Yep! That was my thought as well, especially that we can carry the internet around and talk to pretty much anyone anytime.

My aunt used to work as a “cheese stirrer”

Oooh I haven’t checked there, thank you!

Persimmons. I know they’re available at least in the bay area because I had them when I lived there briefly, but have never found them in my regular home in the pacific northwest. I also don’t remember them as a kid growing up in Tennessee.

No, but my oldest son(6) loves them. There used to be an olives stand at the farmer’s market near us and we surprised them by bringing a toddler who wanted olives. We let him try a bunch of different kinds. I will eat olives if I’m drunk and someone gives me a slice of pizza that has them, but otherwise they’re a no for me.

The free popcorn at Les Schwab

He liked them! He just ate 4 of them. Thank you again!

I’ve been using this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074N9LRCQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1. Fun to choose which color or let it change colors on its own.

A night light that turns on automatically as it gets dark. No more stumbling around when I have to pee in the middle of the night.

Windows. It’s been too long since I used Linux so don’t remember all the things anymore

It happens so fast! I feel like I only had about a decade of getting the joke.

Parenting. Before I had kids I was often judgmental of parents, but now I’ve realized all the things I didn’t take into account and all the things you just don’t have control over. In my case, I was not expecting to be a single parent, there was the pandemic, and I did not factor in how impactful the lack of sleep and autonomy would be.

So far no. He doesn’t like ice cream, which is so wild to me!

No I hadn’t heard of those! I’ll check them out

Yes, that may be the answer. He’s getting help through early intervention and on the waitlist to get tested for autism so see if that’s what’s causing his picky eating. Luckily his pediatrician is not urgently concerned about his diet because he’s growing well enough and seems healthy, but since I’ve stopped breastfeeding I’ve been keeping track of what foods he’s been eating and noticed how few vitamins are in all the things he’ll eat.

That’s a good idea. It’s rare, but sometimes he will nibble on banana chips.

Not with real food, but I have saved the mcnuggets box and tried giving him other kinds of chicken nuggets. He nibbled on a couple and then made a look like “well this whole batch is messed up.”

That’s a good idea. He’s turned down all the cereals we routinely buy, but I should experiment with more of those.

Just ordered some. Thank you!

Mmmmm, I forgot about those