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More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Please tell me all your stories of late walkers. I’ve posted before – my DS #2 will be 18 months in a few weeks, and isn’t walking yet. He is cruising (fast) but just doesn’t seem interested in standing or walking himself. He hasn’t missed any other gross motor milestones – was early/on time for the rest. We’ve started encouraging him more, holding his hand, etc., and he does fine (when he feels like it).
Ped has asked us to look into EI/Development resources, and Ped Neuro which we have done and are on schedule/lists. We’ll get him evaluated anyway, but I’d love some reassurance from folks who have been here. I also deal with my own anxiety – if that’s not clear (ha) – and am in therapy and on a SSRI.
Thank you in advance! <3
Anon says
i’ve posted previously, but i have twins. one walked at 14.5 months and one at 17.5 months. my best friend is a pediatrician and her son walked at almost 19 months. i’m sure you can imagine the angst she felt despite having the medical training to know that it doesn’t necessarily mean anything. yes, by 18 months is the ‘typical’ range, but like anything in life with an age cut off, whether it be milestones in kids or laws for adults (driving at age 16), it is not like there is some substantial difference between 17 months and 29 days vs. 18 months and 3 days. at least for my friend, now at almost age 5 her son who did not walk until almost 19 months has a more cautious personality, but he can walk, run, jump, climb, etc. just as well as any other kid his age and you can’t tell who walked first and who walked last
Anon says
I think your doctor was technically right to refer, but I also don’t think you need to be worried – he seems very close.
If you want tips to level up your interactions while you wait to get into EI/neuro, there are TONS of PTs and OTs on instragram that can give you ideas. I like Tots on Target, but there’s also Milestones and Motherhood and KinActive_Kids. These accounts helped prevent anxiety for me, but YMMV.
Anonymous says
I walked after 18 mos. My parents say I was just a very lazy young toddler, happy to sit and play in one spot.
Anon says
I’ve also posted before but I walked at 19 months and my daughter walked a couple weeks before her 18 month birthday. We’re both healthy, normal people, if not exactly great athletes. Daycare teachers and to a lesser degree our ped were worried, but I suspected my daughter was just not very motivated since she was a speed crawler who could get everywhere on four legs and saw no reason to walk.
We did kind of “teach” her out to walk (contrary to popular opinion that kids figure it on their own) and that’s what eventually got her walking. I don’t think we could have done it much earlier (she would not bear weight on her legs until after her first birthday and didn’t cruise until I want to say 16 months) but if we hadn’t done it, who knows when she would have walked independently! If you want to try what we did, I would walk with her holding her hands or torso until we got about a foot away from my husband and then let her go towards him and he’d catch her as she fell. Her forward momentum would keep her going so she’d sort of involuntarily take a half step towards him before she fell. It seemed to help click for her the idea and sensation of walking because pretty soon she’d take a whole step before falling, then two, then pretty quickly she was walking. This all happened in one day, btw. Within another couple days she was walking without falling down and then she was running about a week later.
anon says
I was a very late walker. I thought for a long time that my parents were exaggerating/misremembering, but I later found the page in a baby book where they wrote down my first steps…at 25 months! So yes, quite late. Part of the reason I disbelieved it was that I’m generally known as a super physically capable/coordinated person who picks up physical skills easily. So yeah, in my case it seems to have meant absolutely nothing. Anecdotally, I decided to walk when I got excited enough about some push toy or other, and immediately walked well. I’m pretty sure I had no EI or PT or anything for it, but yes, definitely recommend an assessment. It’s a different world than it was back then.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
This is all so helpful and reassuring. Thank you.
ElisaR says
my niece was closer to two for walking. now she is 8 and you’d never know she was a late walker! jakes sense to get evaluated, but don’t borrow worry!
Anon says
Look up the Baby Race episode of Bluey! That episode is definitely for the parents more than the kids.
Iris says
My kids all walked at very different ages, and their approaches remain consistent with their personalities. Oldest did not walk until about 17 months, and she’s still the kid who likes to observe something and be 100% confident in her ability until she tries it. Middle kid walked around 11 months and remains the kid who will throw herself at something and figure it out as she goes. Also, oldest had/has my husband’s long legs, which to me always looked a little more daunting to try out as a baby — middle got my sturdy trunk legs and they totally looked easier to deploy earlier on.
My nephew also didn’t walk until 18 months, and he had the same combo of proportionally longer legs and innate cautiousness. The bigger they get, the more daunting it seems to start — like how it is scarier learning to ski as an adult than it is as a tot.
Anon says
I walked at 9 months. My youngest brother walked at 2 years. One of us went on to serve a combat tour in Afghanistan with the Marine Corps – it was not me :)
Celia says
My firstborn walked at 19 months. He now runs non-stop as a rambunctious 4 year old. I walked at 18 months, and was/am athletic. According to my mom I, like my son, just couldn’t be bothered because crawling was working out for me, and then one day I picked it up real fast. My firstborn is a really thoughtful and cautious kid and started eventually standing then seemed to take his time making sure he was solid before walking. When he started walking he really was solid and didn’t fall much. Hope this helps!
Anon says
My daughter walked very late (20 months). She’s mostly fine now but was diagnosed with low muscle tone recently as a 4 year old, which may or may not be related. She goes to occupational therapy for it and and her endurance is pretty terrible for her age (it’s hard for her to walk more than about half a mile), but otherwise you wouldn’t really know. She runs, plays, jumps, etc like other kids her age and it hasn’t caused social issues for her.
Anon says
I realize this might not be reassuring, sorry. I think it’s likely your kid is normal. Most late walkers are. My point was that there is an underlying issue, your child will likely still have a very normal life!
Anon says
*even if there’s an underlying issue
Roma says
My daughter was the youngest of four and didn’t crawl or walk until past 18 mo. Now she runs EVERYWHERE! Almost five and no issues!
Anon says
We had a big spending month in May — medical bills for baby’s delivery and house stuff, mostly — so I’m doing a small-spend June. I’d say no-spend but there are some nights when I Literally Can’t and it’s just easier to get pizza for my kids. That being said, I’d love a refresh of my cheap or pantry-staple dinner list. If you have anything that is family-friendly and uses up that random can of beans or dresses up a jar of marinara (or whatever!) please drop an idea or link below so I don’t go insane.
Cb says
I am currently trying to eat down our supplies so I can do a big scrub of the cupboards. like scrambled eggs (add beans!) and white beans or chickpeas in pasta.
