Please dont judge but has anyone ever gotten rid of pet?
My OH once rescued a bird that had flown into his work, this bird became quite the metaphor and "helped him" whilst he was living alone going through a hard time, unfortunately when we moved in together the bird passed away. He immediately wanted to replace it and so we did. Fast forward 3 years and with LO and the bird will last 5 minutes in the living room before she is taken upstairs in a rage becayse she makes this horrendous repetitive screech like a dog barking constantly and it's so high pitched. I have sensory aversions to noise and my stepdaughter is autistic and the sound is unbearable. Once LO has gone to bed we let the bird out, she has toys, we switch up her food, play with her but the sound is unbearable, she's now put away upstairs again and lifting her water tray up and down so that it bangs. I've said for a long time she should go to a home where she isn't going to be locked away all the time or with people who have time to play and train her but OH was stubborn that thats not right but I dont think its fair to have a pet and lock them in a room where they barely see anyone all day. We have so many arguments that are exacerbated by having her sqwarking in the background, she reacts to any noise - opening of a wrapper and my god shes like nails one chalkboard for hours. Its like having a constant alarm going off
Sooo just food for thought and a little TMI..
We live in a row home with one bathroom upstairs. I just drank my coffee and it hit me, I had to go !
I said to Bella (18m old) let’s go upstairs mommy has to go potty !
She didn’t budge ! So I picked her up and upstairs we went. With a newborn coming in March, I’m sitting on the toilet thinking what if I had my newborn just now ?
Do I carry them both upstairs ? We have a cat so i don’t think leaving the newborn in the swing would be okay ?

Her helmet she got so she can be safe (as she told me) when she rides her bike and scooter lol
Idk what to do. My daughter is excited to go to school each day but when she’s actually in school she’s giving the teachers such a hard time. She is constantly running out of the classroom, throws tantrums, tells the teacher no & refuses to do any work. I’m really trying to hold off on pulling her back out but I have no idea what to do. I’ve talk to her several times, I’ve taken all of her toys away, took tv time away, told her she can’t play with her siblings yet she’s still doing what she want...
need suggestions....
So at work we have a drink thief. Any time we put a drink in the fridge it disappears. I swear I know who it is. So far he's taken drinks from everyone that works in the office, we even put a sign to not take anything you didn't pay for and wrote our names on the drinks. The person I think is taking them works out of the office so we never get to see who is drinking them.
I feel if the pet is disturbing the child then yes. I had to get rid of our puppy as it was to much for me myself with a baby, as my partner is always working. I do have 2 cats but there 2 and well behaved