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My almost-5 year old still says some words incorrectly. I don't even correct her, because it's so cute, and they are quickly being replaced by the correct pronounciations. She figures it out without me even correcting her.
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I would never think it is your fault. I'm sure the doctors and nurses have dealt with plenty worse than you... they deal with pregnant women 24-7!! :D
I was in the hospital for a week before they even induced me, so you can be sure I was grouchy. And terrified! My best friend STILL makes fun of me for it because when the doctor came in my room and told me I'd be moving over to the labor and delivery room I calmly asked him a few questions and as soon as he left the room started freaking out.
Then they moved me over and did the cervadil, started the pitocin the next morning. I contracted all day with no progress. Contractions all day the second day, no progress. Around 4:30, DD started doing badly and my blood pressure was skyrocketing so they rushed me into the operating room. But not before I cried to the nurse and BEGGED her to put in the cathader in the OR after I was numb. Then when they were doing the spinal I was crying hysterically on the shoulder of the nurse because I was terrified of the needle and kept telling them my baby wasn't supposed to be born for another 6 weeks and I WAS NOT READY!!
:D I was a nut ball. So don't feel at all bad about how you were acting.
(FTR, I didn't see DD for 16 hours, because she was rushed right to the NICU and then I reacted badly to the spinal.)
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Regarding the other things being discussed here.....
The reality is, if you have a hospital birth chances are that you WILL compromise and things will not go 100% the way you envision. If you want to call the shots and have complete freedom, a woman should give birth at home. No, home birth isn't for everyone but everyone who is having a hospital birth needs to be aware that 95% of the time, what you envision is not what happens.
Yes, some things you can negotiate. Some of those are easy. Some of them are hard, especially in the throws of labor. A woman does NOT need to fight for what she wants while she is doing the work of labor. This is where a doula can be a great addition to the team. She is not going to make decisions for the client but will help talk her (and anyone else present who is supporting her) through them.
All this. Tell her to remember to be flexible. I was so sure of what I wanted that I just expected everything to go as I had it planned.
Needless to say, NOTHING went as planned. All the things I had put in my birth plan went out the window and ended in me being rushed in for an emergency c-section 6 weeks early. The lesson for me.... Having a plan is nice, but don't expect it to be the end all, be all! :D
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If she's planning on a hospital birth, I'd just have her ask what is non-negotiable for that hospital. Once she knows which rules HAVE to be followed, she can build a reasonable plan around that.
(For example, does she want it photographed? Does the hospital allow photography during the delivery? Can she bring things like a labor ball? Will she HAVE to be hooked up the IV/monitering systems, or can she walk around? Can she bring snacks, or are the going to tell her she can't eat? How many people can be in the room?)
After the baby is born, will the baby be able to stay in the room with her? Will she be breastfeeding, and if so, what does she need to do to make sure the baby isn't given a bottle/pacifier in the hospital? Does she want the baby delivered and laid right on her chest, and will they do that?
In the case of a c-section, what is the procedure? Can photos be taken during that? Will the baby remain in the same operating theater while the doctor closes her up?
What level NICU does the hospital she'll be delivering at have? (I know, not something anyone wants to ask about, but I'm glad I knew. I had a choice of delivering at two hospitals, and chose the one with the higher level NICU. If I had delivered at the other hospital, DD would have been transferred an hour away from me.)
Regarding the pregnancy, how often will the midwife want to see her? If there are specific health concerns in your family, how will the midwife handle that/are there any screenings to be done?
hm. Tell her not to be too nervous, and enjoy the visit! :D Even if she doesn't remember to ask everything now, she has plenty of time!
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I liked it too. It didn't lead to an hour long study, but DD wanted to know what those were, so she got an introduction to Roman numerals because of it! :D
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I'm not sure. We are going to the library next Tuesday, and it depends on which of my requested books have come in! :D
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Has she checked out Old Navy? They have many different styles of jeans, and offer them in 3 different lengths.
I've been wearing Old Navy jeans for years, through many different weight changes, and can always find what I need there.
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I just wanted to thank everyone who responded. I definitely plan on getting the book that a number of you suggested.
