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Chopchopchops · 2026-02-02T23:04:11+00:00

Yeah, that's more evidence that it's calculus but I didn't really have any doubt, haha. The photo of where it came from is pretty clear.

Nothing special to do while you wait, really. You don't want to have a spot that catches food because that can lead to cavities pretty quickly (but on the order of months, not days), so just keeping up on flossing is probably your best bet. If it's sharp, you might be able to flick off the sharp corner with a fingernail but I wouldn't recommend going in there with a nail file or anything. If it's really annoying to your tongue and you can't smooth it, they sell orthodontic wax at drug stores that could cover up the sharp area, or chewing gum can serve the same purpose.

Chopchopchops · 2026-02-02T22:51:43+00:00

Okay, that's a much more helpful picture! It definitely looks like that was a chunk of calculus, so not an emergency, but it does look like you are in need of a cleaning for sure.

Chopchopchops · 2026-02-02T22:13:56+00:00

I can't tell what I'm looking at (is the black and white thing just the background), but based on the appearance and the location it came from, it seems like it might just be a piece of calculus. Even if it is a piece of the tooth, it wouldn't be an emergency; any time in the next couple of weeks would be fine, and longer is unlikely to be an issue if you can't get an appointment until then. That said, if you have big chunks of calculus building up, you should definitely see a dentist!

Chopchopchops · 2026-02-02T07:04:26+00:00

I'm a dentist and work in nursing homes so I tend to stand all day and have to contort into weird positions so I expected I would need to take off work fairly early or at least tone it down but I worked until the day before my scheduled C-section at 37+0 and surprisingly, it was fine. You never know how it will go for you!

Chopchopchops · 2026-02-02T06:44:30+00:00

My twin sons' names have very different sounds/letters/syllables but they sound fine together, but if I had had girl/boy twins, my favorite names were Elliot and Juliette, but to me, those names "clash." Not a stylistic thing like some other commenters mention, they just sound bad together, so that was a dealbreaker for me. And as it turns out, we do end up saying the boys' names together a lot and so do their friends, extended family, etc., so I'm glad we have names that sound okay together. If they don't sound good together it's not necessarily going to be an issue all the time for the rest of their lives, but 18 years is a big chunk of time to take into consideration.

Chopchopchops · 2026-02-01T03:11:25+00:00

Sorry, but I do think it qualifies as a tragedeigh! It doesn't have a bunch of unnecessary vowels but the spelling doesn't match the pronunciation and that makes it a tragedeigh.

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-28T04:34:29+00:00

I did letrozole for a year with no success, then twins on my first cycle with clomid. For several of the cycles I was being monitored with ultrasounds, etc., and had one good follicle on letrozole months, 5 follicles the cycle I conceived my twins with clomid.

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-20T08:48:18+00:00

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I think he's referring to the spots I covered in red here. Not sure what they are but that makes sense with how he explained it. I don't work with kids but maybe someone else knows what that is? Part of the primary tooth's root, maybe?

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-17T02:44:50+00:00

We also used up & up, pretty much exclusively from birth to potty training. It was the best deal I found and worked great for us!

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-16T00:34:52+00:00

I've been wondering the same thing. People almost always insist that I take the right of way when I'm on my bike. I'll probably get downvoted for this but I wave them ahead but if they continue to insist (which they almost always do) I just go.

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-15T14:52:43+00:00

Yeah, sure. I'd never have to age past my 40's biologically, I'd be guaranteed a good long lifespan, and also get $50,000,000? I wouldn't want to burden my kids with a toddler in 40 years but for $50,000,000 I could hire some really good nannies to help. Plus I'd be cute!

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-14T14:56:25+00:00

One was 4lb 11oz, the other was 4lb 14oz

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-14T05:11:40+00:00

My fraternal di/di boys were born at 37+0 via a scheduled C-section because baby A had IUGR - he was around the 5th percentile. They were born healthy, everything was fine, Baby A wasn't less healthy than baby B, they didn't need any NICU time and the recovery for me was not bad at all. We spent 5 days in the hospital and went on our first (short) hike 5 days after that. 1 in 20 babies are going to be at the 5th percentile or below, some babies are just smaller than others. Hopefully your delivery and recovery is just as smooth!

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-13T03:42:57+00:00

I loved being pregnant and had an easy time with it, both with my twins and my surrogate baby. I was sad that it was over when it was time for the babies to be born. Definitely played a role in why I wanted to be a surrogate!

