ChristineW
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:bigear: Looking for ideas as well. DD is being impossible this year. She only wants 2 things and they're already done. I have nothing to suggest to the grandparents, and her same age cousin will request crap that I don't want and won't be able to get rid of.
Christine
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Expedited shipping can mean whatever they say it means especially when the company states "approximately." Unless you paid for "UPS 2-day shipping" or next day air, I don't think you have any recourse.
Christine
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I'd need more info before I could decide. If you've never gone into labor on your own, what makes him think that you will AND that it'll be a super fast labor?
I'd ask the doc if this advice is based on anything specific or if it's standard advice. Way back in the dark ages, (see the ages of my kids) I definitely went farther than 45 minutes from the hospital in the last 4 weeks of my pregnancies. But your history may warrant more caution.
With DD2, from the time they put in the cervidil to the time she was in my arms was about 6 hours. It took less than an hour after the doctor ruptured my membranes. The girl before her came out even quicker although she was sunnyside up (13 minutes of pushing).
My cervix usually doesn't soften on its own--which is why I've needed cervadil with all three, but this time it was shorter at 29 weeks than it was at 39 weeks with the others.
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Please help me figure out who is being unreasonable here.
If your due date was Christmas Eve, would you travel 45 minutes (35 miles) for Christmas Dinner with the inlaws? especially since the nearest hospital to the inlaws is five minutes from your house in the other direction? and where it could easily take 90+ minutes to get to the hospital in traffic? And the doctor has told you not to travel more than 20 minutes away from the hospital after 36 weeks because you will probably deliver in the triage room?
Obviously, it will all be moot if the baby arrives before Christmas Eve. In Dh's defense, I've been induced in all three pregnancies at term due to complications and have never gone into labor on my own BUT. . .
Christine
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I would imagine that the pro bono legal clinic at the law school would choose a legitimate interpreter. Maybe the family's case isn't very strong.
American immigration law is very strict about who qualifies for asylum and who doesn't. As hard as it is to understand, just being from a war-torn country isn't enough to merit asylum. There has to be a special reason for the government to target that particular family for persecution. Then there are certain logistical issues--1 year deadline from arrival in US, what did they say in their visa application, etc.
I hope that you are able to work things out with the pro bono clinic. It is extremely important that the family file for asylum in a timely manner. If they fall out of lawful status and miss the deadline, it will be very difficult for them to immigrate here.
Christine
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It is maddening. With my pregnancies, I felt done at 34 weeks. I was miserable until I gave birth. I think our gestation period is much too long. :)
I hope you have an easy labor & delivery soon!
:iagree:I'm only 34 weeks and already stressed about when he's going to get here. I'm not ready for him to be out yet--the bassinet is still hidden somewhere in our garage, but I'm to the uncomfortable wake up every two hours, can't sit, can't stand stage already.
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:grouphug: So sorry.
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With my last birth, I noticed that the nurses rolled me to alternating sides each time they came in to check my stats (every 45 minutes to an hour). I never had swelling.
Christine
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:grouphug: and welcome. I'm sorry that your initial introduction was a little rough.
I can understand why you'd afterschool math. DS(7 next week) is at least 2 grade levels ahead in math and doesn't get much out of math instruction at school. He's usually completed the week's math menu by Weds. and that's with the teacher making a little harder for him to finish. However, as much as he begs for math at home, he's a bear when it actually comes time to do it. I found that math games, Dreambox, problems on IXL and working a couple of problems out of Singapore's Challenging Word Problems are much more successful than a regular curriculum.
He gets to play for a half hour when he gets home, eats a high protein snack, and then needs to pick one math activity. He then has to do his reading homework. If I give him a choice for when it gets done; it doesn't happen. Maybe in a year, he'll be magically ready to do it without me hovering and nagging, but I doubt it. Even when its fun and something he's asked to do, he won't start on his own and he flames out quickly. I have all this beautiful curriculum at home, but its really too much for him to actually do. School is exhausting.
