#parentingsurvival

[nicolewigton]

best place for newborn to sleep

Stop playing "Sims parent" over your baby’s crib! 🥔💤

Finding the best place for newborn to sleep is simpler (and safer) than influencers make it seem: stick to firm, flat surfaces and follow the 2026 AAP guidelines to avoid "nap traps" and positional risks.

👉 Get your safe sleep survival guide: https://swaddlean.com/blogs/safety-focus/best-place-for-newborn-to-sleep

[istyles]

They say youth is wasted on the young, but honestly? I think retirement is where the real fun begins. ✨ I was reading today and thinking about the ultimate long-game strategy: moving in with my adult children. I’m talking about leaving the lights on, blasting music, trashing the living room, and completely losing it if someone dares suggest I vacuum. They survived my parenting; now it’s time for them to survive my golden years. True royalty doesn't do chores. Until my grand takeover begins, I’m practicing my royal relaxation skills - curled up with an epic fantasy novel, a treats tray, and my Kindle looking perfectly styled in its regal purple Lavender Tufted Skin. If you need me, I’ll be buried in Chapter 1, plotting my future chaos. 👑📚

Featuring Queen Mother Amazon Kindle Series Skin

[hollymarlow]

Lost my voice this afternoon, so have been using a text-to-speech app to talk and it's such an effort, it's made me appreciate how easy it normally is to just talk. These are my most used phrases, which I think demonstrate some of the challenges of parenting while poorly. 🤣 I've also been using a mix of Makaton and British Sign Language, as Zoe and I haven't decided which one to learn properly yet (any strong opinions?), so we have been dabbling in both lately. It's made me wonder why we don't learn sign language from birth, alongside speech. I know a few people do a bit of baby sign language, buy we didn't, as it felt overwhelming at the time. Now I'm realising that as well as being more inclusive of people who can't hear, it would be so practical in so many situations if we could all just do sign language. You could talk to people at the other side of the room, through windows/glass doors, etc, and it would be SO handy when you lose your voice, which has been happening to me more and more lately. I also find that my hearing is worse when I have a cold, so I could really do with everyone speaking to me with subtitles on right now! 🤣 . #signlanguage #britishsignlanguage #makaton #lostvoice #parentingsurvival #parentingrealities #parentingstruggles #communication #parenting #adoption https://www.instagram.com/p/Cop8YmdMiLq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[itonlyhappenstome]

This is not how I imagined it to be, this and wiping my arse with a pot noodle lid.

[tawsenior]

Just getting started...

Ok, I got a tumblr account so I could follow a few people and now they started following me. I feel obligated to post something now. So, as I get going, I’ll post a little about brewing beer, some 3D printing, how not to kill your kids before they become adults, etc.