Minnesota

Being a young mom and trying to make friends in Minnesota is harder than I thought 😂😭 I know everybody has their own lives, jobs, kids, relationships, etc., so I’m not expecting anyone to text 24/7. But sometimes I’m like… how are we supposed to become friends if we barely get past the “hey girl!” stage? 😂

I’d really love to meet some genuine girls around my age who are down to actually get to know each other, chat when we can, and eventually hang out. Nothing forced or weird, just looking for some real friendships 🫶🏽

Someone please help me come up with the best ideas to afford daycare. My husband and I make livable wages, but looking at daycare prices will put us way out of our budget. I truly don’t know how we will be able to afford it. Being a SAHM won’t work either because we need my income for part of our bills :(

We each make too much for any assistance but we make just enough at the moment living slightly over paycheck to paycheck. And that’ll definitely change once baby is here!

My daughter is 5 and they want to do the vcug because of recurrent UTIs. I've been doing lots of research and weighing towards not doing the test because of the horror stories I've seen and trauma it can cause. Has anyone had personal experience? Any info helps!

My baby is 5 weeks old. He was breastfeeding well in the beginning. The last week or so I noticed that when he breastfeeds he stops much sooner than he used to and struggles with trapped burps. I can tell because he frantically tries to latch and when he does he gets the saddest most painful look on his face and pulls away. And does that over again unless I pull him away. Then he'll scream and scream until I manage to get the burp out. Then he'll want to nurse again and we'll do the whole thing over again 5 to 10 mins later.

I've noticed this usually happens in the evening. I just tried the gas drops which maybe helped get the burp out a few mins sooner but idk why this started happening.

It's very frustrating because I think he does like to nurse to sleep but he hasn't been able to the last several days because of this gas thing happening. I feel awful hearing him cry and scream to nurse and then cry and scream from gas.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Any suggestions? Do I just pump and avoid breastfeeding?

Any moms with littles in the Coon Rapids area? I have recently left my job to stay home with both kids and I think my 2 year old is really missing daycare and getting to spend time with kids his age. I also really miss talking to adults ( even if it’s in 2-5 sec burst while we chase kids lol)