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    How do you afford to homeschool??!!!

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    In my state, if you opt to homeschool you are given a check from the state for $2000 annually per child you homeschool and are allowed a tax deduction of $4000 dollars since you are not using the public schools....

     

     

    (ok....so the above isn't at all true....but it sounded REALLY good, eh?).

     

    Seriously......I teach a night class at a local college and use this money for homeschooling stuff.

    Should we "shettle" for a girl or boy this time?

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    Before we found out the gender of our twins, I swore one was a boy and the other was a girl (based on heart rate). When we found out they were both girls my mother said "It's easier that they are the same gender. That way you don't have to drive one to soccer and one to ballet." Well, they are both girls and I am still driving two different places, instead of soccer I drive to the barn for riding.

     

    Like a previous poster mentioned, in the end it all boils down to the individual personality of the child.

     

    I personally would not try for a particular gender if I were the OP. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Just have fun and see what happens!

     

    Well......I would agree to have fun and see what happens, but the issue with that is that by NOT specifically aiming for a girl, we would TEND to have a boy. Girls (per Shettles) are harder to conceive. We had s_x four days before my egg and still had a boy, so the odds are seemingly stacked in the boy camp. My husband is one of four boys and all of his siblings (except one who isn't married/has no kids) have boys (my son has 7 boy first cousins on paternal side). So, odds are MALE in our case, especially given my fertility signs and my hubby's health status (per Shettles). So.....if I want to go for a girl, I will have to try hard and have s_x 5 days pre-egg. That's why I asked the question also ----- if I just have fun and go with it, I feel that by default that in and of itself is shettling for a boy.

     

    As for having a girl to do girly things with, I'm concerned I'm too boyish myself to be a good girl mom. I have ZERO sense of style, I wear no make-up, I don't decorate, I loathe shopping, I shave my legs once a week to not hurt my hubby.....I just fear being a bad girly mom and her showing up to functions and being as unstylish as her mom and taking heat for it. But at the same time, I love the relationship I have with my own mom and sisters and long for that type of comraderie. Also, I feel that given the age gap, a girl will be more mature, my son (being male) slower to mature and that they'll meet in the middle more with things in common. Then I wonder given the opposite genders if they'll have nothing in common as he won't care a lick about playing dolls, etc. But....around here she'll have to be a country girl, so they can do those things together. Then I think with a boy, that he'll get into the habit and babying him and bossing him and that the younger will grow up to be a henpecked, indecisive kid.

     

    But, when I try to imagine a 10 year old boy playing with a 5 year old boy....I just can't envision it either (I never had a brother; I'm one of three girls). Thus my asking for your "visions" of how the combos may look.

     

    A few of you asked what my son was like....so I'll try to answer:

    My son is a social kid. Loves talking to kids of all ages and perfect strangers. We'll be in Walmart and he'll initiate conversations with adults we pass, "Hi. My name is ___; how are you?" He's very sensitive. Very cautious. Not a juggernaut kid. Type A. Tends towards perfectionism/detail-oriented. Likes science projects. Jovial. Cuddly. Hates being/playing alone. Loves being outside. Is neutral about sports (at this age). Slow to warm up to new ideas. An overall sweetie. Not mean to others. Plays well with others.

    Should we "shettle" for a girl or boy this time?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Picking up from my last week's thread....

     

    I won't be disappointed with either gender as I have no leanings one way or the other -- thus my posing the question.

     

    But, I would like the kids to interact well together and I wanted to hear from you all as to how your various combos work and whether more of you had more positive things to say about the older boy, youngest girl combination than did the older boy younger girl combo or vice versa.

     

    Thanks for the input!

    Any more input's welcome as well.

    Should we "shettle" for a girl or boy this time?

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted · Edited by MaryElizabeth

    Ok. I'm tired of debating this, so can you all please offer some input/thoughts to help steer me here. Here's the deal:

     

    My son (my only child thus far) turned four on July 26th, so he's almost 4.5 years.

     

    We're going to try to "target" my Dec 29th egg in hopes of conceiving.

    And, if we're successful, we'd be due in September.

     

    If you've heard of the SHETTLES METHOD, you know that it's a scientific way of TRYING to choose the gender of a child. Last I heard, it supposedly had like an 85% "success" rate. I know several ladies who swear by it.

     

    So, given that my son and this (potential) child will be 5 years and 2 months apart, should we "shettle" for a girl or boy?

     

    FWIW, we plan to homeschool K-12.

     

    Any thoughts?

    "Shettles Method" Experts, I need your advice

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    If you are a seasoned Shettles Method expert (I'd like to hear from current experts, so please don't google to read up on it in order to post; actually I doubt I get any response on such a weird ?, but I want to have confidence in the few answers I do get.)

     

    Here's the scoop:

     

    I have ovulated for the past year on cycle day 14 (most cycles), but -- as usual --- when the fall/winter comes (and moon/daylight hours shorten), I occasionally will ovulate on cycle day 16. On my November cycle, it was day 16.

     

    My husband has been diagnosed with low sperm count so we were advised to have intercourse only twice during my ovulation time.

     

    Here's where I need your advice:

    I VERY MUCH don't want to have anything to do with gender selection as I want a complete surprise.

     

    So.....given my two intercourse limit and, that my egg may come on day 14 or 16. Which days should we "come together" in order to be gender NEUTRAL?

     

    I'd appreciate your advice.

     

    I know this is a weird question.....

     

    Any takers?

    Any piano instructors out there who know Alfred Premier & Faber's PA pedagogy well?

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Any piano teachers out there who are VERY familiar with Alfred's (NEW) Premier Piano course AND Faber and Faber's Piano Adventures courses?

     

    I need some advice and don't want to go into this treatise (it's too late/I'm too tired) and it's too irrelevant to everbody else) without finding a person who's USED and is very familiar with both methods.

     

    Any such person out there?

     

    If yes, can you please PM me and I'll shoot you my question.

     

    Thanks!

    Mary

    What time do you get up?

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    I wake up between 9 and 10.

    Gasp!!! :D

    Your poll isn't taking into account that some of us are night owls, and not early risers.

     

    Sometimes I go to bed laughing, because I know my mom or MIL may be getting up at the same time. :blushing:

     

     

    It's not that (that I forget the post-9am'ers)....I just couldn't take it! Makes me too jealous! so I don't want to hear that there are those of you who get to do this.:D (one day one day.......one advantage of empty-nest).

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