My daughter is 22 months but super skinny, she weighs 20 pounds. We feel it’s her genes because she does eat well except a few days. We have tried everything including providing her with nutrition rich food, fatty milk etc but she seems to

She has a good metabolism and is very active.

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Should I be worried? The doctors are not but I feel she is skinny as compared to her peers.

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I honestly wouldn’t stress it if she’s meeting all of her milestones and otherwise happy !

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Damn, I’m not sure how to feel about that ever since my son was born. They said he was underweight and kept giving us crazy. Looks at the doctors like we weren’t taking care of him at his doctors appointment. I took him to at nine months. He was about 18 pounds and they were giving us crazy stairs and basically acting like we were starving him, he’s now almost 16 months and he weighs 23 or 24 pounds and they’re just now saying he’s reaching his weight milestones but he’s short for his age but they kept giving us and I was worried that they were going to try to call child services saying we weren’t taking care of him, but the doctor was like he’s underweight, but he looks very healthy. He’s happy his body is well proportioned he’s just short and, a little small for his age, but they still look at us crazy I was worried

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Girl my daughter will be 2 this month and she’s barely abt to hit 23 lbs! She has always gained weight slow, she’s getting taller and eats like crazy! We think that’s just how she is! Dr wasn’t worried last appointment

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Mine will be 2 this month and she’s 18lbs. The doctors are always questioning us about her diet but she eats what she eats and she’s beyond her milestones so I’m not worried!

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My daughter will be 2 this month and is 18 lbs, she didn’t get on the percentile chart for weight until she was around 9 months, our doctor didn’t seem super concerned because she’s happy and meeting all her milestones. I think some babies are just smaller

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Is it just my husband that does this? He is able to work from home via his computer and in the mornings and evenings he is on there doing his job. When he is done for the day he tends to stay in the room and either play video games or watch something. He will occasionally come out and play with the girls for a few minutes and that’s it but when I really need him he says he is busy. My daughters are both 1 year old now and I am just wondering how much involvement should he have with them now?
Idk if this is the norm or not…..

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Saying NO to buying toys etc

5 year old is getting really envious of others. He is obsessed with items that other kids have at school. I am pestered daily to buy these things in a different style when we already have 3 others. I have seen parents just buying stuff their kid likes which I don't necessarily agree with even when i can afford it. How do you deal with it?

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Thoughts?

your soon to be brother in law (upon inquiry) told you that only a few kids from the family were attending his wedding because they are over the age cut off..

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Tablet for kids

Alright don’t need any negative Nancy’s telling me not to get my 2yo a tablet so if that’s what your gunna do please don’t participate in my poll.

We’re about to move cross country 3+ day trip and my 2yo and 9m hate the car I’m talking scream their heads off till they are out of their seats. We’ve already changed car seats and it didn’t help so I’d like to at least have one entertained and sit next to baby and try and distract her or put her to sleep. Our new car has tvs but since they are rear faced my 2yo can’t see it.

Debating getting her a tablet or dvd player right now on long car rides I end up giving her my phone because I get so overwhelmed sitting in between both of them screaming and crying.

And yes I do bring different toys I bring snacks I play songs try to distract her other ways but for the sake of not losing my mind on this move I think this is best.

-A very overwhelmed and anxious to move mama 😓

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Daycare?

Thoughts on daycare?? Truly, I am SCARED to be leaving my kid for daycare. I literally do not trust anyone, not even family (they haven’t given me a reason it’s just trust issues on my end, you never know). He’s turning 3 and I’ve been a sahm the whole time but tbh my man doesn’t make enough for us to move out somewhere more calm . We live in a ‘not so safe’ area in LA and I’m just not used to living here so I just want us to give my son a better life and in order to speed up the process I would have to work.. I do lashes at home and I’d be open to take new clients so I wouldn’t have to look for work but I’m just scared to lose my license 😭

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Separation Anxiety

My baby is nearly 6 months old and has just entered the separation anxiety stage… this evening I was trying to cook dinner whilst my husband was with the baby and he was just crying every time he couldn’t see me, with full blown hysterical sobbing, and as soon as he saw me again he started giggling and smiling. Any tips on how to stop this? And how long might this phase last?
My husband felt pretty disheartened and upset 😢

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