https://www.amazon.com/Arm-Hammer-Simply-Saline-Drug-Free/dp/B0D6S128DN/ref=dp_coos_d_sccl_2/130-9066074-7203624?pd_rd_w=B6FzI&content-id=amzn1.sym.a3ccb98c-0b12-4444-ae2b-e5525651e4d4&pf_rd_p=a3ccb98c-0b12-4444-ae2b-e5525651e4d4&pf_rd_r=2ZF9ABTEEP1ESNYZJNYX&pd_rd_wg=NS2A1&pd_rd_r=d48d137e-f23a-468b-9f66-9f089cf8dd30&pd_rd_i=B0D6S128DN&psc=1 I have this on subscribe and save. My MIL uses it year round, my son and I use it during the winter.

Have you tried a saline mist spray before bed? This has been helping me while looking for the right humidifier for the bedroom. I still wake up dry in the morning, but not as bad as I had been, and the bloody noses are less bloody. I keep one on my nightstand and use it if I wake up, too.

I have this light for SAD: https://www.amazon.com/New-Verilux®-HappyLight®-Lumi-Plus/dp/B08BCLLYN5?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1 It seems to do the trick for me. It also helps me to keep my sleep schedule. I tend to drift later with falling asleep and waking up, but I use the light as soon as I get up while having my morning coffee or tea. I now get up at the same time every morning without the alarm, even if I go to bed later than usual.

We have a basic Levoit humidifier in a small bedroom, and it's the easiest to clean of all the ones I've had. I also have their air purifiers. I am happy with this brand in general. I plan on getting a larger one soon. I purchased a Pelonis evaporative humidifier, and it literally stinks after a few days of running. I've cleaned it, cleaned the filter, smells bad as soon as I plug it in.

Mine went away, but not on it's own. I needed to buy better shoes, a brace for at night. various stretches 3 - 4 times a day and Tylenol. It took about 5 months.

I honestly wouldn't worry about it, but this is part of the reason we won't use Uber Eats or Grub Hub. Personally, when we order food we are on the lookout for it just because of situations like this. I follow the map on my phone and know when a delivery driver is pulling up. I can usually tell if they are at the wrong house (usually across the street) and will go out and ask them if they are delivering to our address. I've since put up a much larger house number in our window with the street name on it, as we're on a corner. It hasn't happened since I did that.

I believe it was stainless steel on the inside. It's been a while since I looked at them - I should see what's out there. Glass should be fine, or ceramic, as long as they don't shatter easily.

I've tried. My mother-in-law is convinced the water tastes different from an electric kettle lol.

I read somewhere that one of the symptoms can be the inability to walk and talk. I've noticed this in MIL and the gentleman living with us. (I think MIL is related to a few head injuries she has suffered.) He definitely has early stage dementia from what I'm reading. We haven't had any formal evaluations yet. We will show him how to do something, like put his tv headphones in the charger. He will be good for a few weeks and then he suddenly forgets which way they go in. He cannot relay a news story with precise words at all. It all falls into wide generalizations that barely make sense, yet he is constantly compelled to tell us all the news every day. It's painful to listen to! He constantly repeats things he tells us. It can drive us a bit crazy lol. He also says hi every time we see him. There's 4 other people in the house. He says hi a lot!! The clock face mentioned above, he couldn't do that pre-covid. It took us 10 minutes to explain what he was meant to draw. Everything in the past happened a year or two ago, even if it was 10 years ago. Thankfully he is able to function physically so far. I bought a REALLY LOUD tea kettle, as one of his 'jobs' is making my MIL her tea whenever she wants any. He will forget he put the tea kettle on occasionally. I will probably stop access to the stove in a few months. I will NOT be making tea for my MIL, she will have to start doing it herself! 😁

I'm completely ignorant of the original content of this thread and any backstory, but my ASD son struggled with constipation. What ended up working well for him was watermelon. It became one of his safe foods, which means he would eat a lot of it, and that ended up breaking the cycle of chronic constipation where the medications were not really helping. We also have a toilet paper/toilet clogging issue, and I've just had to work on him with flushing constantly. He may flush 4 times for each use. I've learned to be ok with that. Thankfully he has learned how to use the plunger. (I do have to clean up a bit at times.) It took so long to get him to use the bathroom independently that I'm just thankful he can do it on his own even if he uses way too much tp and water. I'm not sure what nutrition issues you are dealing with, but my son had a very limited diet for years, and had a sensory crisis that led to him eating only pudding for a while. I had a liquid multivitamin that I would put in some juice. Nowadays he eats almost normally, but it took a lot to get him to that point, including an SLP specializing in feeding issues and an anti-psychotic med along with Prozac.

I have different amounts I spend, so my son could be anywhere from $300 - 1200, my mother-in-law about $200 - 500, nieces and nephews on my husband's side $100-150. The higher amounts are when we have a good year with our business. We usually do a gift exchange in my family in the $50 range and nieces and nephews are old enough now to join in. My sister and I stopped exchanging gifts between us and our kids to save money - that used to be $100 for each of them, and while it was fun to get them nice gifts I'm happy to save the money. I sometimes get my niece (her daughter) something small if it looks like something she'd love, but not over $20.

I've been drooling over this one, but it's sold out. https://litjoycrate.com/products/mini-book-ornament-advent?srsltid=AfmBOooznWRexJkY2Q8CInJu2TTXCdD4yXMyKfqTJABqFCSI6-zrWECx

When my mother died, we forgot to inform some on my father's side. (He predeceased her.) They were offended.

My MIL pre-arranged everything with the funeral home, including the coffin she wants, how many viewings, etc.. The only thing she couldn't do was pre-pay it, but she would have if she could. I believe some states allow it to be paid in advance.

I'm going to add another to this: go to rehab after surgery. We just found out MIL needs bypass surgery. This alone is upsetting and triggering for me, as my father had a very bad outcome to his bypass surgery. This was years ago, but it's all fresh in my mind now and I am fearful of her having this surgery. She is flat out refusing to go to rehab after the surgery and I'm very stressed about it. She keeps bringing up how her brother didn't have rehab after his, but his was over 20 years ago, and she is in her eighties! The irony of this situation is that when I'm doing house work she's always telling me not to overdo it (I have MS) but she is completely ok with this, knowing that I will have to handle probably 60% of helping her, will have to sleep on a recliner for at least a week to be on the same floor as her, and who knows what else. She wore me out after her knee surgery, and she only needed about 3 days of help. We're hoping the surgeon will talk some sense into her.