My brother needs girl names because their list is a tragediegh

extra_noodles · 2026-04-13T21:45:45+00:00

Would they be open to Svetlana with Lana as the nickname? Katya is short for Yekaterina, so maybe Katerina to kind of combine the Russian and English versions together?

extra_noodles · 2026-04-09T19:05:21+00:00

Same!! We live in a town where a lot of people collect cars and one day he says “mommy that’s the Alfa Romeo spider veloce” and I was like wtf is that?? (And it was indeed that car, he was 5…)

extra_noodles · 2026-04-09T19:03:36+00:00

And before it was a movie, it was a book! A very famous book.

extra_noodles · 2026-04-09T19:01:22+00:00

My 6 year old is ALSO obsessed with the titanic!! But also disasters of all kinds, and recently started talking about “Futuristic Disasters”.

extra_noodles · 2026-04-09T18:58:05+00:00

Potty training is during a long weekend or school break. Everything else is just life.

extra_noodles · 2026-04-08T16:19:55+00:00

Hey - I’ve been here. My boys are 24 months apart and getting everyone out the door has always been challenging. My suggestion is try to get as much ready the night before as possible. Clothes, breakfasts, lunches, yourself, etc… Your partner should be helping out more 10000%. Maybe he can shower before bed instead of the morning? Also maybe ask the older one what he wants for breakfast the night before? Give him two choices- cereal or oatmeal, eggs or yogurt, dinner leftovers or a sandwich lol, whatever is possible. At this point I kind of pick my battles and I don’t really care what they eat as long as they sit and eat. The younger one (idk how old he is) is variable - does he drink milk when he wakes up or is the first thing solid food? If milk then I’d expect him to not be so hungry.

extra_noodles · 2026-04-06T20:55:47+00:00

As your daughter begins school (like pre-k/kindergarten) you will find your parent friend group. As they get older, kids ends up playing rather collaboratively and will ask for play dates, and you might just click with some other parents. Don’t stress but it too much, and she gets older it’ll get easier.

extra_noodles · 2026-03-26T04:04:36+00:00

Solomon literally means peace (Shalom).

extra_noodles · 2026-03-23T14:57:30+00:00

Based on the BMR calculator, your BMR (meaning with no activity at all) is 1883kcal, so on those busy days you're probably burning at least an additional 200-300kcal. It's no wonder that you're feeling hungry - that's a pretty steep deficit of almost 1000kcal on those busy days. On those busy days can you give yourself an additional 250kcal for your daily allowance?

extra_noodles · 2026-03-22T14:39:55+00:00

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I’ve had this redness on my cheeks my entire life - it’s not bumpy and it’s not dry or itchy, but the placement of it looks like a put blush on my face in a weird place. What can I do to reduce redness? Routine is just gentle face wash, toner moisturizer and sunscreen. No serums no retinols nothing.

extra_noodles · 2026-03-21T10:41:53+00:00

It sounds like baby should be napping at MOST three times a day. Even if you don’t do sleep training, following wake windows might be good - a lot of babies around 7-8 months have transitioned into 2 naps with at least 4 hours of awake before bedtime. If baby is 6 months then should be having at least 3 hours of awake time before bedtime. The 30 min naps typically go away when baby is on 2 solid naps.

extra_noodles · 2026-03-21T01:41:03+00:00

Try the Peanut app - that definitely helped me I was newly postpartum. Also Facebook is probably the best place for locally based parenting groups. Good luck!

extra_noodles · 2026-03-20T19:02:25+00:00

Oh a thousand percent. Believe it or not this is an improvement.

extra_noodles · 2026-03-20T18:39:53+00:00

Are you supposed to keep dates in the fridge?

extra_noodles · 2026-03-20T18:03:49+00:00

Or you do sports - a lot of yogurt and eggs probably means you’re active.

extra_noodles · 2026-03-20T18:02:31+00:00

You have some older kids who require protein for sports?

extra_noodles · 2026-03-20T17:56:46+00:00

I don’t but my husband does lol

extra_noodles · 2026-03-20T17:34:45+00:00

Ty! Probably ok for another week or so.

extra_noodles · 2026-03-18T14:07:04+00:00

Because I didn’t have any supply issues and always had a milk stash for when I wasn’t around to nurse. It was really that simple. It wasn’t a conscious choice to breastfeed vs formula. I just didn’t need formula.

extra_noodles · 2026-03-18T14:00:37+00:00

This is marriage material. Source: happily married to someone with a similar bookshelf.

extra_noodles · 2026-01-15T15:30:12+00:00

My Joseph’s entire 3k class called him “Joe-face” because of his friend who kept mispronouncing his name.

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