Dark Water Rising is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children’s Book of the Year.

Marian Hale is an American author known for her historical novels for young adult

Hale’s second novel, Dark Water Rising (2006), is set in 1900 and follows seventeen-year-old Seth during the devastating Galveston hurricane, blending fiction with historical events.

The novel takes place only a few decades after the Civil War and Reconstruction, so racist oppression is a significant social factor in the story. The reader sees the patterns and structures of racism through the experiences of Josiah and Ezra. To build this theme, Hale exposes Seth to double standards, social restrictions, and interpersonal tensions. Ultimately, as the racial difference both collapses and is upheld in the aftermath of the storm, Hale reveals the social segregation to be a construct—or, as Mr. Vedder puts it, “ceremony.”

This could be an AI sloppy summary, but , maybe it’s not so bad? IDK.

2 y 4 m. I do remember it being a huge pain around about the age you’re struggling with though. when she was younger I’d jiggle and rock her on my legs with this as noise in the background

We also did the breastfeeding until sleep thing, but at some point it stopped working and my wife wanted to stop breastfeeding , so that went out the window. challenging times. if you have a healthcare network that offers support and advise, ask them or your pediatrician as well. If you’re going to therapy, maybe your therapist has some advice; one I had, has a few specialisations, including child development, and she gave us advise from time to time.

Lie down with them and rock them to sleep in your arm.

It takes me about half an hour, and I watch videos meanwhile

Some tips :

Use phone flashlight to create light that isn’t in the baby’s face
Have a step by step prep plan you usually follow when you change the baby, including setting out cotton , water, the next nappy etc.
Open up the nappy before you begin changing , take this time to orient it
If you’re going to change a poopy baby, consider if the water usually drips out everywhere and undress the baby to avoid this (may be difficult during winter)
If not, expose the least amount of baby
Wipe down changing surfaces after changing poopy baby.

If you’re still changing meconium, best of luck, that’s the worst kind

We went a long way to visit grandparent with our 1y3mo , and the biggest thing is to have a way to keep them occupied and find or create a safe place to let them loose.

Not sure ho to deal with the 4yo yet.

they want to explore everything. we let them explore the appropriate things, and then, there is nothing left to explore expect inappropriate things.

just let them. teach them the lesson directly.

for any new parents, the frontmost molars usually come out BEFORE the canines.

I was worried for a while

I hope the recovery is going well

Engineer solution. The rest are hearsay and folk tales