Anon says
Are you familiar with the blog Budget Bytes (she also has a physical cookbook)? Not only are the recipes fantastic, she writes from past experience being low income but wanting to eat a balanced diet, so her recipes are lower cost and she always notes lots of substitutions – which is great for getting rid of that last can of beans! I particularly like her “salad” category, which includes lots of pantry cleaner recipes of pasta salads and bean salads.
Anonymous says
I LOVE Budget Bytes. The recipes are so great. Highly recommend.
Anon says
+1. I don’t even use them from the budget aspect. (But that is a nice bonus).
GCA says
Budget Bytes chimichurri chicken and rice is incredibly versatile and a staple in our house! I was a bit nervous about getting the 3yo to eat something that green, but she loved it.
OP says
Ooh this looks good. Thanks for the rec!
Anonymous says
We’ve been doing variations on chicken breast plus salad plus grain side for easy weeknight dinners. Do BBQ sauce one night and make cornbread or baked beans; do marinara and parm one night and have a side of pasta; use curry paste and make rice. It keeps things interesting while keeping the grocery list easy.
Anon says
for those i just cant lets get pizza, i actually find it easier to have frozen pizza on hand, but maybe that is just me. or premade crust + sauce + cheese.
OP says
Oh this is right! I often overlook that the time + money on takeout pizza is often more than frozen pizza. I do have a couple of nights’ worth of Costco pizza bagels in the freezer as emergency backups that I plan to use in the next week.
FP says
If you are a Costco shopper, I’ve recently discovered that their frozen cauliflower crust supreme pizza is delicious! I keep that on hand for evenings where I literally cannot do a thing for dinner. It has a few veggies on it so I feel like it’s not a total disaster of a dinner.
Other Costco ideas for ease of prep: in the frozen section: burritos, lasagna, enchiladas. In their fresh deli section: taco kit (feeds my family of 4 with extras for around $18); chicken pot pie, chicken salad + deli rolls, salmon wiht basil butter (ready to bake) and then I just add rice.
OP says
We are Costco shoppers, and these are great ideas! Love the chicken street taco kits.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
I am following with interest, I love these threads.
I have a meal template that we typically use for the week which includes takeout, but when I put the grocery list together, I frame it around “what needs to be used” (e.g. some chicken in the freezer, a bunch of bell peppers that have seen better days, etc), and integrate those items into the meal prep for the week.
Other ideas –
– Beans – What can’t they do? Use anywhere you need protein – pasta, quesadillas, rice/beans, on toast, etc.
– Marinara – I made a lasagna out of frozen ravioli and jarred marinara last week – added a ton of fridge veggies that I sautéed before adding sauce, and it was delicious. Doing this with any pasta (a baked, cheesy deal) is a good way to use up pantry staples and vegetables.
– Fried rice/Rice dishes are big for us – either Indian style or Chinese/Vietnamese inspired (fish sauce makes everything better). If y’all are good with lentils: https://thechutneylife.com/recipes/instant-pot-khichdi/
AIMS says
Pizza beans! Recipe is from smitten kitchen but very forgiving and def works with 2 cans of white beans. I also have my kids make pizza which is very easy if you use an already made base like a store bought pizza crust, naan or even bagels/English muffins & it is a good use of any jarred marinara.
congrats on the baby!
NYCer says
Tortillas work great for the base of kids-made pizza too. “Thin crust” pizza. :)
AIMS says
Oh, love this. We’ve made “pizza-dillas” when I was too lazy to go to the store but love the open face idea.
Anonymous says
For us, takeout pizza is actually cheaper than cooking dinner! A large pizza at our fantastic local place feeds the entire family for about $12, and nothing I can cook that contains chicken, fish, or fresh veg is that cheap.
I second the suggestion for Budget Bytes, although I find her cost estimates to be very low.
Anon says
We make pizza a home for about $6 for our whole family (including dough, and portions of sauce, cheese, peppers and onions). We have been doing it every Friday night for about 8 years – we started while saving for a house and now we/the kids love the tradition
Anon says
Wow, all our local pizza places charge more like $25-$30 for a large.
Anon says
Yeah, that’s pretty crazy to me. I live in a very LCOL Midwest town and it’s $21 for a large plain pizza at our local cheapo place. Plus tax and tip. I can’t imagine buying a pizza that would feed an entire family for $12 inclusive of tax and tip, which must mean the actual pizza is only $8 or $9.
AwayEmily says
Now I’m suddenly fascinated by pizza price differences. A large in my LCOL city is $16 with tax (same price at both our local places). We don’t bother with delivery since they are only a few minutes away.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Agreed – for us it’s about $16 for a large plain, + more for toppings + then the delivery fees/tip, so we’re easily at $50 for two larges. It does feed us (household of 5 right now) for at least 2-3 meals.
Anonanonanon says
A few things that have worked for me during lean times:
-Buying a bag of frozen chicken breasts is usually cheaper than fresh. Grill some and keep in the fridge for wraps, sandwiches, or to slice up and put on pasta with red sauce for kids. If your kids will eat it, it’s good in mac and cheese, too. Bonus points if they’ll let you throw some broccoli in there (frozen steam in the bag broccoli is like $2)
-Walmart has frozen garlic toast for like $2 a box that jazzes up pasta night.
-My whole family will eat “chicken noodle casserole” which is a thing I made up once to use stuff in the pantry. Cooked egg noodles, cut up grilled chicken, cream of chicken soup, milk, cheese, etc. mixed together and baked. I add frozen peas and carrots if we have them. It would be good with broccoli in it but my family is weird.
-Crockpot or instant pot some of the chicken with some chicken broth (<$1 a can) and taco seasoning. Knorr taco rice (Appx. $1/pack) to go with it or cook rice with the rest of the chicken broth and some taco seasoning if you have it in you. Serve as tacos with shredded cheese (using the same tortillas you kept around to make wraps with for the grilled chicken!)
-If you bought rice for tacos, fried rice with cut up chicken, peas, carrots, and some soy sauce is usually kid friendly. One of my kids likes an egg scrambled in it.
-King's Hawaiian slider rolls go a long way here. My kids will eat them warmed up with ham and cheese. They'll eat them with a meat ball (cooked from a bag of frozen ones), red sauce, and cheese as a "mini meat ball sub." They'll eat them with eggs and ham, etc. You could cook and shred some chicken and mix with bbq sauce for bbq sliders for grownups or kids that would eat them.
