has anyone taught biology using biology:a self-teaching guide and the recommendations in wtm? any thoughts? pros? cons? thanks! :001_smile:

thank you!

i found a long lost (and favorite!) earring. i sold something that i needed to sell. we did what we needed to for school. feels like my life is falling apart, but there is good! thanks!!! :001_smile:

word of warning: i knew someone who did this. teen would come home, turn out said light, climb out the window, and take off again. . .hmmm. . .

this. i realize i was trying to head off problems that didn't even exist. your entire post was extremely helpful! thanks! :001_smile:

see, this is what i was thinking. and dd is not against this. we just haven't made it happen yet. thanks for the confirmation.

THIS with my 2nd born!

this is good! thanks! i think this is harder for me because: 1) we originally said no dating until college. 2) this is my only ps'er. 3) I really like this young man and i think he is worthy to date my child. i need to keep good judgment, though! anyone else? again, thanks!!!

my first teen is dating. or just beginning. we were formerly a "wait to date" family but my view has changed on this. talk to me about how dating is done these days in high school. what are your rules or guidelines? expectations of your teen? expectation of your teen's dates? i know each family will differ, but i need a jumping off place. . .better late than never! if it matters, there is no father in our home. thanks! :001_smile:

my oldest - regularly in the a.m. at about 16 yo. my 10 yo occasionally will drink a cup in the a.m. the other three don't touch the stuff, but my 13 yo IS "addicted" to chocolate milk! :)

all mine were different. they actually got longer with each pregnancy. 2.5 hours (after water breaking at home), 4.5 hours (after doctor rupturing bag), about 6.5 hours, large baby (almost 10 pounds), 18ish total but large twins (over 15 pounds total), overstretched uterus, augmentation needed to proceed. my experience is that all labors are different. but i know for many they are shorter and faster for subsequent pregnancies. good luck! :grouphug:

this has been true in our case. the children feel like individuals, NOT the same person. but they can learn to be loving and forgiving. they can learn to understand that for some people, it is hard. mine know that their mama knows who they are!

my identical twins are 10 yo. one set of grandparents, who live in our town, can tell them apart. the other set, who loves (gma is now deceased) them dearly, never have figured it out. ever. it bothers me. it has never seemed to bother them. and one of them really used to really be bothered when people who saw them regularly (friends, nursery workers) couldn't tell them apart. they just don't seemed to be bothered by the fact that this set of grandparents can't or won't or don't. i'd give her a chance since she is moving closer, especially if she will see them more often. it has become easier as mine have gotten older for more people who really want to to tell them from one another. BUT as their mom, it bothers me. i try to keep it to myself. i do understand and i am sorry. :grouphug:

we use matches, also. "light a match" is frequently heard around here!

:iagree:this is good advice. mine were 6,4, and 2 when i found out #4 was twins! ;) ten years later, we are still hsing. you can do it! :grouphug:

at some point, we turned the chairs on their sides under the table after each meal and for some reason my dd wouldn't mess with them. but i feel your pain. it was my first year to home school and she climbed everything. :grouphug: :grouphug:

i don't know what is really going on in that situation, but i was told by my lawyer to tell my children that i would go to jail if they didn't do something. i was shocked (and my children are much older). so you just never know. ick.

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congratulations! mine are now 10 years old. i was blessed with a relatively easy pregnancy. i was tired the last three months and really swollen the last two, but i carried 38 weeks and delivered two 7-plus pounders v@ginally 15 minutes apart. we came home in two days. i did not have an epidural (this was never an issue with my doctor) but i did require some augmentation with pitocin because my uterus was "over-stretched" due to fourth pregnancy and the size of the babies. and i delivered in an operating suite with lots (10 to 12) people in attendance, just in case i needed an emergency c-section. i think this was the hospital policy. i did nurse them both for 12-13 months. it took time and a little assistance. when i had another adult around, i nursed them together. when i was alone, i nursed them back-to-back with one in a bouncy seat waiting. after a few months, when they had better head control, i could nurse them at the same time when i was alone. ultimately, one per side at each feeding, alternating who ate where at which feeding. as for school, these were my most scheduled babies: i put them down awake but they didn't cry much, probably because they were in a crib together for 6 months. they slept through the night at 4 months (early for my babies) so i wasn't as sleep deprived as i could have been. and they napped regularly because of this more structured approach on my part. we did minimal school - math, read-alouds, independent stuff like handwriting for a while, but my oldest was only seven so we really didn't get behind. a lot of their early years is fuzzy, but we made it through! again, congrats! what a blessing!

because of a similar fear, i turn on the lights if i have to go in the middle of the night. . .

me, too, especially in the minivan! :D

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because i feel like you (collectively) know everything. . . is there benefit to GREATLY reducing gluten intake and being mostly gluten free if there is no celiac diagnosis? i guess my thought is that if the gluten content in our food has been so greatly increased, then there might be good in reducing it in the diet, but not totally excluding. anyone have thoughts, experiences, research to share? thanks much!!!

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