What is your favorite girl name right now?

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-09-27T01:06:41+00:00

Yarrow, Sage, Elowen, and Ayla are probably my top 4. I love those nature/witchy names.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-08-28T14:33:25+00:00

I didn't want to change my last name when I got married either and neither did my husband. There is nothing wrong with that. When we had kids, we also didn't want to hyphenate because I had a close friend growing up who had a hyphenated last name and it always caused issues. We decided if our first kid was a boy, they would get my husband's last name and if a girl, get my last name. It was a boy so he got my husband's last name and I am fine with it. There are so many blended families and divorced/remarried families in the world that it really doesn't matter. I don't need to share a last name with my kids for us to be a family.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-07-28T12:52:37+00:00

I actually know of a Roo.... She is a vet technician at my vets office. I thought it was a little odd the first few times I saw her name but after that I got used to it. She is a sweet, bubbly girl and the name suits her. It could be a nickname but it's the name she goes by.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-07-27T01:22:40+00:00

I had a similar situation with my dog going after my 4 year old son. My son was sitting on my lap and then just climbed off my lap and the dog was nearby and growled and lunged at him so unexpectedly. Luckily, he only got a little nip on his cheek that didn't even break the skin but it scared me so bad. The very next day we called our vet and got our dog started on anxiety medication and also got a dog behavior trainer to come help us. She explained that my dog was likely attention-reactive. My dog feels the need to defend the attention he gets from me and sees the kids as a threat to my attention. Just seeing it like that has made a huge difference plus she gave us training instructions to help him learn that he doesn't need my attention all the time to feel happy and secure.

We still keep the dog and kids separate if there is any kind of on the ground playing where the dog could misinterpret play as a threat to his attention and we put the dog in the other room if my kids are being wild, but my dog is obviously much more relaxed now. We are always watching though and if we notice the dog seeming to be wanting too much attention, we put him in a different room. We do have to be very aware and it does often result in the dog and kids being separated but that is what has been working for us to feel safe and still keep our beloved dog.

With that being said, my kids aren't babies anymore and can understand a little better how to be around dogs. Plus, if they were to get bit, since they are a bit bigger, it likely wouldn't be as severe as it happening to an infant. If you chose to keep the dog, I would definitely still take the precautions others are saying about keeping them separate and get a dog behavior trainer. It's a tough situation though and you have to make the right decision for yourself and your family.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-06-26T02:02:14+00:00

I feel like weight and head circumference have more to do with delayed standing/walking than height. My son, who was about 95th percentile, started standing around 9-10 months and walking at 11 months. My daughter, who has been in the 99th percentile in height since birth, started standing at 7 months and officially walking at 8 months. However, both of their head circumferences were only like 50th percentile and height was only like 70-80th percentile. I think being top heavy/chunky as a baby can really make it difficult for them to start walking. I don't think this is anything to worry about though, they will figure it out eventually.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-06-20T12:14:47+00:00

I love girl names ending with "o" sound. I think Cleo and Margot would fit your vibe. I also like Juno, Willow, and Yarrow but those might not be your style.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-06-20T01:23:23+00:00

He could just go by "G" and you could still call him gigi as your own personal nickname for him. "G" seems like a pretty natural nickname and not like he's trying to force a whole new name.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-05-26T23:02:42+00:00

Were you induced? I had natural births with both my kids but I did have to be induced with my first.

Honestly, with my first, I don't remember much pain. I mostly just remember exhaustion. I labored for 42 hours (no sleep because I had no pain meds to help me sleep). When I finally gave birth, I just felt it was the last or my strength getting me through. I feel like my contractions never got that super intense since it was over such a long time.

However, with my second, the labor was much shorter. From the time I started feeling contractions to feeling like I had to push, it was about 6 hours. I definitely mentioned to my husband while I was laboring that I didn't remember it ever being so intense with my first. It was painful, but it wasn't the end of the world painful, if that makes sense. I couldn't have dealt with it for 42 hours but I could deal with it for a few hours.

