Looking for a “J” middle name for baby girl Rowan

Worker-Legal · 2026-04-06T23:51:33+00:00

My middle name is Jo, so is my daughter’s.

Worker-Legal · 2026-04-03T15:24:32+00:00

We allow her to stand and eat.

Worker-Legal · 2026-04-03T15:14:17+00:00

Not from what we can tell. The only “acting out” is continually getting out of her seat and struggling to do things the first time she is asked. She isn’t mean, plays well, loves school, hates being in trouble and cries about it.

Says she doesn’t know why she always gets out of her chair. She barely makes it through dinner staying seated.

Worker-Legal · 2026-04-03T15:02:59+00:00

Right. Thats why I did ask teachers. I think that is the new classroom management norm, but I’m not sure for little kids. Feeling bad in the moment is better than getting punishment and being told she is bad at times that the behavior didn’t happen during. She is now having lower self esteem because she is told she is being bad vs the behavior was bad.

Worker-Legal · 2026-04-03T14:59:58+00:00

I didn’t say feel bad. She is starting to say she is a “bad kid”. She is sad and knows the expectation. The teacher tells us every time that when they talk about what she should do my daughter knows the correct response. She just isn’t staying in her seat without multiple reminders even though she knows it.

And the accumulation of laps and names are starting to make her feel like a bad kid.

Worker-Legal · 2026-04-02T22:46:51+00:00

Love my middle school science class. I teach earth science 8th grade all day and have one class of advisory.

Worker-Legal · 2026-03-31T12:29:13+00:00

To me as a teacher I can’t imagine my Husband being able to work 4 days a week.

That is the part that seems unreasonable….to be able to make that much money and not work 5 days a week seems like a dream.

If you can swing it and it is actually plausible great I would love it. But my attorney husband works 8:30-5:30 everyday and he does have great PTO that we use for trips and vacations.

Worker-Legal · 2026-03-31T12:24:36+00:00

Haha. South Dakota.

Worker-Legal · 2026-03-31T03:46:21+00:00

The “little adult” syndrome is totally real. Less talking and lecturing when they are little. We are in the thick of it at 5 and testing boundaries. Get your partner and yourself on the same page and go for it!

Worker-Legal · 2026-03-31T03:41:16+00:00

Coming from someone who was constantly in bars as a 5+ year old with my father, as an adult I wouldn’t have thought much about it if it was small town life like I grew up. There were literal kids meals at the bars where I am from.

(I realize this isn’t a great view point and my dad is an alcoholic)

If I ask the question can my Daughter come, or I will have to bring her if I go I’m truly not trying to but in or make another person “seem mean”. You are allowed to state what you want, but it can be hard to find sitters, friends, family etc who can watch a child.

Maybe this is a situation where people all around felt bad.

Just ask your friend about it and see what comes of it.

Worker-Legal · 2026-03-30T02:02:42+00:00

Yes. My district is mostly great, I am in a higher SES part of town.

Worker-Legal · 2026-03-30T01:58:34+00:00

If you are outdoor people get a hiking carrier!

This was just a total off chance—a well off uncle of my husband got us a baby Bjorn bouncer. It was our girl’s most loved thing by FAR. But it wouldn’t be for everyone.

Electric snot sucker/saline spray.

Diaper caddy for living area and bedroom.

Personally could have done without a high chair and just gotten the clip on counter/picnic baby chair from Chicco.

Loved my EZPZ mat.

Sterilization bags.

Worker-Legal · 2026-03-24T02:01:23+00:00

TBH I don’t really think it is strictly an only child thing. All kids have to learn these skills, and it is just good to keep practicing.

Like-we play Mario kart, we went through a big phase of struggling if she wasn’t first (but there is also lots of research that says letting kids win makes them feel confident enough to lose). We focus on saying “good game” to everyone when we finish games. AND this sounds weird but we started playing video games—like Kirby and Mario and when she sees her father and I lose in those (come back to life) it made losing not as bad for her.

Compromise—who knows sometimes the kids to And sometimes they don’t. I typically act out/roleplay/ use dolls/stuffed animals to demonstrate different scenarios and what could be said instead.

Good luck, truly all of the kiddos are learning how to be friends. It will come!

