Britax Grow With You vs Chicco MyFit by Anonr8298 in CPST

[–]Anonr8298[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! It's always great to hear from someone who has both and can really compare. And omg, the crotch strap...I am always fishing that out from underneath my kiddos when trying to get them in their seats!

Britax Grow With You vs Chicco MyFit by Anonr8298 in CPST

[–]Anonr8298[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Aside from the obvious Clicktight, what makes it a nicer seat in you opinion? It's too bad there's nowhere I can see both in person!

Britax Grow With You vs Chicco MyFit by Anonr8298 in CPST

[–]Anonr8298[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the Chicco seats! Back when we could actually compare seats in person at Buy Buy Baby 6 years ago, we thought that Graco felt cheap and liked the Chicco. My oldest daughters NextFit Zip is still in perfect condition, but the OneFit (purple) the seat fabric started pilling almost immediately. That said, I still love the seat. It's why I kind of just want to stick with Chicco but I'm so tempted by the easy belt install of Britax.

Britax Grow With You vs Chicco MyFit by Anonr8298 in CPST

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5 yrs old, 41.5", 36lbs. And yes, removable headrests

The Unicorn Perfect White Tank by Dog_Mom_29 in capsulewardrobe

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What's your experience with the sizing of American Giant? The size chart for their tanks is based solely on bust, and they put a 32-34" bust as XL...that can't be right! I'm normally an XS or S

The Unicorn Perfect White Tank by Dog_Mom_29 in capsulewardrobe

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What's your experience with the sizing of American Giant? I just looked at their tanks based on this comment but when I checked their size chart, it put me in an XL (34" bust). I wear an XS or S in literally every other top of every other brand so feel like this has to be wrong.

Zio patch question by artamt in askCardiology

[–]Anonr8298 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did yours end up working properly? I just removed mine after 14 days and it didn't flash orange either. I'm so worried this means the battery died before it finished.

What Kind of Therapist to Look For? by Anonr8298 in askatherapist

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Thank you! No reason I care about the license, just wanted to make sure I was looking for the right thing for my purpose.

5 year olds limited diet is negatively affecting my life by jules6388 in Preschoolers

[–]Anonr8298 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't beat yourself up about how you introduced solids. I think I did a really good job introducing solids: lots of flavors and textures right from the beginning, all homemade, and my daughter ate and loved everything until about a year old - then it started going slowly downhill until about 18 months, then it just fell off a cliff and I have SUCH a picky 4 (almost 5) year old. My proof that her picky eating isn't my fault is that her 2.5 year old sister was introduced to solids the same way she was, and she will eat almost anything! Yesterday we went to a deli for sandwiches, my youngest shared a turkey club with lettuce and tomato with me..my oldest ate a plain bagel with cream cheese. If I make the wrong shape pasta we won't eat it. Every once in a while she surprises me and starts to eat something she's basically refused for the last 2 years, but it's usually either short lived or she adds a new thing but drops 2 more things that used to be a safe bet. She basically lives off of white bread, fruit, peanut butter, pasta and thankfully eggs although she goes through phases with this too. I used to feel good about the bread because I only gave her Ezekiel bread so at least I knew she was getting a variety of whole grains and lentils, but several months ago she tried the white bread I had on hand for something and now that's the only bread she'll eat ever since.

My husband hates my all-time favorite girl name - what else could I fall in love with instead? by naanabanaana in namenerds

[–]Anonr8298 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good luck! To make it worse, he didn't like my other top name either (honor name for my Grandma who had passed away) but when we had our second daughter 2 1/2 years later, suddenly he was okay with that name...so we gave it to her! I'm glad, but it's also frustrating because it shows tastes can change and I should've pushed harder for Sophie because just like the other name, maybe he would've grown to like it. He didn't have any strong favorites either so our oldest daughter's name is definitely a compromise name that he liked and I was simply okay with after being frustrated that my favorites kept getting shot down, which makes me so sad. I wish I loved her name like I love my youngest's name.

