Early education

Hiii so my little one just turned 4 in July. I knew that preschool enrollment was tough all daycare and school enrollment is tough and there’s a wait list and first come first gets a spot. Especially in smaller companies… I missed the deadline I’m sure and see that school is starting soon. He will not be joining preschool this year. Opinions from other moms. How important was daycare/preschool before starting kindergarten. Did yall see a difference in how they behaved for others and did teachers see a difference. Did I really mess up on not doing preschool. Daycare is still an option I’m sure but aren’t they extremely different.

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My four year-old is not going to pre-K. I didn’t go to pre-K either. & I just wanted him to be my baby one last year! We do educational activities and watch some educational videos so he’s not clueless, but I wouldn’t stress too hard about it!

SAHM for four years now. I’ve been home schooling my son and it’s honestly so worth it! He briefly went to daycare 2yrs ago for a few months when I went back to school, it was only beneficial to better his social skills. He was more advanced than the other kids. My son can fully read, he’s grasped on to learning Swahili (a language he chose to learn), he knows some Spanish, he can do a little basic math (loves numbers). I definitely was flip flopping with the idea of sending him to pre-k this upcoming school year, but missed the deadline to register. I didn’t want him going to our neighborhood school anyways. Waiting for the registration for the public charter school lottery to open up so I can get him in the STEM program

Definitely get some activity books to practice his writing, read consistently everyday, practice phonetics, alpha blocks or number blocks on YouTube

The school preschools are all full but you could probably get into a different one. I’m actually in Fort Wayne too! And my daughter will go to a preschool that’s 2.5 hours a day. It’s not through the school

in our community

Malnutrition

My son’s pediatrician told me at his 12 month appt that he was 5 lbs under weight and needs more iron. She said it’s because I’m still breastfeeding. My son will only drink water and breastmilk (from the boob). I finally got him to drink some milk but only if it’s 50/50 with water and in a certain cup. He’s a great eater and now on iron supplements. Idk what to do, I’m trying to give him extra protein, vitamin C (iron absorption)and whole fat yogurt, etc. We have a nutritionist and made an appt with a different pediatrician. I feel like I’m not doing enough for him and I’m a bad mom. Any words of encouragement?

This is going to be a hard post to write

So my partner who I’ve been with for over ten yrs is just slowly grinding on me with his view on life. It’s actually embarrassing. He’s flat out racist and right wing. Today was the nail on the head when he said “I
Don’t want our kid mixing with that culture in nursery incase he touches their saliva”
Like what the heck do you say to that?
It’s a genuine problem for me now dealing with his moods because he’s so against other ethnicities and doesn’t want our child mixing with them. I’ve had a long talk with him about how this is madness and even gone as far as to tell his mum. The issue is that he’s so sweet and a great dad and I love him to bits but this is just an ugly side to him that I’m scared is gonna rub off on our child. What am I meant to do?

I'm depressed that my 3yo son always wants TV right at daycare pickup what do I do

I generally wait a bit and I have a snack ready for him and it drives me nuts that all he wants is TV when he's in the car after daycare pick up so it's really bugging me and I feel like I failed

If your 1 year old does not eat the dinner you prepared..

Would you fill up their stomach with something else they like? Pouches, snacks, cereals, yogurts? Or just give milk?

Nobody to look after our toddler when I give birth

Unbelievably, I'm 38 weeks pregnant and we still don't have a proper plan in place for when I give birth for who will look after our 3 year old. We are planning a home birth and just hoping that it'll happen during the night. We have hired a doula who can help us out by either staying with me while my husband settles my toddler/drives him to nursery etc or goes and plays with him herself. But both my husband and I agree we aren't comfortable with leaving him with the doula if we need to transfer into hospital as she is essentially a stranger to him (we've only met her once). We know a couple of local families who may be able to look after our son for a couple hours at most. Again, we aren't particularly close with anyone so we wouldn't feel comfortable leaving him overnight with anyone. No family around, except my brother who is a 2 hour drive from us and told us he's too busy to help....wtf do we do...so stressed...has anyone here ever brought their toddler to hosptial? Or left their husband/partner at home to look after toddler? I'm devastated at the thought of my husband missing the birth but I think it would be the least stressful option?

Weaning help!

My 9 month old seem to not like eating any meat, we have to kind of force her to try it and this is a daily struggle, is it just a case of persevering until she likes the flavour and texture or should I avoid any come back to it in a month or so?

Any help and advice welcome!