-Turkey chili (can of kidney beans, 1 lb turkey, can of tomato sauce, some chili seasoning) and cornbread (you can get martha white cornbread mix in a pouch for around $1). Turkey is healthier and cheaper than ground beef. Sometimes I separate my kids' servings so they're less spicy.
-Having a sturdy breakfast offering that can also be used as a snack/other meal choice for people helps. Frozen hashbrowns (the potato chunks) with eggs and ham (or sausage) and cheese as a casserole or a quiche are popular choices in my house.
-Pizza crust from the can, a jar of pizza sauce, and cheese has been popular with my kids for "make your own pizza night" with a movie. I'll put grilled chicken, bbq sauce, gouda, mozzarella, and red onion on one for grownups but that might not go with low budget at the moment.
Early in my first marriage, I didn't know what I was doing and made a 3 LB meatloaf. For two people. We couldn't afford to waste meat so there were meatloaf sandwiches, meatloaf crumbled into jarred red sauce as meat sauce and served over spaghetti, meatloaf crumbled and cooked with fajita seasoning/peppers/onions and served in a tortilla, and meatloaf mixed with bbq sauce and served on a bun as "sloppy joes." My then-husband never noticed he was eating meatloaf for a week.
OP says
Gosh, this is all so great. THANK YOU for this!
Anonanonanon says
I have composed a very long reply awaiting moderation :-)
Anne-on says
I really like Smitten Kitchen’s recipes and she has a LOT of vegetarian recipes which are obviously cheaper. Some personal ‘cabinet’ favorites are chicken chili (stretches 1-1.5lbs of chicken into dinner plus leftovers) and uses chicken broth, canned beans/salsa/canned tomatoes), “Pizza” beans, black bean soup with crema (and we do nacho chips/cheese on the side), pasta puttanesca (tomatoes, olives, anchovies, and spinach – frozen works too). I also like her suggestion for caramelizing and freezing onions – they are great when thrown into so many dishes – quiches, veggie/cheese galettes, sauces, etc.
Anon says
I am here for low spend June! Can we keep ourselves accountable here? Our last credit card bill was 10% of our pre-tax household income which is…not sustainable.
OP says
If anyone wants to tag along on no/low-spend June I am hear for it! Maybe do a check-in thread on Mondays? Would that be too obnoxious?
Anonymous says
That sounds like a humblebrag, if you are putting most or all of your non-mortgage expenses on the credit card the way most people do.
Anon says
Yes, we put almost all our spending on credit cards for points. But I’m not sure how it’s a humblebrag? It’s not a sustainable level of spending and we have to cut back. What am I bragging about?
Anonymous says
That you make so much $$$ and/or spend so little that a very high CC bill is only 10% of gross income.
Anon says
I think you’re misunderstanding what I’m saying. My *monthly* credit card bill was 10% of my *annual* income. Like I make $100k annually and put $10k on credit cards last month (not the real numbers but you get the idea). I was using % so as to avoid making an income comparison, but fwiw I make a lot less than most people here.
Anonymous says
Oh, sorry, that is totally different! I thought 10% of monthly gross and I was trying to figure out what I was doing wrong.
busybee says
Reposting due to nesting fail. Rice and beans; mujadarra; vegetarian chili; frittata; bowls with chickpeas, roasted veggies, and rice; black bean burgers; mac and cheese with a bag of frozen veggies; taco casserole with black and refried beans. We aren’t vegetarians but eat a lot of vegetarian meals to keep costs down. Beans, eggs, and legumes are your friends when trying to eat frugally. I like a lot of recipes from Budget Bytes.
Allie says
Dried beans cooked in the slow cooker (6.5 hours on low, with two inches of water over the top of the beans, salt and pealed but whole garlic) over rice with cheese and salsa. Delicious, easy and cheap.
Allie says
Also – pasta topped with sauteed frozen veggies parm and olive oil.
Anonymous says
For beans, we like rice + beans with Mexican toppings (salsa, shredded cheese, sour cream). I also like a baked potato (typically actually in the microwave) with beans + shredded cheese + salsa + sour cream. I do those for lunches a lot.
Anon says
I am not a huge beans person, but you might peruse this list and see if anything strikes your fancy from the smitten kitchen pantry section https://smittenkitchen.com/recipes/pantry/?format=list
Other good recipes:
– french onion soup (bag of onions, chicken or beef broth, optional wine or sherry (you can leave out, promise it will be fine), bay leaves, salt, pepper and sage), then put slices of cheese on top of sliced bread and broil to make “cheese toasts” to put on top (allows you to reheat or freeze the soup easier without the cheese in it). Trick is to let the onions deeply carmelize, which will take you probably an hour, maybe more, but with just stirring every once in a while it is not a lot of active cooking time (good weekend dinner).
– crispy oven gnocchi https://www.howsweeteats.com/2019/01/sheet-pan-gnocchi/
– creamy orzo with a veggie (I often use frozen peas or frozen chopped broccoli or roasted butternut squash instead of spinach) https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-one-pot-creamy-spinach-parmesan-orzo-pasta-easy-254107
– rigatoni a la vodka (or other pasta) https://smittenkitchen.com/2021/02/rigatoni-alla-vodka/
– breakfast for dinner (waffles or pancakes and eggs with fruit)
– homemade pizza (smitten kitchen crust from her first cookbook (the super fast one), de lallo jarred sauce, shredded mozzarella and whatever veggies or pepperoni we have in the fridge finely chopped), often cooked on the grill on a pizza stone, and kids help “decorate” the pizzas
I also buy my lean ground beef in bulk (usually a 6 pound package) for about $4 per pound and then use that for things like tacos, burgers, meatballs for subs or spaghetti, or asian-style bowls (hello fresh recipes) and freeze the unused portions in 1 or 1.5 pound sizes in quart size bags, flattened for quicker thawing.
anonM says
We’ve done a few nacho nights – big sheet tray, chips, refried beans, and whatever toppings (*LEFTOVERS*) you have thrown on top, pop in the oven. Kids might pick around some toppings, but often will at least try the random veggie I throw on top.
I also like instapot with chicken and Indian simmer sauce. It’s not the best Indiana food I’ve ever had, of course, but some of the simmer sauces are so good, and you can even do this with frozen chicken!
