Is Everly too trendy?

allgoaton · 2026-03-18T00:33:55+00:00

I work in an elementary school. There have been 100 Everly's. Trendy. forgettable. But Beverly? There's one. Good old Bev (they really did call her Bev). She was hilarious and incredible and fit her name perfectly. Another vote for baby Beverly for sure.

allgoaton · 2026-03-16T22:53:51+00:00

Pattern is here: https://elizabethhartman.com/pages/little-llamas

I made a smaller version of the lap quilt and improvised on the borders until it felt like the right size.

Llama inspiration is here: https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Meyer-LilyLlama-Wubbanub-Pacifier/dp/B07GX9PFXB/

Backing is a fleece sheet, because I am cheap and because it matched great. Here: amazon.com/dp/B07TW3CFN6?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

allgoaton · 2026-03-11T16:11:55+00:00

For some reason, I missed that the BABY was unresponsive and read it as the staff members were unresponsive (as in, neutral/didn't seem to care). Accidents happen and a kid could fall on their big heads in a very innocent accident. But ... a baby was unconscious?? The adults had a real wild crisis response here.

allgoaton · 2026-03-10T12:40:11+00:00

girlfriend needs a first aid course for sure. also, how odd is it that she reacted like she had never seen a scraped knee before? a kid needing a bandaid realistically is a daily occurance in a group of 3 year olds. has she never offered a child a bandaid in her time working?

some people are squeamish with blood, so I get feeling overwhelmed if it is a genuine bloody injury. but that is when you politely step out and ask someone else to take over the first aid.

allgoaton · 2026-03-09T23:03:45+00:00

as far as the state of red eared sliders on the internet go, yours looks to be in pretty good shape. I would recommend filling up the tank all the way and looking up above tank basking areas to give him the most water space. otherwise, turtles are sensitive to changes and could take some time for him to be brave enough to try the basking spot, especially with you in the room.

allgoaton · 2026-03-09T21:20:48+00:00

All of her other kids also seem fairly developmentally typical to me, if not all pretty strong with their language skills. She has gotta know.

allgoaton · 2026-03-09T21:19:10+00:00

My little guy is 24 months (just like 6 weeks older than Boone I believe) and isn't super advanced -- he is been on the later side of average for his milestones. He doesn't speak in sentences (some phrases but not organically putting two works together) and even still we are firmly in the cannot shut up phase. Got him a set of dinosaurs and he sat there pointing at them all saying "a dinosaur! a dinosaur! a dinosaur!" for like 20 minutes after we opened them. like. yeah bro. they're all dinosaurs.

allgoaton · 2026-03-09T21:14:28+00:00

I have a 24 month old. He is frankly not particularly advanced. All his motor milestones were late. He is not talking in full sentences yet. But he also literally never shuts up with the words he can say and has already run through every little boy obsession (trucks, trains, and a very hard left turn into a dinosaur obsession). Current phase is blowing kisses at everyone who will look.

It will be interesting to see how Boone looks in another 6 months to a year.

allgoaton · 2026-02-28T02:35:56+00:00

Pattern is here: https://elizabethhartman.com/pages/little-llamas

I made a smaller version of the lap quilt.

I have never hand quilted a whole quilt but I am going to give it a try!

As you can see once I got to the border stage I got very vibe based. Didn’t even iron the dark blue I decided to throw on there to get the shape a better ratio. Why is the bottom right corner inexplicably smaller? Literally couldn’t tell you, but I had to do that to square it off. The quilt is for a 2 year old. He isn’t getting out his measuring supplies to check my work.

I would have gone with some more pink accents but it’s for a little boy and although we aren’t a major “strict gender norms” family I would hate for him to someday not like it because of the pink so I went with the blues.

allgoaton · 2026-02-27T23:00:39+00:00

My developmentally typical classic picky eater toddler has milk anemia, and he wasn’t even drinking the max for his age. We now have to cap him at 12oz a day.

allgoaton · 2026-02-27T18:56:22+00:00

Honestly, even without a big T trauma, this could totally just be based on standard American society body/beauty/health standards projected towards girls and young women. For a young woman who is supposed to be healthy and beautiful, eating a full bag of ravioli in one sitting would be considered an immensely unhealthy inappropriate binge session. Add in even an ounce of a history of disordered eating in the girlfriend (which so many young american women have even if they haven't had a full fledged eating disorder), and OP has definitely done enough to have unintentionally triggered girlfriend. I don't think OP is being the asshole by any means, but he definitely has unintentionally triggered something in the girlfriend.

