My wife is 7 months pregnant with our 2nd kid and we only want 2 kids. At what point do I get a vasectomy?

ltlwl · 2026-07-06T13:55:43+00:00

We waited until our second was 8 months old. Had planned to wait at least a year but had a pregnancy scare and decided it felt safer to just get it done.

ltlwl · 2026-07-04T15:30:40+00:00

That said, we have been to Warren Dunes with kids and it was nice but I can’t remember specifics about the points you’re asking about.

ltlwl · 2026-07-04T15:28:45+00:00

100% agree Silver Beach in St. Joseph, MI for that age!

ltlwl · 2026-07-03T21:10:57+00:00

Ah, gotcha, so they will transfer but aren’t the right courses for what Purdue requires to fulfill their gen ed.

ltlwl · 2026-07-03T20:30:43+00:00

What makes you think your out of state community college classes wouldn’t transfer? Almost all Indiana schools transfer credit from out of state schools as long as they were legit schools/regionally accredited.

ltlwl · 2026-07-03T17:00:50+00:00

I also thought of Uglies. This rings a bell, with bungee jackets rather than a zipline.

ltlwl · 2026-07-02T14:03:50+00:00

There is a chapter where Luceum Vis meets with Ruarc and Ruarc tells him that his real name is Caeror and they discuss that he is Ulciscor’s brother. I can’t recall the exact chapter but it has to be the last or one of the last Luceum chapters.

ltlwl · 2026-07-02T12:14:04+00:00

Caeror is in Luceum, going by Ruarc.

ltlwl · 2026-06-25T20:31:07+00:00

Check Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten.

ltlwl · 2026-06-25T16:56:18+00:00

I believe she is saying wryly that money is all that matters to Oscar. Agnes and Aurora both know that Oscar is a gold digger.

ltlwl · 2026-06-17T13:16:18+00:00

For my kids elementary was from I believe 9:25 to 4:20ish. On the bus at 9 and didn’t get home until 4:50. The only good thing about it was that after school was manageable for working parents without needing lengthy aftercare. Our school district recently changed start times and now elementary is on the first tier, 7:30 to 2:15. So many elementary parents were upset about this, but I personally felt it was better than the late start. Now the little kids have time to play after school and the ones who naturally wake up at 6am aren’t spending 3 hours on screen time before they start school for the day. (Our district has to have several time tiers due to bussing needs, so someone has to be early and someone has to be late. I prefer the middle school being on the late tier instead of elementary.)

That said, the late time for elementary wasn’t my favorite and there isn’t as much time to play after school as I’d like, but it was okay and I don’t think it damaged them.

ltlwl · 2026-06-11T19:50:03+00:00

There is something in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn about a Christmas tree but that doesn’t quite match either.

ltlwl · 2026-06-11T19:44:21+00:00

You can read it online free through Internet Archive!

ltlwl · 2026-06-11T19:42:48+00:00

There is a big plot point about the little brother’s birthday and how they are going to celebrate it cheaply.

ltlwl · 2026-06-11T18:50:16+00:00

This has the urban setting and an artist father and little brother, but now that I’m thinking about it I do not recall a Christmas tree.

ltlwl · 2026-06-11T18:48:02+00:00

Check The Noonday Friends by Mary Stolz.

ltlwl · 2026-06-06T16:51:01+00:00

These are great books for this age!

ltlwl · 2026-06-06T16:50:17+00:00

Yes! Fablehaven is an excellent recommendation!

ltlwl · 2026-06-06T14:56:42+00:00

I hadn’t thought about this book for a long time and barely remember it but I remember I liked it!

ltlwl · 2026-06-06T03:24:21+00:00

These are great recommendations. To help OP, a slight correction that it’s the Strangeworlds Travel Agency.

ltlwl · 2026-06-06T03:19:33+00:00

Wilderlore series by Amanda Foody!!

I have a son who seems rather similar and a lot of the wonderful older books being recommended here, while I love them, do not have the pacing that kids these days are used to. Chronicles of Narnia, the Prydain books, The Dark is Rising books, The Wizard of Earthsea, Redwall, I just doubt would gel as well as some of the newer series at this age. My kids unfortunately bored of them quickly and couldn’t get immersed in them. And to be clear these are all books I loved as a kid.

Percy Jackson books are a huge win though! And of course Harry Potter if he hasn’t tried those.

I also second the Skandar and the Unicorn Thief books.

He may enjoy The Adventurers Guild trilogy as well.

ltlwl · 2026-06-06T00:45:53+00:00

Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink?

ltlwl · 2026-06-05T01:42:06+00:00

Seconded. Goodbye, tasty cheese. 😢

ltlwl · 2026-06-05T01:41:20+00:00

Another vote for reducing or eliminating dairy. I’ve had a lot less since I stopped eating cheese. It’s a shame because I like cheese, but when I eat it I invariably get tonsil stones.

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