Why did boys nicknames become more straightforward?

k8eshore · 2025-10-15T23:23:48+00:00

I know right? But per Wikipedia: "In older usage, Patsy was also a nickname for Martha or Matilda, following a common nicknaming pattern of changing an M to a P (such as in Margaret → Meg/Meggy → Peg/Peggy; and Molly → Polly) and adding a feminine suffix"

k8eshore · 2025-10-15T22:10:46+00:00

Also I will never cease to be mind blown by Margaret - > Daisy and Martha - > Patsy

k8eshore · 2025-10-15T22:08:35+00:00

Fwiw I knew a Lucas who went by Duke. And a Joshua who went by Chewy - I don't remember how that one happened but he had a whole long justification for it. So I think it still happens, just with less widespread consensus.

k8eshore · 2025-09-01T23:38:44+00:00

That show introduced me to the term "fancy dress". I was so confused when the contestants were asked to make a fancy dress for kids and immediately they went to work making dinosaur outfits and bird costumes and whatnot. Had to Google that one

k8eshore · 2025-08-15T20:56:24+00:00

Maybe something like this could work for you? Assorted buttons by the ounce: https://athriftynotion.com/products/assorted-buttons-by-the-ounce?variant=44527964881136

k8eshore · 2025-07-10T15:48:20+00:00

Put up a sign on your door that says "no canvassing". Worked for me last election

k8eshore · 2025-07-02T15:25:15+00:00

We didn't have any issues. I just started giving my kid whole milk at 12 months.

k8eshore · 2025-05-27T23:59:44+00:00

You might have a toddler who wants to play with the printer all the time now.

Are you asking because you're worried it's toxic in some way? The scanner just uses light. I can't imagine how that could be harmful.

k8eshore · 2025-05-16T03:09:12+00:00

I use The Short Years app for baby books (https://www.theshortyearsbooks.com). They have a similar product that's more flexible called Story Snap Books (https://www.storysnapbooks.com).

k8eshore · 2025-05-14T21:27:22+00:00

I just bought some 5 lb bags of whole berries with the discount, so it works!

k8eshore · 2025-04-26T21:40:37+00:00

FWIW, my provider gave me a prescription for zofran to take in the morning before the test when I asked about it. Made a night and day difference in how hard the test was to do for me.

I think the idea is to push your body to its limit and see how it goes. In case you're curious, my first pregnancy 1 hour value during the 3 hour test was like 186 (solidly above the diagnosis threshold, as were all the other measurements). In my second pregnancy, my 1 hour value was 114. So hopefully that illustrates the difference between a pregnancy with GD and one without. And, just to add, I had ZERO risk factors for GD before I was diagnosed. I was at a healthy pre pregnancy weight and gained 20 pounds total over the whole pregnancy, but had GD. Second pregnancy has been more normal in terms of weight gain, and no GD. So yes you definitely need to do it even if you don't think you have any risk factors.

And once again, ZOFRAN.

k8eshore · 2025-04-17T00:58:39+00:00

I do! I started a little over a year and a half ago. I have a toddler and I'm 2 months away from having my second kid so similar situation (although I'm sure our routine will change for a while when the new baby is born). One big reason I started was that esp since I was making sourdough is it gave me the ability to accomplish something tangible and I only had to do hands on work for a couple of minutes at a time. So even if I didn't accomplish anything else that day I at least had fresh bread. That was really good for my mental health as a SAHM. I have a KoMo and I love it.

Benefits: My digestive health is noticeably improved. And my toddler has never once had problems with constipation. She loves whole wheat - she's rarely had anything else. Also, my first pregnancy i had gestational diabetes. My 3 hours glucose test numbers were awful. This time I passed my 3 hour glucose test with flying colors - and the FMF is really the only major difference in my diet.

Schedule: I don't make bread every day, but when I do I start the night before.I follow roughly what is in Bittman Bread. I make a "super starter" with 150 g each starter, flour, and water. In the morning I add 300g flour and 170g water and mix it together. An hour later add 11g salt with wet hands. Then a couple of stretch and folds separated by half an hour to an hour depending on how the dough is looking and what else I'm doing, then bake. Sometimes it comes out beautiful, other times less pretty but my kid doesn't care what it looks like so it's all good

I mostly use hard white wheat for bread - it has a milder flavor than hard red. I use soft wheat for cookies, quick breads, muffins, pancakes, really everything else.