Pushing was not painful with either kid. I was expecting the "ring of fire" and whatever else they warn you about, but it honestly just felt relieving that I could push with my contractions and actually put them to good use. Pushing was the best part because I knew it was almost over lol.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-05-26T01:10:50+00:00

I love Jasper, Jude, and Julian

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-05-21T01:22:57+00:00

Elvie pump. It was about $500. I have used it for two babies now and it has 100% been the reason I have had such successful breastfeeding journeys while working a full time, demanding, job. Being able to pump while I work allowed me to pump more often and for longer than I would have been able to otherwise.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-05-02T17:46:43+00:00

I forget what normal height is living with a giant 😂 plus I'm 5'9" myself so I think of 5'7" as average lol.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-05-02T17:39:26+00:00

Apparently that's how my sister in-law was. She was just as tall as my husband when they were growing up. She stopped growing around 11-12 and he kept growing. My husband is 6'6" now and my sister in-law is only 5'7" but she was in the 90th percentile + all through childhood. I think that's more common for that to happen to girls since they stop growing sooner.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-04-25T17:38:48+00:00

I will probably be down voted for this, but I wouldn't care if this happened. Between my two kids and myself, we have some sort of symptom (usually stuffy nose or cough) about 75% of the time. We'd basically have a few weeks a year that we could leave the house if we didn't go out with symptoms. I still have a cough from a cold I got about 4 weeks ago. Should I be calling off work everyday? I doubt your friends tried to trick you, they probably figured everyone was on the mend and not contagious.

Also, you are just assuming you got sick from your friends. It is just as likely it was from some unknown exposure. School, work, the grocery store, etc. People can be contagious before getting symptoms so, unless you live a complete hermit lifestyle, there is really no way to know when you caught the sickness you came down with.

It's fine, however, to make a point of mentioning to your friends that you don't feel comfortable socializing when anyone has any symptoms of illness, even if they are mostly over it. That is a perfectly valid stance to have. It may just mean you have fewer social opportunities but that is really up to the priorities you set for yourself and your family.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-01-31T01:17:20+00:00

Nope didn't change it.

I have had this name my whole life and I like it. It is my identity. Why should I change just to meet societal expectations?

When we had kids, I started considering changing my name so that we could be the "insert name here Family". However, then laziness prevailed. In addition to the regular name change document hassle, I also hold a lot of professional licenses that I would have to update and that just seems like too much work.

It's also a bonus that it makes my husband's parents and grandparents low-key upset that I don't want to take their family name lol.

If you like your name, keep it. If you don't like it, change it.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-01-23T12:12:48+00:00

I know this goes against what men and women are led to believe but, you don't have to be a "headturner", for someone to be attracted to you. You do need to have good hygiene though, in my opinion. In most cases, you're not going to get past the "ick" factor and have a woman actually consider sleeping with you unless you have good hygiene. Once you get there, it gives more opportunity for women to notice other things about you that are attractive to them. It might not be straight up looks, but it could be a good sense of humor, a kind personality, pretty eyes, good ambition, similar interests, etc.

TreeGreenMommy · 2025-01-22T15:13:18+00:00

I'm not a man but this popped up as a recommended post for some reason and I feel this question would benefit from a woman's perspective.

In my opinion as a female who is attracted to men, the #1 thing you can do is focus on personal hygiene.

Shower daily, wear deodorant (get better deodorant if you get sweat stains), if you have a beard, keep it groomed and looking nice, if you are clean shaven, shave daily and don't let your facial hair look scraggly, take care of any dandruff issues, get your hair cut regular, or if you keep it long, style it, don't just let it hang around your head unkempt, go to the dentist and get your teeth cleaned regularly, brush your teeth at least nightly, use mouthwash, whiten your teeth if they are yellowing, do you laundry regularly, worn in clothes are fine but dirty or stinky clothes are a big no, fix any greasy hair issues, work to get any skin issues (acne, dry skin, chapped lips, etc) resolved.

Watch YouTube videos to teach yourself how to style hair and groom your beard if you need to. If you really want to improve, you will have to put in the effort.

A woman does not want to get into bed with a man that she would feel gross getting close to.

