My sister gave one to my daughter. We threw out the book and as far as my daughter’s concerned, it’s a Christmas doll. I feel like I don’t know my sister anymore. She’s also become the person who says “not to be gender normative, but my son won’t want to [read a book with girls in it, cook or bake, your ridiculous…

It does, but it also uses basal body temperature and vaginal discharge type/quantity. I haven’t used it in a while (approx. 5 millenia pregnant at the moment), but they seemed to be trying to broaden the appeal/make it more customizable so tracking without a period might be an option now. In any case, it’s free so…

I really thought this lady’s last name was Partridge. Thanks?

If you don't have one you like already, check out the glow app. It can help you track fertility, both with the goal of conceiving and not conceiving.

I found out I was pregnant on my husband’s birthday. I made him a cute treasure hunt to find his gifts, ending with a baby onesie. He was very confused until I also showed him the positive test/pee stick.

Christmas in CT is tied with White Christmas as my favorite Christmas movie. (Eloise at Christmastime gets an honorable mention.) Our annual tradition is Christmas in CT on December 23rd, White Christmas on Christmas Eve.

I can go with that on Belle, but Ariel gave up her voice for a man. Her voice. No amount of plucky quirkiness can undo that damage.

Excuse me, but Elsa is a queen! My four-year-old will not let that one slide, but at least when strangers call her “princess” she tells them she's not, she's a queen. If you're going to be sucked into the princess-industrial complex, might as well be queen, I guess.

I feel like my world is crumbling around me. Next you’ll be telling me Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson weren’t fighting over the same girl.

Next have a US website.

Ugh, primark is the worst. Horrid clothes, zero sense of responsibility to workers. Just terrible.

Interesting conundrum... Trump’s assholery has been (more or less) concentrated in this year, while Cosby’s has been largely spread over the past few decades and only widely discussed within the past year or so. I vote Cosby gets a Lifetime Asshole Achievement Award, and Trump gets Asshole of the Year (but we all know…

I have this case, which I chose mainly because of aesthetics but which I find very practical:

Try not to sweat the gestational diabetes test. I am overweight, too, and had gained waaay more than 5 lbs. at that point of both my pregnancies, and my blood sugar stayed fine (currently 34 weeks with my second). I also knew a really tiny lady who ended up with gd—so my point is, body type is not destiny!

THIS. I had one and had a remarkably easy recovery, but I took it easier than I wanted to/felt like I could. It is major abdominal surgery. We think of it as routine and low-risk, and the surgery itself is, but that doesn’t mean recovery can be skimped. Better safe and bored than sorry—and nestling down with your…

I agree! And I’ve had one of my own! Couldn’t smell it even then. I’m also not a newborn person—I felt a protective, almost feral love for my daughter when she was born, but real love and connection took time to grow. Maybe there’s a correlation there?

Is this level discreet enough? Or have I just taken a 90-degree turn into passive-aggressive territory?

I definitely don’t think a five-year-old drew this alone. I’m wondering if it is a collaboration with an older student—which would be awesome and should be encouraged. Older students teaching/helping younger ones benefits both. But then why not say that was what happened? As a parent, I’d be thrilled. As a…

It sounds like you ended up trying to reconcile society’s expectations and your parents’, and then feeling guilty when you couldn’t. There’s definitely a lot of pressure that tends to go along with being an only. I see it in my husband, who is super smart and driven but always feels inadequate. So, I guess what I take…

To be clear—starred for everything other than the part about being pathetic, which I do not agree with.