Xmas Gifts!

Hi guys! Black Friday is comin up-

I need some gift inspo for my 3 yo for the holidays! 🎄

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I’ve got a boy so our lists may be a little different but this yr I’m trying to be pretty cheap and still buy what he enjoys . Bath bombs , bath toys (stocking stuffer), puzzle, touch and feel book, play doh , coloring books , shoes if I find a pair he’d like that light up in the right size .

His big gift is a animatronic dinosaur he’s asked for repeatedly for months now and if it goes on sale I’ll buy it since full price it’s a $50 dinosaur .

My toddler got a play kitchen last yr and a stuffed animal cage so I’m not buying any physically big items .

check Walmart deals! Not sure what dinosaur exactly he likes but my daughter loves those big Jurassic park/world ones that make noise and are $50 but I found one on clearance for $10 and find another during their deals for $15!

But my daughter is getting calico critters, a big dinosaur, an outfit then her stocking is a tonie character, movies, and a Barbie doll of her current favorite princess

I’ve seen them on sale for $38 once but it wasn’t in our budget to splurge that week but I’m definitely going to price compare it between Walmart and Amazon for deals . He’s got a thousand small Dino figurines so if he’s obsessed with one bigger one it’s worth the splurge since Ik he’d play with it daily

check the Walmart app. They have deals starting tomorrow I believe that are different than in store which is where I’ve gotten them cheaper. My daughter loves hers

I swear my son thinks we need Jurassic Park at home with how many he has even most of his bedding is Dino themed 🤣 I’ll be keeping a eye out for the app tomorrow and I go in Walmart for an eye doctor appointment Saturday so I’ll compare prices with that too

My 3 year old daughter LOVES the little people castle sets - Frozen, Disney Princess, and the Little People Barbie Dream House✨. Also, kinetic sand sets are always a fun activity (not fun to clean up though LOLL). Last year we got her a dress rack with all the Disney Princess dresses. She still adores it. Hope this helps!

girl yesss! My girl is alll about her little people sets lol all I hear all day everyday is “mama come play” with these damn dolls lol 😍 I gotta get her another little people set for sure

girl dinosaurs are everything over here too- her bday party was Dino themed lol hopefully you can find a good deal on the Dino he wants- sometimes amazon has a ‘like new’ deal where the packaging is semi damaged but it’s pretty much brand new cause those are always a hit

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Go to dinner ideas

Looking for recipes you use in your family that are not the traditional lasagna, shepards pie, ect

Love my husband. Love my kids. But…

I’m 32 weeks pregnant with twins. I take care of my 4 yo, 2 yo, and 1 yo. I barely have energy to stand anymore. I cuddle and watch movies with my kids all day at this point. My husband is less pushy in this pregnancy in wanting to be touched or love up on me. But I feel more like a tool these days more than ever. He gets frustrated (not to a crazy degree) but I can tell he huffs because he’s probably sexually frustrated from me not wanting to be touched on. (my boobs are super sensitive atm) I love having the babies part, but the pregnancy also now has me feeling like a baby making machine. And a tool with big boobs made for touches and my husbands pleasure. Ofc I love my husband and kids, but with my hormones all wack, it really doesn’t feel the same when you’re not turned on. It’s so hard for me to get turned on. I’m uncomfortable all the time in my own body. Babies moving in there all the time. My children cuddle me all day but get rowdy at the end of the day, so I end up getting touched out and I can get irritable when my husband tries to touch me affectionately. He doesn’t have the tact necessary for me right now, when I wish he wanted to go in for a normal comforting hug I’m let down more often than not, there is almost always a boob groping involved as well. I tried to just let him touch me last night so he could get it out of his system, but he could tell I felt tense. Wish my boobs weren’t such an uncomfortable place for me to be touched. Idk why I’m making this post. Probably just to vent. Wish men were equally as emotionally intelligent as women. Wish I didn’t feel like I still owe him something because he’s picking up a lot of the house load and yet I still need to ask him to do more before these twins arrive. He’s tired every day when he comes home, so he takes a shower sometimes works out, and helps get the kids to bed. So it’s a struggle getting him to help any further than that. Weekends are my only time to get to him. But it’s a struggle to find time on weekends too. I know if he wanted to he would. But there’s just no drive.

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Going back to work!

Already thinking about this! Told my boss I was pregnant this week at 10 weeks, he was so happy for me. He’s recently became a first time Dad and was showing me pictures of his baby. I told him my plans about going back after 6 months and he looked at me like I was mad, am I!? I absolutely love my job and cannot imagine giving it up, I manage a team and am petrified my position won’t be there if I had a year off. My husband gets 6 months full pay so the plan would be for him to have the last 6 months off and I also made it clear to my boss that I would like to go part time. That way we can hopefully parent together 4/7 days rather than just the weekend! I am such an overthinking! 🤣 but this is what I’m struggling with the most, I’ve worked full time since I was 17 (12 years ago) and the max time I’ve had off in one go is 2 weeks when I got married. I’m sooo excited to be a Mum and we decided now was the right time, which it 100% is! But I feel so on edge about not working! I’m sure once I’m on maternity leave I won’t even think about work! Has anyone else felt the same?

What are we giving our soon-to-be 3yo for their birthdays?

We have the magnetiles, we have the kinetic sand and play doh, we have the play kitchen…

Literally, is there anything left in the world to buy this spoilt kid? 😅

Baby groups?

Hello there!!
I hope you enjoying the 5month babies 🫠 the cuteness outweighs everything over here.
We live in the area of Croydon & need to start going to baby groups ( I NEED it more than him though) but I am a little bit clueless. Any recommendations?
We are happy to travel a bit too.
Thanks ☺️