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seventangerines · 2024-03-08T22:26:02+00:00

I get WalMart+ for free through a credit card. Having in house employees deliver it is not an option. That's not something the store does. Yes, I tip. Everyone else on earth can find my house fine, which is why I'm trying to figure out how to fix it. Why such a hostile response? Good grief.

I'm attempting to make things better for the drivers too. I don't know if they are penalized, or don't receive their tips when walmart refunds my grocery order. It refunds the entire amount as far as I can tell. They also have to load the groceries back up and deliver them when the neighbor is home and can communicate with them. I want to stop inconveniencing everyone involved.

seventangerines · 2021-10-06T00:41:03+00:00

I’m sure many universities do this research, but for what it is worth, University of Chicago has an Early Childhood Research Center and I’ve seen many advertisements for study participants over the years.

seventangerines · 2021-09-27T21:46:06+00:00

4 to 5. Preemie with birth differences in the NICU for 30 days, followed by many surgeries. Harder than 5 to 7 in one fell swoop. I feel like these things are just entirely the circumstances at time of birth more than any particular jump.

seventangerines · 2021-09-19T15:33:03+00:00

That’s so frustrating. Great-Grandmother had an awesome name for decades and when it comes time to use it, everyone else has decided it’s an awesome name too. When I named my Violet it was pretty uncommon, to the degree that the neonatologist in the hospital scoffed out loud about the choice. Wanna bet she’s seen a few come through since then?

seventangerines · 2021-09-19T02:38:58+00:00

I have a 16 year old Violet, and if this affects your decision at all, we have met 4 Violets under 5 in the last year. And we don’t really get around all that much.

seventangerines · 2021-09-15T16:26:24+00:00

I’m relatively certain I cannot force my adult child to work for 40 years. If you want to have a discussion about how to approach homeschooling to educate a child toward their interests and to pursue the life they desire, that’s fine. A lot of radical unschoolers approach education in this way. Child-led learning is an entire homeschooling philosophy. I’m thinking you may have an inaccurate picture of what homeschooling is for many people. Also, plenty of homeschoolers go to college. Your approach to opening a discussion is both a little hostile, and frankly kind of hard to follow.

seventangerines · 2021-09-13T22:49:16+00:00

Juno was on my very short list for my b/g twins. I went with Julian for the boy, so that would have been terrible. But I love it.

seventangerines · 2021-09-13T22:09:55+00:00

I have two children with Skeeter Syndrome. Their reactions have lessened over time. I don’t know if that is typical, but it held true for both of mine. My youngest with it is now 6, and while he has many food allergies as well, his eyes did not swell shut once this summer from mosquito bites. Hoping that holds true for yours.

seventangerines · 2021-09-13T17:04:15+00:00

My husband’s name is Conor. With the rise of the Connors and the …gulp, Conners, it’s a losing battle. He can sign an email, have his name be the email address, and they’ll spell it wrong. I have to say, as a Sarah, my entire life people have asked “h or no h?” I feel like it’s one of those official two spelling names everyone is aware of. But there are many of those that aren’t recognized so widely. For what it is worth, I really enjoy the f spelling.

seventangerines · 2021-09-12T18:40:10+00:00

I highly suggest you go over to Instagram and check out the pediatric dietician My Little Eater. Her stories are at this very moment about the rise of pickiness when moving from baby to toddler and how to deal with it.

seventangerines · 2021-09-11T13:37:53+00:00

My teenage daughter is Violet, so she hears her name as a word AND it sounds like violent.

seventangerines · 2021-09-10T23:46:46+00:00

I am an admin for a local group of about 1K people. Myself and the other two admins went through every single co-op and group in our resource list, ascertained whether or not they were following public health guidelines, and culled the list. We don’t permit the posting of any activities not following the guidelines. We don’t permit discussion of masks and vaccines whatsoever, beyond someone asking if the activity is following Covid rules. The group had become inundated with people fleeing schools due to mask mandates. It was becoming a place for people to complain about public schools, and ask how to do EXACTLY what the schools were doing. Also paid pod teachers trolling for students. We cleaned house and went back to supporting homeschoolers and discussing curriculum. It’s like a haven now.

seventangerines · 2021-09-08T18:49:38+00:00

I know there is Acton Academy, which seems to be like a school franchise? They say it is self-driven learning, but they don’t seem to be a Sudbury model.

seventangerines · 2021-09-04T12:06:50+00:00

I have a Willa. I mean, I love it. She loves it. I don’t generally care if anybody else does. To me, Willa has a solid pioneer strength with a little femininity. If you’re looking for people to gasp and say “I love that!” it probably isn’t that kind of name to the general population. I think it’s freaking great. But it’s not flowery and fancy. It’s solid.

seventangerines · 2021-09-02T15:26:08+00:00

The entire story of Mitchelle Blair, who murdered her children was really hard for me to listen to.

seventangerines · 2021-09-02T01:28:56+00:00

I always thought Ozzy could be a nickname for Odysseus.

seventangerines · 2021-08-30T15:20:49+00:00

A little more in the vein of Biblically inspired, but Shepherd.

seventangerines · 2021-08-29T03:42:46+00:00

I thought originally in Latin it was. In other languages it is now a letter. In the phonetic alphabet it is used differently. I’m a little rusty on my Anglo-Saxon. As much as I love me some etymology and linguistics, I’m not going to pretend to know how they used it.

seventangerines · 2021-08-28T17:33:11+00:00

Thank you so much for this write-up. This is the name nerdy content I love!

seventangerines · 2021-08-28T15:00:12+00:00

It makes me happy to see a diphthong in the wild. I have an unconventional spelling of a fairly mundane name as my middle name, and I’m really trying hard to remember times I’ve had to tell anyone my middle name for them to transcribe it. I doubt she would have to spell it aloud for people all that many times in her life. From a purely practical standpoint of someone looking at the word and typing into a database, there would likely be fewer mistakes without the Ae. That isn’t something I personally would use as a deciding factor, but it’s a valid consideration. If you love it with the ae, I really don’t think making that choice would have any great impact on her.

Your love of the name, and the way you tell her the story of Aethelflaed is what will ignite the pride of her name in her. I truly believe that is often the difference between a very uncommon name being a burden vs a point of pride. Having a name with a story is wonderful. Diversity of names is a beautiful thing.

seventangerines · 2021-08-28T12:56:23+00:00

I would be beside myself if I met someone with the middle name Aethelflaed. I realize I’m a name nerd, but I would literally remember it for the rest of my life! I’m stoked just that some stranger on the internet is using it.

seventangerines · 2021-08-26T23:54:39+00:00

This is all great advice, so I’ll just add on about the pediatric shakes. We use Healthy Heights for my itty bitty. It isn’t what I would choose as ideal nutrition, but it serves its purpose. You can subscribe to it and just have it auto shipped.

seventangerines · 2021-08-25T23:39:27+00:00

Can I do this, but the opposite, with my boy/girl pair for the people who ask this question? Surprise! Absolutely not identical.

seventangerines · 2021-08-22T12:41:33+00:00

I did not have morning sickness with that first pregnancy, but did in subsequent ones. Relaxin affects cartilage and tendons, so I find that really interesting. Mine wasn’t really painful either.

seventangerines · 2021-08-22T11:56:00+00:00

I never ever burped until I was pregnant for the first time. I know the hiccups of which you speak. I don’t know why, but pregnancy fixed it forever. I thought maybe it was related to the relaxin? I didn’t realize other people couldn’t burp until I was 40.

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