Splurge or Save Thursday: Short-Sleeve Cotton Short Pajama Set
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This pajama shorts set from J.Crew Factory is so colorful and fun (though you could sing “One of these things is not like the others” for the inclusion of the lobster among all the fruits and vegetables. The set is a bestseller and has tons of great reviews.
These 100% cotton pajamas have a drawstring on the shorts — always nice to have — and are machine washable.
The set also comes in two other prints, and unfortunately, 1X-3X are only available in those two. The pictured one has XXS-XL in stock.
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On Friday we are meeting some friends at a kid-friendly beer garden with a big outdoor space. Both sets of friends have a 3-year-old. I have a 3-year-old, a 7-year-old, and a 9-year-old. I was considering offering the big kids a small amount of money (like $5 each) to basically run point on the toddlers so the adults could talk. They would always be within sight of the adults, but the kids could help them with cornhole, make sure they kept out of other people’s way, etc. Is this a good idea? Or something that they should just do without payment because they are part of the family? If they are NOT tasked with this, they will likely spend some of the time with the toddlers and some of the time going off on their own (there is an arcade on an upper floor that they are allowed in unsupervised). They are extremely responsible kids and really good with younger children in general, which is why I am considering it.
At what age would you feel comfortable letting your son use the men’s restroom alone?
I’ve got kind of a weird question and I’m scared of the main page reaction. Vacations. I do not enjoy them. My family does (husband, teen, tween). I have chronic health issues that act up more when I travel (POTs, EDS, gastro issues, migraines, etc.) and I travel often for work so flying/fancy hotels aren’t all that exciting/special to me. I’m also often unable to participate in the more physical activities my kids/husband enjoy.
That being said – I plan for places that I can do most of the things and don’t complain, sulk, or mope about the things I can’t/won’t do. I pack and manage logistics and opt out of things while cheering them on (theme park rides, greasy food, boat rides, long physically demanding activities, etc). The issue is that my husband keeps pushing me to ‘just speak up and tell us what you want to do!’ or ‘let’s do something you want!’. What I enoy is NOT going to be fun for them at their ages (basically a Viking River Cruise – easy transit, historical site seeing, light shopping, interesting food with my ‘safe’ options if I need them, and no guilt if I need a 3pm nap). Really, I just want them to let me quietly accomodate myself during our trips and trust that truly, I DO NOT CARE if you leave me on a bench while you ride a roller coaster 3x. I’m fine saving those adult vacations until the kids are grown and flown. Currently the kids don’t understand the ‘mom just wants to see you have fun’ POV and my husband is a huge active extrovert who feels bad that I’m not doing 100% of all the things, or who thinks a spa day will ‘fix’ all my issues. This inevitably results in me exploding because nobody will believe the words coming out of my mouth. ARGH.
If you have multiple kids, when do you intervene with sibling stuff or when do you let it go? My kids are preK and early elementary aged and there’s been an uptick in “he got yogurt on my book/he hit me/don’t yell at me” between the two. Or one wants to play X and the other doesn’t, etc.
Usually the younger kid is more likely to be the (accidental) culpable party.
My FIL had a very strong negative reaction to our baby saying “dada” and “mama” — he claims his children always said “mom” and “dad” and never did any “baby talk”, and that encouraging baby talk is damaging our child somehow. This is silly, right? The baby is really just practicing sounds at this point, and she’ll get to saying real words soon enough.
Is it normal to occasionally just hate your husband? We have a 9 month old baby and I’m on maternity leave (I’m not in the US, and this is common where we are). She’s an easy baby, I’m lucky to still be at home with her and I know rationally that I have a lovely life. But it can also feel really boring and lonely, and when DH is around it feels like all he does it criticize me. The kitchen isn’t clean enough and the baby has a scratch (obviously an accident that I already feel hugely guilty about and the baby is completely fine).
A few months ago he lied that he was working late when actually he went out to dinner with a friend. I used to feel very sympathetic and supportive when he was busy at work, now I can never quite shake the feeling that he’s lying and I’m a fool.
I just feel very down about our marriage since the baby was born. Is this sort of resentment normal during a difficult period?
I love this JCF print!
We had our child through IVF, and tried to have a second but were’t able to, so we are a family of three and I love it. I know DH loves having an only too but last night he said part of him wishes we had another child and that maybe we still could, through adoption. I got upset because we have had this discussion several times – we are already exhausted by our high-energy DS and if we had another it would stretch us emotionally, mentally, physically, and financially. DH is an involved parent but doesn’t do any of the cooking, grocery shopping, or school stuff – that’s all on me. DH has brought up adoption a few times but hasn’t ever looked into the process or gathered info from adoption agencies – is that on me too? He was barely engaged during the IVF process, and seemed like he cared more about work than having a child, so it annoys me that he is now emotionally invested in having a second child. DH said that logically he knows that having one child is better for us, but he gets self-conscious when people ask him if we are going to have another, and it makes him feel sad that we aren’t. I am upset because I thought we had moved on from this, and I can’t keep having the same conversation over and over. It’s very triggering for me. It’s like he wants me to be his therapist.
My DS is 3, between potty training and just his age, he’s naturally very curious about his body. DH and I are both on the same page about answering all his questions truthfully and using anatomically correct words for his body parts. Now he’s started asking about me and his baby sister and our differences, and I honestly feel a bit awkward and never sure how to answer. Wondering if people think it’s age appropriate to teach him proper language for female body parts or leave it at “girls don’t have that/are different” for now?
Is the Bogg bag worth it?