SC says
We’ve been trying to cut our grocery/food bill just to counter inflation. Here are a few ideas we’ve been using:
– Meal plan with a “challenge” each week to use at least one miscellaneous ingredient from the freezer and at least one miscellaneous ingredient (grain or bean) from the pantry. Think of substitutions. The freezer part is especially important with hurricane season coming up. We lost so much food with Ida last year!
– Have frozen meals on hand. Few people want to cook 7 days per week. We have frozen pizza on hand. DH also cooks large batches, portions out, and freezes. Right now, we have several portions of red beans on hand for red beans and rice.
– For produce, buy stuff that lasts a fairly long time (carrots, broccoli, apples, bananas, oranges), frozen vegetables, and seasonal fresh produce.
Specific ideas: fried rice, tacos/fajitas, grain or bean salads, pasta and meatballs (you can make a large batch of meatballs and freeze 1/2 or 2/3 to make this more efficient), rice bowls, frittatas.
Anon says
Smitten Kitchen has a pasta with chickpeas recipe that is awesome. My super lazy dinner is can of white beans plus spinach plus garlic over rice. You can put a fried egg on top if you want.
Anonymous says
To dress up a jar of marinara, stir in some cream cheese until it melts and then wilt in some baby spinach.
I’ve found that on-line grocery shopping saves money because I can compare prices and order from multiple stores in less time than it would take for me to shop in person at a single store. Many of the store brands are produced by major manufacturers, and you can find a lot of this information with a quick web search while shopping. For example, I buy store brand spices from Walmart because they are made by McCormick. After a few weeks I learned what to order where and now I don’t have to bother with a lot of price comparisons. I generally alternate between Walmart and Kroger pickup and go in to a store (Food Lion or Publix depending on what I need) for fresh fruit and lettuce because stores tend to stick spoiled produce in the pickup orders.
Some people I know save a ton by shopping in person at Aldi, but I have not been happy with the quality, the selection, or the shopping experience.
anon says
Focusing on really simple foods with a protein, carb, and veggie goes over well with my kids. Using frozen veggies or pre-cooked meat makes it very quick and easy and relatively affordable. Nothing goes bad quickly. I like cooking and would enjoy more sophisticated food, but with young kids, sometimes you just need things you can heat up or keep in the freezer or pantry and that has a high chance of being eaten. Here’s what I use often:
Frozen meatballs, bread roll, frozen veggie
Pan-fried chicken sausage, roasted potatoes, frozen veggie
Mac and cheese and frozen veggie
Frozen breaded chicken strips, noodles, frozen veggie
Bratwurst, bun, frozen veggie
Pasta, alfredo sauce, frozen veggie or can of mushrooms or white beans mixed in
Hardboiled egg, bagel and cream cheese, carrot sticks
Breaded fish, rice, frozen veggie
OP says
Thank you for these! I have a 6yo and 2yo so these are right in our wheelhouse.
Anon says
Sausage, pepper, and onions on a sheet pan
Salmon with glaze of mustard and brown sugar, side of rice, and a green veggie (I keep a few boxes of frozen rice that just needs to be microwaved up for quick nights when I didn’t plan ahead)
Carmelized onion frittata
Waldorf salad – great way to use up a grocery store rotisserie chicken
Anonanonanon says
I forgot to say- I recommend keeping some stouffers around. Lasagna and chicken alfredo are hits in my house. They’re around $10 or a family size or party size I think (I could be way off) but it’s way cheaper than ordering in food and perfect for nights I can’t put in effort.
busybee says
Rice and beans; mujadarra; vegetarian chili; frittata; bowls with chickpeas, roasted veggies, and rice; black bean burgers; mac and cheese with a bag of frozen veggies; taco casserole with black and refried beans. We aren’t vegetarians but eat a lot of vegetarian meals to keep costs down. Beans, eggs, and legumes are your friends when trying to eat frugally. I like a lot of recipes from Budget Bytes.
Anonymous says
What if beans make you violently flatulent?
busybee says
Then you don’t eat them. Or you take some sort of medication.
Anonymous says
The more you eat them, the more you get used to the increased fiber. Also soaking dry beans overnight and then cooking them helps for some people.
Anonymous says
Rinse canned beans before mixing into recipes.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Most of the world has rice (or another grain)+ Beans/lentils as a staple. I think it’s just not as big of a part of the Western diet, which is certainly changing. Agree that the more you eat them, (barring a specific GI issue) the more your body gets used to them.
Ann Anon says
Any recommendations for daycares in Bethesda/North Potomac/Rockville? We are moving to the area from out of state, so we don’t have any local input and we prefer a chain daycare to an in-home provider. TIA!
Anon says
Try searching on DCUM in the daycare forum.
Anonymous says
I’m in Silver Spring and we’re at Kiddie Academy, but I’ve also heard good things about Goddard.
Anonymous says
If you change your mind about a licensed home daycare, I can recommend one we loved in Rockville!
anon daycare says
Georgetown Hill – there are multiple locations and i’ve only heard good things about all the locations. We are the potomac location and really like it.
AIMS says
This skirt is gorgeous, but word of warning – these kinds of pleats will eventually loosen over time, which would def make me go for a more budget version.
Also, just want to say that I’ve really been enjoying all the picks here lately (and, I hope it’s okay to say, find them a lot more interesting than the main s*te, which has been weirdly frumpy lately (and not fashionably frumpy) – a surprise, I suppose, given my brainwashed assumptions about what a “moms” page would look like relative to the “regular” version).
Anne-on says
Do dry cleaners still press pleats back into clothing? It’s been a while but I recall doing that in my 20’s in NY with those frilly pleated jcrew shells that were everywhere for a while.
Also, I miss early aughts Jcrew, their stuff was SO good Jenna Lyons early tenure.
Anon says
Yes, they do, but that negates the benefits of the item being machine washable.
AIMS says
Also – not all do for something like this. I have a silk dress with these kinds of pleats and my cleaner basically said they wouldn’t do without a significant upcharge because it’s too time consuming. I have just been letting them slowly loosen but it definitely doesn’t have the same sharp look.
Anonymous says
I absolutely agree that the picks here are much more interesting. I wouldn’t wear this skirt because it wouldn’t suit me, but it’s not sad and dumpy like the main s*te picks have been. Today’s featured blouse looks like scrubs with puffy sleeves.
