Yeah, sorry. I'm in Boston. Childcare is insane here. But if you're in a 'burb with good schools or can consider moving to one, it gets better once they can go to public school. Then you only need to pay $600/month for afterschool care. I know, sorry this probably isn't helping.

Yep. We pay 2K a month for our infant. That's not crazy for infant care at a center (as opposed to an in-home) in a major city. Some friends pay more. It gets cheaper when they get older because the child-caregiver ratios are not as strict.

How do we manage it? I wish I knew. (I have a 9 month old and a first-grader). We are both working professionals, but we have student loans and childcare is extraordinarily expensive here. We manage it by living extremely, extremely leanly. We rent (nb: it's cheaper than owning in our area; in some places this would…

My friend delivered in the birthing center and loved it. Good luck!

I gave birth in NYC in 2007 (St Luke's Roosevelt) and at the time they did NOT have an LC on staff (though I understood at the time that they were required to have one - my doula speculated that they preferred to pay the fine than hire someone). I was told by the PP nurses that I would need to find and call one and…

Amen! With my first I actually gave up nursing after 4 weeks because everyone (including two separate LCs, my pediatrician, and my OB) kept telling me it "shouldn't" be hurting any more "if we were doing it right" and I figured there was just something wrong with me/him and that it would never get better. I couldn't…

Looks like a Border Terrier to me.

I once saw a photo of Naomi Watts wearing a pair of sandals I own and spent the remainder of the day imagining that I was her (or at least that we were BFF's that coordinated our outfits). The end.

My husband and I have been together for 17 years, married for 7. After the first two years of dating in the same city, we were long-distance for 3 years. As I look back on that time, I remember it as very romantic - we talked on the phone for hours every night (before cell phones AND in the era of par-per-minute —…

We have cronuts in Boston! They are very delicious and you can get them by simply walking into the store and giving them money, and then they give you one. It's amazing. I would not wait in a line of more than, say, three people to get one though. (If I could email you one, I would).

Me too! But then I read LOTR as an adult so I'm not sure you have an excuse. :)

From what I am reading, the earlier hospital arrival was a fake but the departure from their home (by car or helicopter, conflicting reports) is actually happening.

No, you are an awesome person because you can reflect on your biases and attitudes and change them if you decide that they are wrong or outdated. So few people can do that, so give yourself some props.

Also he has a non-celebrity wife who is quite pretty but in a "normal person" way and they seem to be really in love. And when he talks about how many kids he has he always says "four" to include her daughter from a prior relationship. Sigh.

How do any of these arguments about how hard it is to send people under your command or in your unit to their possible deaths differ when you substitute "best friend" for "fuck buddy" or "sexual partner?" Sure, they are human. So they probably don't want to send ANYONE to their deaths, especially their team members…

In a previous career incarnation I had cause to read and study each and every scientific study ever performed on sucralose (I know! How did I get so lucky!) and I can confirm absolutely that it will not be your (or anyone's) cause of death. Unless perhaps you are buried alive in it.

Oh FFS, how do I edit? I meant my second was a #4. And I think I may have posted this 900 times trying to edit. I'll crawl back in my hole now.

Alternate name for "standard" baby — the Winston Churchill. Seriously, all babies look like Winston Churchill. Or maybe that's just me. Anyway. My first baby was sort of between #3 (ugly) and #2 — quasi-normal looking but with a disproportionately gigantic bulbous bald head, and kinda bulgy eyes. (He is now a…

Seems a bit premature since according to the linked article he has yet to complete his "associates degree in general studies."

I was wondering if they had to make her a special small-sized medal, because those things look like they weigh more than she does.