parenting

Second time mom with a 5 week old. I am one who is mindful of nap lengths, wake windows, and aiming towards a schedule once age appropriate. I understand 5 weeks is way too young and to just follow cues. However, my baby is seeming to gravitate towards a schedule but there is a bit of a blip....

My 3 week old is too strong for a swaddle but too new for arms out. Thoughts?...

Remind me that its worth it and it gets better....

Also, why?...

Whether it’s April fools day or Christmas Day joking with your kids is a good idea.

…then after eating a few of the grapes he says he doesn’t like the “inside part” of the grape, and just likes the juice. Now he wants grape juice....

Woman Saves Countless Hours by Printing Pamphlets of Frequently Asked Questions About Her Pregnancy

We didn’t grow up in the US, so we don’t really know much about the gifted programs. She has scored 99 in CogAT, and 96.5 in ITBS, so she qualifies to the HAG program in NC. We can either switch to a different school that has the HAG curriculum, or keep her in the current school under the next lower level curriculum (AIG)....

My child lost their first tooth today....

There is a kid in my daughter’s 2nd grade class, who seems to like to lie/embellish a bit about a lot of things. Some of the things he has said/done so far:...

Year and a half old. It may feel silly, but she’s always been in the single-digit percentile, usually low-single-digits at that. She was born about 3 months premature, and after her weight gain stalling, they prescribed a medication with a side effect of increased appetite to give things a jump start. I think it’s going to...

!dads and !fatherverse

I have two young kids and spend a lot of time thinking about how to approach the process of parenting. LLMs are a great resource to augment some aspects of parenting. In this blog post, I go into some examples that I use for the following uses:...

I hope this isn’t an inappropriate question to pose here....