r/nycparents

Hi! Has anyone with amenorrhea seen a good rep productive endocrinologist who has good knowledge on amenorrhea in NYC?

Here are some of the restaurants that I feel like are good for kids, easy-ish and still good food. What am I missing?

-shake shack

-spunto & gruppo

-grey dog

-jg melon

-Chelsea market

-time out market

-Grimaldis

-burger joint

-Tompkins square bagels

I really want to avoid a c-section, but I found out Alexandra Cohen has a high NTSV C-Section rate and high induction rate. Anyone want to share their experience?

Hi all, just opened escrow on our home. The move is becoming real and I am suddenly spiraling about finding other SAHM or mom friends in general with toddlers around my sons age. It seems like it's all nannies out there?

Don't get me wrong, it's all grandmas and nannies on the playground out here in SD too. But maybe there's one other SAHM out there looking for a friend!

I would love to connect with sahm's all over the city for playground dates, play dates or mom dates! I'm an older mom!

Hi, I'm planning on giving birth at NYU Langone. I heard it wasn't a single room after delivery , is that true ? How was everyone's experience that delivered there ?

I am a parent of a five year old who is currently reading at the second grade level. She's advanced in a lot of ways. I don't think she's a prodigy or anything but we've just exposed her to a lot at an early age and she's been interested/curious enough to learn. We applied to all the G&T schools in hopes that she'd not be stuck learning letter sounds in kindergarten and although her teacher wrote her the recommendation, our lottery number was awful so we didn't get into any specialized programs (G&T, Dual Language). Several of her classmates are headed to G&T and aren't reading yet. We're also not high on any of the waitlists for any programs we're interested in. We went to all the open houses, did all of our homework on program options and now are stuck at a school where there is little enrichment, little differentiation and are feeling pretty dejected. Any advice from parents who are in/have been in a similar situation?

Any current or past parents willing to share your opinion on this school? It's not often discussed but it seems well reviewed online. Considering for incoming Kinder. TIA

Has anyone seen any positive waitlist movement for your soon to be kindergartener? We keep getting bumped down, and it’s feeling pretty stressful. Has anyone had positive interaction with their desired school(s)? Other parents have been expressing their nervousness regarding waitlists, and for seeing little to no movement

My son didn’t get into our zoned school he has offers from other schools in the district but they’re all over a 1.5 miles away or more. I’ve called asked about busing they said he would qualify to be added to the route but they couldn’t tell me how far the bus stop would be from our house said that’s not determined until after school starts and all the kids are enrolled. I asked if they could tell me if they already have stops near us and they said no. I’m having a hard time choosing a school for him when I cannot plan how he’s going to get to and from school and how far we’ll have to walk or what time he would need to be at a bus stop.

He’s number 8 on waitlist for our zoned school it hasn’t moved at all so I want to accept an offer that is reasonable and works for us but how do I do that without busing information??

My wife left Ukraine right after the Soviet Union fell apart, so she speaks Russian at home. When we started looking for a nanny, we specifically wanted someone who could speak Russian with our kids. That search was brutal. Agencies didn't really understand what we were looking for. Facebook groups moved too fast and the good recommendations were gone by the next day. There was no real way to filter by language or cultural background on any of the platforms we tried.

We eventually found someone, but it took months and felt way harder than it should have been.

I'm curious how other NYC parents handled this, especially families where English isn't the only language at home. Did you find someone who speaks your language? How did you actually find them? Was it word of mouth, an agency, a group chat, something else? And how important was the cultural piece beyond just language, things like food, holidays, parenting style?

Would love to hear what worked and what didn't. NYC has families speaking hundreds of languages and it feels like none of the tools out there are built for that reality.

Hey all I live in Hoboken but am planning on delivering my first baby at Lenox Hill on the upper east side. We don’t have a car. Planning on getting to the hospital in an uber and bringing the infant car seat we bought. Does anyone know if it’s feasible to bring the baby back home after in an uber as well? I’m not sure if you have to order it in a certain way that lets the driver know you need time to install the car seat or if there are certain types of drivers that don’t allow babies? If it will be a major issue we will get to get one of our parents to come and bring us home after but they all live far (1-2 hours away) so wanted to use them as a back up not our main plan if we can help it.

My husband and I are seriously considering getting a night nurse for our first baby due this fall and we’re feeling pretty confident it’s the right decision for us...but we want to make sure we’re going into it with our eyes fully open.

I’ve seen a lot of positive experiences shared, but I’m specifically curious if anyone here has had a negative experience or ended up regretting it for any reason. Not necessarily horror stories, but even just things you wish you had known beforehand, unexpected downsides, or anything that didn’t go as planned.

We don’t have many friends who’ve done it, so would appreciate any honest feedback—good or bad! TIA!

After fighting for our lives with a newborn last summer, we’ll have a one year old this year! Any one have tips of where to go, what to do, must haves (esp types of snacks / packed meals) as we’re out and about?

Thank you!

My husband and I live in the Upper East Side and have a young daughter. Now that she’s too big for the Doona, we’re seriously considering getting a car. My initial thought was to lease for a year and reevaluate if it’s worth the cost / hassle but I’ve also heard I won’t end up going back so just assume you’ll have it for awhile. We will probably move out of the city within the next 3-5 years. We did find a garage for $450/month and that seems like a decent “deal”.

