I need help 😭

Okay I feel awful. Is anyone else’s 20 month old not talking much? I feel like I’m doing something wrong. I’m a Sahm and we read books all the time and he likes to watch Ms. Rachael and doggie land on YouTube while he eats but I just feel like I’m failing. He’s my second baby and I’m not doing anything different than what I did with his sister.

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In the same boat! I don’t even do baby talk with him bc I want to help his vocabulary. I’m just convinced he will do it around 2 years old. He does a looooooot of weird babble lol.

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Mine doesn’t say much but has recently don’t a lot of babbling, just not much in the way of clear words. I don’t have much advice- just solidarity šŸ’•

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Mine doesn't talk much either. But just wait, once the light goes on for talking, I swear I won't get him to shut up, lol. 🤣 we've been doing sign language for some things, so he's still communicating with us.

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Mine doesn’t talk either. Mine says hmm mhmm a lot and pints. Knows commands and when we ask questions he’ll nod no/yes. Only babbles mammamama or daddda not much.. few sounds here & there. Knows a lot of things like animals, things, colors.. hopefully he starts talking soon. I’m also a sahm.. I was thinking it was the screen time affecting him so he no longer watches tv as of a week or so

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YES! It’s been 2 weeks since he’s watched any tv & he says butt now & has tried pronouncing a few words.. Bella was ā€œ ballaā€this am & doctor was ā€œdaterā€ for up he says ahh mostly first syllable on a few words. I started to notice just 2-3 days ago

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He babbles a lot yes, and he can get to our trash because it’s put up so the dogs can’t get to it in my kitchen but when he wants to throw something away he runs to the kitchen and throws it on the ground or he will hand it to me. He won’t bring my his bottle. He doesn’t like to watch tv unless it’s around bed time.

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Would you let your daughter (3, almost 4 yrs old) sleep over at your in laws house and sleep in the same room as her cousin (girl, 4 yrs) and other cousin (boy, 5yrs)?

In laws will not be sleeping in same room as the kids.

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So my boyfriends mom was watching our kid while we were taking stuff back did not ask or text either of us if she could give my daughter mashed potatoes she texted us on the way home that she gave her some she’s only 4 months old I’m kinda upset an she now been throwing up a lot idk wut to do

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Do you get along with your in laws?

Need to blow off some steam🫢 My husband is from Albania. We had visited twice for about a month and I had had a good experience there. My MIL is visiting us now in the US, it was supposed to be 2 months visit, it’s not even close to being over yet and she wants to stay 2 more months. I couldn’t even wait for the first 2 months to be over. It’s very normal in their culture that the MIL bosses around, is opinionated about raising the children, talks a lot in Albanian and expects me to understand her, complains about everything, wants to take my toddler out without me, makes passive aggressive comments about me thinking I don’t understand her, when I’m out she calls me to know where I’m at…I’m pregnant with my second I need some peace😩😩😩 someone please come kidnap her from my housešŸ™šŸ¼šŸ¤£

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I lost my shit at Easter because my family kept saying mean things until I exploded.

I do not have a good relationship with my mom or brother. They have never been nice to me and there's been very clear favoritism shown to my brother my entire life. Neither my mother or brother have had any involvement with my twins since they were born. I have needed help and asked for help many many times because I need it. They have said no mostly and when they did commit to help bailed on me last minute leaving me in crisis (several times before surgery/important medical tests for my son when I needed childcare for my daughter). They have refused to attend any of the children's events or take them anywhere. (Never took them to a park, any activity ect). My mom has not seen the kids since Christmas. I have given up asking them for anything because it's just too hurtful. So I visit 3-4 times a year. Mom's house is filthy (she is capable of cleaning just chooses not to and has fiance's to have it professionally cleaned). Often the kids clothes never come clean after we visit. The food isn't good, (cooks old food or just not enough for everyone). Today we went for Easter. I just wanted to try to have a good day and then go home. My brother started poking the bear first thing. Wanting an expensive birthday party for the kids. He hasn't attended one for them in years , and never bought them a gift at any time. I told him that the kids don't have friends and it's very difficult to make friends with my son's health problems and disabilities. I have been trying very hard for years but I do not have a single friend to invite to a party. That I cannot afford an expensive party like he was describing especially if I have nobody to invite. The kids started jk in March and he thinks I can invite Kids I don't know somehow and they will attend when they have newly met the kids. He also feels I can just demand an EA for my son at school and it will be done immediately. That I can call Doug Ford the primer of Ontario and he would take my calls and get it done. Doug Ford does not like special needs kids and has cut funding substantially. He says it's my fault the kids didn't have friends and a party. That I act like a victim and it's my fault they don't spend time with the kids. Both of them have zero interest in them, refuse invitations, never come to our home and don't help when I go out there. I lost my shit and screamed and left. Why do they have to be like this? I might not evƩr go there again

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Okay I really need some advice/ tips and reassurance I’m not a terrible mom/ only one that experienced something like this 😭

Disclaimer: my two year old is potty training (almost fully potty trained)

Today for Easter we were over my in-laws and as I’m wrapping up food to go in the kitchen, I hear my nephew who is like 4/5 yo, scream and start laughing and my mommy senses were tingling so I instantly went into the living room, and him and the other kids ages 4-10 yelled that my daughter pulled down her pants 😫

I’m like internally freaking out at this point because it’s literally one of my worst fears especially because of my algorithm on Instagram 😫 it’s not like the kids told her to pull down her pants…I genuinely think she was confused because she’s used to just being able to pull down her pants and go potty at home, but I’m still so mortified that the kids saw her private 😫

I instantly apologized of course and explained that she is still potty training and talked to one of the moms because her daughter looked disturbed šŸ™ƒ (understandably)

My husband told me I’m overreacting but I don’t think I am 😫 it all happened literally in like 30 seconds of me stepping away and I’m so mad that my husband didn’t supervise more closely while I was packing up our to-go plates.

Am I overreacting? Has anyone else experienced something like this before? 😫

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Separation Anxiety?

Last night my husband was sitting with our almost 4 month old son while I used the bathroom. All of a sudden i heard blood curdling screaming and ran out of the bathroom. My poor husband was so upset and distraught because he couldn’t get him to calm down. I picked him up and he immediately relaxed and fell asleep in my arms. Tonight, the screaming wasn’t like last night but he was fussy and yelling and we did the same process. I tried explaining to my husband not to take it personally because he feels awful as a dad. It’s interesting because it only happens at night right before bed. Is anyone else’s 4 month old experiencing this? It happens when our son is super tired so maybe he’s just fighting his sleep? First time parents over here so we hate seeing him so upset.

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