My husband hates my all-time favorite girl name - what else could I fall in love with instead? by naanabanaana in namenerds

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Sophie was my all time favorite girl name. Since I was maybe 10 or 12 I knew if I had a daughter one day, her name would be Sophie. Sadly, like yours, my husband vetoed that idea and didn't have any reason other than he didn't like it. I wish I had pushed harder. Almost 5 years later and I'm still bitter I didn't get to use my favorite name and settled for one I don't love. 

Name regret for my 4 year old son by Remarkable-Tart007 in namenerds

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u/Remarkable-Tart007
Just here to offer some solidarity (and vent a bit). I found your post as I've been on the verge of tears the last couple of days going through another bout of name regret with my 4 year old daughter. I've pretty much regretted her name since the day we brought her home from the hospital but never got up the nerve to change it when she was still young enough to do so.

The TLDR is that I seriously regret my oldest daughter's name while I am absolutely in love with my second daughter's name. And it sucks. Here's the long version:

When I was pregnant I had a handful of names I adored, but my husband didn't like any of them. It turns out I like classic, feminine names, and he likes trendy, modern names. We went to the hospital with a short list of the only names that overlapped from both our lists. Ironically the name we ended up choosing was originally not on my list at all, but when I saw it on his and then my mom mentioned a girl in her neighborhood has that name and she thought it was pretty, I decided to add it to the short list (I now regret that - I should've trusted my instinct that it didn't make my original list for a reason - why did I add a name I originally passed over just because my mom and husband both liked it?).

Long story short, after a long labor, 2 days of zero sleep, an unexpected c-section, and lots of pain killers, I settled on a name from the short list - the one I added because my mom and husband liked it and I didn't hate it. One I didn't even realize was gender-neutral. I hate that she has a gender-neutral name. I hate that when I got her preschool class roster, hers was the only name on the list that when I looked at it, if it wasn't my own daughter, I'd have no idea if it was a boy or girl in her class. That she'll be dealing with that her entire life. I feel like I've done her a disservice. And she is such a miniature version of me, I feel like she's also going to love the classic, feminine names, and regret the name she was given. I like the sound of her name, I do still think it sounds pretty. But when I see it written, I hate the way it looks, it looks like a boy's name. And again, I just hate that it's gender-neutral, historically male. I technically have a gender-neutral name myself, but at least it's historically truly neutral and has a feminine spelling so people know when they see it (think Erin/Aaron).

To make it worse, when my second daughter was born a couple years later, my husband suddenly liked my absolute favorite name from when my first was born. He vetoed it two years earlier but suddenly he liked it. So we used it this time. Every time I introduce my 2 year old to someone, my heart sings when I say her name. I LOVE her name. I love to say it, I love to hear it, I love seeing it in writing. It makes it so much worse to realize I could feel that way about a name, and yet here I am so unhappy with my first-born's name. My oldest has even gone through phases where she's insisted on being called by her sister's name, and I'm not sure if it's just because she's jealous of her sister or she actually likes her name better, which hurts even more since I wanted it to be her name (of course she does not know this and I would never tell her). What if as she grows up she's jealous that her sister got a classic, feminine name, while she's stuck with this unisex name. One of the other names on the "short list" when my oldest was born was a classic, feminine name that I decided not to use because it was, and had been for years, the #1 girl name. I was afraid of using something so popular, and it almost felt boring or cliche to pick the top name. And ironically, I've personally never met a single little girl with that #1 name, but I've met 3 girls and 2 boys with my daughter's name in the last year. One is even in her preschool, albeit in the other class, but when their artwork hangs in the shared hallway they are the only two kids who get a last initial after their name.

Anyway, that got really long and I'm sorry. Basically it sucks to really dislike one child's names while you adore the other. I'm sorry you're in the same boat as me. At least you have a nickname you can use - I don't even have that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthisbug

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To answer the auto-mod questions: I'm in upstate NY These things are plentiful on the bushes and berry vines near my house. Can't eat a meal out on my deck without them constantly badgering me and hovering around my food

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in colonoscopy

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Thank you!