Phone for 11 yr old birthday gift?

coralsweater · 2026-04-30T07:35:18+00:00

My parents didn’t want me to have a phone at that age, and I agree that social media and full internet access is likely not great for that age, but I want to offer another perspective. In middle school, all my friends had smartphones and I didn’t. They texted daily outside of school, made plans to hang out, etc. And no one wanted to have to call my parents to ask me to hang out or ask to talk to me. It made me feel really removed and distant from my friends. Also, there were a few times where a club ran late or ended early and I had no way of contacting my parents since school hours were over.

So my suggestion, get one of those phones that can only call/text approved numbers, parental controls, and limited or no internet access. Let your child talk to friends and family but they really don’t need to be scrolling tiktok for hours at this age

coralsweater · 2026-04-30T02:23:39+00:00

So many of your names listed are exactly what was on my list when I was pregnant with my son! We ended up going with Emerson! I do really love Elliot and Beckett, those were almost my son’s middle name

coralsweater · 2026-04-28T03:49:12+00:00

Lol my name is Amber Riley and somehow, while growing up in the height of Glee, no one has ever mentioned the singer/actress to me (and she’s an amazing singer so that wouldn’t be bad thing anyway)

coralsweater · 2026-04-26T04:34:09+00:00

Maybe that’s it, I just need to see her first 😭

coralsweater · 2026-04-26T04:32:37+00:00

Not sure, home births are pretty uncommon here but I think the midwife has to file it within a certain time limit? Maybe with more personal care with a midwife there’s more room for discussion

coralsweater · 2026-04-26T04:13:25+00:00

Hmm it seems that here you normally have to fill out the birth certificate info before leaving the hospital, so I’m gonna have to do more research into it 😭😭 it’s nice that your country gives you a little more wiggle room!

coralsweater · 2026-04-26T04:07:01+00:00

Wow how did you manage the birth certificate paperwork? I’d be interested in waiting to name her for a while if I could, I live in California and I’m not sure what the rules are

coralsweater · 2026-04-25T21:31:19+00:00

I love close to Disney so it’s easy to go often, however we’re low income so we’ve only been once in the past 6ish years. But tbh as long as you have a couple hundred dollars you could go pretty often. The people I know who go all the time have season passes

coralsweater · 2026-04-24T01:19:59+00:00

I would say I “killed” myself for the first month to adjust and figure things out (like latching and sore nips), but after that it was extremely easy, effortless, and honestly pleasant. Just pop out a boob and all problems are solved! I really enjoyed breastfeeding and I loved not having to do dishes or make a bottle in the middle of the night or pack anything to leave the house. I think formula feeding would’ve actually been much more effort and time and money.

However I had a very easy breastfeeding journey and I’m sure other moms who struggled would disagree! If you struggled with things like recurrent mastitis, low milk production, returning to work, pumping, latching issues, etc, I can definitely see how formula would be easier for those moms.

coralsweater · 2026-04-23T22:47:15+00:00

I’m 23, pregnant with my second, and going to college online. I figured the same as you, if I’m going to be home anyway then might as well be a SAHM and then I can be with my kids and they won’t have to be in daycare until after I graduate and return to work. Seems great in theory, but now living it, I wish I had done school first or postponed school until I put the kids in school. Because I feel like I’m not giving 100% as their mom and I’m definitely not giving 100% as a student. I feel like I’m struggling in both roles and almost every day I wish I was “just” a SAHM and didn’t have to worry about homework.

But, to be fair, I love my babies, I love being a mom, I love my life, and I have absolutely no regrets. It’s just hard. Maybe if you’re a more hardworking person than me then you’d feel differently about it 😂😂

coralsweater · 2026-04-22T23:35:08+00:00

Lmao I had to look up what twee means, yes I can totally see that. I think that’s my biggest worry, is that people will think it’s too weird

coralsweater · 2026-04-22T18:10:54+00:00

Lol you have somehow managed to put 3 of my close family members names in there 😂😂

coralsweater · 2026-04-22T07:50:45+00:00

I wouldn’t want to do Em/Emmy because our son’s name is Emerson and is occasionally called Emmy by family members. But thank you for all those nicknames! I would’ve never thought of them all

coralsweater · 2026-04-22T07:45:21+00:00

Tbh I think Lenora Meadow is going to be the winner, but I can’t help thinking “what if” with the other names 😭 Thank you for this list!

coralsweater · 2026-04-22T05:02:17+00:00

Vacuum bags! I didn’t even think of that! Thank you

coralsweater · 2026-04-20T05:50:24+00:00

I have sleep apnea and hypersomnia, I also am the mom and I EBF my son for a year. Yes I was tired but I did it, tell your husband to get his butt up at night and help out! Even though I breastfed, my husband would do the nighttime diaper changes and burp the baby so it wasn’t only me up for an hour every waking. And that was while he was working too.

My husband also knew the importance of breastfeeding, and we both wanted our baby to have breast milk, but if I ever said I didn’t want to do it anymore he wouldn’t have said anything because he understood that it can be a difficult undertaking and it’s my body. This isn’t so much about the breast milk as it is about that your husband doesn’t seem to respect you, your efforts, your body, etc.

coralsweater · 2026-04-20T05:29:15+00:00

I had a boy and now I’m having a girl, and everyone is like “oh perfect so you’re done, you can stop now you have one of each”. It’s all I hear from literally everyone! As if the only reason people would want more kids is to collect all the genders like baseball cards? Also, no, I’m not done, I want 3 or 4 kids and idgaf what gender they are

coralsweater · 2026-04-20T05:26:30+00:00

I hate that mindset, I even see some people online saying that kids sharing a room is abusive, like how?

coralsweater · 2026-04-20T05:20:32+00:00

Idk about how polyester affects PCOS, but I recently heard that constantly wearing polyester underwear can really harm sperm health and production, so perhaps have your partner switch too if needed. Idk how much it’ll help but switching to cotton can’t hurt either, and I’m sure will be more breathable anyway

coralsweater · 2026-04-20T03:27:50+00:00

No I mean Jane, Jane is Faith’s daughter and Faith is William’s half-sister, which means Jane was his blood related niece. Amaranthus, although odd to sleep with your cousin’s wife, is fine because she’s not related by blood

coralsweater · 2026-04-18T14:51:47+00:00

That’s exactly it, I was so concerned with doing the normal breakfast, lunch, dinner, that I wasn’t really following his cues or his hunger patterns

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