AIMS says
The paisley jacket from a week or two back is what really made me do a double take. And agree on today’s blouse (and yesterday’s outfit was not any better). Not even going to comment on the sea horse jelly flip flop.
NYCer says
I seriously thought the sea horse jelly flip flop was a joke!
Anon says
I don’t really like today’s blouse but I think it looks particularly bad on that model because it’s meant to suit someone with curves. Plus, that color.
Anon says
It’s Ann making the picks here and Kat making the ones for the main page, so I think you just prefer Ann’s style.
Anonymous says
It’s Elizabeth’s style I really don’t like.
Anon says
I generally respond well to Ann’s picks.
Anonymous says
Kat makes the afternoon/weekend/feature picks mostly, if I remember correctly. It’s the morning picks that have been off the mark for me the most. No one is going to batt a 1000 and I am fine ignoring most of them. Just surprised when the recommended item is actively terrible.
Spirograph says
I’m sitting here debating whether I have enough places to wear this skirt to justify buying it… I haven’t actually purchased any of the picks on this or the main page in a long time, but this one is really really pretty!
Sf says
Sneaker recs? Stylish for walking. I’m in LA if that matters.
Anonymous says
I like P448 for walkable fashion sneakers.
Anon says
+1. They are expensive, but SO comfortable and cute at the same time. I even did Disneyland in mine.
AwayEmily says
I feel like all the stylish sneakers are really HOT. I need something more breathable than leather. I wear old-school Asics Tigers.
Spirograph says
I also like Asics Tigers 90% of the time, but not for a somewhere like Disneyland where I’m on my feet/walking all day because they have zero arch support.
Anonymous says
Someone here recommended the saludos sneakers to me and they are wonderful.
Anonymous says
Any recommendations for a beach resort or condo/villa situation on the east coast within driving distance of DC? Very last minute so pretty flexible on most things. We will bring our 18 month old. We’ve found some Airbnb’s but it would be nice to not have to cook.
anonamama says
Sanderling in Duck, Bethany Beach Ocean Suites Resort, Congress Hall in Cape May. Maybe Sandbridge/Virginia Beach have some.
Anonymous says
I do not recommend Virginia Beach for families. There is a huge drop-off very close to shore, the waves are quite rough, and it’s a spring break type environment. Sandbridge is quieter, but is all vacation rentals without a lot of restaurants etc. and the beach is still bad.
Anonymous says
Related to the “small spend June” post above…. How in the heck do you all get your spouse on board with something like that?
I’d love to try a challenge like that but when I’ve brought it up before, my husband’s response has been along the lines of “why would we do that? We make plenty of money and we save plenty of money. Why am I intentionally making my life more difficult?” (Which, we do make and save a good amount. We’re don’t have a specific budget, but we max out all the retirement, back door Roth, HSA, dependent care FSA, have regular automated cash savings and investing, so he’s not wrong). I received a similar response when proposing a dry January about “why would I cut that out if I don’t have to?” Well, because it’s a challenge I’d like to see if we can do! But that has not gotten him on board. We don’t have completely combined finances, FWIW.
Anon says
I’m the Anon at 9:52 and in our case it’s kind of a necessity. My husband had to take a large pay cut this year and we have lots of accrued vacation time from Covid that has translated into insanely high travel spending this year, so we need to cut back. Previously we had no problem saving well for retirement and college and buying whatever we wanted (within reason), so my attitude was similar to your husband’s.
Anonymous says
Don’t. Why are you making up a problem. If you want to challenge yourself to not drink or spend less, do that! You do not need to get him on board with a completely optional unnecessary restriction.
NYCer says
+1. I would probably have the same reaction as your husband, tbh.
Anon says
+1. Especially to the dry January part.
Anonymous says
I’m with your husband here. I don’t have the energy to participate in a challenge for the sole purpose of seeing whether I can successfully deprive myself. I am only going to do a challenge that furthers my personal goals. So yoga challenge yes, giving up coffee definitely not. If you are saving plenty and he is not interested in a spending challenge, you can do one on your own that does not require his participation (e.g., no fashion spending).
Boston Legal Eagle says
Yes, I also don’t see the point of doing a challenge just to do it. We’ve lived on $100/week in groceries as 20 year olds but we make a lot of money now and I like spending money on good food, including some convenience food and take-out, and vacations. I track our finances so I know that our savings goals are being met. I’m also not trying to “FIRE” – if that’s something you’re looking to do, I can see the appeal of that challenge. And I also like a few glasses of wine on Fridays and Saturdays and wouldn’t give that up just to do it! (I didn’t drink during pregnancy so I’m aware that I can).
Anonymous says
Ugh, you sound like my husband. Let’s make ourselves miserable for the sole purpose of making ourselves miserable! Because it is morally virtuous!
Anon says
This is not my husband but this was my reaction.
Anonymous says
I dated a guy like this. It did not last.
Anon, if you just want a challenge for the sake of a challenge, try learning a new language on duolingo. It scratches that itch for me and doesn’t require another person’s participation. Also, I’m doing my own no-spend month and not requiring my partner to participate — I’m avoiding buying breakfast, lunch, and “stuff” but the shared things remain the same.
Anon says
I’m in the same boat. I’ve given up on getting my husband on board, but I have insisted that since we have combined finances I get to “bank” an equivalent amount to what he spends on himself during my no spend months, for my own use later. It’s sort of dumb since we’re totally combined finances and money is fungible blah blah blah but it does make me feel like it’s not just me financing his luxuries (because at the end of the month otherwise the reaction would be “wow our spending was way down! [we have so much leeway next month!]” Not “wow, anon’s spending was way down!).
OP says
I am the small-spend June OP above. I agree that something like this, if it isn’t really tied to specific goals, is really reasonable only as a solo-effort. Same goes for things like losing weight, running a marathon, Marie Kondo-ing your stuff (and she specifically mentions you need to do this for you first, and not bother Kondo-ing your spouses’s stuff).
We are doing this (mainly my efforts tbh) because we have big financial goals this year (i.e., buy a bigger house). June is also my last month of maternity leave, and while I’ve been on paid leave until now, this month is unpaid. I am the one responsible for most of our meals and household spending, and I enjoy keeping track of our finances and goals. So all of this together makes it a good time for this exercise right now.