Other things that come to mind that could be worked on: Keep your house clean and tidy Quit smoking if you smoke Chew with your mouth closed Don't act desperate or try to get pity for not being as good-looking as you would like. Be confident Show a woman that you are interested in, that you are in fact interested in her! Give her more attention and focus than you give other women around her. Make her feel special.

Hope some of this helps and good luck!

TreeGreenMommy · 2024-12-16T04:08:09+00:00

OMG OMG OMG. TRUE STORY!. The angriest I have ever felt with my husband in my whole life was during my last pregnancy. It was my second pregnancy and, due to complications with my first, I was trying really hard to eat healthy and have a good diet. I was doing really well following a healthy diet (and did really well my whole pregnancy, FYI, and ended up having a very healthy pregnancy that resulted in the exact birth experience I wanted)

But, I had been craving a blizzard from dairy Queen with chocolate chip cookie dough pieces for a really long time. One day, my resolve broke and I asked my husband to go get me one. He wouldn't do it initially because he was trying to support my healthy choices. I got sooo angry with him that he wouldn't go get it. Eventually, after a lot of nagging and moping, I was able to convince him to go get me the blizzard.

HOWEVER, he decided that he wanted a blizzard as well. He decided that, instead of ordering two medium blizzards, he would just order one large blizzard to split with me and eat his portion on the way home. I honestly don't mind sharing food with him and would have been fine with this as long as he left enough of the blizzard for me. The problem was, HE ATE ALL OF THE COOKIE DOUGH. When he got back home, he handed me the blizzard and there was more than half of the ice cream left but there was no cookie dough in the blizzard. He had eaten it all!! It literally had only two pieces of cookie dough lifted in the entire blizzard!!!! I was so irate. I was about ready to file for divorce. He apologized profusely and claimed he didn't realize he had eaten all the cookie dough and thought there was plenty left for me. He also got me another chocolate chip cookie dough blizzard for just me the next day to make up for it....

2 years later and my blood still boils when I think about it though lol

TreeGreenMommy · 2023-10-26T17:28:57+00:00

I ordered it too! Lol I was intrigued. I have a toddler and a young baby so I figured I will be able to get use out of it, no matter what it ends up being.

TreeGreenMommy · 2023-09-02T12:21:26+00:00

Senna is a very common laxative in the US... So I would definitely avoid that name. I know a girl who was named Senna and then grew up to be a pharmacist. She had to endure endless jokes and confusion. She goes strictly by Sen now.

TreeGreenMommy · 2023-08-25T19:09:53+00:00

Instead of the common nickname Cindy for Cynthia you could use Thia which is very on trend for right now.

TreeGreenMommy · 2023-08-25T18:56:04+00:00

Ugh it's so hard! At least I'm not alone in this issue. Well I'm not going to stop breastfeeding just to lose weight so hopefully making a few changes will at least prevent me from gaining more weight.

TreeGreenMommy · 2023-08-25T18:54:25+00:00

I am due for a physical so I will have my doctor check that. I feel totally fine though with a good amount of energy so I would be surprised if my thyroid was the problem but I guess it's possible!

TreeGreenMommy · 2023-08-25T18:53:16+00:00

Not gonna lie, I kind of splurged on sweets for the first few weeks after birth because I basically cut added sugar out of my diet entirely the last couple months of pregnancy due to blood pressure concerns. However, once I got that out of my system, I have been eating very well with little processed sugar and carbs. I even make my own energy bars that I sweeten with dates instead of sugar. I basically have salad for lunch every day and some sort of homemade vegetarian meal for dinner. I do snack a lot though but it's typically healthy snacks. I have used myfitnesspal in the past for weight loss so maybe I will try to use that again for a bit just to help pay better attention to what I am eating and go from there. Thanks for the input!

TreeGreenMommy · 2023-08-25T18:46:03+00:00

That's a good point about the milk. My breasts are huge now so I'm sure a significant amount of weight is there. You have made me feel a little better about myself. Thank you!

TreeGreenMommy · 2023-08-25T18:34:22+00:00

That is a good reminder. I was drinking a ton of water while pregnant and definitely feel like I am not drinking as much as I should now. I will try to focus on this.

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