I read this article earlier. Nightmare scenario.

Man, everyone thought I was a monster for having a four week old Baby State sleep in a crib across the hall.
It’s what worked for us, and kiddo now sleeps like a brick. One of us rocks him for 20 mins, and then he’s placed in the crib where he puts himself to bed as…

Same here. Every time this discussion comes up, I go through this intense roller coaster of emotions, starting with, “Wow, this is insane and it’s only getting worse! We’re barely hanging on with one kid, we’ll never be able to have another,” which moves directly into a purely irrational, emotional (probably…

Yeah, people are surprised that I pay the extra $$$ and pack his food, hopefully it pays off when he has to choose my nursing home. ;)

Oh man, I wish we could do that! Unfortunately I’m of “advanced maternal age” at 40. So if we do want more, we are going to have to bite the financial bullet.

I’m doing that now because little Arrogant wasn’t learning anything at the not so great daycare, so now I eat ramen for lunch and little Arrogant is learning something for $255 a week.

Our kids are about 5 1/2 years apart for this reason, kid one was 3 months from going to school when kid 2 was born. They overlapped in daycare for about a month. We stall have after school care for the older one, but I’m seeing more and more 5 year age differences. In fact in Kid 1's class there were 5 other kids…

Same boat. I pay more than my mortgage to send my 1 year old to full time daycare. We want to have more kids, but the clock is ticking and we just can’t afford it.

Right now I’m paying $250 per week or $13,000 per year for Baby State to go to a daycare where I have to provide all meals. It’s more than my mortgage.
HOWEVER, I could knock this down to around $11k -ish per year if I put him in a “not so great” daycare where the people are not certified in early child development,…

Ehhhh - I think my playlist is a little different...

Eh, according to the internet I’m a monster and I’m ok with that. Things I have done wrong:

My parents help us with our kids so insanely much. We literally could not do it without them. I know you're not asking for advice but mine is to try not to feel guilty about the help your parents give you. It can be overwhelming - but imagine what you would do to help your own kids - anything you could, right? That's…

Baby-State starts daycare in July after being waitlisted for the past 6.5 months. (Thank god for Grandparents!) Once he is in, it will cost me $250 per week, or $13,000 per year. I have to provide all food, diapers and snacks.
The thing that is going to kill me is the fact I work 10 hours a day (mandatory) and commute…

Yep. I worked my way to near the top of my field, in a job that expected me to work happily 7am - 7pm and that unfortunately paid peanuts. My kid’s daycare was $1400/month. I would have a baby, pay half my salary for someone else to watch him during his waking hours, and then essentially never see him again.

“Obviously this is why you shouldn’t have kids if you can’t afford them, or birth control. And obviously abortion=murder. So just keep your legs shut or be prepared to go through an expensive and potentially dangerous pregnancy because you can always give the baby up for adoption. Adoption is such an easy and great…

Zilly passed away peacefully this morning with my husband and I - I kept repeating that I loved him and thanked him for being my best friend for so many years.
We are devastated, completely devastated, but looking at him afterwards there was nothing left on his tiny frame and I think that he probably hanging in there…

Thank you everyone for your kind words and support.
Zilly is sitting here with me now, trying to hunker down to cuddle but I think his body isn’t going to let him stay comfortable for too long.

Sorry for your impending loss. If it’s any consolation, you’re 100 per cent doing the right thing. I’m with thebloodofthematador - be there, you will regret it if you don’t. I’ve been on both sides of it and when we put our Cooper down last month, my husband and I were with him until he laid his head down the last…

Aww mate, so sorry. I lost my dog of 13.5 years a few years ago, and it still hurts. My dog was who saw me through my entire teens and my young adulthood. I left for a job in Iraq that was supposed to last six weeks, and it became almost three years. On my leaves home, my dog was the only one who never asked me any…

I am so sorry. It rips your heart out to see them go, but as the vet said to me last time when our 15 year old dog was near the end, a day too soon is better than a day too late in terms of prolonging their suffering. Our dog had been going downhill for a year and it took me a while to come to terms with it. Be there…

This made me ugly cry.

Tomorrow AM I am putting my 19 year old cat to sleep. He’s been sick for almost a year, and lately he has gotten so much worse. I’ve been looking for any excuse to not go though with it, but his pain is getting harder for him to hide and it’s time. I’ve had him all of my adult life and he has…