I know someone who spelled their child’s name Kaytlin. There are just too many possible variations on this name at this point.

Yes, but you’re old so who cares. You’re near the end anyway, may as well enjoy yourself.

This is kind of making me want to try bingo now.

If you continue to find the crowding, smells, and trash bothersome, you could look into Inwood for a move. It is further north, but a much quieter neighborhood with a lot of parks. It would still be a pretty decent commute to school, if your school is also in Washington Heights. Being in a quiet neighborhood makes a…

I am a native New Yorker, but I have moved places I hate before. First, the humidity this past week has been horrible! Worse than usual. The stench goes with it. It won’t always be like this, although I am nervous we are in for a bad summer.

Congratulations! In terms of genetic tests, that really depends on you. I personally didn’t see any reason not to do the early, non-invasive screening tests that my doctor recommended. With both of my pregnancies there were two— the nuchal translucency scan and a blood test. With my second pregnancy my doctor…

I wonder if women would buy/wear a romper that has snaps in the crotch? Or would it make it just a little too clear that they are wearing something best left to babies?

This is my plan also, although I was thinking that when the younger one is five he might be old enough. We are lucky that all of our close family is local and there are some good vacation spots within driving distance. Plus, after having vacationed on the cheap for 7 or so years, we’ll be able to fly someplace great!…

It seems like a long time to me too. *shrug*

I really hope this isn’t rude, because as I said in the thread above, I did this to my sister! She had an 18-month-long engagement and in that time I got engaged, married, and pregnant. The thing was, my (now) husband and I wanted to get married before having kids. I was in my mid-30s, so I really didn’t want to wait…

So someone is supposed to have the spotlight from the moment she gets engaged until the moment she gets married? That seems a bit much to me. I am guilty of doing this, didn’t realize it is was rude. My younger sister got engaged, planned her wedding for 18 months out. Meanwhile, I was in my mid-30s, wanted to have…

Mine is exactly the same— $80/year dues, they hire landscapers to take care of the shared garden we have in the backyard, there’s a block party in the fall, and that’s it. It’s been a great experience— having a well-maintained outdoor space that I don’t have to put any work into is glorious. :)

I can pretty safely say that nobody likes to hear kids running around and screaming. Unfortunately, that is what they do. If there was anything I could do to stop my baby from crying at night, you can believe I would do it!

This woman was trying to buy a $250,000 apartment (that’s pretty much as cheap as it gets in NYC). She wasn’t buying a $5 million place overlooking Central Park. And if this became common practice, what’s to stop landlords else from doing it too?

I’m sort of surprised at the tenor of the comments here. Don’t get me wrong, I hate the noise kids make— I live with two of them so I am unfortunately intimately familiar. But I’d guess that most of the commenters here would agree that we should be taking steps to make it easier for parents (such as maternity/parental…

When we reprimand my almost-three-year-old he says, “Don’t tell me!” It’s my job to tell you, kid, sorry.

My nipples were showing the other day through a bra with padding in it. Also it’s basically the summer and hot out. WTF?

Jessa Duggar better keep a very, very close eye on her (future?) children.

Walks upright.

I know I’m late to the game here, but my concern is that it sounds like part of your goal here is to show yourself how far you’ve progressed by getting involved with a manipulator and coming out of it ok. I feel like the best way to show yourself how strong you are and how far you’ve come would be to say, “I could get…