My sister has blood clots in her capillaries (so, not the kind that are potentially life threatening) and they sound similar. They occur most frequently in pregnant or lactating women, or women on birth control.

We send our son to an in-home daycare 2 days a week - between my husband's and my schedule, this is the best we can manage. I would much prefer having a nanny who could take my son to homeschool activities. We are in the same situation, but I'm not doing so well at the socialization thing. It's hard to get your child to kid activities when your own schedule is chock full. Also, homeschool co-ops require parent participation, and we've never been able to commit to 26 Fridays in a given year. As far as having the time to actually do school with your children, I find it's a fairly small time commitment (about 1-2 hrs a day, 4x/week) with a 5 and 6 year old. The planning can be extensive, depending on how customized you need it to be. You might want to try and squeeze in more stuff during summers and winter break. You'll have to devise an unusual schedule, and also decide if the time spent in daycare would be any different than spending time in school.

Mine is the same way. It's SO frustrating. I'm sure it's normal (as everyone else has stated) but it sure does make me wonder if he is messing with my head. ... "So, if 2+3 is 5, then 22+3 is...??" "25?" "yes! OK, write it down on your paper." "Write what down?" "The answer to 22+3." "What is the answer?" "Well, what is 22+3?" "Is it 26?" "No." "27? "No. Remember, we said, if 2+3 is 5 then - " "It's 25!" "Right! Now, write that down on your paper." "Write what down?" :tongue_smilie:

Do you think it's worth it for a little one, though?

Probably not starting until 1st, but this year has made me realize I need to have it pre-packaged. The Magic School Bus or home science adventures kits look like the sort of thing that we could stick with. I really like some of the other programs - rso and rs4k - but I will not be able to spare much time or money to gather materials for projects. If I have projects staring at me from the shelf they will get used :D Husband and I will both be working FT and husband will be attending school FT so we are really just trying to squeeze by for the next two years.

I'd try it out in the car if you can, esp if the recline is a big issue. That is going to depend on the vehicle seat. I have an Evenflo Maestro for my son and I like it, but his head would sometimes loll forward if he fell asleep in it. I've heard similar things about the nautilus. We never have that problem with our Frontier, though.

Science is the one subject where it all falls apart on me. I tried planning it out, and then I tried the "we'll just read science books that interest him" approach.. and still there is no science going on here. I'm looking at McRuffy for my K-er, not sure if I"ll use it this year or just wait until first grade. What other options come packaged with experiments and activities? Thank you!!

I've learned never to say "never! no way!" but I would almost definitely NOT send my child away to learn. However, if homeschooling and home in general was not a good situation for the child, then I would consider it. I wouldn't do it just because there were more opportunities or better academics. Although, that would make me wonder if the school wasn't full of kids who exasperate their parents :tongue_smilie:

Undies, bathing suits, and mattresses... also car seat and breastpump (unless it's a pump that the mfgr intended for multiple users) My reasons for not buying used underwear and bathing suits are not rational, it's just weighing how icky it seems vs the fairly low cost of underwear (and I only need one bathing suit, which I already own...)

I had that when I was taking progesterone, so I assumed it was hormonal. Hot spots on random spots of skin, usually the upper part of my foot. It sounds almost exactly the same... but I couldn't tell you what caused it. It stopped after I ended my use of progesterone cream, though.

ugh, good luck! My son went through and wrote his name in the "This Book Belongs to" pages of several library books recently and we had to pay for the ones that couldn't be erased. On the upside, I also "returned" our Usborne Book of World History to the library, and a book on Egypt that we owned, and the librarian figured out we were the owners and called us to pick them up :D

I posted rarely but could have said never.. I don't debate. I might back up a fb friend if they get some crazy comment on one of their statuses, though. I have a small friend list filled with reasonable people, so it doesn't get too dramatic.

I have a basic tracfone. I paid $10 for a package that had the phone, charger, car charger, earbud for handsfree, and double minutes for life. I pay about $10 every month or so, which gets me 60 minutes, which is just about what I use. We have a landline for the majority of our calls.

I teach 3-4 year olds. What you described is basically what we do for preschoolers, although we don't have hip slogans - but the Bible verses that the little ones memorize are so short that they're not quite Scripture, either. "Jesus loves me," "God made everything." We're a NLT church, so we're not sticklers when it comes to interpretation :tongue_smilie:

Perhaps she had the best of intentions to keep writing, but then one day she realized it had been months since her last post. At that point, it seemed a little silly to say good-bye since, surely, no one was still reading it. That would be my guess, anyway...

I do something very similar. My husband does a lot of the schooling, so this way he knows exactly what to do as well.

We have two sons. The first time, I let him decide. The second time, even though we were both still on opposite sides of the issue, I insisted on mutual agreement (even if it meant me giving in). We did make the second decision together.

:lol::lol: My husband would treasure such a gift...

King, but we bought it knowing that the baby would probably be cosleeping. We really don't *need* larger than a queen.

For the right price, I sure would. I wouldn't be upset over lots of (clothed) butts sitting on a couch. We only have two pieces of living room furniture - one is a discounted showroom chair, and the other is our CL couch.

I would not enable my husband to make choices that are killing him; I'm sorry you're in this situation. My husband has a weight problem and while he is not (yet) diabetic, I am always walking that fine line of trying to help him make healthy choices without being his mom. I want us to have a long and happy life together. My mom had gastric bypass to get her diabetes under control, which it now is, and says often that she wishes my dad had been more vocal in encouraging her to eat healthy. (But as someone who was there when she was NOT eating healthy... um, there is no way she would have shown him any appreciation for that LOL)

My mom swore up and down he was real when I was small, but as I was older, she would ask, "Well, what do you think?" and then finally (when I was 12 :glare: ) she admitted he wasn't real because she needed my help wrapping presents and stuffing stockings for the little ones. I feel kind of stupid for believing in it that long, but not betrayed. But it wasn't traumatic. My son has never been told Santa is real and the plan was never to do Santa... but his favorite movie is the Polar Express, and he really wants to believe in it. He was even making up excuses for reasons Santa didn't leave presents (we don't have a proper chimney being the main reason.) I mean, we would have to be pretty grinchy to keep insisting there is no Santa. So we'll play along this year and re-evaluate next year.

I voted yes- the edited TV version, for an older child. It's even possible my 5yo has seen parts of it with my husband, although it would never happen with me there. ;) I saw the DVD version for the first time last year and had NO IDEA.

Thanks to someone else on a soapbox ;) we started taking our son early, and to an ophthalmologist who has a good reputation with children. It gave us a good baseline, and he now wears glasses due to nearsightedness. Even better, it gave ME a doctor I trust, and she caught my double vision issues quickly.

Yes, I've read it and, unless something isn't working, I follow the suggestions. I admit I have skipped a lot of the curriculum stuff relating to older kids. (I plan to read it when we get there, though.)