I am aware of all this. I have a (severe) peanut allergic daughter. My comment was directed at commenter Karyn thinking scratch tests are used primarily for seasonal and mold allergies, which isn't true. Skin tests coupled with blood tests are the second best way we have to diagnose food allergies. Ingestion is the…

All food allergies can be tested by both skin (scratch) tests and blood tests.

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You said it's worse for the non parents. But you wouldn't know. And it's not worse-I don't think you'll find a parent (and all parents have the luxury of knowing what it's like both ways-before and after children) who agrees with you. Also, if I have a quiet kid, do I still have to sit in the kid section? I guess…

There are photos from the Australia trip of him doing basically every thing you just mentioned. His parents just rolled with the punches like normal parents do.

That's what I'm thinking. Lady, you just wrote you have a history of longer, clot heavy periods and you didn't look? Okay, then.

I hope a cat shits on your face.

"(The game isn't specifically targeted to kids, but it's rated 4+, and it's hard to imagine many adults who want to spend time nurturing pretend cats.)"

I can totally understand that. That was sort of my point-you can't always win when you name your kid. Some kids will love having a common name or an unusual name, others will hate it. There's no way to predict so if you love a name, use it regardless of all that. As adults, they probably won't care nearly as much…

It's funny because while I don't do the preconceived notions with a child's name when I meet them, I am guilty of having preconceived notions about their parents based on what they named their child. Sometimes those notions are good, other times...

Regarding your last paragraph, I have also read that. Interesting anecdote-my 2 year old daughter is a Madeleine (which incidentally, I think is different than Madelyn-I say MadeLEN, not MaduhLIN) and people often peg her as 1. pretty; 2. sweet and almost gentle. And I'm almost entirely sure her name leads them…

I'll out myself as a big dweeb and say I also used to envy kids who were known by their first name with the first letter of their last name attached. Especially on sports teams where their jersey would have it on the back. I always thought they were in a special club I would never be in. But yup-now I just identify…

That's a tough one. I also like my name now but I don't think I did until some time in college. I think it's fine to want to name your child something less trendy but it's silly to pretend it's a favor to them while they're in school. I wanted nothing more than to be another Sarah or a Katie when I was a kid. And…

I think some people side eye super early cry it outers. Like, my sister suggested I use cry it out at like, 6 weeks and that if I didn't, the baby would manipulate me into picking her up all night. I had to explain to her that a 6 week old is not capable of such shenanigans. I personally think it's pretty effective…

I had an old name that was normal but not popular and hated every second of it as a child. You feel bad for the Lindsays but rest assured, not all kids with unpopular normal names are happy about it.

I'm not saying I love all these names but am I the only one thinking it's nice that they're all regular names? I know I might be in the minority but I don't care how many Sophias are running around kindergartens in America. I'm just glad they're Sophias and not Jazzlyns or something of that ilk.

It's typically used in the media when something hasn't been proven in a court of law.

I was thinking it's because she's from the boonies.

I'll admit to it, too. And as much as I want to believe someone was trying to be sympathetic, I don't buy it because honestly, Hayden doesn't look uncomfortable to me. She looks like a lady who is going swimming who happens to be pregnant. I'm sure her hips and her pelvis hurt and all that other fun end of…