Husband and I have very different spending habits, and he spends (and has always spent) much more than me. I have been using YNAB budgeting software over the past two years and have the hard numbers to back that up, outside of being together for 15 years and observing individual spending habits. We had a come-to-Jesus conversation about four months ago about individual and family spending when it came time to really determine how much we could afford in a new monthly mortgage payment, and since then he has tried (successfully, I should add!) to cut his spending on things like clothing and lunches out during the week, but it’s still very high compared to my monthly spending habits. Like 10x as much. I honestly just don’t try to do much to curb his spending anymore. To quote Senior Attorney on the main page, this is my price of admission in our relationship. His is listening to me talk about our finances :)
Anonymous says
This sounds like discussions I’ve heard around Lent. In our denomination, many people choose to *add* a spiritual discipline during Lent. This can be giving something up, but it can also be adding something (daily devotional reading, volunteer service, meditation, etc.). There is a specific spiritual purpose to be achieved by adding a discipline, and people are encouraged to choose the discipline that will best fit that purpose for themselves. My choice is always to add something; my husband’s is always to give something up.
All this goes to say, I’m with your husband that there needs to be a greater purpose behind any “challenge.” Doing a challenge just for the sake of seeing whether it can be done is not a sufficient purpose for him. It’s like running marathons. My husband runs marathons just because he finds finishing very satisfying. For me, proving that I can finish is not sufficient motivation to make enduring that much pain worthwhile. I do other sports and activities that are fun and suit my own purposes.
Anonymous says
Let me guess–you are an “abstainer” and your husband is a “moderator”?
Spirograph says
Yeah, my husband has the same reaction whenever I bring up making /sticking to any kind of budget, even if it’s not intentionally limiting. I don’t have a solution for this; I feel like I *should* have a budget because I’m a grown-up, but he’s right that we make plenty of money and save plenty of money (also in automated ways so I don’t have to think about it. I guess that’s kind of like a budget?).
Unlike a household budget, though, you *can* take this on as a personal challenge and just keep your spending low. As long as you commit to not “cheating” and asking your husband to buy things to keep your own spending numbers low, he doesn’t need to be involved.
Anon says
I agree if you are meeting your savings goals then that is a type of budget. But if you want more, I recommend tracking your spending for three months or so, to give you and your husband an honest picture of where you are spending and how much. You may be fine with the total you spend in theory, but seeing the breakdown may trigger different sorts of feelings/opinions/desires/changes.
Anonymous says
A budget is different than a no-spend challenge. I think there’s a much stronger argument for persuading a spouse to establish a budget for long-term planning purposes, even if the categories are just “spend” and “save.”
Anon says
On your husband’s side here. Why would you participate in this if you don’t have a reason or a goal?
anonM says
Can’t this also be an environmental thing? Making careful, intentional purchases and eating less meat is good for the planet and being higher income doesn’t exclude you from global warming. Honestly, DH is the one who is more likely to get super into challenges of all sorts, but I try to jump in sometimes because it does make things interesting and makes you reevaluate and be more conscious of your choices. Of course you don’t HAVE to, but challenging yourselves to improve can help your relationship, too.
Anonymous says
You can cut down on meat consumption without doing a no-meat challenge, though.
Anonymous says
I do not tell my husband we’re cutting down on meat consumption, I just plan meatless meals. Sometimes you can achieve the same result without getting official buy-in. :)
Anonymous says
I do this too. If the meatless meals are good no one even notices.
anono says
Not a battle worth fighting. Appreciate your life for what it is.
Anon says
Has anyone been to Mallorca with kids? We’re going next month with a 4 year old. We’re planning it to be a low key trip with lots of beach and pool time but would love any recommendations if anyone has been.
Anon says
Can we do a thread about summer bucket lists? There was some discussion on the main page recently, but looking specifically for kid-focused lists.
Here’s mine (with one 4 year old):
-Spend as much time in my parents’ pool and our backyard waterslide as possible
-Eat fudgesicles at the pool
-Trip to the local water park
-Make homemade ice cream
-Pick strawberries and make a strawberry dessert
-Go see a sunflower field
-Make watermelon slushies
-Day trip to Lake Michigan beach town
-Go to a local minor league baseball game
-Go to the farmer’s market as much as possible
-Go to local festivals
-Summer reading programs at the local libraries
AIMS says
I like these!
I’d add:
– Have picnics
– Do summer night pizza outside in the park (we go to the playground, invite friends, bring wine for adults, and let everyone run around until it gets dark)
– take at least 1-2 long weekend trips
– try all the new ice cream places
– NYC specific – go to Governor’s Island; take Ferry to the Sea Port to see the old ships and eat tacos on the pier; ride the Carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park; see a puppet show at the Marionette Theater in Central Park; go to all the street fairs
With your 4 year old, see if you can visit a children’s museum. I feel like 4 is peak age for getting the most out of that experience.
OP says
I know. We actually live near the largest children’s museum in the US and have never gone (though we’ve visited a few when traveling). It’s hard because when the weather is nice I want to do outdoor stuff and when the weather isn’t nice, the Covid situation has been really bad and she’s still not vaccinated. But hopefully that will change soon and we can go this fall/winter regardless of the Covid situation.
Anon says
Mine with a 4YO girl and DH is recovering from some health issues that mean I am doing almost all of this solo this summer
-spend as much time as possible doing long weekends at my parents’ (and their pool) (2 hour drive) before kindergarten starts
– trip to the aquarium once Covid counts drop
– Regular smores nights with the fire pit
– Chase fireflies (likely combined with fire pit)
– all the lingering restaurant patio dinners (DH may join if he is feeling well)
– set up some BBQs with family friends once Covid counts start trending downward (they inevitably end up partially indoors)
– summer playdate with the rising-K girl that just moved to our neighborhood
– hopefully successfully grow and harvest the tomatoes, peas, watermelon, squash, zucchini and peppers we have planted before the deer or squirrels get them!
– count down the days to family beach week that DH will be attending
Anonymous says
I love the fudgsicle and watermelon slushy items! For us, big viewpoint hike in the mountains; pick blueberries and wild blackberries to fill the freezer; a couple of beach trips; homemade (healthy) popsicles for breakfast on a hot day; pick mulberries and cherries from trees down the block; evening walks after dinner.
