Are you taking your toddler 2-3yo out of the house every weekend? See more!

I mean besides a quick trip to the park or store. An activity like the museum or the mall or an arcade. I’m so tired. I’m a single mom w NO village and my energy Sat & Sunday is so low I just want to lay. My son goes to a Montessori daycare so he’s stimulated all day during the week. So on the weekends he’s ready to go go go. I’ll try to get us outside But then the tantrum aspect of toddlerhood kicks in and he fights me to get dressed and out the door. We get where we’re going but eventually there’s and other tantrum. It’s so much work. But in the house he’s bored. He’s throwing stuff at me and acting out. It’s like I can’t win

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First - this age is just hard. And being a single mom is the hardest job in the world, so please give yourself grace.

I’m a SAHM and my 3.5 yo only recently started preschool 2 days/week 9-1. I also have an 8mo. As hard as it is to get out of the house, I find our days are smoother if we do. If we’re in the house all day, my older will get a little squirrely. But often that means running an errand and going on a long walk / bike / scoot. And he has an indoor swim class on Saturdays (that I don’t have to get in the pool for!) which gives us an activity but I can sit with baby.

It does get easier as they get a little bigger and more rational. We really have turned a corner at 3.5 and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel but 3-3.5 was rough for us

I am at a SAHM with a 2 year old and 6 month old and we get out of the house almost every day. Being inside all day is just no fun for any of us but big activities like zoo or museum is like 1-2 a month, but everyday we go to the park, or for a walk, or to the grocery store, or even just for a drive because these kids are crazy. My son does have tantrums quite often but they are pretty manageable and he does like going places so most of the time tantrums are close to nap time or bedtime when he’s just tired and over it.

I try to get my 2 year old out everyday. We do the park, walks, beach, zoo, library, etc. I'm currently 26 weeks pregnant with twins so I'm not moving as easily as before. But I feel guilty staying home since I can set my work schedule

Yes, we do! My daughter wakes up at 5 so we are already climbing the walls by 8am. We have swimming lessons on a weekend morning and then either have a day out from there or come home for lunch/nap and then head out again in the afternoon

Yes but its mostly for me. Before having a baby i was doing things every weekend to keep myself busy so still do it now for the same reasons.

My son is in nursery 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday. Most weekends we are home but once a month we go for a day out

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How do you do it?

For the stay at home mums who are responsible for their kiddos for the whole day, how do you do it? What are some tips for maintaining your energy and sanity while looking after your kids the whole day, day after day?

For reference I have a 10 month old and a 2 year old and my husband works 12 hour days. I’ve had help from family so far but now I’ll mostly be by myself.

How do you limit or avoid physical and mental exhaustion?

How would you respond

So im dealing with my husband's grandma trying to over parent and she also feels entitled to see our son. We have told her on countless occasions that technically she has no rights to our kid and that its not her place to guilt trip us into anything. My husband and I are moving but its hard for us to pack when she keeps picking fights. Im also 24 weeks pregnant with my second child, my first is only 7 months old. What should I do because me and my husband are to the point of telling her she won't see him after we move? Just telling her I was laying him down for a nap and not handing him to her made her cry.

Am I being extra?

A little back story I’ve been a stay at home mom for the past 4 years, and this year I have decided to enroll and start school in the fall since my daughter will be in school too. I’ve been very excited about it and told my husband how I really wanted to do something for my self. Well come to find out my acceptance letter came in the mail Wednesday my husband opened it and placed it on the microwave under my kids book. Yesterday when I was cleaning the kitchen I found it. When I confronted him he said he left there thinking I would see it!

To make the story short am I seeing things where they aren’t ?

Tell me I’m not losing my mind

So my man and I have been fine but recently he’s said we’ve been distant but idk what he means cause yes i work when he’s home and when im off he’s away for work like yeah there’s distances but at the same time when he is home he’s not he’s out with his friends barely home and when he is he just lays there and doesn’t really talk to me and so I decided to dress up for him today and he looks at me and was like why you dressed up I said for you and he was like why wdym cause I wanted to look nice for my man idk I just thought that dressing up would you know idk make it seem like we’re distant like idk what he even means by that and I’ve asked him and he’s like idk well we can’t be something that you don’t even know idk if that made since tbh I haven’t felt the distances so idk maybe I’m just blind or something plus like my body hasn’t been corporating cause I’ve basically been on my period for the past month so when he is home and wants sexy time I’m like no cause I’m bleeding I’m not now and that’s one of the reasons I felt like dressing up because I actually feel good with myself plus a couple of people at work last night looked at me and told me it looks like I’ve lost weight so it has me feeling good about myself. Idk I feel like I’m just in my head and spiraling

The outfit is wearing today.

Nursery experiences

Hey! Would anyone mind sharing their experiences on how your nursery is? I can’t work out if what I’m experiencing is normal.

My daughter started early March, and loves everyone there, settled in really quickly, especially as she’s very shy with people usually. Whilst they’re decently on it with updates on nappy changes / meals etc on the app, we get almost no picture updates of her. We’ve had 2 in 2 months.

Not only that, but she’s due to move up to the next room from Monday and we’ve had no communication about it, if there’s any differences etc. We’ve had no reviews with them since she joined to find out how she’s getting on (bar a quick 2 min update at pick up).

I appreciate their most important job is looking after the children rather than taking photos etc. but it just doesn’t feel 100%. Is this normal and I’m just a psycho? 🤣

Feeling like a bad mom

My baby is only one month and i feel like im already failing. Me and my child father don’t live near each other, (1 hour apart) and i was thinking of being nice and staying a week up there before i go back to work with the baby, well now im regretting it 1000% my baby is super congested 💔🥺 and i feel so bad and i know its my fault I should’ve stayed home his doctors isn’t until next Thursday but im definitely contacting his doctors office to see if i can get a earlier appointment, he’s eating fine i just don’t like to hear my baby like this it hurts my heart, i did the shower steam, and i got a humidifier going, i did noticed drainage but it looks like light yellow I’m not too sure im a first time mom so my anxiety is through the roof! Also im so angry at his dad like how can you sleep so damn peaceful knowing the baby could potentially be sick and it just isn’t newborn congestion. Times like this I feel so alone because as a father idk I feel like he should be showing more concern and this is exactly why I don’t even feel comfortable leaving him with his dad by himself for too long.