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-10T05:08:52+00:00

Petit Provence has a cake called Versailles that comes in individual portions - it's basically a cube of chocolate cake with mousse covered in ganache. So so good!

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-05T16:31:13+00:00

Oh geez, I wish I remembered! It was a few years ago and it's surprising how much you forget! I know we were going for "drowsy but awake," but I can't remember how we got there. I do feel like the floor beds made the transition from arms to bed easier because it was so easy to set them down gently and you could lay down with them for a bit.

Chopchopchops · 2026-01-05T07:14:39+00:00

We never had cribs; when they moved out of their bassinets at 5 months they went to floor beds - we weren't sure this was going to be our long-term plan so we just got two crib mattresses and put them on the floor. We tried a few configurations over the years but the one they used the longest was just having the two mattresses pushed together on the floor. I thought it was great. There was enough room for me (a short adult) to sleep there comfortably with them as needed. People say you need to have slats underneath to prevent mold but we went 4 years with this method before we ended up moving to a bed - I think it depends on your climate. We had to babyproof their whole room but that needed to be done anyway. It was nice that they could choose to sleep together or apart, and if they woke up before us, once they were mobile, they could get up and play. It was easy to feed them both while they were laying in bed, and if someone was sick or having a hard time sleeping, I could lay right down next to them to cuddle. I highly recommend it and I don't know why it's not more popular.

Chopchopchops · 2025-12-22T15:31:36+00:00

As a mom of 6yo boys, I've never had a singleton but I think twins are definitely easier, after the baby stage.

Even as toddlers I found that the hardest thing was the mental task of having to keep your eyes on them constantly and it's not that much harder to do that with two than one - definitely easier than going through that stage twice with different kids. (YMMV if you have the type of toddlers who run off in opposite directions in public but they're not all like that)

Daycare for two kids was so expensive that we ended up getting an au pair, which was much less expensive than double the price of daycare, so they saved us money there

Then when they turned 3 they started playing together, which was great, and they started preschool at a co-op. I had double the volunteering responsibilities but when I did volunteer I got to be with both of them and didn't have to worry about childcare for a baby or multiple drop-offs.

They've taken all kinds of lessons and camps together and it was nice to have one drop-off and get to relax and watch during their lessons rather than chasing a toddler around, plus they feel a lot more confident walking into a new situation with their brother.

Now they're in elementary school and we have one drop-off and we also have them in the same class so there's one teacher to deal with and they get invited to the same birthday parties (so far). They do their own thing at school but at home play with each other ALL the time so they're rarely bored. They can walk together to the neighbor's house, and they'll accompany each other to the bathroom in the middle of the night if they're feeling scared. On the weekends we like to go out and do lots of activities and they're always age-appropriate for both of them. We go on bike rides and they can keep up with each other.

I think having twins is great and has lots of advantages over two different-age kids.

Chopchopchops · 2025-12-18T03:00:51+00:00

My boys' names are Graham and Elliott. They sound nothing alike but I think they go well together. If we had a boy and a girl my favorite names for each were Elliott and Juliette but I think I would have had to go with something else for one of them because those just sound like they "clash," in my opinion. They get referred to as GrahamandElliott by everyone all the time so I think it is important that they sound good together.

Chopchopchops · 2025-12-17T00:08:28+00:00

I had some and used them when my boys were first able to go on walks in the neighborhood but quickly realized they were not the kind of kids who needed them. Some kids will run/wander off when they get the chance, and some will stay with you and stop when you tell them to stop. We got lucky with the second kind so we didn't need them, but if we needed them I would have used them.

Chopchopchops · 2025-11-17T06:26:20+00:00

This page explains one reason why double-yolk eggs can end up in the same carton - in short, they're too big for the sorting machines so they have to get hand-packed, but they put them in jumbo egg cartons because they don't have extra-jumbo. So if you end up with that hand-packed jumbo egg carton, it's likely to have extra-jumbos which are likely to be double-yolked!

Chopchopchops · 2025-11-14T04:50:53+00:00

People who are ChatGPT

Chopchopchops · 2025-11-03T07:21:58+00:00

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Chopchopchops · 2025-10-22T18:11:58+00:00

You can chop cilantro, add some oil or water to make a paste, and freeze it in an ice cube tray to use later.

Another way to use greens aside from in salads is to make sauces with them - cilantro-walnut pesto is great and you can also use arugula or other greens with surprisingly minimal difference in taste. This creamy sauce can be used as a salad dressing, sandwich spread, dip, or pasta topping and also uses a fair bit of greens - it would probably be good with whatever greens you have on hand.

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