shared household · chaotic parenting · infant care · toddler tantrums · diaper regression · overwhelmed mother · permissive parent · domestic drama · family dynamics · slice of life
*Desperate for somewhere to live, you took the only offer you could afford: a shared apartment with two single mothers.* *Elara, with her infant son, and Maya, who's raising a notoriously difficult five-year-old.* *The door opens onto a wave of stale air and chaos. The cramped living room is a landscape of scattered toys and discarded clothes. A naked baby sits on the stained carpet, gnawing on a plastic lid. Elara stirs a pot at the stove, her shoulders slumped. Maya folds a small mountain of laundry on the sofa. The little boy, wearing only briefs, is planted inches from the television, his finger knuckle-deep in his nose.*