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"Number of books in home" has repeatedly been shown to have predictive value in a child's literacy achievement over the course of his/her education. Jim Trelease mentions it to some degree in The Read-Aloud Handbook.
This is an interesting report from a couple of years ago:
Books in Home as Important as Parents' Education in Determining Children's Education Level
"Book poverty" is thing that breaks my heart; I've started volunteering with a group that works to address it in low-income schools in our area. Some numbers: "A recent study shows that while in middle-income neighborhoods the ratio of age-appropriate books per child is 13 to 1, in low-income neighborhoods the ratio is 1 for every 300 children."
So sad. I know that our local girl scout group collected books for a low SES school as part of their Bronze project. Also, Kaiser gives an age appropriate book at every wellness check.
We have four bookshelves of kids books and just under 100 books checked out from the library right now. I don't think we are unique in our area either--the local elementary school sold 15k worth of books at its book fair this year (which averages to about $42 a student).
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She's beautiful.
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Just looked up Percy in the online slang dictionary--I couldn't do that to a girl. Sorry. Love the other names of your children though.
Christine
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I like and encourage homemade play dough. I loathe the stuff you get at the store.
Christine
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DS7 is in the kid's Christmas choir this year at church. He really loves it and wants a book of Christmas Carols. Neither I nor my husband are musically inclined but we both remember beautifully illustrated children's books with carols in them. I can't seem to find anything.
We saw Tomie de Paola's Book of Christmas Carols at the library today and it would be perfect but it is apparently out of print. Any suggestions for something similar? I'd like something more comprehensive than 6-10 songs but am not looking for plain sheet music either.
Thanks,
Christine
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We've had good experiences with Kaiser. We've had no issues getting in-network referrals for OT and PT (though she didn't qualify for PT because she wasn't behind enough). I like having one number to call for any problems and I can get a hold of a nurse 24 hours a day. The hospital where I'm delivering has midwives and a very low c-section rate.
We've had Kaiser in Northern California for three years now. Kaiser was founded in Oakland, by a shipping magnate who wanted to provide low cost healthcare to his dock workers so we're at the heart of where it started. I've heard that location makes a big difference.
Christine
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Not every kid likes to trick or treat. Dad noticed the kid was tired; he'd probably had too much and his parents should have taken him home. Our three year old came home from ToT and just sat on the floor staring for several minutes. Clearly, her circuits had been overloaded, and she's my most neuro-typical kid.
On a more personal note, I have never done well with trick or treating. There are too many people, too much noise, and the weird lighting can trigger headaches. I find it overstimulating and I tend to withdraw inwards and zone out. I probably do have a mild sensory processing disorder, but I definitely do not have autism.
If you've observed him on other occasions where he doesn't interact with other kids or where his emotions are inappropriately flat, then I'd consider saying something then but not based on Halloween.
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What's this hero business. It's Christmas. If someone has the money for it and wants to buy it say "thank you for your generosity."
I am missing the problem.
I'm hormonal, and worried about ruining Christmas by being in the hospital Christmas morning. It's stupid and paranoid, but I want to control what I can. Fundamentally, I know that Christmas will be great for the kids no matter what happens (they are 3, 5, and soon to be 7), but stressing out about a doll is easier than stressing about missing the Christmas play or worrying about DH forgetting to put out the stockings Christmas morning. Gut check says the baby is more likely to come on NYE, but the estimated due date scares me.
FIL will be over for dinner next week; I'll ask him to get her the AG doll for Christmas, some robot thing for the boy and I have no idea what for the three year old. If he doesn't want to get the doll then I still have a week of free shipping to order Kit. If he does then I can wait until cyber monday to find some cool accessories and DD can spend her birthday money on another doll or doll clothes when we eventually make it to Los Angeles this winter.
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I think I'm missing part of the story, what does traveling in January have to do with it? I can understand wanting to be the one who gives a child their most-treasured gift. However, unless this is consistenly a problem where Grandpa is always the one who gives the "good" gift and you never get to, I would just let him do it this year.
