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  1. That’s wild and scary. So glad you’re okay and hope you all have a calm, uneventful night. Any idea what was in it that you reacted to?
  2. You can use them to finger feed as well, if baby is willing to suck on your finger. It’s a bit of a pain to use full time due to cleaning all those little tubes, but invaluable when you need it. And for occasional feeds like you’re looking for, could be a good option if nothing else works.
  3. It seems the newer preps are a little easier. I was allowed a light breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast before noon the previous day (so less than 24 hrs before procedure). Then clear liquids. I agree with the others I wouldn’t risk something like salad though.
  4. Sesame might be another to avoid until testing.
  5. Sometimes fomotadine (Pepcid) is very helpful with this symptom. Unless it’s contraindicated for her, it’s an easy one to try and usually works quickly if it’s going to.
  6. What makes this all the more challenging currently is that common symptoms of perimenopause brain are super similar to common post Covid brain effects. So it’s hard to know what’s what or if the two things are actually compounding each other.
  7. I had that with my first, but never even tried pumping with my next couple. I didn’t have it with my last. It gives a soapy taste. I would suggest baby’s mom taste it to see. You can scald the milk before storing and it won’t happen.
  8. I like Math Mammoth for its streamlined nature. One book. Same general teaching methods as Singapore, without the parts. It’s not as pretty though, for sure.
  9. Eta: Never mind. It doesn’t really matter
  10. I just don’t get this thinking at all. What entitles you or anyone else to personal health information that has exactly zero bearing on you? And you do know that the conspiracy theories about face swaps from Vogue are just that—conspiracy theories, right? That theory makes very little sense based on the photo released and killed anyway.
  11. The public is responsible for their actions as well. There’s no reason the public has to demand to know someone’s intimate health details and hound someone relentlessly about whether the shape of their face has changed or they have put on weight or anything else of that nature. That’s on the media and the public who clicks on it and follows it and speaks as if it’s their right to know these things that have zero impact on their own lives.
  12. It’s so disgusting. I mean, what would one expect from the New York post, but this is low, even for them. Just disgusting when people are suffering like this. More personal stories on Long Covid Moonshot
  13. I think people are being awful about this.
  14. Agree with you on all of that. We’ve long known post viral illness is a thing, though this particular Australian study is the only one that I’ve seen that has indicated a similar rate after Covid as after the flu. As one of the researchers states in the article, it may be specific to Australia, where almost everyone had been vaccinated by the time they got Covid. Since it does appear that vaccination reduces the risk of long Covid (though unfortunately not nearly enough), I can certainly see that making a difference there versus the other places where studies have shown the post viral illness rate being significantly higher post Covid. Related and also in The Guardian today: ‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms This article also mentions what Kbutton does above about the even longer-term effects that we don’t even know about yet such as seen post polio, post 1918 flu, and with a number of other viruses.
  15. One of my kids is the only person who masks at work and clearly their coworkers find it strange, but also, my kid is the one filling in on all the shifts for everyone who keeps being sick from coworkers coming to work sick and spreading it to everyone else. I wonder if any of them have even made the connection that dc is the only one of them that hasn’t been sick.
  16. I think this is why almost no one thinks they have any conditions that put them at higher risk from illnesses, when a huge number do.
  17. Yes. People have lost their minds (which, I mean, Covid is known to do that, so....)
  18. I know nothing about all these conspiracy theory things, but I continue to be puzzled why such an enormous deal is being made about the photoshopping itself. There were minor mistakes, but they take blowing the picture up to see and weren't noticed until people started scrutinizing the picture due to the aforementioned conspiracy theories. These kinds of errors get made when editing all the time. I realize she's part of the royal family and blah blah blah so she's not supposed to make the same kind of mistakes other people do, but I just don't see the photo itself as any kind of evidence of anything at all. I feel badly she had to come out and apologize for her poor edit. From ABC News today: Kate Middleton photo controversy: New details show when the photo was edited
  19. Have you looked at Oakmeadow Biology? I don’t think it hits every one of your points, like I don’t know if there are any videos, but I know it has a choice of assignments.
  20. It's interesting to me how people are simultaneously very, very concerned about the rare side effects from the vaccines (to the point of refusing them and speaking out about how dangerous they are), while also not at all concerned about serious side effects of covid "because they don't know anyone who had any." It tends to go hand and hand with the logic that it's apparently simultaneously "just a cold" and also "a genetically engineered bio-weapon unleashed on the US by a foreign adversary". Makes no sense.
  21. Wow, that is amazing. Good thinking on your dd’s part. And immense effort on the part of the RN giving chest compressions for half an hour (do planes not always have an AED?).
  22. Wow. Not being on social media seems to have left me behind on the tradwife thing. This thread is the first time I’ve heard the term 😳. (Are these the women the #sadbeigechildren usually belong to?)
  23. I thought it was the money, but according to this, it’s not. It’s just a lack of making the regulations that require it: ”But none of these efforts has yet coalesced into anything like a rigorous national plan. For once, money does not appear to be the barrier. The American Rescue Plan allotted $350 billion to state and local governments for Covid-related expenses, including measures to improve air quality. Schools can tap another $200 billion from various programs instituted during the pandemic. For private businesses, even an investment of just $40 per employee could save about $7,000 per person per year, according to Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. But widespread change is unlikely unless a federal agency or official is tasked with establishing and enforcing standards, many scientists believe. “The problem is there’s no regulatory authority to make this happen on the federal level,” said David Michaels, who led the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under President Barack Obama.” Why We’re Still Breathing Dirty Indoor Air
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