u/jediali

I'm a stay at home mom expecting my third baby, and I'm a curvy US size 12. I always find it challenging to dress in a flattering way during pregnancy, but for my first two I mostly wore long loose dresses. But this year I'm going to be involved in a preschool co-op for my eldest child, meaning most days of the week I'm going to need to dress in a way that would work for a preschool teacher. Any recommendations for comfortable/flattering maternity jeans/pants/jumpsuits etc? Thanks!

I'm in Los Angeles, and our fiber Internet has been out since last Thursday morning. I've reached out several times, and although they acknowledge the outage, there's no explanation or estimate of when service will be restored. It just seems crazy for it to go on this long with no information. Has anyone else had this experience?

I started making a baby blanket with acrylic/polyester yarn (loops & threads delicate DK) and two granny squares in I started to worry about micro plastics. Is that a super "out there" concern, or is it something people generally consider? Obviously with a baby blanket there's a 100% chance it'll get chewed on.

Initially when I bought the yarn I was just looking for softness and washability, and this blend seemed like a reasonable choice. Now I'm considering switching to Lion Brand Cottino, which is a cotton superwash marino blend.

For what it's worth, I'm somewhat crunchy but the person I'm making it for isn't particularly, so this may be a moot point. But I was just curious whether other crafters even think it's reasonable to worry about it. Thanks!

I have a 3.5 year old boy and a 1.5 year old girl, and they've both been home with me full-time since birth. I think I have reasonably high expectations for their behavior, I'm not a pushover. We have rules and there are real consequences for breaking them. But still, when I compare them to other kids (at the playground, the library, the grocery store) mine just seem to need so much *more* intervention. Particularly, constant reminders not to run completely wild.

And it's not just in my head. We tried preschool last fall and my son was kicked out in the second week for being too unruly. His pediatrician suggested we see a developmental specialist to look into various types of neurodiversity, but I want to wait until he's a little older before going down that path.

We were at the children's library today, and I saw so many other toddlers just politely following their moms around while I was literally chasing my children through the aisles.

I think this is mostly just inborn, but I'm wondering if other SAHPs struggle with this? I feel like kids in daycare basically have no choice but to learn how to be compliant and follow a schedule, and I wonder if having basically unlimited unstructured time means my kids are just behind on learning those skills. Has anyone else had a similar experience?