Kelly Kidwell

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[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@selentelechia I get that after I've been looking for 4 leafed clovers.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@ThymeToBeBorn Interesting. I don't remember with my first but she definitely got upset when other toddler-babies would cry and she'd try to get them to stop by comforting them.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

WW3 is actually just moms vs plastic.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@farmingandJesus Legit looks like 19th century underwear

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@owenbroadcast Sometimes my kid would ask me questions when she was 2 or 3 years old that I didn't know how to answer. Like yeah the sky is blue bc the light refracts that way in earth's atmosphere but I really can't tell you why it does that.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@Hybridathlete About a year ago, a 4 yro in our community died bc a motorcycle smashed into the side of the car at some ridiculous speed (t-bone). I made the mistake of reading a report of a navy medic who was first on scene...new mom fear unlocked 😢

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

Anyways, if you're conscientious about your work, it's always going to but up against your parenthood aspirations. So be aware and plan life accordingly. Compartmentalizing helps. But I'm still figuring it all out.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

On a similar note. I'm glad I became an engineer and it's been great for me and my family in a lot of ways. But I'll likely steer my own daughter away from it if she wants to get married and raise kids.

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

I have a theory as to why primary and secondary education in the the USA has become garbage.

There was a time in America where the smartest, most capable women really could not expect to hold jobs in high ranking positions in industry, or government, or medicine or the law.

So really intelligent, gifted women became primary or secondary school teachers. This worked well because teaching at that level also implicitly acknowledged motherhood, and those women could impart their knowledge to school children while being successful homemakers.

Thus, for much of the 20th Century, America's children were trained by some of the nation's best and brightest brains.

Today, however, really intelligent women have unlimited opportunities in many professions, and they choose the more lucrative paths like medicine or the law.

Thus, in many cases (not all), today's primary and secondary school teachers are the intellectual dregs of society, drawn to the profession because it's all they can do and because it enables them to brainwash generations with the Karen/Marxist activism that inevitably accompanies the low IQ, socially aware brain.

The only fix I can see to this is to pay teachers a great deal more money but also establish meaningful competency/IQ tests as a gating item for the job.

That, plus charter schools and all other programs that provide meaningful school choice to parents.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

Maybe the grass is just greener, but I can't help but think that working in a more "pink collar" role would be easier. Then again I likely wouldn't be earning as much as I do, so it might not even be worth it to try to work lol.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@axonpotentials @selentelechia That's really cool

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@TXtater95 I just find breastfeeding more convenient. No bottles or formula to fuss with. Easy to lose weight. Feed at a moments notice. Add the benefits to baby and it's a no brainer to me. Breastfeeding didn't come easily to us at first either, but it was worth it to push through.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@cybelethebest It's a pendulum. When my parents were babies, it was thought that formula was best. My grandma used formula bc "breastfeeding was for poors" and she ended up with back to back Irish twins...

Not all advice is for every person at any time.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@alt1na1 All depends on the baby tbh. At like 2 months my babies started sleeping 8 hour stretches. If you dream feed at 10pm and they dont wake up until 3am I find that very sustainable. Getting those first 2 sleep cycles uninterrupted is huge.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@dumbbitchcap It's like when they do the "very berry" or "fave reds" packs. Like yeah the citrus flavors are undeniably the worst, but you have to have them in the mix or else the pink, red, blue, purple ones don't taste as good.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@magdalenacals @EItigrerojo Better off just making an amazon wishlist for your kid and send the link to anyone who asks what to get.

[Kelly Kidwell @kellymkidwell]

@OldHollowTree SALLY TECH. Something tells me that's not her actual surname 🤣