u/Flaky_McFlake

My 26 month old daughter and I have been happily cosleeping for about four months when she had a big sleep regression and wouldn't fall asleep without me. She is extremely attached to me. The issue is, I'm five months pregnant and absolutely terrified of how to handle this situation with a newborn on the way. My husband and I have tried everything to get my daughter back in her own bed, but she becomes so upset (crying for an hour straight for example) and I'm not willing to put her through that. Has anyone else been through something similar? Is it possible to continue to cosleep with my daughter, and then have a newborn in the same room, crying every two hours at night waking my older child up?? I'm really at a loss. We've tried so many things to get her back in her own room at night, but she's just so much happier sleeping close to me, and I don't want her to feel like she's being abandoned at night (especially with a new child in the picture soon). I'm desperate to hear if anyone in this community has any solutions or reassurance.

Has anyone created some kind of routine or something that helps them get their house clean? The big things are fairly easy, like dishes in the sink I generally don't struggle with. What's more complicated is the small stuff, like making sure to replace your hand towels for example, or doing laundry in a timely manner without it piling up to hell, or sorting the massive pile of mail laying for months in the corner of your kitchen. Has anyone come up with a system for any of the stuff?

My husband and I are Eastern European, but we grew up in North America, both immigrated as young kids. We're not very close to our families back home unfortunately, but still feel pressure to name our soon to be born daughter something that won't sound weird to them. Unfortunately, both of us have fallen in love with the name Ivy. We've tried to come up with names that would let us use Ivy as a nickname, like Ivona but we're just not into it. Most of the "Iv" names are old fashioned, and not in a cute way.

So my question to you is, how weird does Ivy sound to European ears (non-UK)? We really love the name, but I don't want to feel uncomfortable any time my parents or husband's parents or uncles struggle to pronounce it.