u/NalaandBuddy

Im.just curious if this has bothered anyone: my kids are extremely tiny for their age, between 10th and 18th percentile in weight and 25th in height (No one on either of their families has ever gotten over 5'7", so this was expected).

However, they have always fit precisely in their size range for clothes: 12 months at 1, 2t at 2, 3t at 3, etc.

Are toddler clothes really just that stretchy or do clothes run small? Its wild to think that the average size clothes are such a perfect match for my below average sized kids.

Up until now, they've been cared for by sitters. It will be their first time away from family-caregivers.

- Any advice in how to ease the transition?

- my husband and i took their first day off: should we stick around or rip off the bandaid?

- any advice on what to get before they start (preferred sleep mats, favorite lunch boxes, etc)

-Lunch ideas for picky eaters?

- do we keep them in the same classroom or separate? One is very shy and the other more outgoing. Both are very attached.

James' supposed bullying of Snape was as valid as Harry's feud with Malfoy.

1: The first time they met, Snape was proudly boasting about joining Slyrherin. At this point in Wizarding history, Slytherin was essentially a Death Eater pipeline. This may be an exaggeration, but all evidence points to this being the truth. James (likely from information he got from his parents) certainly believed so, and even briefly rejected Sirius over it (" i thought you were cool"). And considering they were living at a period of history where muggle {historical term that got my post deleted} was a current issue... Bravo to James for immediately avoiding anyone who shows any affiliation with that. Better to be over cautious.

In this moment, Snape was a mixed-blood kid who is wizard-passing, whose upbringing has caused him to resent his his non-wizarding blood (anyone notice my not-so-subtle allegory? Sorry the phrasing is cringy but... guidelines), He proudly announces that he wants to join a group that encourages that mindset, during a time when it was common for people of his hated bloodline to be {historical term that got my post deleted} by people who originated almost exclusively from the group Snape wants to join.

It's a parallel to Harry rejecting Malfoy with, " I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks."

2: The one instance of James being rude to Snape before Snape joins the pre-death eater friend group (and yes, that was what it was. Remember how Lily said, "what Mulciber did was just evil, Sev"? That was his friend group) is him calling Snape 'Snivellus' on the train. This comment he made AFTER Snape had implied James was dumb. When he, "makes a small disparaging noise, "If you'd rather be brawny than brainy..." They were both equally antagonistic within minutes of meeting.

Why do people expect James to be buddy-buddy with Snape here, yet Harry is never expected to give Malfoy the same grace?

3: Was the OWL day incident bad of James? Yes. But it's implied that it was one incident in an ongoing feud (Snape "never lost an opportunity to curse James") between the two. This line is very telling, and is often overlooked.

Again, a clear parallel to the fights between Malfoy and Harry.

Also, something that gets completely disregarded during this argument is SNAPE INVENTED.THAT SPELL. The only way James could have leaned that spell is if 1.) Snape used it on James 2.) Snape used it in FRONT of James 3.) Snape used it so often that it had become common knowledge 4.) Snape had taught it to his future death eater buddies, who did 1 or 2.

In short, we are supposed to be horrified HORRIFIED that Snape was {second term that got my post rejected} when it was done with his own {second term that got my post rejected} spell. One he had somehow made public enough that "Oh, that one had a great vogue during my time at Hogwarts. There were a few months in my fifth year when you couldn't move for being hoisted into the air by your ankle (Lupin)." Its like if Snape went around pantsing people so often that it became a school fad, then is shocked when he gets pantsed in turn.

Maybe James was a git in high school, there's not much evidence of him being more than your standard lug headed jock who was full of himself and acted cringy. However, he also had a strong moral code in a time when muggle prejudice was rampant and died while trying to end the {historical term that got my post deleted} of a group he wasn't even a part of.

Meanwhile, this was when Snape was at his morally darkest, and he would continue to be so until James' (or more importantly Lily's) death. James only knew Snape as the racist kid who was part of a violent gang, looking to join an even more violent gang. He was Malfoy-like but, unlike Harry, James didn't live long enough to see the day when his nemesis regretted his choices.