Mary Moo Cow says
Our daycare had a Summer Bucket List for families that was really helpful and fun a few years ago! We’re going to recreate it this year with some of the following:
-Tie dye matching something (t-shirts, scrunchies, socks)
-Minor league baseball game
-S’mores
-Bake a sweet treat together
-Library summer reading programs
-Slip and slide with the neighbors at our house, with pizza and adult beverages
-Zoo
-Botanical Gardens
-Paint and hide rocks around the neighborhood
-Science experiment at home
-Picnics at the creek
Anon says
I have a toddler (full time daycare) and will be fairly pregnant. Maybe too ambitious? Lol
1) strawberry picking
2) blueberry picking
3) aquarium
4) run with the jogging stroller
5) play with sprinkler outside
6) go to the library for the first time (sorry pandemic baby!)
7) the zoo
NLD in NYC says
Congrats! Don’t feel about about #6, I finally took my 2.5ish year old to the library for the first time last weekend. And I love the library!
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
For anyone in a subtropical climate like mine (think NOLA) when summer is actually peak time to avoid the outdoors, here’s my list:
– Weekend afternoons spent at the treasure trove of grocery stores that cater to various communities (e.g. H-Mart, Seiwa, Indian Grocers, Ranch99, Mexican Grocers, etc.)
– Using the covered part of our driveway for splashpad/water table. One of our neighbors has kids of similar ages as ours, and they have an inflatable pool, so together, we have all the things
– Enjoying AM and PM time on our screened in porch before/after the sun goes down
– Using the neighbor’s plunge pool
– Swim lessons for both kids, followed by a drive through lunch, and a NAP on Saturdays
– LOTS of popsicles, ice-cream, etc. I love the idea of trying all the ice-cream places nearby.
– Low-Heat Meal Prep/Cooking
– Buy and wear a few linen pieces from poshmark
– Library Time!
Anon says
now that I live in a hot climate reading these lists sometimes make me laugh bc certain things like strawberry picking, we did back in March. we have a fire pit that we use november – april to make s’mores. sometimes i’m sad my kids aren’t growing up in a four season location like i did
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
How funny. Maybe your kids take – I grew up in a hot climate, and these lists make me laugh because I feel like I could be outside most of the year, not just the summer. When I lived in a colder climate, I had to mentally brace myself for the months of January-April.
anon says
yeah summer where we live is pure hell for any outdoor activity other than the pool, lake or beach (which we don’t have close by)
Anonymous says
Getting pretty pregnant with my first now, so my bucket list is kid focused but in a different way. Rather than things to do with kid, it’s more stuff to do one more time before my life becomes infant care for a while. Open to suggestions.
– lounge all afternoon with a book without interruptions
– movie/orchestra in the park
– weekend trip to a ‘boring to kids’ place
Anon says
I wish I had booked a night at a pool resort and laid by the pool with snacks all day. It’s all I wish I could do now!
Anonymous says
Maybe I’ll combine some of my book lounging with poolside lounging. Thanks.
GCA says
On my last birthday pre-kids, many moons ago, I was four months pregnant — so we did a staycation (W Hotels have great outdoor pools) and I got to sit by the pool with snacks, lemonade, and a pile of books. It strikes me that was probably the last time DH and I lounged by a pool together with no kid responsibilities…
GCA says
New England summer is a competitive sport. Here’s our list:
– Have picnics in the backyard
– Go to the beach
– Annual family + friends tie dye party in the backyard
– If timing works out, visit friends on Nantucket (! We don’t see these friends enough because they live in Asia most of the year. But I will 100% always feel out of place on Nantucket despite being a successful upper-middle-class professional today…)
– Spend lots of time at the pool and splash pad
– Trip to the water park
– Several weekend camping trips, with kid-pace hiking
– Strawberry picking, blueberry and cherry picking
– Visit all the local ice cream shops
– Summer reading program at the library
– Plan and celebrate DH’s and kid 2’s birthdays
On my personal bucket list: through-hike a nine-mile trail that crosses a local reservation! I do this solo once a year and it is a wonderful escape. And at least one date night.
Boston Legal Eagle says
“But I will 100% always feel out of place on Nantucket despite being a successful upper-middle-class professional today” – same. There is money and then there is “Nantucket money.” Martha’s Vineyard is better in that sense.
SC says
In New Orleans and not happy with heat. We mostly stay inside or go to the pool during the summers.
– bowling
– movie theater
– Mardi Gras World
– Audubon Cool Zoo
– snowballs
– homemade ice cream
– day trip to one of the Mississippi beaches
– lots of time in my in-laws’ pool, hopefully with swim lessons for Kiddo
We also have 2 vacations planned over the summer, to Chicago and Destin.
Anonymous says
We lost our cooler over the weekend and I can’t find a good replacement. What is your cooler for long pool days/full beach days?
Mine was a soft sided (I think arctyx?) one with a zip too and a space above that was not insulated but perfect for “overflow” items. I trolled their website and they have new versions that are not as good.
I need to fit heavy snacks /sandwiches for 3-5, fruit, and a couple frozen apple sauce or go girt pouches. Bonus if it held a few bottles or cans. No price constraints.
We are a family of 5, kids are elem age.
AIMS says
A friend of mine has the Yeti backpack cooler and it’s impressive!
FP says
Seconded. We have the Yeti tote (got as a gift and it’s fine) but I wish we had the backpack one!
Mary Moo Cow says
A square Igloo on wheels. I got a mint green one at Target last year and have gotten so many compliments on it. I like that the handle telescopes, it fits a ton, and it has 4 cup holders built into the top. Someone at our pool has a cooler backpack that could be neat, but I don’t know the brand.
Anon says
There’s also a larger rectangular igloo on wheels I saw at Dick’s Sporting Goods. You may want the larger one if you are planning on putting in ice and all those snacks! (I am eyeing that one).
I know yetis are popular but they are so heavy and impractical if you have to schlep kids. I know there is one with wheels but that costs $400.
CCLA says
We have the wheeled hard sided yeti which is indeed amazing, but even with the wheels that thing is a beast and I wouldn’t consider bringing it to the beach because it would be a pain to haul over even a small stretch of sand. Maybe fine the pool where you could wheel it straight to the destination. We have a soft sided igloo that’s the size of a medium picnic basket and works fine for packing lunch for family of four.
Anon says
If money were no object and it was in heavy use, the Yeti Hopper M50 would be awesome, although it doesn’t have the storage separation you identified (I prefer a tote to a backpack, personally). LL Bean just recently released an insulated cooler tote (which is my preferred way to cart coolers to the beach or pool) and I am seriously thinking about it since I love my boat and totes for everything else and it is more reasonably priced for our more infrequent need.
