I am in my late 20s and feel I have wasted a lot of time. Is it too late for me to achieve something worthwhile?
When I turned 27 I was:Unemployed, had been for a yearSleeping on a friend's couchPainfully singleWondering if it was too lateI had:No hard skillsNo work experience worth repeatingCollege grades that didn't open grad school doors I wanted to walk throughScant motivationNo directionI asked my dad for advice and he said: "You can't steer a parked car."I stopped thinking about what to do and started doing. I refocused my search on small growing companies and after a dozen rejections I applied for a customer service job at a company I'd never heard of but that seemed interesting. A week later I was working at Bonobos (company) with 25 smart, fun, engaging people. I chipped in on work in different departments and eventually found an application for my natural skills in a career path I hadn't anticipated. At 29 I'm a beginner in a new role. It's fantastic.I can only recommend what I've done: Find some fertile ground. You'll figure the rest out later. There are tons of young companies looking for people who are energetic and capable, but most importantly they're looking for people who care. Startups require hard work and long hours but if you care about the mission and the quality of your work it'll feel more like a lifestyle than a job.You only have to be lucky once. I was. Maybe you will be too. There's only one way to find out: Take the car out of park and step on the gas.
Can you spoil a 5 month old by holding them too much?
Hi! No you absolutely cannot spoil a 5 month old baby, there's no such thing as holding him too much. What he needs right now is you, feel good about that, he just wants the security of his Momma's arms! And believe me you have a whole lifetime with him of independence, right now he's just a little baby and he's not an independent creature, he's dependent on you and that's exactly as it should be. So hold him as much as he needs it, he probably misses you too from being in daycare all day so he wants to soak up as much time as possible with you when you get home. Could be that he's having some feelings of separation anxiety. Just keep being a loving Mommy to him, he will eventually grow out of it when he's a little older. Good luck!
My SPOILED 4.5 month old HATES tummy time ! Any ideas ?!?
I'll get thumbs down, but I agree that a baby can get spoiled. Get her an exercauser. She can sit in that and learn to play. She'd be upright and it'll help her development. It's like a walker without the walk. Walkers are not recommended anymore. Tummy time is not as important as people say it is. My kids didn't really like it either. They liked the exercauser though! Try to get her one that doesn't have a 100 toys though. That's too overwhelming. EDIT: To everyone who says you can't spoil a newborn...4.5 months isn't even a newborn anymore. You CAN spoil a baby by holding them too much. Holding a baby constantly and never setting them down can make them cry everytime they are sat down. Trust me. I only made that mistake with my first.
My 4 month old wants CONSTANT attention?!?
I feel for you... my 5 wk old has been like that lately too. She will fall asleep in my arms, then I put herdown so I can do some housework and she wakes up and freaks out. They say you shouldn't let a baby that young cry for too long because they are still learning trust and security... The best I can do is set her down for a minute, throw a load in the wash, hold her. Set her down, empty half the dishwasher, hold her. Set her down, empty the rest of the dishwasher, hold her. Haha :) I just can't let her scream and scream any longer than that. I just can't do it! PS... I read in my baby book that infants who are picked up and soothed when they cry actually cry less often than if you just let them cry it out. You sound like a great mom :) PPS... I giggled when you called your son a demon. My daughter is a little monster... maybe we can introduce them when they get a little older. ;) And anyone who acts like their kids have never driven them crazy are either full of it, or don't really have kids!
Is a 5 month old too small to go in a walker?
well you can put him in a walker but it won't be good for his development... statistically babies who use walkers learn to walk about a month later than babies who don't. the babies can't see their feet and therefore aren't getting the information about what their body is doing for proper developement. so consider whether you should use it at all.