Help - stuck in toddler bedtime routine for 2 hours
Just got my 3yo down after a 2 hour ordeal involving: water, 47 questions, requesting each parent separately, crying about socks, and me reading Goodnight Moon in three different v
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Just got my 3yo down after a 2 hour ordeal involving: water, 47 questions, requesting each parent separately, crying about socks, and me reading Goodnight Moon in three different v
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Don't get me wrong, I love my kids. But having them home from school for a random day means I have to explain why I can't just "pause work" to play with them all day. My 6yo doesn'
Been meaning to do this since we moved in. Last Saturday I just... did it. Pegboard, labeled bins, tools actually hanging up instead of scattered in a pile. Spent like 6 hours on i
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okay so maybe this is just because I'm exhausted but does anyone else feel like we've gone way overboard with the organized sports thing? Like, kids used to just play outside and f
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Decided this morning to settle an argument I've had with myself for months. Made pancakes on my old cast iron vs my flat griddle at the same time. Cast iron: Uneven heating, some
So my twins are 4 and I swear bedtime takes like 2 hours every single night. Story, water, potty, another story, complaining about the dark, complaining about being alone, back rub
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Got offered a position that pays like 15% more but it's got a brutal commute (I'm in Phoenix area). Right now I do 20 min each way and see my kids before bed. This job would probab