Sometimes I just feel really bad when I like make plans with somebody and I have to like leave basically as soon as I get there It's just like making plans and going to like somebody's house when it's not baby-proofed or going to like a little coffee shop With a toddler that just wants to run around and get into everything. It's almost like too much I've been trying to like Kind of force myself to get out because I always feel better but sometimes it's just not worth tackling a toddler for like an hour or two. It just is, it gets so overstimulating and then it kind of makes my day worse because then I feel bad about like having to you know ditch the person I'm going to meet. So it's like usually if like an older friend wants to meet up with me. I'm like, yeah, we can go to like a park or the zoo or a play place, something like that. But nine times out of 10, they usually want to meet up at like a little coffee shop or restaurant or something like that or have me come to their house that isn't maybe proved. And it and it's just way too stressful. Like, does anybody else feel this way? because I definitely do.

I totally feel you I don't really go anywhere else if it's not like baby or toddler approved because it's just such a damn headache I don't depend on your kids age I probably wouldn't even like a coffee shop and stuff you like going out for supper like me and my boyfriend and like my daughter it's a pain in the butt if we go out at any restaurant because she just wants to run and she's a toddler so it's just it's a lot

So for my friends that don't have kids, I would just always explain to them that, hey, my kids are small. They need a place to run around. You are more than welcome to come hang out in my house or we can go to a park or, you know, somewhere where my kids have something to do because they're not going to just sit still. But I never, like, my friends that didn't have kids, I never went to their house for that exact reason because it's not baby-proofed and I would always end up having to chase my kids around. So I had just made a conscious decision not to do that anymore, not to even put myself or my kids.

Oh I totally get this it is I really do not like going to places that are not baby proof because like I just don't want to be constantly chasing after them and telling them no get out of that leave it alone and like it's just such a headache and it's like when when can you enjoy yourself with your friend if you're just gonna like be constantly up and looking after your kid all the time but I do have a few free