u/MangoMoon-26

hi everyone - out of curiosity, how many of you feel snacks are absolutely necessary for exclusive breastfeeding?

I used to never snack before I was breastfeeding my first, I breastfed him for 15 months and lost weight pretty naturally over time. Now I am 2 months postpartum with my second, and haven’t lost any actual weight beyond the first 1-2 weeks. I feel like I’m snacking because I “can” and I’m tired, and I have it in my brain snacks help with milk production but… if I eat and drink enough at my meals will my supply be ok?

Curious what everyone has successfully used to motivate their toddler to use the potty?

I have a 2.5 year old who has been potty training for like 6 months. He will tell us when he needs to poo and go poo on the potty, he will also always pee on the potty when we put him there. but it’s like pulling teeth to get him to initiate the pee on the potty himself, he would rather just go in the pull up. have tried treats like Greek yogis & potty charts for motivations have tried absorbable underwear like Upairy, seems like we’ve just been at a standstill for months.

Hi all -

I have a 2.5 year old and a 7 week old who is EBF. Wondering how you all managed screen time or even just your experience with it with toddlers while having a new baby?
For context I am Sahm by myself during the day, and I do some freelance type work each day when they nap and/or go to bed at night.

We have allowed about 20 minutes of TV for the toddler for the last 6-7 months or so (handyman Hal, Puffin rock, trash truck, Blippi, etc) but previously it was very minimal. Now he is like crazy for the TV… like when it’s time to put it on for his 20 mins he gets very emotional and excited, but he is fine once it ends if I shut it off. He does ask for it later in the day but I don’t put it on. I worry that because I have limited it he is now more obsessed with it compared to if I was more relaxed with it and it wasn’t “special”. I think about this with many things… like even sugary foods, etc.

Basically just looking to see how others manage screen time with young children and your thoughts on it.