I am currently visiting family in the DC metro area where there are many different religions practicing (as opposed to where I live on the Eastern Shore which is overwhelmingly Christian). I am looking forward to the next couple of weeks! :D
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:iagree: Then maybe, just maybe people wouldn't mutter "terrorist" under their breath when they walked past me :001_huh:. Masjids/mosques are very welcoming to observers from other faiths :001_smile:.
This kind of stuff appalls me. :grouphug: I'm sorry this has happened to you.
And maybe because I grew up in a family which is pretty unaccepting, but I am determined that MY child will NOT even think comments like that. And hopefully she will encourage others to become more tolerant in their thinking.
(FTR: When I say my family is unaccepting, they would never make a comment where someone would overhear it, but in the privacy of their own home, they often say things that disgust me.)
And... really? Wow. For some reason I was thinking that mosques were for Muslims only. Good news. Now I just need to find one to visit while I'm visiting family in the DC area... I don't think there is a mosque anywhere near where I live!
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Honey, this is the time to go to Reconciliation, rather than looking for the answers outside of the Church.
Thank you but... I don't think this is something that can be reconciled.
As much as I'd love to go back to Mass...
I'm not necessarily looking for any answers, just looking to learn about other cultures. I've found all the answers I need, in the Catholic Church, but due to one issue, I found myself unable to keep attending. And, I *love* the Catholic Church, don't feel home anywhere else. I don't think I'll ever find another Church to go to regularly.
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I've always wanted to learn how to knit/crochet/sew.
Never have time though. Maybe one of these... years.... :tongue_smilie:
(and curious... at what age have you talented women passed this skill on to your children? Maybe DD and I can learn together in a couple years... except she'll probably just put me to shame and excel while I get caught in knots of yarn.. :D)
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Well. I am hopeful... because quite frankly, 2011 has to be better than 2010. It was a rough, rough year for me and my extended family. Things seem to be improving so...
Besides, I have decided it will be better. Half the battle is dealing with the way I approach the situations, so even if things don't change, I'm going to have a better attitude about it.
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wow. So talented!
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Hm. That error message sounds like a problem with your computer.
I know that if I access the journals (including EBSCO) through my school site, it will either allow me to load it, or tell me I don't have access to the whole article. I've never seen the message you are getting. Do you have access to another computer to try?
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I guess I should first say that I am a lapsed Catholic. I loved my Church, but in the last year or so have been dealing with some personal issues regarding Church doctrine and haven't been to Church since last Easter.
With that said, my entire life I have been very interested in other religions. I love learning about the beliefs of others, the meaning of traditions, etc. I've read extensively on various religions, including portions of Holy books.
I'd really love to visit houses of worship other than Catholic Churches. But... I'm afraid? Most importantly, I don't want to offend anyone. Do most religions accept visitors? I know we often had visitors at my Church, but they were mostly either Catholics from other areas, or came with friends/family.
For example... would it be okay to visit a Jewish Synagogue? If the answer is yes, what should I know? (Regarding dress, behavior, what the service requires.) I can't get the vision of a visitor to my church who came in shorts and a t-shirt, and then had her family trying to explain in the middle of communion that she couldn't go up.
(The question applies to more than just Synagogues, including other Christian denominations.)
( I also want to add. This isn't me trying to be a gawker, but I do feel that the more you know about your neighbor, the easier it is to understand them. If more people in the world took time to understand our neighbors, we could reduce a lot of fear and stereotyping.)
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Nothing, I don't carry a purse! :D
But if you were to look in my bookbag that I carry almost daily, in addition to my own schoolbooks you'd find an ipod loaded with educational children's activities/videos, whatever curriculum I planned on working with while on break in between classes, the binder I keep all my homeschooling stuff in, pictures of DD, wipes, library cards, often a few printed mazes/dot to dots to keep DD busy while waiting. If it is a day I don't have school, the book bag is usually packed with books, just in case we find a spare moment to do something.
OH! And the all-important planner, packed with all sorts of information about where we need to be, when we need to be there, what we need to have each day...