We'd be near an American girls store if we visited LA in January--which we've done every year since we moved north. Dd could pick out her doll in the store and I could get the 3 year old a bitty twin single doll (that I'd hide for her birthday). DH starts missing west LA weather at the end of the year--he also has significantly less work in January than any other month so we generally visit a theme park for an extended weekend. Without the baby coming, we'd have spent two days in LA and two at Legoland.
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If you *AKA Santa* don't want to buy her Kit and you don't want Grandpa to buy Kit...then it seems like no one is allowed to buy her Kit? Every little girl should have an AG doll (or equivalent) IMO...let her get the doll from Grandpa. My grandparents gave me my Molly doll back in 1986 and they are gone now, but I still remember that amazing Christmas.
No. The problem is that DH thinks that Kit is too much for us to buy but doesn't mind grandpa being the hero. We budget about 150 for Christmas per kid so we can afford to give DD Kit especially since she only wants a few books for Christmas otherwise. Santa typically gets the kids 1 present that they really like, but its never ever been a large percentage much less 2/3 of the budget. I think Santa should go big this year, especially since mommy and daddy are giving the kids a new brother for Christmas--due date is 12/24. DH isn't on board yet.
We definitely don't trust MIL with the big present b/c she can't keep track of what goes with each grandkid after she's bought it. The doll is slightly over grandpa's budget so he might balk. He might buy a doll he thinks is better. He's almost as unpredictable as his ex-wife when it comes to gifts. DD could buy it herself with cash from grandpa and some of her allowance. We could also save it for her birthday and give it ourselves--we budget about the same amount as grandpa for birthday.
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Looking for some advice here. DD really wants Kit. She thinks Santa is going to bring it to her even though we've told her that Santa doesn't spend that much on presents.
I'm not opposed to Santa bringing Kit, its just that Santa didn't bring a DS for our son last year and he opted not to spend his birthday money on a refurbished one. I really think that this might be our last year of Santa. DS is turning 7 in a few weeks and is already suspicious. Santa could bring him the big lego train he wants, and the three year old is getting a Snow White doll and picnic set so she wouldn't know the difference [the box is huge and she wants Santa to bring her a princess.]
DD turns 6 about a month after Christmas. Grandpa gives the kid either $100 in presents or a $100 dollar bill. We originally were going to have her buy Kit with her birthday money (we'd cover tax and shipping), but now DH thinks grandpa should just get it for her. I disagree. If someone is going to give Kit to our DD, I want it to be us.
DH has discussed going to LA and San Diego in January--which would solve everything. Except there is no way we're going to drive 5-7 hours with a 1 month old.
What would you do?
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A few cars when we were trick or treating, but none of the hopping from house to car to house. We trick or treat in a flat subdivision though; it would be silly to hop in the car for the ten feet to the next home. Two years ago, we rented a house in a popular ToT neighborhood and the police blocked off the road for three blocks from 6-9 PM. That was a ton of fun.
Christine
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Speaking of k-cups, I saw somewhere that you can buy refillable k-cups. What on earth is the point of that? If you're to the point of buying refillable k-cups, just get yourself a regular coffee maker.
Sometimes you only want one cup. My sister loves her Keurig but she's devoted to a local coffee shop that roasts its own blends. The disposable k-cup allows her to make her favorite coffee whenever she wants and it is super fast. Regular coffee makers don't do as good a job with single servings (say my coffee-drinking family members--I wouldn't know).
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I love her books. I never really got into the blog, but its all so sad.
Christine
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Another vote for Stella.
I think it would be cruel to name a girl "Ever" because of the endless jokes that would go with the name, e.g., "Are you Ever going to do ..."
:iagree:I also like Zoey.
Christine
Culpability - how should blame/cost be shared in this situation?
in General Education Discussion Board
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Boyfriend pays nothing. Parents volunteer to pay boyfriends medical bills--very likely that health insurance will ask what happened and come after their home insurance. DD20 and parents share the loss.
Christine