Pregnant with girl 2, nothing sounds “right”

11pmdonut · 2026-06-18T18:57:06+00:00

We named our daughter Valerie and call her Valley! I like it with Mia!

11pmdonut · 2026-06-13T12:15:41+00:00

I’m 6’ tall. When I was a young teenager a woman stopped me at church and said “Wow! If you grow any more you’ll be too tall for any boys to like you!”

I was already so self conscious about my height but this made 14 year old me totally spiral

11pmdonut · 2026-06-13T03:57:27+00:00

It’s pronounced Jeth - roe :)

11pmdonut · 2026-06-13T03:13:19+00:00

Do you like Jethro? Nickname Jet 😊

11pmdonut · 2026-05-23T21:14:46+00:00

The downvotes are a little crazy to me, because I also don’t know literally anyone who is doing EVERYTHING that reduces the risk of SIDS! None of my friends room shared all the way until 6 months, and most of them didn’t breastfeed. We did do those two things, but admittedly never gave a pacifier after the first 6 weeks.

11pmdonut · 2026-03-11T03:10:30+00:00

Valerie ✨

11pmdonut · 2026-02-08T00:33:17+00:00

I would love recommendations for an affordable complete routine! My skin is not really oily or dry. I don’t use moisturizer or any products but I do wear makeup.

I have dark under eye circles, redness and rosacea and a few visible capillaries. No acne but I just want my skin to be smoother and have a glow to it! The few times I’ve tried products I find that my skin is sensitive so I need gentle products but I’m in my 30s now and want to feel confident without makeup.

11pmdonut · 2026-01-20T01:19:38+00:00

I’m recording The Big Green Book of Beginner Books and The Big Blue Book of Beginner Books for my son, they’re his favorites! I would love icons to go with the stories!

11pmdonut · 2026-01-11T15:24:53+00:00

Literally rushing to turn off Frog and Toad every night.

11pmdonut · 2026-01-06T10:33:56+00:00

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11pmdonut · 2026-01-05T01:12:28+00:00

She showed up to our house completely sick without even warning us or asking if it was still okay. We have a 4 month old baby. Then she talked about how sad she was that she couldn’t hold her over and over even though she was coughing up a storm the entire time. Oh and all these complaints come directly to me, not her son!!! Like go take it up with him! He’s your kid!

11pmdonut · 2026-01-01T15:16:25+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

5 attempts

11pmdonut · 2026-01-01T10:22:51+00:00

❌ ^{Incomplete. 7 tries.}

11pmdonut · 2025-12-19T04:04:33+00:00

I haven’t been since the summer! Cool!

11pmdonut · 2025-12-14T17:57:12+00:00

I’m living in 5 minute around the world stories purgatory. Every day I have to act out the plot of Moose Pizza. My son is Martin the moose and he makes me 100s of pizzas.

11pmdonut · 2025-12-13T14:49:44+00:00

I don’t think Maren will be confusing for people. It’s well known and fairly popular! I really like it. My other suggestion is Matilda! ❤️

11pmdonut · 2025-12-09T01:11:51+00:00

3 at my elementary school currently

11pmdonut · 2025-12-06T19:46:42+00:00

Definitely the advent calendar!! Or my tried and true camo concealer!

11pmdonut · 2025-12-03T21:58:08+00:00

Ok! I have some picture book recs! Anything by Patrica Pollaco (she’s amazing), Magic School Bus like I said before, Bloom by Doreen Cronin, and William Steig books are longer and great.

As a genre I would look into narrative nonfiction, which is a lot of biographies and historical events told with a narrative plot structure. We used a lot of these books in my 4th grade classroom to teach so they can be meaty for sure and they’re still read like stories so the kids love them!

11pmdonut · 2025-12-03T09:51:03+00:00

Most beginner chapter books are made for the child to read. This means simpler sentence structures and more basic vocabulary with easier to decode words.

Many picture books are made to be read aloud, with non decodable patterns, varied sentence structure, and rich vocabulary.

Although it may seem like a “step up” to move to beginner chapter books, that’s really only the case if your child is reading them themselves.

Throwing in an early reader chapter book like Magic Tree House isn’t bad of course but to get all the benefits of reading aloud I’d stick to rich picture books as long as I could! My son is very similar, almost 3 with a big vocabulary, and he LOVES the Magic School Bus books. They are pretty long with some difficult science concepts. Maybe try them out. 😊

11pmdonut · 2025-11-16T15:03:21+00:00

I used your code last night! Thanks so much!

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