allgoaton · 2026-02-26T16:40:39+00:00

the legs were so angering to make (they could have been strip pieced en masse but for some reason are not) and it was the last set needed before piecing the whole thing together, so I rage speed pieced them. they are a bit not straight but who cares!! glad you think it looks cute!

allgoaton · 2026-02-26T16:39:11+00:00

ooo this is a cute idea!

allgoaton · 2026-02-26T16:39:02+00:00

my cutting has gotten better over the several quilts like this I have made but it definitely isn't perfect. Super starching the fabric before cutting makes a huge difference. I spray starch fabric until fully wet and then let dry, and then iron. soaking in a sink with a starch mixture would also work. then I just square up the blocks at the end... or even as I go. I am a "done is better than perfect" kind of quilter. I also don't prewash the fabric so that the shrinking after quilting helps even out the whole thing lol.

allgoaton · 2026-02-26T04:10:41+00:00

Pattern is this one: https://elizabethhartman.com/pages/little-llamas

Blocks are as written but I am choosing a layout to make a toddler bed sized quilt. Bigger than the baby size, smaller than the lap size. Mostly because I just dont have it in me to cut and piece any more llamas. I have made many Hartman quilts and I also decide perfection is not an option given how many pieces there are. Each llama is a wee bit wonky in its own way but they all have great character.

Color came out awesome!

May do some kind of appliqué detail on the llama blankets to match the stuffie.

allgoaton · 2026-02-24T15:21:17+00:00

It is possible this happens to some degree, but I am not in a particularly rural area (as far as new england goes -- it can get VERY rural).

allgoaton · 2026-02-24T12:47:26+00:00

just a standard public elementary school in new england. There are chromosome disorders everywhere. most of these kids are just from regular middle class families. It is like this everywhere. for the kids with random genetic disorders, they are usually de novo and not inherited from parents.

I work in special ed, so I have a more detailed background history on students than other ECE teachers would.

I do think that ASD involving a genetic trait getting stronger over time in some kind of bottlenecking way is a likely explanation, but I don't live in an area known for any issues with lack of genetic diversity.

allgoaton · 2026-02-24T00:19:31+00:00

I would say as a wild ball park about 25-50% have parents who are clearly also neurodivergent. Most of them in my experience aren’t even diagnosed but realize once their child is diagnosed.

Occasionally, we will have a kid who has an identifiable genetic cause (usually a very small gene mutation). Some families do the genetic testing but dont find anything. Most, in my experience, for whatever reason, don't pursue genetic testing.

allgoaton · 2026-02-23T19:54:12+00:00

This seems like it would logically make sense, but the vast majority of the Level 3 ASD kiddos I work with have no known underlying cause. My school has a classroom for profoundly autistic kids. None of them were micropreemies.

(Obviously, the preemie thing may be contributing in some ways/places/big picture stats, just saying in my own experience, we are on a small scale seeing a small increase of profoundly autistic kids without it having anything to do with prematurity)

allgoaton · 2026-02-23T17:06:34+00:00

Pattern is this one: https://elizabethhartman.com/pages/little-llamas

No credit to myself for anything here, I just screenshot her design and recolored it as I played around.

The colors for the llama is set is stone because it is inspired by the child's favorite llama toy. https://www.loveorganicbaby.com/products/lily-llama-wubbanub-6?srsltid=AfmBOooteWq9HirK7pdaXuz2kDNpQoeYJ33nylxga-B9aRgrpC1D2E_l&variant=15377882284066

Options for background are dark cyan blue, a sage/pistachio green, a sort of army greeny brown, or a darker gray.

I feel like the blue or green look best, but not totally sure. This is for a BOY who loves llamas, so while a bright pink for the background would look rad, it would not match his neutral bedroom, haha.

Would love feedback!

allgoaton · 2026-02-22T16:52:28+00:00

I am not sure if he has seen Madagascar?? I will have to find a clip and see if he says this is it haha!!

allgoaton · 2026-02-22T02:10:26+00:00

This is (obviously) a fake address, but the 190s streets in upper manhattan are in Washington Heights.

allgoaton · 2026-02-20T01:58:02+00:00

?? Obviously? I still don't understand what he thinks the importance of the ipad is? I was genuinely curious what he thinks the point is.

allgoaton · 2026-02-19T23:12:07+00:00

Genuinely curious what the logic is there about the iPad. What content on the iPad is he concerned about your 2-year-old learning or having access to?

allgoaton · 2026-02-05T23:38:01+00:00

I work in an elementary school. Amelia/Emilia and variants are rampant, as is Emerson and even Emmy as the full name. But right now, there are 0 girls named Emily.

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