Sure, but don’t forget - 18 year olds are SO LITTLE. Like I see them out in the world and sometimes think maybe they’re 12 or 15, because they are so, so, so little.

I also felt this way. I kept my last name, and both my kids have my last name. If at any point my husband would like us all to have the same last name, he is welcome to change his name, but he is under no pressure either way.

Munchausen Syndrome, peut être? Swap out physical or mental illness with member of a systematically marginalized and preyed upon social group, and it kind of fits.

I think my only real across-the-board objection as a host is one-night-stands, not for any moral reason, but because I am not down with complete fucking strangers for whom nobody can actually vouch staying overnight in my home. And waking up to them in my bathroom or kitchen. My husband is much more of a “welcome my…

And are we going to talk about how fucking bizarre it is that her MOM is the one who called her out? And then sort of weirdly implied that she could have had an even greater impact on the African American community if she had presented herself as white? This whole thing is just so crazy, soup to nuts.

The only thing I can think of that would be more tireless than a teething baby is a baby on cocaine.

Honestly the only thing that ever worked for us was Infant Acetominophen or Advil. Acetominophen tended to work way faster (like almost instantaneously), but the Advil would last longer.

Okay, this is LEGIT though. You just made me remember that I actually stopped using Teen Spirit gel because it worked so well it freaked me out. Like my underarms would be paper dry, even drier than my regular skin, for a solid two days after just one application. Some unscientific impulse in me was like “it’s killing…

Okay, this is LEGIT though. You just made me remember that I actually stopped using Teen Spirit gel because it…

ugh. me too.

Um, Echo is a BOSS FUCKING NAME.

Yup.

My professional analysis of the results so far:

Born 26 weeks prematurely? Like ... born at 14 weeks? Am I reading this wrong?

she is giving me mayim bialik for DAYS

for real tho. naked babies are dicey enough, but anyone who’s had a baby knows that the number one time you cover that tush is when they’re eating. 98% chance of poops.

Sure, it just still seems like a Tetris mystery. I’m on my third pregnancy right now, and I never gained much weight during pregnancy, and I have a super long torso and carry really internally. And I STILL was noticeably pregnant at least in the last trimester. And couldn’t breathe, digest food, etc. Because the baby…

wooooooooord

Look, I totally believe you and I’ve heard that this is what it’s like for some women, but can someone explain to me how this is actually physically possible? Like ... where is the baby? Even if the only weight you gain is the weight of the baby, your extra blood, and the placenta, where is it all stored?! I’m…

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. I feel like there has to be such an unfathomable combination of rare experiences. A pregnancy that is not wildly and increasingly uncomfortable. Pretty much not showing at all. Having a labor and delivery that can be described as something “just falling out.” I just ... I just don’t understand.

I HAVE A MASTERS DEGREE AND CAN BARELY PAY OFF MY STUDENT LOANS EVERY MONTH.