Hahaha, that’s awesome. At least she fell back asleep? Toddler stories are the best stories (once they are over). Yesterday my two year old was lying on the floor holding a book. I kept asking her if she wanted me to read it to her, and she said “yes!” But every time I tried to take the book to read it, or asked for…

This is so important. Even knowing why a child is acting a certain way at certain stages can create so much more empathy and patience. Your two year old is not screaming “no!” to annoy the shit out of you, make you late, and piss you off. They are learning that they are a separate person from you who has their own…

You are most welcome. Also, despite the messaging of our intensity-driven culture, more is not always better. In addition to a de-load week once every 12 or so weeks (maybe more or maybe less depending on how you feel), you might benefit from only 1 or 2 days of truly high-intensity work a week, with other days…

You might just need a de-load week.  Still go every day, but focus on mobility and recovery.  Foam roll. Stretch.  Do low-weight, full body range of motion exercises. Don’t even do much cardio. Let your body repair.  Then get back to it the next week.

I don’t even mind cardio. A good true HIIT session can really feel like you accomplished something and a ” steady-state session can be a fine way to enjoy some Real Housewives when you can’t get an hour to yourself at home (because: toddler).

I don’t think it is misogynistic to criticize women who prey on other women - most notably teen girls - and capitalize off of their insecurities. To be clear, I am not commenting on their looks. They can do whatever they want to their faces and bodies. It makes me sad that they did not feel like they were good enough…

I guess that is the delineation for me. I feel like most women in the industry - and life- feel forced to participate in these standards. They are table stakes for being in the game of life. But the Kardashians up the ante to the extreme and then make a shit ton of money off of it. I think that is the core of my beef…

I don’t think that’s true. I think their actions, particularly in the form of extensive plastic surgery to meet patriarchal, white supremacist standards of beauty (plus some cultural appropriation)...and then marketing those changes to other women as both natural and achievable through certain products is unfeminist…

But they trade on their bodies. They literally fetishize themselves and then make money off of it. When you are lying to teens about how your lips got so plump, then selling lip kits, don’t you invite some snark? When you sell books about weight loss and have a show called “Revenge Body,” but your body changes are…

They actually are medically necessary in some circumstances, like mine. Her heart rate was dropping and she needed to come out. Literally as soon as they did the cut she was out. My body could just not accommodate her big ass head fast enough. Of course, a part of me will always wonder if it was *realllllly* necessary…

Does poison control actually do anything? I thought you called poison control to find out if you should go to the ER, seek medical attention from a doctor, monitor and wait, etc.  So isn’t the webtool basically poison control online?  

No, it’s not. The guidelines for nursing in toddlerhood is to nurse as long as it works for the mother and child. What worked for me was setting that boundary. If she needs some time to connect and nurse, we can go to a private area. But I do not whip my boob out anymore as soon as she demands it. Just like she can…

One caveat to this is that my water broke at home before I started contractions and I was VERY happy to have the Depends on hand.

I went natural and did not bounce back at all. I would/will go natural again for other reasons, and agree that you have more awareness of what your body is doing. But my kiddo had a giant head (like 99th%) and I need an episiotomy over my protestations. (They couldn’t find her heart rate anymore and said they could…

I forgot about the night sweats! Ugh.  

YES!

A-MEN, sister!! Said this up higher in the thread but breastfeeding a toddler has been an amazing experience for me. There is no pressure about supply. There is no worry about whether she “getting enough.” Her not being dependent on my milk for nutrition, but still wanting to nurse for comfort, relaxation, bonding,…

Breastfeeding a toddler has been an amazing experience for me. There is no pressure about supply. There is no worry about whether she “getting enough.” Her not being dependent on my milk for nutrition, but still wanting to nurse for comfort, relaxation, bonding, and some hydration has taken the “mechanical” aspect out…

I only had it happen with brand newborn babies who were breastfeeding while I was currently lactating. I think 99% of toddlers who nurse know it only comes from mom, and most are capable of learning time/place boundaries about nursing with mom. In fact, in my anecdotal experience, most of these children are busy…

You’re right. I knew that, but my brain is not working thanks to toddler sleep regression. Yes, the Dan Schneider thing is so well known, so open, and so publicly flaunted by him with the weird shit he works into his shows that I do not know how this has not blown up yet. It makes me sick.