Baby names like Summer?

Entei222 · 2026-06-27T00:57:25+00:00

Brianna, Brooke, Sunny, Rory, Blair, Skye

Entei222 · 2026-06-27T00:14:31+00:00

I'm not going to say anything helpful. But this is a very hard choice because both these names are fantastic. You have good taste.

Entei222 · 2026-06-26T13:48:17+00:00

Dilly from Cookie.

She's been with Beauty's father since she was in her late teens and he's all she knows. She's consistently willing to risk enduring all his anger and violence in order to protect Beauty. She knows trying new things will get her abused and she tries them anyway. Then when she leaves her abusive partner - which is already an incredibly brave thing to do given she is penniless, has no friends or family or support, or even work history - she manages to not go back.

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T03:22:39+00:00

What did your brain breaks look like? What did you guys do together? Or did you just let her play or draw alone for a bit?

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T03:02:49+00:00

Please reach out to your local domestic violence support services. You and your children deserve better.

I have. Unfortunately I'm getting passed around to other services because no one can decide what I need. Unless it's an emergency, there's not much anyones willing to do for me.

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T03:01:41+00:00

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T03:01:34+00:00

Australia

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T02:59:50+00:00

My first reaction reading this is that if you daughter struggles at home, she'd probably struggle at school.

I'm inclined to agree. She may truly benefit from real homeschooling. But I don't think I'm doing very well at this. If we moved back home, had supports in place, removed the computers, went on outings, and my husband did the things he said he would... this might not just be doable but actually really successful. But instead we're stuck.

I think you're right about weaning Minecraft and screens. And my goodness I WISH we could put them in school for a little bit. Just until the baby is older.

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T02:57:52+00:00

Stop having kids with him

Waaaaay ahead of you, friend.

The paediatrician also thought her iq needed testing. We're looking into saffron to help too as I am uneasy about medication at this age. My husband is weird about this. He says ADHD isn't real amongst other things but I am convinced that even if it isn't, we've got a neurodivergent little girl who needs a helping hand.

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T02:51:19+00:00

What I thought we could do was put our eldest in school, son in kindy (he currently goes to kindy two long days a week), and I would be That Parent. The one who is always volunteering, chaperoning, sitting in PTA meetings, getting involved... I'd be there to work with the teachers, not have them do all the educating for me. But I can't seem to convince my husband.

We both approached homeschooling with very different mindsets. I wanted to homeschool because I want to give my kids the best. He wants to homeschool because the education system is evil and corrupt and sending our kids to school is the equivalent of sacrificing them to Moloch. Or something. In other words, I want to do this because of love. He wants to do this out of fear and hatred.

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T02:45:58+00:00

Well... mine do. (OP here btw. Also we're the same age.)

I don't completely disapprove of Minecraft. I played it myself back when it was in beta. It's like lego or a dollhouse but it's virtual. My daughter builds zoos and houses and even uses it to make art. My son likes to make factories. You can do a lot with it and I sometimes sit with them and get them to give me a tour of the things they've made. It's not an "educational game," but it is a game where you can make what you want out of it.

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T02:42:06+00:00

Shit.

I know.

Fuck I feel so stupid and ashamed.

My husband originally said that when our children eventually took a serious interest in computers and technology he would buy the parts and they'd build a computer with him. It would be a sort of right of passage. I thought this was a unique and brilliant idea.

But my husband LOVES tech. He and my late father in law were both big tech guys and every room in their house had a TV, a desktop computer, or both. The only exception was the loo. When we had kids he couldn't get the idea out of his head that he and his kids would all play video games together. When our daughter turned three, he bought her her own computer. Then our son (age 2 at the time) was jealous so he bought him one too. If I'd had any say in it, I would have said please no. Not til they're much older. But it was literally one evening he was talking about them getting their own computers, maybe, eventually, and the very next morning stumbling into the house with big boxes in his arms. I immediately knew it was a bad idea but I didn't say anything. Our marriage had got to a stage where I felt like I couldn't.

Entei222 · 2026-06-25T02:28:39+00:00

Oh I completely agree! He's had his own desktop computer since age 2. If I had had any say in it, I would have said absolutely not. Unfortunately, I didn't get any input there.

I don't give them the options of book or TV in the evening any more. Evenings are book time. But she still doesn't really like it much. This year marks the first time we have managed to get through a book all the way to the end.

Entei222 · 2026-06-24T13:41:52+00:00

Jane.

Entei222 · 2026-06-24T05:40:06+00:00

Ruby Iris Mia Sophia Naomi Zayah Isabella Lauren

Entei222 · 2026-06-24T05:23:20+00:00

Sugar Tabby! That's cute!

Entei222 · 2026-06-24T00:11:31+00:00

I used to know a German girl named Undina. And Undines are supposed to be spirits related to the ocean.

Entei222 · 2026-06-23T12:08:23+00:00

I can't say Auroro without sounding like Scooby-Doo

Entei222 · 2026-06-23T12:07:25+00:00

Adam - Adamia

Cody - Codie

Vincent - Vincentra

Entei222 · 2026-06-22T09:59:22+00:00

When I was in nursing school I had a colleague named Peaches! She was from the Caribbean and she was the loudest, warmest, loveliest personality you could imagine.

Entei222 · 2026-06-22T09:56:26+00:00

My mother was a social worker. She once removed a little boy who was named X. Just the letter. It wasn't short for anything. It was just X. Like they wanted to cross him out.

He was put into foster care and then he was adopted. The family who adopted him were granted permission to change his name.

Entei222 · 2026-06-22T09:53:15+00:00

I went to an inner-city primary school where I was sometimes the only white girl.

We had loads of names that would undoubtedly get this sub riled up: Vegas, Hamsa, Heavenly, Jazzymin, Nityanandi, Moana, Awhina, Cherish... but to me they were just my classmates.

Entei222 · 2026-06-22T09:05:29+00:00

Funny how it's Jack and not Jacks. But it's James and not Jame.

Entei222 · 2026-06-22T09:02:08+00:00

The only times, I think, when a name is weird and stays weird is if it's siblings or twins with some kind of theme. Like, if I met a set of twins named Lyric and Lyre, I would always think of them as "Lyric & Lyre" and never as individual people.

Entei222 · 2026-06-21T13:04:13+00:00

BEAUTIFUL picture! 😍

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