u/Kindly_Shoulder2864

I was listening to a podcast about education and reading, and they said the steps of learning to read. The second to last step was sounding out all the words in your head. The final step was not needing to sound them out in your head, but just seeing and comprehending.

Y'all. I was an excellent student all through school, graduated summa cum laude in college, and have a masters degree (both in very reading-heavy majors) - and reading has always been the slowest thing for me because I SOUND OUT EVERY. Single. Word. In. My. Head!!! I will even stumble over words I don't know how to pronounce even if I know their meaning (en-velope or on-velope...)

How did I miss the last step in learning to read? I'm in my 30s now, is it too late for me? Does it matter that I never mastered the final step? How did this get missed? And how do I make sure that my own kid doesn't get stuck on the last-but-one step of learning to read?

Anyway, not sure where to go, so I thought maybe Teachers was the right place. Thanks for reading!

If you're not into dreams, don't bother reading/commenting.

My grandmother and I were very close, I talked to her every week on the phone (we lived on opposite sides of the country), and she passed away about 3 years ago now. I still will dial her phone number (it's been disconnected) just because I wish I could talk to her. One thing that made me so sad about having a baby was that she never got to know or to meet our LO, who is named after her.

Well the other night I had a dream that my family members were all hanging out, like we would after a holiday meal or something, and my grandma was there playing with my LO, with such a big smile on her face. She was so so happy! My damn logical brain said, "wait, this isn't possible, didn't she pass before my baby was born?" to which my dream sibling said, "oh no, there was some overlap". But the spell was broken, I woke up shortly after, crying happy tears. It was the most beautiful dream, the most beautiful gift. My grandma hasn't come to me in dreams at all since she passed, which just made this one so extra special. <3

Looking for advice for camping with a little one. She'll be 6mo in May and we'd like to do some camping, and potentially even backpacking, this summer. But let's start with just a basic car-camping first. We've got a nice big tent with lots of room, but I'm uncertain how we should handle the baby? I've seen some folks mention using a "Kidco Peapod" so they have a little private tent within your tent... we have a doublewide camp pad that I could probably share with her but just feel nervous about a semi-inflatable thermarest vs. my firm mattress at home because it just seems different...

Anyway, curious what folks have for advice or ways they've made it work!