I would’ve had a great answer ($7,000 plus the price of injectable meds) for IVF but I’m one of the strange people who showed up to make that first payment and start my bloodwork, only to a get a call later that day that I was already pregnant. We’d been trying for 2.5 years, gone through all the diagnostic testing,…

Mine was double the price but SO worth it. So far, it appears my children have inherited my husband’s perfect eyesight, but they’ve got my mouth and braces will probably be my next most extravagant expense.

I don’t bother lying about my height, it’s pretty obvious I’m 5'1".

At Boo at the Zoo this year they were handing out these at one of the booths: https://www.claires.com/us/surprizamals-halloween-blind-pack-228923.html?pid=228923 My 3.5 year old is obsessed now, I should really hit up Claire’s and look for some on clearance.

It feels like it’s been several years since they bumped up the IRA contribution limits so I’m glad to see that it’s happening. 

It’s important to note that many landlords will only rent to a specific number of people. You might be able to squeeze into a one-bedroom with your partner and one kid but not two kids. And there are many shelters that will take women and children, but not men, meaning the family either splits up or stays on the…

We tried a puzzle feeder when we were still giving our cats dry food but it didn’t solve the vomiting issue with one cat. We’d gone through every grain-free dry food out there already. It wasn’t really an overeating issue since they often have food still sitting in the dish when it’s time to feed them again. Once we…

This makes me feel slightly better about having gotten pregnant with baby #2 when baby #1 was only 13 months old. I’d just turned 37 and it took 2.5 years to get pregnant the first time, so I was prepared for a long trudge. Then I got pregnant the second month of trying. It’s silly, but I definitely feel judged for…

He probably would’ve ended up reneging on Ava, just like he did to Kevin Smith. https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/10/30/kevin-smith-prince-documentary-footage-ava-duvernay/

There are lots of things that Word things are mispelled, including my first name most of the time. Squiggly lines be damned.

Ugh, twin names can be the worst. My 2 year old was in a class with a Jace and a Jacinda (isn’t that the same name?). And another class with Mateo and Michaela (though they probably spelled it with a Y and an H or something else silly)

Nothing wrong with a good Phillip. I named my kids “older” names too, common enough to always get right but nowhere in the top 100. But then I met another young mom and she said “That’s my parents names!”

If you can’t get to a free flu shot clinic and/or your health insurance sucks, a flu shot at Costco is $19.99 and you don’t have to be a member to use their pharmacy.

I think she was “born” a vampire. Her parents are vampires. I don’t really understand the household though, she kinda has a gargoyle and a ghost as her nannies? And there’s a skeleton that cooks for them.

The game we bought too. Four player, all boy dogs. My daughter wanted to know why there was no “Skye” for her to use. I told her “misogyny.” 

And yet still slightly better than Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

but at least the farmer and mayor are female too? Luckily, my kids don’t really like Paw Patrol. We’re a Bubble Guppies/Team Umizoomi/Blaze and the Monster Machines/Rusty Rivets household, with a big focus on Umizoomi right now.

I saw her the other day while re-watching The League (the fantasy football comedy). I gasped a little but my husband still has no idea who she is.

except they already did. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321805/

It’s the best! I love how they included Radiohead (but not Creep) and that she immediately turned it off in the movie.