u/Brilliant-Version704

Okay y'all, I am pregnant and due in a few months with baby #2. My toddler will be 2 by the time baby #2 arrives. My toddler currently cosleeps in our bed with us. I live in a 2 bedroom house and have a guest room with a queen size bed with boxspring and frame in said room. I'm trying to figure out what to do to transition the room to be toddler friendly to sleep in, while ALSO having it still be capable of having guests, since my family visits often. I can't afford anything too costly because we're on a tight budget as is. What would you do? I theoretically could put the mattress and boxspring in a storage closet and bring it out for guests, but I'd rather find a better solution if possible. I have a crib that I could make a toddler bed, but Idk if that will work because she is the type of kid who falls asleep and you have to roll away to leave her.

We basically rent, and I've noticed several methods recommend having your child be naked for a few days to start with. What do you do if your home is mostly carpet? I imagine the mess would be a bit much? I'm also going to start with my almost 20 month old, so I have a feeling it will be a lot more messes if she's naked?

So I was able to night wean my daughter a few months ago, but she still only takes a nap nursing. I can nurse her and eventually pop my finger in her mouth to unlatch, but sometimes she wakes up and throws a fit and needs to nurse more to go back to sleep. My problem is I'm almost 5mo pregnant and it HURTS, and she has a ton of teeth and seems to be putting more pressure than she did before. She won't nap if I don't nurse her, and I REALLY need her to nap! Any advice? Will she just not nap for a few days and then decide to nap? Night weaning seemed to go better, but I had my husband's help with that, which I don't have during the day. At night, she just lays on one of our chests or in our arms and falls to sleep pretty quickly. (We've also always coslept but I can roll away once she's deep enough asleep).

I'm going to start potty training my 19 month old soon, and I was wondering what brands people recommend for safer training undearwear? I don't want to just buy some off amazon with no idea if I'm putting unsafe chemicals by my daughter's bits and baubles! Thank you!

Also any recommendations otherwise for potty training are appreciated! New baby is coming in December, so I'd like her potty trained before she turns two if possible! She is already able to take pants on and off and communicate certain things. I'm sure it will take a bit, so wanting to start now!

So the dreams themselves are always different, but I've been having a reoccuring instance in a lot of my dreams lately where I'm chewing gum, but I need to remove it to keep talking. But instead of being able to just spit it out, I have to yank it out like it's stuck in my throat (the phone cord from "The Ring" always comes to mind). It usually takes a while before I can get it all out. It's so weird and I've never had an issue with gum before in my awake life.

My husband and I are visiting my in-laws, and he unpacked the bags from the car. When I get to the room, I see the bench that they have that you can put your bags on when we're visiting... and lo and behold, it's HIS BAG on the bench! I went out to the living room to find him and just said, "Wow, Kody Brown!" He looked skeptical, and then I said, "You took the luggage bench!"

I'm not even sure if this exists, but figured I'd ask here! I realized the Babygenics I have is just for mosquitoes after my daughter got a few ant bites. I know deet is the best protection for ticks (and use it myself), but I'm unaware if that's safe for little ones? Any production recommendations please! We get mosquitoes and ants bad here, and all the tick stuff lately has me so worried to even let my child go outside!

Did anyone take these tattoo suggestions and get tattoos made of them? If so, please share pics! I thought some of their ideas were pretty clever, if poorly drawn.

This has probably been said before, but I would have loved if, instead of introducing Lois Lane, they had done a switch-up by the end of the show where Chloe is Lois. Lois could have been her middle name or something like that, and her mother's maiden name could have been Lane. I think it would have been cool because I actually think they have the best chemistry in the show, and I love their friendship and how they're always there for each other.