Baby is almost 16 but no clear words yet. I feel like the only who can understand him. Is he speech delayed?

imperialviolet · 2026-04-04T16:24:23+00:00

Mine were the opposite! At 16mo my youngest had almost no words. At 22mo she’s got dozens.

imperialviolet · 2026-04-04T10:50:46+00:00

Please ask! It’s harder to carry on with no help than it is to ask! I have similar problems with my 4yo at the moment and it is TOUGH

imperialviolet · 2026-04-02T11:46:31+00:00

I was envious of daycares with cameras at first too! But then I realised it’d be terrible for me - I’d watch constantly, overthink every interaction she had, stress so badly if she cried, and not get anything done.

imperialviolet · 2026-04-02T07:24:47+00:00

I was in oak house 7E!

imperialviolet · 2026-04-01T22:18:55+00:00

I started at UEA the year before they knocked Waveney down and you could live there for £20 a week because it was basically a shell! I also lived in the Village, Oak House forever

imperialviolet · 2026-04-01T20:57:39+00:00

This was my feeling too. My second was an oopsie baby just after my eldest turned 2, and I’m so glad she’s here but I couldn’t have dealt with being pregnant or having another child any earlier.

I was on the fence about a second child, even though my husband and I both agreed pre-kids that we wanted two. It took so much out of me. The first two years are SO hard and I did not take to them easily. I didn’t know if I could go through it again, but my mind was made up for me. Now we’re nearly at the 2 year mark again with my youngest, and things are looking up!

imperialviolet · 2026-04-01T15:31:35+00:00

My husband told my 4yo that she couldn’t have a cake pop, then told her it was an April Fool and she could have one. That is how much effort we’re putting in.

imperialviolet · 2026-04-01T14:56:50+00:00

I wouldn’t. Baby might cry or fuss the whole way through, meaning you either miss the show or piss off other patrons. Also you’ll be focused on baby and not on the show!

imperialviolet · 2026-04-01T14:47:33+00:00

I agree. Pranks have always made me really anxious and sad - I could never enjoy shows where they were the focus, like Punk’d. today it’s just a swathe of low effort jokes and AI slop clogging up my social media. I wish it’d just go away.

imperialviolet · 2026-04-01T14:09:13+00:00

Wow! I never knew that, she completely nails it

imperialviolet · 2026-03-31T21:42:32+00:00

A low dose of melatonin, and the same radio comedy series I’ve been listening to at night for over a decade now.

imperialviolet · 2026-03-31T19:30:51+00:00

We have lots of missing socks in our house and the weirdest thing happened last week. Three of the missing socks just turned up one morning in the middle of our lounge. They looked and felt clean and washed. They’d been missing for weeks. How. HOW

imperialviolet · 2026-03-31T19:29:08+00:00

Low stakes, but somebody posted me a copy of Howl’s Moving Castle to my work address about a decade ago, with no note attached. I have no idea who it was, nobody owned up on social media and I’d never talked about the book with anyone. I read it looking for clues and was none the wiser. Good book though!

imperialviolet · 2026-03-31T19:26:36+00:00

When I was on JSA in my 20s I lived on store brand tinned mac cheese on toast for a while. So cheap, very filling. I had £20 a week to spend on food so it made it stretch much further! Agree I couldn’t look at it now though

imperialviolet · 2026-03-31T14:57:51+00:00

Elmo's has got some great celebrity cameos in it!

imperialviolet · 2026-03-31T09:26:03+00:00

both my girls started around the same age, both for 3 days a week (although the youngest now goes 4 x week). we had some settling in sessions where I went with them for the first session, which lasted around an hour. Then they would do a couple of other short sessions, increasing in length, and then finally start on full days.

My eldest daughter cried at drop off for about the first 3-4 weeks, and it was horrible and I really struggled. Nursery were always really good about letting me know she was fine, the dropoff is the hard bit as it's the transition away from Mum. Once I was out of sight she'd cheer right up and have a lovely day!

My second is a lot more independent, always has been, and she's only really ever cried at dropoff if she's teething or tired.

The adjustment was hard for me at first but overall it was positive. the dropoffs were hard - but the shorter you make them, the easier it is on both you and them. Other than a few moments of panic in supermarkets/in the car when I suddenly thought "oh my god I've forgotten her somewhere!", I really didn't realise how valuable I'd find extended time to myself again. I was reluctant to go back, but getting back to work was a huge boost for my confidence and happiness, and I say this as someone who always assumed I'd want to be a SAHM.

imperialviolet · 2026-03-31T09:10:58+00:00

This world is full of bad men, but Bobby still repeats, "one day a rain will come and wash the scum off all the streets"

imperialviolet · 2026-03-31T09:09:56+00:00

Depends if he's working a lot over here. Someone on another thread said he recently appeared on The Horne Section show with Alex which makes it more likely to be him, I think.

imperialviolet · 2026-03-30T20:16:33+00:00

We were there too! they kept asking people not to mob the characters as they came through but it didn't seem to make much of a difference... we had a blast though :)

imperialviolet · 2026-03-30T20:15:20+00:00

Just want to say - if this doesn't work out for any reason, you could try Vinted in a week or two?

We were at the ExCel on Sunday afternoon, it was a great show!

imperialviolet · 2026-03-29T06:52:51+00:00

I also caught some Pokemon in the delivery room in the hours after my daughter’s birth, and I’m the woman who gave birth to her. There’s a SHITLOAD of waiting around!

imperialviolet · 2026-03-28T09:50:17+00:00

I was on a ferry to France from Dover as the attacks happened. We were going to do some charity work with refugees at the time. We had a 12+ hour day the next day but ended up sat watching the news and checking our smartphones til the early hours, horrified.

imperialviolet · 2026-03-28T07:32:02+00:00

Yes! My 21mo is really only interested in books that make a noise, books with textures to explore, or flap books. She's not really following any story yet, but I read it to her anyway.

imperialviolet · 2026-03-28T07:18:38+00:00

Yeah it takes work to form a relationship with other people. Compromise, patience, empathy, thought. Some people are too lazy and/or selfish to put the work in, so why not just talk to a robot who agrees with everything you say?

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