AnonATL says
Backpack cooler from Costco. If it’s just an hour or two, I have a super small soft side. Anything longer I prefer the backpack cooler
Aunt Jamesina says
We have a wheeled cooler we use for camping and longer day trips, but for smaller trips I really like our big Packit bag. Much easier to deal with.
Anonymous says
I have good friends with young kids in San Francisco. I learned from them last week that the school when they send their kids is removing its limitations on allowing peanuts/tree nuts at school. The way I understand it, the school looked at the information for all students and faculty/staff, saw that no one is allergic to peanuts or tree nuts (and no one for the past few years has been), and decided they didn’t need to keep the no nuts rules in place.
Just curious if anyone else’s school has made a similar change and if anyone thinks this will be a trend.
Anon says
I’m surprised the school has had no one with a nut allergy for several years. Google says 1 in 100 people have nut allergies so statistically that’s pretty odd unless it’s a tiny school. I doubt this will be a broader trend because most schools have one or more people with allergies.
AwayEmily says
My daughter’s kindergarten classroom is nut-friendly — no student in the class had an allergy and so we’re allowed to send nuts (the kids eat in their room because COVID). Seems reasonable to me. I wonder if this will stop post-COVID once kids start eating in the cafeteria again.
NYCer says
The schools my daughters go to are not nut free. Parents submit allergy forms and coordinate a plan with the school if their kid has an allergy. Mine do not, so I don’t know the specifics of how it works.
Spirograph says
Is this a preschool? Every preschool we’ve ever used has been nut-free, which makes sense to me because those kids are too young to be vigilant about what’s going in their mouths.
Our elementary school does not have any nut restrictions. They certainly recommend not bringing in treats with allergens for birthday celebrations or whatever, but anything goes in packed lunches. My understanding is that there’s a nut-free table at lunch. Kids with severe food allergies can sit there and invite one friend to sit there with them (provided that friend doesn’t have nuts in their lunch). The year my oldest was in K, they put all the kids with food allergies in the same class with the teacher who also had several food allergies, but it’s been a free-for-all in subsequent grades
Pogo says
Our elementary is strongly nut-free, not sure I’ve heard any pressure to change it.
Growing up I had a nut allergy and I just learned never to eat someone else’s food OR eat a baked good at a fair/carnival/event of any kind because it might have nuts. I think this is reasonable by the time a kid is in elementary, but the restriction makes sense for much younger children who might grab at another child’s lunch unknowingly (like my 2yo). We’ll see how I feel when my 2yo is older – he has a nut and peanut allergy. As of right now, our home isn’t nut free nor is the home he goes to daycare BUT the other children cannot bring anything with nuts/peanuts and no one is allowed to eat nuts around him.
I have the same rules for relatives – their home can have nuts, but no eating of nuts around him (since personally if someone eats walnuts and then touches me without washing hands, I have a reaction, and I don’t want to test this on my small child).
Anonymous says
Our daycare does it by class; last year we had a classmate with an allergy, so all nuts were banned, but this year we do not, so it’s allowed.
FVNC says
My daughter has been in 3 elementary schools (SEUS, midwest, west coast). None of them have prohibited PB or other tree nuts.
Anon says
I’m pretty sure our schools don’t allow nuts but I don’t care because they supply all meals and I vastly prefer that to being able to pack a PB&J.
Anonymous says
Last year my daughters church preschool was not nut free because the classes were smaller (13 kids) and only 3 classes (39 kids), with no food allergies. This year with 18 kids/class and 2 per year they went back to being nut free, but only 1 child in her room had food allergies. The severe rise in nut allergies started in the late 90s/early 2000s when they started telling parents to not serve nuts until after age 1. That has been reversed to introduce allergenic foods as soon as you start serving solids so I would think nut allergies have gone down in kids. Peanut allergies were much more rare pre-1990.
CCLA says
We just had elementary orientation for incoming kinder (public school, maybe 400 kids K-5) and they said for K and 1st they are nut-free because their view is that kids aren’t mature enough to advocate for themselves at that age, but for older grades they allow them, though I think they do nut-free tables or something similar. Preschool for the last few years for us has been peanut free but OK for other nuts.
HSAL says
Our preschool is not nut-free, but the individual classes are nut-free if a child has an allergy.
Our elementary is not nut-free, but I think we have the allergy table as mentioned above.
I won’t be surprised if rates of nut allergies go down given the change in guidance about early exposure.
Anonymous says
Precovid our public schools allowed peanuts. They had a but free table at lunch and snacks in classrooms where kids had allergies had to be no-nut.
Anon says
my kids preschools were all nut free but their school they go to starting in kinder is not. we always have to remember sunbutter for the littles and peanut butter for the bigs!
Anonymous says
Why am I so disappointed that I missed the Stanley Quencher drop? It’s a hideous thing that looks like the plastic cup they give you in the hospital. Stanley has some marketing geniuses who are cleaning up by creating scarcity. I would never want this cup if it were easy to obtain.
Anon says
I was thinking of getting one for my sister as a baby gift (due this month) but have not realized they are so in-demand. Oops. They did seem to have a huge “influencer” campaign going on. Maybe I’ll stick to Yeti
Anonymous says
I have a Yeti and like it a lot!
Anon says
DH likes the 30 oz yeti ramblers and once I realized you could get a straw lid for them (and that they get cleaned really well in the dishwasher) I have co-opted them. If it can’t be successfully cleaned in the dishwasher, it doesn’t make the cut in our house (which makes me super picky about kids water bottles too because ugh, so much mold in so many of them).
Anon says
Same here. What kids water bottles have you found that go through the dishwasher well without getting moldy?
Anon says
I was just on a boat trip where we all got color coded Yetis for the week. I don’t really have that much need for a tumbler, but I liked it so much I bought one immediately when I got home.
GCA says
I am clearly out of the loop – I’ve never seen or heard of this! But the NYT article about it is hilarious (everybody quoted was ‘an influencer who posts content about motherhood’) – just say momfluencer already.
Spirograph says
I hadn’t either, but that NYT article reads like The Onion and I am here for it.
Anon says
The NYT’s approach to writing about trends and culture is often hilarious. I’d like to think they are writing a bit tongue in cheek/with some self-awareness…but having inside knowledge of the media scene, I really don’t think they are. My husband and I enjoy reading aloud the featured quotes and flowery descriptors