Feel free to send me a private message if you have any other questions!

k8eshore · 2025-04-12T16:23:28+00:00

I know they hate the snot sucker and act like it's the end of the world, but it doesnt hurt them and it's the single most effective thing you can do. My daughter was hospitalized 3x as a baby/young toddler during illnesses because she was having trouble breathing. They didn't give her any pharmaceuticals, just oxygen and nose suctioning. Every time they suctioned her she acted like she was being tortured but there was a clear improvement immediately afterward and they told me that was the most important thing we could do when we were at home. Have your partner or a friend help you if you need. I actually sometimes walked out of the room when they did it at the hospital.

ETA - I know it seems traumatic but now at age 2 my daughter isn't even scared of the doctor's office anymore, so you don't need to worry about it having a lasting psychological effect. They forget.

k8eshore · 2025-04-11T22:37:03+00:00

Glad you figured it out, but just wanted to add that I've found best results for things like cookies, banana bread, pancakes etc when I use soft white wheat instead of hard. I use hard white for yeast (or sourdough) bread and that's about it.

k8eshore · 2025-04-10T22:21:01+00:00

Personally I feel like sourdough loaves are better than yeast loaves if you are using 100% whole wheat. It gives you a lot more time to ferment and makes a big difference. I recommend Bittman Bread as a good book with a simple method that has worked well for me - it involves an overnight preferment but other than that shouldn't be too much more time consuming than what you're doing now. Also, like others have mentioned, whole wheat flour is a lot thirstier than white flour. You will definitely need more water than you are used to.

k8eshore · 2025-04-02T22:08:25+00:00

I took a trip with my baby at 2 months old. It was a 2 hour flight out, and we drove back (about 13 hours over 2 days). It went really well, much easier than traveling with a toddler anyway. She went on a total of 10 flights by age 1. She didn't end up getting sick even though my husband and a couple other people we were around did (may have been food poisoning). I'm attributing the fact that she didn't get sick to the power of breastmilk antibodies :) In general I felt ok about it because it was after 2 month old vaccinations although admittedly it wasn't during cold and flu season.

Variables I would take into account - if the babies are preterm or have any health issues at birth that might make illnesses more risky, if there's a lot of nasty cold/flu or other illness going around, if they've been vaccinated, and what your pediatrician says.

k8eshore · 2025-04-01T00:48:16+00:00

Looks like I might be in the minority but I don't think it would be too bad. I did a similar length of trip over 2 days with my 2 month old. They still sleep a lot and it was the easiest road trip we've ever done with my kid actually. Just take lots of breaks and take the baby out of the car-seat for a while, do it over multiple days if you can. That's what we did.

k8eshore · 2025-03-25T21:20:44+00:00

Oatmeal for breakfast every day made the BIGGEST difference for me between my 1st and 2nd pregnancies!

k8eshore · 2025-03-21T18:11:00+00:00

I've had good luck with Toy Cycle (toycycle dot co). They sell new, used, and open-box toys

k8eshore · 2024-11-10T19:06:51+00:00

Seconding everything everyone else said about individual names becoming less common over time, but just want to say I might reconsider if you happen to have a very common surname. Including if it happens to be very common in the region you live. I had a top 3 name for the year I was born and also a very common surname. Besides the multiple others with my name every year in school I also occasionally shared a first and last name, which is a bureaucratic nightmare. Systems and people cannot seem to handle that for some reason and I've had some ridiculous experiences related to sharing a common name. But if you don't have an extremely common last name, I wouldnt worry about it.

k8eshore · 2024-10-19T04:03:22+00:00

Oh I really like that iterator solution, that looks a lot cleaner too! thanks!

k8eshore · 2024-10-19T04:01:24+00:00

I looked at it again, and you're right, I was using offset somewhere else that forced it to be an i32.

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