The car is where all the good stuff is. 5-10 books for me in the front passenger seat (homeschooling/parenting books, nonfiction and fiction stuff), usually 10-15 books for DD in the backseat beside her car seat, the crate full of misc. doo-dads (toys, small puzzles, workbooks..), usually wrappers/trash from the snack we ate that day on the road, by the afternoons an empty water jug. In the trunk you'll find a couple soccer balls, a change of clothes for both DD and I, a pair of pajamas for both DD and I (we often stay the night at a friend's house at the last moment! :D), extra chargers for the phone/ipod/DS/computers.
We could live out of my car. It's always been a source of jokes among my friends and family, even before I had DD, I carried all my important stuff with me.
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DD is constantly surprising me. Her big thing is recognizing words I spell. (You know how it is... you don't want them to know what you are saying and you spell it... :tongue_smilie:) Words like game store, beach, dinner, snack, etc. Words that she can't read when they are on a page, but somehow knows what they are when I spell them out loud.
We have recently spent some time on learning to count by 2s, but haven't really stressed it too much.
Tonight, DD suddenly starts counting by 10s! She did it perfectly from 10-100, and I have absolutely no idea where she learned it from. Crazy girl.
How do your children surprise you??
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hm. I'm torn on this. I definitely am a believer in the whole, every moment leads to a certain path, and if a different decision was made at any instant in time, things could be very different.
However... at some point, one can no longer look back on the past/their childhood, and should take responsibility for themselves in the present. And I'm saying this as someone who lived with drug/alcohol addiction prominent in my family and struggled with it myself, so I do understand what it's like.
(With that said, I can look back at a single moment and see where my relationship with my mother changed forever. There was something I revealed to her, she was unsupportive, and from that moment on I felt... well. Many things, none good.)
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Thanks for this. I haven't yet introduced money counting yet, but DD often gets frustrated halfway through math drills and doesn't want to finish. This will help her stay motivated, and have the added joy of teaching her to count money!
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Nothing set in stone yet but...
-Almost certainly West Virginia to visit family in March
-Sometime in the spring a 3-4 day weekend to go camping with friends.
-June-July, a 5 week trip to Brazil for me. This is only if I win the scholarship, but i'm staying optimistic. I'll be taking Portuguese classes plus living with a homestay family.
-In August we will probably go back to WVa, this time to our cabin in the mountains.
-My best friend and I have been talking about going to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC this year, but we'll see.
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DD is only 4, and for the most part is generally cautious.
But... she is bound and determined to play football. Soccer, dance and gymnastics are enough for me!! I don't know what I'm gonna do when she's old enough to play football. All those head and neck injuries... :glare:
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I am typically one to be completely supportive but....
I think this may be a little crazy. I'm a full time student at a 4 year university, homeschooling just one, and I'm stretched very, very thin. Sleep is an extremely precious commodity for me, one I don't get nearly enough of.
I can't imagine trying to take on the education of 4 other people in addition to my own. It just seems like a lot.
and, FWIW, I am planning to go on to graduate school and get my PhD, so I also plan on doing a demanding program. But, it is just DD and I, and we live in a very small apartment. So my responsibilities outside of our education are limited, very little to clean, very little to take care of. And I've also already started to make DD responsible for her own schooling, and will continue to do so as appropriate. I see you have one that is still a baby... in another 4-5 years that child will just be starting school, and not able to do anything indepedently.
(BUT.... if you really, truly feel called to do this, feel like your life won't be complete without it, and you have a strong support system in place.... don't listen to anything I've said. Listen to this instead:: You can do it! It will be tough, and will require some tight scheduling, but... it *can* be done. Good luck!!)
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Her Unicorn pillow pet that she has been wanting for... ever. She's been carrying it around, sleeping with it...
Other than that, she's been rotating pretty well among her other toys. Everything has been played with, and I don't think anything is less well-loved than anything else.
(Well, the only things that haven't been played with yet are the dollhouse furniture sets, but we're out of town with family and the dollhouse is back home!)
Article about choosing "fetal reduction" for twins
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This. I can't even say anything further. Just this.