My DD7 was in a hip spica cast for 6 months when she was 6 months old. A lovely lady at the playgroup we attended went to the trouble of taking apart a pair of loose long pants - a couple of sizes bigger - and putting snaps in them so dd could wear pants instead of dresses all the time. It meant so much to me that she went to the trouble to do this. Definately taking apart leg/crotch seam of shorts or pants and putting in snaps is the way to go. You do need to make sure that the legs are wide enough to fit around cast. Hope things go well for your friend and her son.

I'm not sure of the proper definition of a natural speller. My dds age 11 and 7 seem to know how to spell most things without being taught by a spelling program. We do SWO which is a workbook which can be done mostly independently. Both girls get almost all words correct without studying them, although they do the exercises which expose them to the words. I, personally, think they know how to spell because they read so much and see so many words again and again. I don't know if this is what is called a natural speller, but fits my definition of it. Both girls are using SWO levels several years above their age grade.

DD11 started school in England, age 4, and learned to read then. I always remember her teacher saying, "By all means teach them letter names but teach them the sounds first, very important." This has worked very well for both our girls. We used Jolly Phonics as well to teach DD7 at home when she was 5. Both DDs are reading 5+ years above grade level so I personally would recomend this method. We were determined to teach reading via phonics for our youngest so made sure she learned before starting Kindergarten at school. Then we decided to homeschool so in the end it didn't matter. We just did not want her to learn the 'whole language' way taught around here. Several of DD11's former classmates are really struggling with reading now having been taught the 'whole language' way.

Ibuproden and tylenol can both be used, and in fact work even better together than each on it's own. They're completely different meds so can both be taken without ill effects.

Just wanted to add that my doctor once told me that studies had shown that having a scheduled time off to yourself, that happened reliably every week, was one of the best things you can do for mental 'good health'.

I'm so sorry this has happened to you.

She really made me laugh. I promise I didn't teach her that. :001_smile:

DD 11 had this sentence for grammar this morning 'Every intelligent American citizen should certainly vote.' Her immediate response - 'The problem is how to get the unintelligent ones not to vote!'

Thanks!

Thank You !

Wonderful!! Will continue to pray for more wonderfulness!

Maybe it's just me having a grumpy day, but why get on this thread and say this. It struck me as slightly unpleasant to the OP. Maybe other people boycotting is immaterial to the OP too.:)

He is risen, indeed!

We really like rice. We don't use a rice cooker but just cook it on the stove I've had good luck cooking it by adding double the amount of cold water to rice - ie. 1 cup of rice with 2 cups of water - bringing it to the boil and then switching it down really low, covered, for 10 minutes or so - until it seems most of the water is gone. I then switch it off , leave it covered and let it continue steaming until ready to eat. The trick is to not take the lid off at all if poss. This is white rice, brown takes longer to cook. Haven't perfected the brown technique yet but would love to hear from anyone who has! Some people we knew used to boil up the rice first thing in the morning (just bring to the boil and then switch off), cover the pan up in a thick quilt, and it would be ready to eat at lunch.

My dd10 has trouble sleeping sometimes. She is often awake for quite a while after she goes to bed. Usually this is because she starts pretending/imagining and then feels wakeful. She finds it hard to get up in the morning a lot of the time. Once, when she was sick, my mom let her drink almost a bottle of mountain dew (small bottle) not realising how much caffine there was in it. She did not get to sleep until near morning, we didn't either. :lol: Needless to say mountain dew has been on the banned list since.

In Britain we do say 'scoff down your food' to mean what Americans say 'scarf'.

Just wanted to add my experience. We tried D-mannose with our daughter and unfortunately it did not help. She has always had e-coli uti's and we were really hoping this was going to be a good alternative to antibiotics. Of course she is a child, age 6 and does have reflux. So it could be entirely different with an adult. However the urologist did say that the reflux is not what causes her utis - just makes it more dangerous for her kidneys. Also, was wondering if they actually cultured your urine and confirmed a UTI. There are other things that can cause blood in urine, and other symptoms, like kidney stones etc. Hope you feel better soon.

Praying for Caitlin and her family.

I've read through this thread and also went and looked at Mr Ham's fb site and the comments on the FB site are, by and large, really quite horrible.

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I read the blog post and thought there were a lot of good points made. But one thing that came to mind, when reading about Sonlight getting banned from the Christian Convention, is that now the same thing has happened to Ken Ham on the so called other side. I'm not so sure that banning anyone is a good idea. I definately don't think he should have said what he said, but don't think banning seems to great an idea either. He should be made to play nice or choose not to play. Maybe there was no way of making someone play nice, I don't know.

I know what you mean :)

Thanks for the help. I think I've managed to do it

I just asked about this on the 'How To' forum but don't know if many look at it so thought I'd try here too. I can't figure out how to find the 'Deal Thread URL' to include in the feedback. I've done it before but just can't remember - old age setting in I guess. Thanks for helping, Trenna

I can't remember how to find the 'Deal Thread URL' that is needed to leave feedback. I've done it before, but quite a while ago, and I just can't remember. Can someone help me with this, please? Thanks, Trenna ETA - I've managed to figure it out!!