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Hi fellow mamas!

So two weeks ago my 2 year old (25 months) had what we suspect is RSV. Recovered fine but since then? Stage 5 Clinger.

Every bathroom break is a meltdown. Every night there is crying because Dad puts her to sleep. Every time Dad takes her outside 50% of the time she’s crying for me (I’m inside doing chores I cant do while she’s underfoot like laundry or cleaning with chemicals.) Even if I leave and go into a different room she’s freaking out wondering where I went.

She never actually went through a separation anxiety phase before this, could it come on this late? I know for my other friends it coincided with them sending their kiddos to daycare but I stay home so that’s not part of the problem.

Has anyone else gone through this? I’m also 34 weeks pregnant and getting super touched out and short tempered which stinks because I don’t wanna be like that.

Hi all!

Has anyone else’s child been affectEd by molars to the point of not eating??

Here’s the problem: Poor thing says all day long “Food, eat!!” And I always prepare her meals or snack trays with safe options. Lately she has taken nibbles and then says she wants something different. I give her a wide variety of things and I’m not trying to give her substitutes all day long.

A reference menu from today for perspective (though I’m sick so not as much home cooking as normal):

Breakfast: yogurt with peanut butter toast, Seven Sundays oat protein cereal, and berries.

Lunch: Uncrustable with apples and cheese

Snack: Fruit smoothie

Dinner: Chicken nuggets with grapes and cucumbers.

Snack 2: Popsicle to help soothe her mouth.

Out of all that she ate the nuggets, the uncrustable, popsicle, yoghurt, and smoothie. And maybe a few nibbles at the cucumber and cheese. If she was satisfied with all that I’d be fine, but she was still complaining about being hungry. It’s like she wants to eat, but it hurts. Normally I give her more protein options but she keeps refusing them.

She keeps pointing to her back tooth and saying “Boo boo!” Even with medication she still seems in pain and doesn’t want to eat like normal. I tried giving her soft things (minus the cereal) all day to see if that would help.

Please tell me this is normal lol. I’m also sick as a dog and 33 weeks pregnant so the constant “Food eat!!” is breaking my heart, like I’m trying so hard girly. TIA.

Hi all, I figured this would be a good space to get this off my chest.

Fair warning, this is MY life and my personal feelings. Anything I say that maybe you did or do as a mom is not a reflection on you as a mother. So please don’t take offense.

So, my mom put me in daycare at 5 weeks old. Over the years I’ve seen the ramifications of that decision. I don’t feel close with her as she does with me. My brother is closer with her, and she stayed home with him for the first almost 3 years of his life.

She also helps when it’s convenient to her. For my own daughters I would drop everything for them. For example; I’m a SAHM and 33 weeks pregnant, and pretty sick. My husband gets up at 3 am and gets home around 4-5pm. I’m truly struggling right now and feel like death. I almost never ask for help (because I usually know the outcome already,) but I asked for help today. Her response “I’m sorry honey Tuesdays are my ceramics class and I don’t want to get sick.” I can understand not wanting to get sick (even if I wouldn’t care for my own kids, I’d go to them in a heartbeat, especially if they were that pregnant) but ceramics, really? It just really hurt. She hasn’t really helped me at all this pregnancy.

She’s very materialistic in her affection, something I’ve had to unlearn as an adult as that is how I was raised. So instead of coming to help me she was like “But I DID buy your daughter some pajamas she needed!” Which I very much appreciate and am grateful for, but I could have bought those myself. I don’t want your money, I want your love.

When push comes to shove she does show up. When my daughter was hospitalized as a newborn she came to the hospital and stayed with her once or twice. But I feel like this behavior only happens in extreme circumstances.

Maybe I’m being a whiney little b word who has no place to be complaining. I’m just very pregnant, sick, and feel like a hurt little girl again. But we know as SAHMs it can be really isolating, and I think being part of “the village” even as family, takes being Inconvenienced. Would it be inconvenient for me to get sick if I helped my pregnant daughter? Yah absolutely that would suck. But to me that is what family does, show up for one another. I would and have helped my best friend when she was stressed and sick, and I know she’d do the same for me (but right now we all have the same sickness lol.) I just sometimes feel like my mom doesn’t care, or that I find it hard to connect with her.

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent into the void fellow SAHMs. Thank you if you’ve read this far:)

Hi all!

I’ve suspected I’ve had sleep apnea for 1.5 years now. I’ve scoured these forums, read up on research, and listened to experts online.

My theory is: I have a genetic forward tongue thrust (thanks dad and grandfather,) with a narrow palate, and with weight gain I have exacerbated the issue leading to disrupted sleep when I’m on my back.

I discussed this all with my specialist today who I met for the first time and he completely agreed! He took one look at my tongue and told me “Well, you scored a four and that is as high as it goes so yah I believe you’re probably correct.” EDIT: to which he the promptly said “Let’s do a sleep study and go from there.” For those who are concerned.

Our plan (EDIT here too, these were answers to questions I had, and possible outcomes if I *am* diagnosed) is sleep study, weight loss (which I was already planning to do due to other health concerns,) and possibly a MAD device to keep my tongue out of the way. Maybe even palate expansion if we can get my insurance company to cover it.

Genuinely one of the nicest doctors I have ever had the pleasure to work with🥹. I just needed to share the good news with people who can get the frustration of being ignored by health professionals. Because I’ve been ignored for 1.5 years. And have had the same headache for over a year now.

Hoping I can finally get rid of this headache and go back to good sleep soon!

Hi all.

My kiddo went through a cold about 2 weeks ago. Was sick for a day or two and then just had had a lingering cold for the past week.

The past 2-3, maybe even 4 days she seemed fine and I didn’t hear any coughing.

Well this morning I woke her up and she is wheezy (I can’t tell if it’s her nose or chest) coughing, and has a 99.4° fever.

Is that how pneumonia starts in kids? I’m about to message our nurse line after I’m done typing this out but I always like to come ask fellow parents their experiences too. Thanks!