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My inlaws just left after their annual weekend visit, during which they simultaneously complained that they don't see their only grand kid enough and told us all about their multiple international vacations they have gone on recently. So yeah, fun. Anyway, (step)FIL and I had this conversation:

FIL: I'm only going to say this once

Me: OK...

FIL: you guys are great parents...

Me: Aww, thanks, that's so nice.

FIL:... you should really have another baby.

Me: wut

There was a lot more to the conversation but I was just so taken aback, like he thought that by suggesting it to me I'd be like "you know, it has literally never crossed our minds, we didn't even know people could have multiple k

My 2 year old is obsessed with genitals and who has what parts. She is also into pretend playing with everything under the sun and every inanimate object is always looking for its mommy. So she is in the tub with her dad right now and all of the sudden she points at his penis and says "Don't worry penis, we'll help you find your mommy vulva!" I about fell on the floor I was laughing so hard. My husband suggested I share it here because you ladies would understand 😂

You guys, my friend has it all figured out. Her first kid is an amazing sleeper, always has been. He started to sleep through the night around 10 weeks old and never stopped. She thinks this is because they moved him out of their room and stuck him in his crib at that point. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. My kid refused to sleep on a flat surface at that age, but what the hell do I know.

She's expecting number 2 soon, who will share a room with the older kid. I just asked when she's planning to move them in together. She said probably around 10 weeks again, but maybe the new baby will sleep through the night "early" and they can share a room sooner.

I don't get it. She knows that close to 100

Longtime lurker, first time poster. My MIL is usually a super nice person but dear god does she drive me crazy.

I just got off the phone with MIL, who neither my husband nor I has talked to in over a month. She was going on and on about how she wants to come visit, she hasn't seen our 2-year-old daughter (her only grandchild) in way too long, she loves and misses her soooooo much, etc. I repeat a thousand times that she is welcome to visit anytime, as I do every time we talk. When she texted earlier today she said she might come next weekend (thanks for the warning! But whatever), but in the space of a few hours that was suddenly impossible. Why? Well, she doesn't want to drive all this way

This is a big fucking win for me and for some reason, my husband did not start the goddamn parade in my honor that I obviously deserve.

My daughter is a shitty sleeper and has pretty much always had to nurse to sleep. Well tonight she just would not settle and I decided to try something new. I left her to cry for a few minutes then I went back in and told her she finished all the milk but she could have hugs. So I hugged her and she calmed down, then I cuddled her by squeezing my fat ass in her little toddler bed, and I slowly moved away until I was just holding her hand. It took awhile but she was calm and SHE FELL ASLEEP HOLY SHIT THIS IS AMAZING. Maybe I won't have to nurse her until c

My daughter (20 months) has never been a great sleeper but she's been sleeping fairly happily in her crib in her own room since she was ~11 months. Suddenly, the past few weeks, bedtime has become a battle where it was never an issue before, and she's also started waking up numerous times a night again. We thought it was a nasty molar that was coming through but now it's out and things have improved a lot, but aren't perfect. I even took her to the doctor to check for an ear infection but she's totally healthy. Basically, she very much prefers to sleep in my bed and she sleeps dramatically better there.

I'm wondering if this could be an issue of simply preferring the feel of the mattress? I

I'm all riled up over this and I don't know what to do. I was at this weekly playgroup thing with my 1.5 year old that's run by a small local nonprofit (I'm pretty sure it's just one lady who runs the thing). There's this 3-year-old boy, B, who is constantly a problem. He is very aggressive toward other kids, hitting, pushing, etc. A few weeks ago I saw his mom hit him and told a friend of mine there, and she said she'd seen the mom slap his hands once too. Then today B hurt my daughter somehow, she was around a corner and I didn't see but I heard her cry out and as I turned the corner, I see B's dad kind of grab him onto his lap and then slap his cheek. I was a few steps away so the dude de

My husband's boss said this to him tonight. He's a new boss, and said some shit initially about importance of family, blah blah blah. Well I guess that was all bullshit. Now tonight he asked my husband and another guy to stay late to work on something and my husband was like OK, but I need to leave at X time so I can see my daughter before she goes to sleep. And the guy says this shit!

FIRST of all, why the fuck does he assume that my husband doesn't want to actually, you know, spend time with his kid for some small portion of the day? SECOND, the guy just assumes that dear old wifey will handle everything because what the fuck else do I have to do other than handle everything child relate

Guys did you know? 82% of all women who make more than $100,000 per year do it by selling shitty weight loss drinks and scented candles!* Also, all I have to do is post occasional updates about how much weight I'm losing from an overpriced drink that is "all natural" and yet disturbingly pink and I will make enough money to: let my husband quit his job, pay for my husband to go back to school, and pay for myself to go back to school to become a doula. It's so logical!

*Source: some unsourced picture of a woman, but she's wearing a business suit so obviously she's making bank.

We just received a twice-forwarded email save the date for the wedding of my husband's cousin. So I'm not totally convinced that we're actually invited to this thing, but whatever. There is almost no chance we'll go: it's an 8-hour drive and kids aren't invited (which is fine, I don't blame them for wanting that, but we don't have to attend).

So I was perusing the wedding website and I decided to check out the registry. OK so there's some pretty standard shit on Bed Bath and Beyond, great. Then there's a $1,000 laptop, which I find odd but maybe people do that? Whatever. Then I get to the honeymoon registry. First of all there's a whole smug spiel about how they want to have an exciting h

My daughter is almost 16 months old and seems to have pretty advanced language ability for her age. We didn't think much of it until we actually counted her words, and she's got well over 150, which I guess is kind of high? And then she suddenly counted to 10 one day (we had made no attempt to teach her this), so I tried her out on the alphabet and she knew that too. For awhile the alphabet song was our go-to song when she was upset because she liked it, so I guess she memorized it. But she can recognize most (capital) letters also.

I keep hearing that there is a language "explosion" between 18 and 24 months so I am wondering if she just had hers early? Or will this crazy pace continue?

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It's only 7am. Is it OK to start drinking if I make mimosas? Except I only have wine, no champagne. And I don't have any juice.

One girl child, 1.25 years old

Extremely cute and well behaved, ridiculously advanced verbal skills and well on her way to being potty trained. Not yet weaned.

Enjoys: bananas, playing in water, reading books all fucking day long, sucking the life out of me

Dislikes: going to sleep, remaining asleep, and getting enough sleep

Pics available on request. Can meet for pickup.

I just got off the phone with my MIL. She has begrudgingly accepted the fact that we will not be taking our baby/toddler on a $500 flight to visit her shitty town for pretty much any reason but ESPECIALLY not for a stupid holiday weekend. So she has planned an awesome (!!) family Thanksgiving in a city that is reasonably convenient for us (3 hour drive). OK fine.

But I was just informed that she has rented a large house so that we can all stay in one place together because that is SO CONVENIENT. This means my MIL and step-FIL, 3 or 4 of my husband's siblings and their various partners, our little family, and my husband's elderly, recently-diagnosed-with-Alzheimer's grandfather - a minimum

I bring this dish like every time I need to bring something to a potluck in the summer: it's easy, it travels well, it uses up all those beautiful heirloom tomatoes that I buy way too many of, and it's filling enough to be the only thing I eat in case nothing else is appealing. It's also good to make and throw in your fridge and eat for lunch all week. Infinitely variable: all you really need is the tomato and feta and some olive oil, change up everything else depending on taste/what is currently rotting in your crisper drawer.

• A grain of some sort: barley, bulgur, and farro are my favorites, orzo is OK but can get gummy, quinoa is fine too, try whatever appeals to you

• A big heirloom t