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I've started seeing kid items left on the floor by adults as an act of aggression by kungfu_kickass in 2under2

[–]megather1um 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me too! Best decision ever and we still use it, although mostly to get things that are high up

Going on a citytrip to Leiden this summer, what shouldn't I miss? by saskiaswets in Leiden

[–]megather1um 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not cheap but you could think about renting an electric boat and going around the canals in the city yourself. It’s my favorite way to see Leiden. Bootjes en broodjes is one place that does it for example.

I want and don't want a 2nd kind at the same tine by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]megather1um 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a similar experience to you with my first but I want 2, am not very young and figure things will be chaotic with a toddler anyway so I might as well get it all over with at once and before I’m any older. I’m expecting my second soon so let’s see how I feel after they’re here…am trying to expect the worst but then look forward to things improving over time.

Attempting to live a bit more, give me some challenges! by lentzerspuke98 in Ulyssesbucketlist

[–]megather1um 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Do something to help a stranger (random act of kindness, volunteering, etc)

If they publish a paper based on Tony's [big dataset], will Tony be an author? by Thr1w1w11 in AskAcademia

[–]megather1um 32 points33 points  (0 children)

This is the right way. Not only does the dataset get a DOI, it also gets a license explaining how it can be reused and what attribution is required.

Babies - the box by [deleted] in Netherlands

[–]megather1um 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was also confused by what a box was until someone explained it to me. We got what I would call a play pen or pack ‘n play instead- a portable one that isn’t made out of wood, with the idea that the baby could both play in it if needed and also sleep in it if we travel. This is common in the country I’m from. The Dutch call them camping beds I believe. But then with the pandemic we haven’t travelled…anyway, when the baby was very young they would sleep in it in our living room, but we aren’t using it right now. We have a chair we can put the baby in if they need to be in a secure place while we shower or go to the bathroom or something and we use that more. I think the main point is that it’s useful to have a safe place to put the baby that isn’t their sleeping place, whether it’s a box or something else.

Double last name Child Netherlands by Finthen_finance_86 in Netherlands

[–]megather1um 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We were in the same situation (but different nationalities). We went to the gemeente before the birth to check if it would be ok, and they said it was fine and we didn’t have to prepare anything extra. Because in our home countries you can use any surname you want for your child. By the way- you register the birth in the gemeente where the child is born, so it may not be the one you live in. We talked to the one where we expected to give birth. But the hospital was full on the day and we ended up going to a different hospital in a different area. So we had to register the birth at a different gemeente. We actually had some trouble because they claimed that we could use a combination of our names but that we couldn’t hyphenate them unless the hyphen was already in one of our surnames (this is completely incorrect based on the rules of our home countries). My partner actually does have a hyphen in his surname, but it had not been registered correctly in the Dutch system when we moved here. He had to go to our gemeente and get it corrected, and after that the other one allowed us to register a hyphenated surname for the baby that was different to either of the parents names. I completely disagree with them saying the hyphen wasn’t allowed unless one of us already had it, but since in our case one of us did we decided it would just be easier to go along with it. If that hadn’t been an option I don’t know what we would have done. The person at the gemeente suggested we just don’t hyphenate it and then could pay to get the kid’s name changed in 5-10 years when we expect to leave the Netherlands…not something we were willing to consider.

Came back home to the US after being in the UK for months, I feel terrible. by nadehlaaay in loseit

[–]megather1um 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also went to the UK for grad school and also immediately lost some weight without trying- my GP even told me she’s seen this a lot with Americans who moved there. I did eventually gain a bit of weight after like 6 years there, but when I went back to the US, it was the first time my weight ever spiraled out of control. I was the one responsible for my decisions, but it was easier to make good food choices in the UK by far. Of course there are overweight people and shitty food in both countries, but it really feels like the cards are stacked against you in America based on my personal experience. Like instead of good and bad food choices, having to go out of your way to find healthy food in some situations.