u/Calm-Chaos121 — reddlx

Kitten help

Hi again, I’m posting about my foster kittens again and my first time foster experience. I have a group of three kittens and when I first brought them home ~2 weeks ago a kitten my son named “LoveHeart” was pretty active and playful. Quick to jump on his siblings and chase toys.
Last week I found a pile of vomit and suspected LoveHeart because he stayed sleeping when I came in that morning to check on them while he usually runs up to me. Vet checked him out and says they all should be okay as long as jt was a one-time case of vomit and may be from overeating
LoveHeart is now the snuggliest and prefers being held and cuddled, often falling asleep on me and my children but shows zero interest in toys at all. I have not seen him go after a toy or play at all since last week. They went in again today for more vaccinations and he’s now the smallest kitten at 1.1lbs, his biggest brother being 1.7.
The vet continues to say they look good but I am just worried about the little guy! Any advice?
The photo was clicked as I’m writing this post as he seems sad

u/Calm-Chaos121 — 2 days ago

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Peeling skin on Toe Beans

The Toe Beans on my future foster fail is peeling… he is 6 weeks, almost 7. Is this just dry skin? Does anyone have recommendations on what I can apply that would be safe for him? It’s not ringworm is it?
(Sorry for blurry pictures)

u/Calm-Chaos121 — 4 days ago

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Just wanted to show off these sweet boys I took in last week. This is my first time fostering and I am in love. That’s it, that’s the post… just bragging over these cuties

u/Calm-Chaos121 — 10 days ago

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Hi! I am a SAHM to three (ages 5,3 and 1).
Being home with my kids is the best, and it’s very important to my husband as well. I homeschool, and the plan was to continue homeschooling until my children reach high school.
Although I’m grateful to have the opportunity to stay home, I do feel as if I am an underachiever or even unfulfilled.
I became a mom very early and did not finish college.
A lot of the homeschool moms I know and admire are older and had previous degrees/careers that they left to become a stay at home parent
So currently I am battling the desire to accomplish more, I am considering going back to school and becoming a teacher or to just be content staying home.
I’ve always wanted to be a teacher, and that would satiate the desire to have societal approval…
But doing that would sacrifice the homeschool route which I think could be beneficial to my kids.
(Education in my children is important to me so I know I’d help them succeed in either path )
With all that being said, if I had my children later in life and already had a degree or career I know I would choose to leave it and homeschool so should I just be happy I avoided student debt and got a jumpstart?

A lot of this stemmed from a recent conversation with a family friend, I was speaking to him about his kids and he was beaming with pride while explaining how his son is working on getting his PhD and I felt a tinge of jealousy and don’t think my parents speak the same as me.. so I am caught in between being mother and wanting to dedicate my life to solely my children and still being a daughter wanting to make her parents proud.
If you were or are in my shoes, what would you do?

Ps. I have also considered teaching classes within our homeschool co-ops to blend the best of both worlds but that doesn’t really give me the title I’m looking for-like a big stamp of approval of “look at what I did!”

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u/Calm-Chaos121 — 10 days ago