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I’m wondering how people handle different rules in the moment when kids are young. This happened recently and I’m not sure I love how I handled it, but I’m also not sure what the better option is.

Here’s what happened. I have a 4 year old son who was playing in the dirt at a family picnic. An extended cousin who’s the same age came over to play with my son. I was right there and watching them play in the dirt. Not my favorite activity, but my son is only young once and he wasn’t doing anything a shower and laundry wouldn’t fix. The other boys mother saw this and immediately said no to her son playing in the dirt. Her son started crying because he wanted to play still. I told my son that we were going to be done in the dirt too and we transitioned away from the dirt. My son handled it fine, but part of me feels that I wasn’t fair to him by making him stop because someone else wasn’t allowed to play in the dirt. It’s complicated obviously because this is family and not a stranger at a playground. We explain to our son that different families have different rules but I felt bad for the other boy because he was clearly upset so we stopped to be kind. Is there a better way to handle this?

My 15 month old has been waking overnight for the last month or so absolutely screaming. We realized quickly it was molars, so we started giving Tylenol. Then the canines came in. The canines are now about halfway down but he’s still waking and inconsolable. It’s 3am and we’ve been up since 12. If I try to have him lay with me he just squirms. He’s clearly exhausted but also just won’t sleep. I’ve tried offering water. I read that maybe he’s sensitive to sorbitol so I’ll cut out apples starting tomorrow. What else am I missing? He goes down fine for bed around 6:30. I don’t think it’s night terrors because he seems awake. I’m running on fumes here.

Anyone got good Father’s Day gift ideas? I’d love to incorporate a personal touch. My kids are 3 and 1. Not writing or drawing yet so crafting is limited.

My husband likes weightlifting, working outside, his 3d printer, and tech gadgets.

Any ideas? What’s the best gift you’ve seen?

I’m very new to lifting weights. I’m a mom in my 30s. For the last 3 months I’ve been exercising consistently several times a week. I use our bowflex max trainer (basically a combo of an elliptical and stair stepper) for 15 min and then do some body weight stuff - ab roller, pushups, deadbugs, plank. None of these make me feel like I’m improving. I feel the burn during the exercise but rarely the next morning and I don’t seem to be improving - for instance on the ab roller, I’m not able to go out any further or do more. What am I doing wrong?

I also keep seeing instagram posts about changing your body by lifting heavy weights. I want to do this, but don’t know where to start. I work out at home, so I need to buy equipment. Ive been eyeing the power block. Has anyone used that? Any feedback? Any other recommendations?

Thank you!

Thought I avoided it this year but here we are. I have two young kids. My parents live out of town and asked last week to visit on Saturday. Ok. Planned to spend Sunday with husband and kids alone. Last year we packed a picnic and went to a park. Husband told me today that mil made a comment yesterday along the lines of expecting to see us/the kids Sunday. He doesn’t remember the exact context because he was chasing kids at the time. But now I’m frustrated because I feel guilty about not planning to see them on Sunday. We saw his mom on Wednesday and we got her flowers and gave them to her. I fully expected my husband to call his mom and say happy mother’s day, and I always text her, but I thought Sunday would be just us.

Where is the line here? She is a mother and grandmother. I don’t expect her to make dinner or host us or anything. But I also don’t want to. It’s also my day. I’m also frustrated that it’s Friday afternoon and this is just coming up now. Idk what to do, but I hate this shit.

Hello! I’m completely new to instant pot. My husband bought one a long time ago, but it always intimidated me so I never used it. Recently, I had several people suggest that I make yogurt in my instant pot, so I figured I’d give it a try today.

I found a recipe online and it said to use half a gallon of milk, bring it to 140°, whisk it, then bring it to 185°, then let it cool to 110, then add two heaping tablespoons of store-bought yogurt, then put it back in the instant pot, sealed and wrapped in a blanket and let it sit for 8 to 12 hours. It’s supposed to be incubating during this time but I checked the temperature after five hours and it was down to room temperature, so I started getting worried about it not being safe. It had a consistency like thin yogurt but smelled cheesy and honestly was just very offputting. What am I doing wrong? We have the instant pot IP Lux model, so there’s no yogurt button.

Any advice would be appreciated, thank you!

American moms, please share your tips and tricks for feeding your kids on a budget. We already shop exclusively at Aldi, we already sub beans for some meals instead of meat, and I already make almost all of our meals from scratch, but prices keep rising. I took my almost 4 year old to Aldi this morning and picked up a carton of strawberries for $4. We got home and he ate half the carton almost immediately. I also gave a 1 year old who sometimes eats more than I do.

Please share all your tips and tricks!

This is so cool. I’ve been close but never actually hit this milestone in a single month.

I (32f) and my husband have a NW of 1.72M, broken down as 95k cash, 1.4M invested, and our house at 264k. No debt or mortgage other than the revolving balances on our credit cards which are paid off monthly. Our investments gained 150k this month. My husband is a SAHD and my salary is 120k, so this was significantly more than we take home in a year.

I wish I could share with someone other than my husband but won’t for obvious reasons, so I’ll share here.

ETA - for the love of god please stop telling me not to get excited or that this isn’t normal. Absolutely no where have I said I expect this all the time or that I don’t realize it can go down. I’m celebrating this milestone.