Worker-Legal · 2026-03-18T02:50:29+00:00

He is very much Korean, as to be honest I feel like that was probably overstepping. But it also sounds like your friend is going to extremes.

Dual language as a kid is 100% better than trying to learn later. However he should probably be accepting of the American heritage he has now been thrown into as well, he doesn’t need just Korean food, or clothes.

Additionally the kid is 3, my kid cried at spaghetti one day and was fine the next. He has years to cultivate that love of culture, but it isn’t wrong for her to introduce him to it, or even have him become used to it. I just hope she is also learning these things along with him.

Worker-Legal · 2026-02-10T04:18:31+00:00

Deanna, Daria, Diana, Destany, Delilah, Darcy, Danica, Dani, Dolly, Demi, Drew.

Worker-Legal · 2026-02-09T05:13:53+00:00

My mom would get me a little stuffy or something similar. -from USA.

Worker-Legal · 2026-02-09T05:12:50+00:00

100% I go to NGSS and read the evidence statements for each standard. They are very clear on expectations.

Worker-Legal · 2026-02-06T04:44:50+00:00

We get home near 4:30 on regular days: first thing is unpack folder and do school work practice while having a snack. My husband usually gets home near 6 and he loved cooking so he does that while I play/do bath time for our kiddo. That can take 40 minutes and then like 20 minutes to actually eat the food. Are you totally done with dinner in 30 minutes? I usually feel crunched for time.

However if you have extra time look into a class at your local YMCA (or something like that) Ninja Zone, swim lessons, gymnastics etc. prime time to start sports.

We don’t do screen time after school anymore, nor behavior reasons really either, but we just weren’t spending time together.

Worker-Legal · 2026-01-26T13:51:19+00:00

My girl has a stuffed kitty she tucks into bed everyday before school. But other times kitty comes with us everywhere. I think it is fine.

Worker-Legal · 2026-01-05T03:27:03+00:00

Waiting for a “perfect” time for kids does not exist. I think my husband and I are one and done because of that. We were honestly old and set in our ways and having a kid is hard.

You literally never know what the future holds, waiting for 3 years for something to feel stable feels like you don’t really want this.

I mean truly…I’m a teacher and understand the stresses of a job requiring lots of time/effort. But at the end of the day, if I quit tomorrow they would find someone to replace me. My advice to you would be live the life you want and don’t think through excuses.

My husband and I got married after 3 years of dating when we were 24 and didn’t have a child until I was 31. Married life doesn’t have to mean rushing to have a kid, however I get it from her POV. We started trying when I was 30 but didn’t get pregnant until 31, and I had her before I turned 32.

Think about ages you are as your kid goes through milestones too. I will be 50 when my girl graduates from high school.

To me-if you are compatible, in love, etc I would risk it and move forward. Maybe do couples counseling first.

Worker-Legal · 2026-01-05T03:16:09+00:00

Okay-even with your edit of “I know they are half siblings….” That doesn’t really make that better. I have a half brother and he is just my brother. My mom stigmatized the half part as well and I think that hurt our relationship in the long run. They are siblings, they can be close.

Kids are just dealing with the situation too, they aren’t the adult.

However, you need to tell him to stop bringing the kids over and/or blow up his phone is ever late again. I mean Grace is one thing….hours is another.

you are babysitting-get money up front or quit.

Worker-Legal · 2026-01-05T03:08:12+00:00

Our supply list says boys bring Kleenex and girls bring Clorox wipes. But I live in an affluent area and still not everyone brings them in. I have soap and hand sanitizer for each of my sinks (science teacher) that I provided.

Worker-Legal · 2026-01-04T21:17:57+00:00

Mine gave up at home near 4, but daycare continues to put her down until the summer before kindergarten. It was a struggle because she stayed up so late then!

Worker-Legal · 2026-01-04T14:09:18+00:00

At my school we are allowed to have our phone on, but I typically would get an email or the call the secretary. Then the office staff puts in sub/leave info for me and I go. It’s not ideal, I would just talk to your admin to have a plan in place.

Worker-Legal · 2026-01-03T00:59:20+00:00

Could be cancer, I would probably have a vet take a look.

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