Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay.

It's probably good for your body and brain to get moving occasionally.

For some people, the better route for finding like-minded parents is just to get out of your house with your baby and frequent baby-friendly places.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

Of course the thoughts and awareness are there, but it's all incomplete and often fanciful - kids know there's something to know, and they fill in a bunch of the blanks with their imaginations if their parents haven't had the conversations and/or established themselves as sources of information. It's rare that the kids know nothing at all, and the somethings they do know are often only partially right or flat-out wrong.

When you fail to see something, that doesn't mean I'm hiding it.

The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances.