u/Electrical-Dare-9797

My 13 month old is on the 99th percentile in height and weight. my back is finally at its limit. his insistence to be rocked at every wake is destroying me physically. I want to get him used to cuddles (we cosleep) instead. Is this sleep training? I don’t want to participate in something he’s not biologically or developmentally ready. I tried last night but he escalated to an almost uncontrollable sobbing. But my back is dead. Rocking chair isn’t an option because he only wants standing up back and forth rocking.

Any advice?

Everyone’s mad at Melanie but I don’t see her as the villain. I think Bea “called her out” just because Melanie talking to the bombshell would ruin Bea’s plan. Stay with me yall.

Kenzie is talking to Gabriel
Bea is really into Gabriel
Bea talks to Kenzie and encourages her to be the first to talk to the new bombshell which gets her away from Gabriel
Mel pulls Corbin
Bea (now irritated bc her plan isn’t working) calls what was a simple blunder on Melanie’s part (leaning in too much/poor timing with pulling Corbin) “excessive” and makes a huge deal out of nothing and embarrasses Melanie in the process by doing this in front of her friends.

I’m also a cry when frustrated kinda girl and I would absolutely need 10 minutes to calm down. The amount of hate she’s getting is awful. Would love to hear your guys’ thoughts on my theory :))

Teaching the Crucible for the first time this school year. Do you have any engaging ways of teaching this? Any tips? How did you relate this to modern day without being overly political?