This was the first anime I ever discovered, back in my teens! I think I probably found an AMV of it on youtube and searched it out on one of those watch anime for free websites. It holds such a special place in my heart, but no one else ever seems to have heard of it! Thanks for bringing me a little moment of nostalgia, I'm so glad to see someone else who enjoyed it.
Ava
joined 2 years ago
I really liked these:
- Expecting Better and Cribsheet by Emily Oster - I believe she's an economist, and her goal is to look at modern studies to help you make decisions related to pregnancy and then your child.
- The Happy Sleeper by Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright - the ideas in this book have been around for a while (I was telling my mom about it and she said it was the same advice as when I was a baby), and I don't like all of it, but their advice about a bedtime routine was great for us from about 3m+.
- Safe Infant Sleep by James J McKenna - if you're interested in co-sleeping at all. And honestly, everyone co-sleeps at some point, so it's good to be informed about how to do it safely. You don't want to have to look this stuff up at 3am when baby is screaming because they will only sleep in your arms.
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber - I liked this one because I had a lot of anxiety about how to talk to kids. I didn't feel like my parents set good examples, and this book made me feel better about how to be emotionally available and safe for my kids.
I also liked the Instagram accounts heysleepybaby (sleep), nicolecruzrd (food habits), and solidstarts (6m+ feeding). I use the CDC Milestones app just to reassure myself that my baby isn't falling behind on anything, though my doctor asks all the important questions at our checkups too.
But most importantly, don't take anything written in a book or online as gospel (they're always very opionated/biased). Pick the parts you like and that feel right to you. Also, I skipped chapters a lot, I got tired of reading like 5 chapters trying to convince me to read the book when I was already reading it.
Lastly, just communicate as much as possible with your partner (if you have one), and be kind to yourself and to them. Babies don't need instruction manuals, and despite how much is written about them, you'll probably forget most of it. But any decisions you make should be made together, because very few strategies work if only one caregiver is committed to it.
Mostly JJK, Bleach, and Horiyama. Summer usually has a lot of other activities going on for me, so I try to keep my show list small.
Hinamatsuri is one of my all-time favs, both the anime and the manga absolutely crack me up, even when I revisit them! Haven't watched Asobi yet but I keep seeing it recommended, so it's on my list.
Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon were made with kids in mind, I think. Definitely seems like a lot of people grew up watching them.
Keep your hands off Eizouken is one of my recent favourites, and I think would be really enjoyable as a kid. Lots of imagination scenes and a really sweet story about friends.
Nichijou should also be inoffensive, just kid shenanigans. They don't always make sense, but the tone is very chill. Also Azumanga Daiou, similar vibes I think.
Paripi Koumei is a recent show about a girl trying to launch her singing career with the help of a reincarnated chinese general, I don't think it has any scary scenes but a lot of it does take place in a club, and depicts alcohol. But the story and characters are heart-warming and I enjoyed it a lot.
I've also heard very good things about Carole and Tuesday, which came out around the same time and also centres around music. But I'd recommend looking into the themes more, I don't know how serious it gets.
Hinamatsuri - I think this might be the funniest show I've ever watched. It cracked me up even on a rewatch. It does center on a Yakuza member, so there are some jokes that might appear scary, though being a comedy of course everything works out pretty quickly. It depends on her tolerance for those themes.
One I don't see recommended often is Gatchaman Crowds. I just looked up the rating and it is 13+, but I loved that show, and remember recommending it to my younger brother around your daughter's age.
I haven't met a 9-year-old in a while, so sorry if my recommendations skew a little older! Definitely the first three should be good for her, the others might need to wait a year or two depending on her tolerance and what you're okay showing her. But if she watched Little Witch Academia, none of these shows get darker than that, for sure.
No worries! Your second and third communities also have typos in the domain, by the way :)
Just uses standard markdown formatting. I gotcha:
Some friends and I just finished our first run in For The King. We made some bad choices at the end, but managed to complete it! We'll probably take a break now but go for another round soon.
Also, my family has been playing through Torchlight II together for the past couple of months. It's a little buggy, but still tons of fun in a group.
I see the option to purchase Sync Ultra already, so folk who are looking to get rid of ads asap can just subscribe.
I definitely understand why a "pro" version would be ideal for a lot of people, but I've been using Sync for so long I think I'll go the subscription route this time to support the ongoing development!