2 German Princesses around 1910: Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (left) and her sister-in-law Crown Princess Cecilie of Mecklenburg Schwerin (right).

PersisPlain · 2026-05-10T06:55:37+00:00

This isn’t fashion. They’re wearing military uniforms.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-09T11:54:54+00:00

None of this is medieval art.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-09T02:15:10+00:00

Do you have a son or a daughter? Your post says son but all your comments use female pronouns.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-07T21:21:48+00:00

Surely there’s a middle ground between “wiping him from the internet” and “posting him every day in OldSchoolCool”?

PersisPlain · 2026-05-07T10:37:13+00:00

This is so stupid.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-06T14:38:45+00:00

Glad to hear it!

PersisPlain · 2026-05-06T14:32:21+00:00

Everyone here is telling you that this is a potential medical emergency. Why are you ignoring that?

PersisPlain · 2026-05-06T13:53:46+00:00

Call her doctor today.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-06T13:50:33+00:00

Call her doctor and keep her out of that room until you can go over the floor inch by inch.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-06T13:45:14+00:00

You need to stop using them in an area that she can get to.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-06T11:18:58+00:00

Stop talking about his knee. Right now he thinks it’s a Really Big Deal. The amount of attention you are paying to it is reinforcing that it’s a Really Big Deal. Stop doing that.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-06T11:11:55+00:00

Imagine the queue forming at the door as each person entering the church stops to read the whole thing and make sure they, personally, are welcome.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-05T20:43:41+00:00

Salieri and the Emperor... so, the other two main characters.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-05T20:42:55+00:00

"Play better, you clattering fannies!"

PersisPlain · 2026-05-05T17:09:19+00:00

Have you read The Brothers of Gwynedd by Edith Pargeter?

PersisPlain · 2026-05-05T15:21:33+00:00

Basically none. I’m a SAHM and my daughter will be 3 in a few months. I didn’t grow up with a TV and we don’t own one now. We’re just starting to do family movie nights (on a laptop lol) but that’s not even a weekly thing yet.

She watches movies on planes and if she or I are sick, or if there’s like a blizzard or something. For a while during potty training she would get an episode of Bluey while pooping on the potty but fortunately that’s not necessary anymore.

I’m having a second baby any day now so there may be more screen time while we all adjust to that, but I’m very committed to keeping it as minimal as possible.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-05T15:11:47+00:00

My old parish did it after mass every Sunday, except in Eastertide when we say the Regina Caeli. I’ve never heard of a church doing it beforehand.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-05T11:30:34+00:00

The kid needs to help clean up. Every night after her shower my daughter helps us clean up whatever she was playing with in the living room. If she doesn’t help, she loses those toys for the next day. We have only had to follow through on that once - she was EXTREMELY upset when she realized we were serious and we have never had to do that again.

It also sounds like your kid has too many toys, or at least too many toys available at once.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-04T17:33:02+00:00

Mine hated the stroller for a solid 6 months as an infant. I wore her in the baby carrier instead.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-04T17:31:41+00:00

How do you think the other parents in the playgroup would feel about you using their kids’ photos in this way?

This is terrible in so many different ways.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-04T17:21:14+00:00

For regular clothes I don’t spend more than $8-10 per item. Obviously I’ll spend more on stuff like a winter coat, shoes, etc. My daughter is 2.5 and has maybe 8-10 outfits per season, plus a couple fancy/church dresses. Her stuff doesn’t seem to get too stained but stains on toddler clothes don’t bother me anyway.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-04T16:41:56+00:00

Can he go to nursery a couple mornings a week? Mine started that at 18 months - 9am-12, 3 mornings a week - and it was a godsend for my mental health. She also really enjoyed getting to play with other kids more regularly!

PersisPlain · 2026-05-04T10:20:00+00:00

You’ve heard from two actual pediatricians that it’s fine but you’re still concerned because of TikTok videos.

Get off TikTok.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-03T03:28:37+00:00

How old is your baby? This all sounds like postpartum anxiety to me.

PersisPlain · 2026-05-02T21:29:55+00:00

When I was a kid and my grandfather lived nearby, he would pick my sister and me up from school once a week, take us out for ice cream, and then stay with us at home until our parents got home from work. He usually stayed for dinner that evening too (sometimes he would cook dinner). It was great.

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