zero interest. kiddos would also love a dog. i have ZERO interest in a pet. growing up we had a dog (though it was bc my sister wanted a dog and prior to that a guinea pig, which my sister never played with so my parents got rid of it). for those of you who have pet wanting kids, but dont want pets – how do you shut this down? i hate being made to feel like the bad guy, but i really cannot handle any additional responsibilities at this time, and i know it is unrealistic and unlikely for kids themselves to be fully responsible for a pet.
My inlaws (almost 80 yo) are in the process of moving into a smaller apartment from a house so don’t want stuff, but I’d like to get them a Christmas present. They are news junkies, typically reading the Washington Post and NY Times. Any thoughts on a subscription to the Economist or New Yorker as a gift? Other recommendations?
Anyone else occasionally come here for the first time in the afternoon, see 120+ comments and immediately think, “I wonder what got everyone excited today” and scroll to find the 40+ thread? 😀 My money is always on schools/differentiated instruction, but I like when I’m wrong (like today) and it’s a new topic!
Guys I’m so irritated at DH. He is very particular about cleanliness/no clutter which results in our home looking great. We often joke about it, and I make fun of him when he’s extra.
However, sometimes I just feel like his priority on this is…out of whack. Like I don’t care if a kid lays down on a chair on the kitchen island and gets cream cheese on the chair, we can wipe it off and call it day. He just HAS to make a comment to kid about it like “Hey get up, I don’t want cream cheese on the chair.” On it’s own, no big deal. But right now it’s like…about everything/constantly. He’s usually annoying but right now it feels like a constant stream of this. We’ve talked about this, and he’s been receptive to feedback, but then it comes up again. It happened like 4-5 times this AM about different things (yes, I counted). My MIL is a more extreme version of this, which DH is trying not to repeat.
Part of it is because we have a new-to-our family puppy that’s 9 months old and very good but a handful (which he wanted) and creates more work in the cleaning realm (not sure what he expected), and part of it is because he has some minor, acute, yet annoying, painful, and visible health stuff going on in a very busy season. In the background there’s also some serious family stuff going on, like this may be our last Christmas with one of his parents type thing.
I find myself rolling my eyes at him and making comments like “Calm down, it’s not a big deal” in front of the kids which isn’t my usual M.O. – usually if one of us is annoyed, we just talk about it when the kids aren’t around. I’ll raise it with him again when the time is right; but in the interim, how do I control my own response to be better, especially in front of the kids?
My dad (78) is always cold. Any cool tech-forward gifts you can think of? I have seen those electric heated shirts but I don’t want to order a random amazon version and end up with him scalded because it malfunctions and he cant get it off quickly enough. Other ideas?
Any recs for a punching bag or something similar for a four-year-old? Hoping to channel and redirect some of my kiddo’s energy. Thanks, Santa.
My DH has a work event on an upcoming Friday evening. Which he put on the shared google calendar as well as wrote onto the paper wall calendar in big bold letters, taking up about half the square. You know what else is happening that Friday? OUR CHILD’S BIRTHDAY. I discovered this when I went to update next month’s calendar and found that I could not decorate the little date square with a birthday drawing as I do for all of us on our birthdays because he has written “DH- WORK EVENT 5-8pm” in big bold letters across the date, apparently not remembering that it is OUR CHILD’S BIRTHDAY. Our tradition is that on their actual birthday, the birthday celebrant gets to choose the dinner, we have cake and gifts at home (friend party some other day). My eldest is 12, so this is not a new tradition.
I pointed it out to him and he felt sheepish because he had not registered that it was kid’s birthday and he said he can miss the event, but come on. I really hate the dumb dad trope but sometimes there is no other explanation. How is this date not seared in your brain.
please tell me im not the only one who buys things for my kids, hides them, and then can’t recall where i put them….
unrelated – we are going to an all inclusive resort over winter break with the kids. have never done this before. any tips/advice? do we need to bring our own beach toys? should we bring pool floats? i cant find much info on the resort website
Moms I feel like I am losing my mind! Weekends are so hard with my kids, when I come back to work on Monday I am 0% relaxed after the weekend. I have a 15 month old boy who is incredibly active and hasn’t learned what danger is yet so he is getting into everything and climbing on top of every surface and a 3.5 year old girl who is also very active (and now doesn’t nap so she is prone to meltdowns). My husband is of course a great parent, we try to give ourselves time and space but ultimately each weekend feels like a marathon. Any advice on making weekends more manageable? When will this get easier….
Talk to me about ADHD behavior in a 6.5 year old boy. He has a diagnosis from when he was 4 because he seemed so hyperactive and impulsive at that age compared to his peers but now at 6.5, he is SUCH a delight and so easy at home and in sports settings, social gatherings etc. Things are still mostly falling apart in school though like independent work time, the teacher keeps telling me he keeps walking around and talking/bothering his friends. He has a focus chart and it breaks my heart that he has all the right intent daily but is not able to consistently meet expectations. To me, he is improving so much every year but I’m so worried he’s also going to be always behind grade level expectations. He manages himself well during specials, library, lunch etc but it’s in the classroom that he just is not engaged unless the teacher is actively with him. he’s also a May 31 bday in a September 1st cutoff so one of the youngest in the class as well. I want to give him time and not rush to medicate but I don’t know how to handle the frequent calls / notes home from the teacher. We’re doing some food allergy treatments where diminished appetite with ADHD meds would be very very difficult so I really can’t medicate unless we absolutely need to. Thank you to the poster yesterday who said preschool and early elementary are tremendously challenging for ADHD boys because that’s exactly where we are. Will this ever improve?
I’m fairly certain my oldest is neurodivergent. At 3 he’s still hitting his milestones, but also showing regressions, stimming, social oddities. We have very few professional resources available locally, and virtually no choice in schools.
I have a year or two before kindergarten starts. What can I be doing or educating myself about to help him through school?
Good books to read to a 6 year old? He likes Dogman, Bad Guys, Dragon Masters, looking for something similar–early chapter books that are fun to read aloud that he might also want to read himself one day. TIA!
A comment on another thread here made me wonder — would you say something to a friend if you suspected their toddler might be neurodivergent and it seems that the parents haven’t considered that possibility?
We have a bunch of friends with babies and small children. One two year old seems to lag behind everyone else, including younger kids. She always has this blank, unfocused stare. She doesn’t speak at all; she seems to understand what her mom says but doesn’t seem to understand what anyone else says. The other kids are always happy to see her but she doesn’t smile back at them. There are some other things too.
DH is worried that we’re being bad friends by not saying something to the parents. We’re not exactly experts so I’d rather not. Wwyd?