Does anyone have any advice on lease vs buy and any car recommendations? I’m looking for a small / compact SUV.

My son’s first birthday is coming up and I’m trying to think of something fun we can do with him every year, specifically in Manhattan. I’m thinking something like picking a toy out at FAO Schwartz. Is there anything fun you do with your kids for you to both celebrate their big day?

Thought it would be a good idea to accept a long-term assignment because jobs become scarce around this time, with only a little over two months left of school until summer. So I accepted a vacancy position for mathematics at a middle school in the Bronx that I have subbed at before… BIG MISTAKE.

I’ve only had one problem with a mouthy student in the past, but I was able to have her removed from the classroom without a problem, so I figured it wouldn’t be an issue to sub there again—because one bad apple doesn’t usually spoil the bunch for me.

Immediately when I got there, of course they had me filling in for everyone and everything other than math. Not a problem something I’m kind of used to at this point.

However, I get to this one class, and it happens to be a phonics class. Keep in mind, we are in APRIL, so I have no idea where the children are in terms of their reading capabilities. When I asked them, of course they said they didn’t know. So I advised them to take out their laptops. Two students didn’t have laptops, so one asked if they could go to the library next door to get one. I said yes.

They returned and said a teacher told them to tell me they need to focus on phonics because it’s important. So I asked if that teacher could come show me where the students left off, or at least get me started so I could help them. I didn’t want to come off offensive by starting from the basics (Apple, A “uh”). They told the student no they weren’t coming to help me get started. So it led to the students not doing any work 🤷🏽‍♂️.

Now, to the next class… 85 degrees in a classroom? When is that okay? How do you expect kids to focus? How do you expect teachers to work in those kinds of conditions without any type of consideration or accommodations? I spoke to a teacher I was sharing the room with for 2 periods and she said this has been something they have been dealing with for the last 3 years and nothing has been done about it.

I brought it to the attention of one of the “deans” or “assistant principals” and asked if I could be switched to a different classroom during my prep period. He said he was going on lunch and would have a class for me to go to 10 minutes before my prep was over. That never happened. Ten minutes into the next class, he apologized, saying he was busy and it slipped his mind.

To end the day and really put the icing on the cake—my final period consisted of about 7–8 kids. They were all on their laptops, and one was playing music. Not a problem, because it was school-appropriate and the students were enjoying it.

However, they started screaming, and that’s when I intervened and let them know we’re not going to do that in this classroom. One student began to mock me. I reminded her to be respectful or she would be asked to leave. She let me know she is NOT the one to be played with.

So I called for admin to have her removed. She was gone for about 2–3 minutes(THANKS TO A HALL MONITOR), came back with a snack, and began talking pure CASH SHIT:

‘Nobody did shit.’

‘He didn’t do shit.’

‘He’s not gonna do shit.’

So I told the student to watch their mouth, and they said they weren’t talking to me and to mind my fucking business—‘gay ass nigga’—and then tried to charge at me 😭.

I called admin again. Once again(HALL MONITOR COMES) , they took her out for 2 minutes… and brought her BACK.

At that point, I just sat there and let her continue to say and do whatever she wanted for the last 25 minutes. Then, with only 4 minutes left in the period, the assistant principal FINALLY came to take her out. By this time, she was saying she wanted to stay because she was too busy calling me names and taunting me with the other students.

Since there were only 4 minutes left, I told the AP to just leave her. It took me saying it one time, and he left so fast he didn’t give a fuck, which is fine.

As the student was leaving, she said, ‘Bye, ugly’ 😭😂😂😂😂 and honestly, I just found it hilarious because if you know, you know 😭😭😭😭😭.

Anyways, IMMEDIATELY after school, I went straight to payroll and asked to be removed from the assignment after explaining what happened.

Now don’t get me wrong I can deal with badass kids. That’s not really my main issue. But badass kids on top of staff not having your back? TUH—PLEASE!

For there to be NO REPERCUSSIONS at all??? That school is raising criminals!

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.”

Just looking for inspiration. With an 8mo and seasonally stressful job, I don't have time for a group quite yet, but interested to look for something soon and make more friends (ideally other parents)

I like writing, embroidery, collage, painting, walks, and maybe board games (not sure, I never really invested time in them). Book clubs sound cool in theory but I am still a little burnt out from being an English major all these years later and have trouble keeping up.

Hi, our son was just accepted into Ballet Tech, the public school for grades 4-8. Our kid has little to no interest in ballet but came through a public school residency where he was invited to a 6 week program, then an audition. Anyone have experience or knowledge with what this might be like for him? It seems like a great opportunity, but also not sure it's a good fit for a fun, active boy who isn't passionate about dance.

He does like the idea of the prestige and I think he had fun in the program, so he is open to it.

Has anyone seen any positive waitlist movement for your soon to be kindergartener? We keep getting bumped down, and it’s feeling pretty stressful. Has anyone had positive interaction with their desired school(s)? Other parents have been expressing their nervousness regarding waitlists, and for seeing little to no movement