Preschool

Anyone postponing preschool due to COVID going on? My son is registered and supposed to start in September but with everything going on I don’t know if I want him going now. I have an 8 week old at home also and I’m worried he will bring something home. Also, don’t know how he will take to having to wear a mask in preschool...

What size shoe does your 4yr old wear?

My daughter is a size 8 but ive seen a girl her age maybe a few months younger have way bigger feet.

Abdominal pain before labor?

Has anyone had terrible abdominal pain but no contractions before going into labor? I don’t have high BP or gallbladder issues. This might just be gas but it’s radiating down to my thighs. No contractions, though...

Help! Need to pee constantly at bed time?

My almost 4 year old daughter has been crying during every bed and nap time for the last few days saying she has to pee. When she sits on the potty nothing comes out, 5 min later she's demanding to go potty again, resulting in nothing. She has been fully potty trained since 2.5 years old. She has the strongest bladder of any kid i know. She's only had 1 accident ever which was during the day months ago. This only happens at sleep times. During the day she's her normal self. Could it be a bladder infection? I think not since it's only at bed time. Anyone else go through this?

My son is hard to like

I’m struggling really bad with my almost four year old son. He is so demanding, and quite honestly mean. He is my youngest (I have two other boys) he is very ridged, no affection, struggled with transitions and makes going anywhere awful. If is causing problems in my marriage and with my other children. I don’t know how to make it better.

Anyone else

My son will be 4 July 1st. He puts EVERYTHING in his mouth chews on EVERYTHING. He isn't getting teeth this is constant. He also doesnt listen at all I've tried it all. He is also quick to anger and quick to scream/cry. He is soooo wild. He is my middle child. I will say he is very sweet when he wants to be and quite smart.

Picky 3 year old

My 3 year old is so picky what does your LO usually eat for lunch/dinner? She will ask for something then say “I don’t want it anymore” no matter how many times I tell her she isn’t getting anything else until she eats what she asked for she NEVER does 😩

Sleeping

I can not keep my 3.5yo in his bed past 530a. I have tried everything. I know he wakes and thinks it’s time to come out but I know he’s still tired. He has a little ball that glows green when he’s allowed to get up but he still will come out of his room before the light turns green. He also has black out curtains that show no light. I’m struggling bc I have a 3m old that will occasionally wake at night still and this momma is TIRED. Any ideas ?

Nap time no more 😫😫

Anyone’s toddler refusing nap? My 3.5 yr old will go down for nap but won’t actually fall asleep. An hour into it I’ll think she’s sleeping or on the edge of sleeping (singing or talking softly) and then all of a sudden she’ll yell down saying she doesn’t want to nap... Two days in a row and i can take it anymore! Is she done with naps or is it a phase?

Growing up so fast

I can't believe we have pre Registry for 4-k in 2 weeks. Why is my big girl growing up? 😭

Potty training overnight

How are you all trading for nighttime? How old is too old to wear a pull up at night?

Bad influence

My 3.5 year old is testing everything lately. Most recently he’s began encouraging his 1 year old brother to do bad and dangerous things. He opens the bathroom door and leads him to the toilet to play in it. He opens dresser drawers for him to climb. He opens doors knowing his brother makes a game out of closing and opening them putting his fingers in danger. I literally can’t do anything at all but have both eyes on them at all times. If I separate them he climbs into the playpen or crib and continues antagonizing him. Cooking, cleaning, using the bathroom, is all out of the question. He starts school in the fall. What can I do now to discourage this behavior?

C-section mamas

I had a vaginal birth with my first two and an unplanned c-section with my third. This one will most likely be a planned c-section. Has anyone had an unplanned and then a planned c-section? Are they a lot different? Is the recovery different? Thanks!

Baby #2 👶🏼

So our first baby was born on 21st July 2016, and I am now pregnant with baby number 2! We have our dating scan on NYE but the date at the moment, based on last period, is 13th July 2020! When we had the dating scan with first born, they said I must have conceived late because original due date was 14th July, pushed back a week to the 21st. If this happens again, baby number 2 will be due the day before LO’s 4th birthday!!! Anybody else have birthdays super close, but years apart? How is a 4 year age gap? 👶🏼👶🏼👶🏼👶🏼

Advice needed 😭

Do I need to blame myself ?! I have a 3yo and a 8w old. Ever since we brought baby sister home, I have noticed a huge change in our sons behavior. He love his sister, like too much sometimes. I feel like I’ve done a great job including him, putting sister down when I can, listening when he talks .. it’s just hard .. no one is perfect.Me and my husband have always been believers of spanking, but since we brought sister home and his behavior has worsened- idk how or what to think anymore.I almost feel like his mimicking our behavior. He’s starting to yell at us. Like if he doesn’t get his way, he yells- like screams at the top of his lungs. The last wk, I have tried something new to see if it helps or changes anything. I have tried no spanking and when he responds to something he doesn’t like with yelling, I mostly ignore it.. and/or tell him that’s not how we treat ppl/ react to things.. I do this calmly and just talk to him. The last 2-3 days I feel like he’s taking advantage of it and walking all over me.So tonight he got upset I wouldn’t let him sleep with all his stuff animals, I told him to pick 2. He freaked out started yelling, so I warned him and told him if he continued to act like that he wouldn’t sleep w any- so he continued and I took them and put them up. He lost it. Yelled, throwing stuff- so I reacted how I used to and popped his bottom and raised my voice and told him to stop acting like that. And he swung back at me! Never once had he done that ! So I got up and walked out of his room, watching him completely destroy his bed on the Monitor.. he stripped it all while screaming at the top of his lungs. I let him do it, trying to ignore it. After 5 mins, he came out of his room screaming he loved me and missed me. So I went back in they calmly telling him we don’t act like that when we are mad — and laid with him for a second- this time having his sister w me cause I was nursing her. He started to ask for his stuff animals again and i told him they were in time out bc of how he acted he started to flip his shit again. So I got up and walked out.. Like what am I doing wrong?! Do I continue on this ignoring streak I was trying to do.. and cont telling him his behavior is not ok.. Or go back to spanking and letting him know he can’t act like that and if he is disrespectful to me or anyone or anything else there will be a problem ?!Mommying is so hard 😥😥😥

Any suggestions for getting 3 year old to poop in the toilet?

My daughter pees in the toilet just fine, but poops in her underwear. Any suggestions for getting her to poop in the toilet? I know I am late to the game on potty training.

Not sleeping well

Is anyone else’s 3 1/2 year old not sleeping well and you have advice on things that worked. My son isn’t wanting to go to bed. He does bedtime routine no problem but then when I go to leave the room he screams. He says things like I am not tired or I don’t want to sleep alone. So then one of us has to lay in bed with him until he falls asleep which can sometimes take forever which doesn’t work when my 3 month old needs me too. Then this will happen again in the middle or the night sometimes or early mornings 🤦🏻‍♀️. Help I need sleep.

Anxiety

Any other mamas have three year olds with anxiety? My son is struggling. We start OT this week in hopes of some help.