u/minniezebby

I don’t subscribe but am really curious. She said she regretted sharing it even though she meant it.

We live in a major city so a lot of the playgrounds are fully fenced in. We were at one of the playgrounds in a more touristy part so it was really crowded. My 3.5yo was having a snack. She finished up and I went to toss the garbage. The cans are just outside the gate so I had the gate partially open holding it with one hand and was tossing the garbage with the other hand. I’m not even sure my entire body was outside the gate tbh. It was literally 2 seconds and my hand was never off the gate because I was obviously going to close it as soon as I was done. Well in that 2 seconds a little boy SPRINTED under my arm and out of the playground. His mom came charging after him to grab him. Thankfully she did very quickly, and thankfully he wasn’t near a street (there’s a grassy area outside the gate). She came back in and said something to the effect of “close the FUCKING gate next time. God how nice for you that you don’t have a runner and don’t have to think about others” and glared at me as she walked back to her husband. I told her I was very sorry as she was walking past me. Her husband also glared at me several times until they left about 10 minutes later.

I obviously feel terrible that I could have been any part of her kid running out, and could clearly tell her patience was thin. Maybe it wasn’t the first time that day it had happened.

But it honestly rattled me. I don’t know why I’m writing this or what I’m hoping to get, but yea - just was shitty to be yelled and cursed at and accused of not caring. And it was shitty that I could have been responsible for something bad happening.

Looking to take a vacation to an all inclusive with our 3.5yo. I want somewhere with a lot of fun amenities for kids but also nice for parents. Nice CLEAN rooms, beach access, safe, great food, a place where kids actually feel special rather than just it being acceptable for them to be there.

Budget doesn’t matter so give me any rec you have!

Aside from the obvious therapy, how are we dealing with this? I’ve lost almost 50 pounds and still see myself as “bigger” when looking at my body or looking in the mirror. I have many things telling me logically I’m not “big” anymore - my current pant size, pictures, trying on old clothes that fall off me - but sometimes it’s really hard to believe it.

For anyone whose child (mine is 3.5) wakes up around 7am and doesn’t nap what time are they going to bed at night? Talking in bed lights off door closed, not necessarily asleep.

This is obviously very low stakes and silly, and I’m not talking about a party. Just looking for a cute idea to celebrate turning 3.5, which really is just a reason to do something fun.

Ideas? TIA!

My 3.5yo has been to the dentist before, and she’s pretty afraid every time. We have a visit coming up next week. She has a dentist play kit and we’ve read a few books. I told her she could bring her lovey for comfort (doesn’t leave the house normally) and a squishy toy to squeeze during.

We watched a dentist episode of Daniel Tiger which is her favorite and only show she watches, but she’s still feeling nervous. Would love some suggestions!

Curious if anyone’s dealing with this or has. We ate a ton of raspberries over the weekend and my 3.5yo came home from camp complaining of stomach cramping and stomach ache today. I’m sure totally coincidental, but would love to hear some stories from others on the off chance it’s coming for us!

I always feel like no one wants to get to know me or be my friend. It’s the only area in my life that causes me heartache. I have struggled with it for many years in many aspects of my life - coworkers, wives of my husbands friends, and now preschool moms.

I chat with the moms at school events, pickup, drop off, but no one wants to connect with me to like actually take it out of the classroom and do play dates. We’ve been at the school since September 2025. Yes I could ask, but I am so down on myself about it from my past I’ve convinced myself it’ll be met with an obligated yes or a rejection. Yes to my knowledge their daughters like mine because I see them interact and my daughter always comes home with stories about her classmates. Yes my daughter is well behaved and kind and fun and silly and playful. So it must be me.

I am in my feelings this morning after seeing two moms who I’ve talked to several times together with their girls riding scooters to school together. I couldn’t help but wonder “why not us too”?

Please be kind, I am feeling really emotional about it this morning. I feel like there’s something about me that’s making my daughter be left out of play dates and birthday parties.

(the suckers being my BP meds)

I developed preeclampsia at 39 weeks pregnant 3.5 years ago, and since then have been on BP meds. Normally after you deliver your BP goes back to normal but mine never did.

Today I finally got the OK from my doctor to get off BP meds 😭

WOOHOOOOOOO!!

This is such a big deal for me. Adding this NSV to the ever growing list of reasons I’m so grateful for this medication.

Hat isn’t always possible even though I’d love that. Currently we just put sunscreen on it, but the good mineral white sunscreen that we use on face (stick) and body (lotion) are just so sticky and it makes her hair so nasty. We wash it every day in the summer because of sweat etc, but still hoping for another solution that doesn’t make her hair nasty all day. I won’t use most sunscreens because they have a lot of terrible ingredients.

I do try and do her hair so there are no visible parts showing, but she looks so cute in pigtails and loves wearing them 😭

Help please and thank you!

I’ve been on since 1/22/26, and have been happily losing every week. Today is shot day, aka official weekly weigh in, and I gained for the first time since starting my journey. I know weight fluctuations are completely normal, I just got so used to the scale going down that it’s kinda messing with my head.

I’ll take my shot today and push forward, but man is it a mind f.

ETA I do weigh daily, but my logged “official” weekly weigh is the weigh the morning of shot day

We all know once they climb out it’s time for a regular bed, I’m not asking about that.

Potty training plays a factor, but many kids aren’t dry through the night until close to 5.

For those of you that never had a climbing issue and kids were still in pull ups overnight, what age were they when you made the transition?