Birthday and christmas presents.

Tiny bit early but whats everyone buying their little ones for their first birthday and/or christmas? Mainly those who have multiple kids close in age. I currently have a 3 year old and a 2 year old as well. My 3 year old will be 4 5 weeks after her first birthday. Then christmas is 13 days after his birthday. So im stuck on what to get her for them as it seems like most 1 year old toys we already own and she has access to already that I'm really struggling for ideas for her

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Baby boys stuff

Im a teen mom im 17 and dad is not in babys life at all and doesn't plan to be in his life even after hes born i am 23 weeks and 6 days pregnant i will be 24 weeks Saturday and this is half of the stuff i have for him he has drawers full of other stuff I want to post this cuz i feel so accomplished and I feel like it me and him against the world my son was not plan and alot of people told me I would be a bad mom cuz i got pregnant so young I got pregnant with him at 16 found out i was pregnant a month before my 17 birthday witch is in April on the 21st I was told so many things that I wouldn't able to provide or protect him when I found out i was pregnant on March 30th I stop smoke weed and weed is what helped with my mental health like depression and so much more I did that I stoped when I saw those pink lines I gave all my equipment and gave my stash to my other family members that smoke but people told i would go back and look at me i haven't people told me I would chose the weed over my son and I didnt im still clean and i beat every bad thing said and lie told I post this to tell any other single mom or teen mom or mom in general no matter what your going trough you got it don't let what people say put you down no matter how old or how rich you are no one is truly ready for a kid
And cant forgot they said i would be a drop out and to prove them wrong i went to night school graduate early and now I go to durham tech community college for nursing and i do that online so I can be a stay at home mom

I think I’m just gonna accept it

There’s one thing I really hate about trying to make friends and it’s hearing that someone who doesn’t have any friends at all is a red flag and I’m so over that mindset. There’s so many different reasons someone could not have friends and some people really just mean they have no one to hang out with. I already struggle a lot with friendships due to my autism and just struggling with communication and understanding others. It seems like people are so judgmental of things that are just unfair and I’m probably just fighting a loosing battle

Low sex drive

I haven’t been in the mood for sex for months but every now and again I’ll have sex with my partner because we’re together so why not…. Well it’s been a month since we’ve had sex and he’s been pressuring me to have sex so I just did it today and we couldn’t finish because we had someone knock on our door and I’m feeling so defeated. I’m in tears right now because I didn’t want to have sex in the first place but I put that aside to please him but he didn’t even finish so he’ll just keep asking for sex and I’m so over it. I wish things were the same as it were when we first got together. We have 3 kids together but I truly have no desire for sex anymore. I’m also not in love with him but I do love him and wish the best for him idk what to do maybe I’m rambling but I’m just in tears from everything lately.

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Advice - don't want MIL visit when baby is born

I’m in my third trimester and want to restrict visits from my mother-in-law after the baby is born. She’s largely uninvolved with our 2-year-old and hasn’t checked on me once during this pregnancy. When our first was born, they visited 5 days postpartum and it was unhelpful, I had to host them and felt uncomfortable breastfeeding around her and her husband.

My husband agrees she’s narcissistic, but he prefers not to 'rock the boat' since she only shows up every few months. It's tricky because his grandparents are great and involved, but restricting his mum while welcoming them will definitely cause friction.

How can I get him to understand where I'm coming from and help protect my peace after birth?

Half marathon training

I’ve stupidly signed up for a half marathon in October when LO will be 14 months old. I’ve started training but I’ve really struggled have the energy/time to get the longer runs in. I’m running on around 6 hours of broken sleep a night, plus I’ve just gone back to work.

Anyone else survived a half marathon with very little training? 🤣

Pre-baby I could do a half on a Sunday morning for fun, but 10k just drains my battery now 🙃