The play kitchen at my son’s daycare is his favorite toy. We’ve been talking for awhile about getting him one for home but space is a huge issue and I’m slightly afraid of him losing interest in one or both kitchen sets if it’s not so novel anymore, you know?

I have a boy and I’ve had people ask me when I’m going to try for a girl. I guess people assume that parents want a child of their own sex. I’m not the kind of woman who says “girls are always about drama and I just get along with boys better.” I just really don't think it's wise for me to procreate again.

I was fairly certain from 14 weeks or so that I was having a boy. Even if the u/s showed a girl, I’d’ve lied and said we decided not to find out just so we didn’t end up with a bunch of pink shit. Things did swing the other way a bit and probably over half my son’s stuff is blue. I personally can't fucking stand pink…

I know someone who removed his daughter’s door for the same reason. I’ve mentally filed this away to deploy if necessary.

Ergh! So creepy! You think you're being a decent neighborly person and immediately made to regret it. Hope the kid was scared straight by the cops so you can feel comfortable in your own home again.

My pediatrician was concerned that my son wasn’t using any words by his 15-month checkup. My MIL thought it was silly that they were so concerned when he was that young. The speech people we worked with strongly recommended sign language since it’s easier for them to physically make the signs than it is for them to…

If it’s one idiot leader, is there a higher-up board you can appeal to? Or change troops? I could be wrong, but I thought one of the BSA’s tenets was respect and “We don’t call 911" is certainly not respectful of LEOs or anyone with whom there would be a potential misunderstanding.

I don’t think I would have ever actually had a baby if it wasn’t for a lapse in judgment while I was between health insurance plans and thus BC. FWIW, I only ever had very fleeting “baby fever” and was typically after seeing adorable baby Christmas or Easter outfits.

Hate to see what he’d do seeing my dad’s typical very rare steak considering the rest of us sometimes moo at him even with our own medium rare steaks sitting in front of us.

I miss my Focus hatchback. Had it for 11 years before getting a family-friendly(er) SUV. I know two other people who’ve kept their Foci for more than a decade and 200,000 mi.

Do your boobs hurt at all? Irregular spotting? Those were my first pregnancy symptoms way before the nausea and “morning sickness” kicked in.

My brother was born in ‘97 and my mom wasn’t really pressured into getting the chicken pox vaccine for him. It was presented more as a novelty. He got all his other vaccines though.

I imagine my SIL would have similar objections but she and my brother deemed FB to be too full of drama so they deleted their profiles...or so they say. In either case, I don't get to see her non-denominational pearl-clutching anymore. Part of me would like to hate-follow her through this election year but it's…

I like that it’s a clean design, too. And that they give money to PP. The “Choose Life” plates in my state are simply for show. All the other specialty plates have a portion of the fees going to an associated organization (Bicycle coalition, DNR, Fallen Peace officers fund, various colleges, etc). No fees from the…

I actually saw my state’s version of this plate this morning. The plate “number” was ADOPT. Adopting is great and all (a good friend of mine was adopted) but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say they weren't advocating for adopting older kids out from foster care.

It reminds me of the St Louis Cardinals logo which irritates me to have that team associated with such a view.

This is the exact story I was thinking of!

Many of the boards I’ve seen tend to lean more conservative Christian and nu-country. This is not terribly surprising.

All points I’ve covered with him. I brought home a pamphlet from the OB/GYN about make and female sterilization and had him read it yesterday. Then I mentioned we should have something done late fall before my Nexplanon runs out in February so we have coverage in the time it takes the permanent methods to be…

I don't use an eye cream currently. I was looking for recommendations for one since it became apparent that I needed to start.