[What to serve with grilled chicken when the weather is cooler?]

roasted broccoli, sweet potatoes, or carrots.

I also do a grill basket along with my chicken- with bell pepper,onion & mushroom all together.

[Told my mum about the baby. Sigh, name issues]

If my mom had told me to get rid of my children, call one "that one" & then react like this about the name - she'd seriously not be in my life anymore...or at the very least contact would be severely limited.

[what?!?! My EX-MIL just friend requested me on facebook!]

i'd ignore it & hope she never asks me about it..

[Advice on how to get baby to sleep in crib]

if you're not into CIO, I would check out "The No Cry Sleep Solution" by Pantley. I did the gist of her techniques - just taylored it a bit more to our situation. Give it plenty of time & patience though - however you decide to do it. My ds didn't actually STTN until 3yrs old. Most babies don't STTN until after 2yrs old.

[JAWM: "Interesting" introduction at church today]

That's what I was thinking. I think you kind of opened up the opportunity for her. Sorry! I know I broke the rule of the thread!

 

I thought the same thing. doesn't excuse her comment - but you got rather personal for an initial introduction.......

[Your favourite kids movie? We're a How to Train Your Dragon family!]

Despicable Me!!!

The Lorax

[How often do you go out of the house?]

I have to get out of the house or I'll go crazy. We are either out everyday or every other day. Even if it's to go on a short bike ride. So we hit school hard in the mornings, so we can go out later.

[Whats the difference between Facebook and Twitter???]

when someone is continually posting where they are at all day long & everything they are doing - then they need twitter, not fb. Seriously...this is a pet peeve of mine.

[I need opinions]

listen to your gut!

[Craigslist Drama]

as a military wife, i cringe at her pulling that card. For goodness sake - it would take all of 2 min for her to give you the carseat & take your 5 bucks!!!!

 

eta: is it taking to far to assume she needs your $5 today for her meth habit? ?? :tongue_smilie:

[Do you react "like a Christian"? (cc obviously)]

I just lost my unborn baby last week. I haven't smiled about that...I haven't thanked God, haven't prayed to Him, etc. I still love Him..I still have faith in Him. But I'm hurting. And God's big enough to handle that right now.

[The Business of Being Born... are they for real?]

Actually, the studies control for this, and compare low risk to low risk.

 

Thank you , yes. These are studies of low risk to low risk.

 

Birth, Vol 6 2009

Canadian Medical Ass Journal 2009

British Med Journal 2005

American Journ of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2003

 

Just in case someone wants to look them up for themselves.

[The Business of Being Born... are they for real?]

I wish hospitals/OB's would look at the statistics of homebirth vs hospital birth. It's astounding. The perinatal death rate is higher in hospital births and homebirths have much lower rates of medical intervention and cesareans. To me, you'd think they could look at those numbers & think "hey, maybe we're doing something wrong here"

[Would you get mad if you sil and bil did this to you??]

Since you do want to go to your neices/nephew's b-day's - then as others said - accept the invitation & bring a homemade gift - there is no need for an explanation. Just celebrate the kids - being there means a lot & having a heartfelt gift is a lesson to your own children of what's important.

 

Also , for the Mother's Day, maybe talk to hubby for next year about inviting Mom over for lunch beforehand - so you don't get "sucked in" to something you don't/can't do.

 

Being proactive instead of reactive may help in this situation. Not saying this is how it went down, but instead of waiting for other family members to make the plan & just expect you to fork over lots of $ - just make your own plans with MIL next year.

[If your baby cries at dinner time......]

Its important for oral development, swallow, avoiding texture defensiveness etc.

 

Here is where I add that my oldest nursed until he was mmff years old (Today show territory, people) and that I weaned no one before age 3 here. I am an advocate of nursing as long as you want. Im not an advocate of delaying the inevitable and Im sure not an advocate of the plain old meanness of the OP's friend/ relative/ neighbor.

 

 

But it is appropriate and important to begin your child on finger food after 6 mos and before 12 mos bc there is no medal for BFing martyrdom AND bc the kid needs more oral experiences. They are primed and ready for them. And if they are not doing the things listed here there may be an issue for which you should seek intervention.

 

http://www.speechlanguagefeeding.com/feeding-milestones-for-children/

 

http://www.speechlanguagefeeding.com/picky-eating-problems-solutions/

 

ITA. I think they're setting up their baby for food issues. I think she needs to be part of the eating time

[There's extended breastfeeding...what about extended bottle feeding?]

I say keep bottle feeding her while trying to slowly ween her at the same time. It could take several months.

[How Would You Respond to a Well-Intentioned Insult?]

fact is - no one can motivate a person to loose weight or get more active. It has to come from the person. So grandpa needs to chill.

 

But I agree with the 2nd poster to respond with something like "nice to hear from you dad, how's the weather down there?"

[WWYD if a neighbour tore a strip up one side and down the other of your child?]

How would I react?

Tell the mom the way she spoke to my dd & her friend is completely unacceptable & her dd is not allowed to play with mine for the time being.

[Need to go back to work...how can I still homeschool??? Please help...]

I know some people with degrees grade SAT's from home for $.

[High school teacher tells graduating students: you’re not special]

loved the speech!!

[Mister Rogers "Garden of your Mind" video]

I caught the end of a tribute show on PBS the other night. Some mtv producer went around interviewing people affected by Mr Rogers. I wish I knew what it was called & hope they play it again.

I love Mr Rogers!!

 

ETA: The documentary is called "Mr Rogers and Me"

 

love the remix btw

[What did you decide to do for next year?]

We're out. I'm so excited & relieved. Really, I can't believe I stayed in all year long. It was a PITA!! I'm working on shipping all the stuff back.

I'm thankful for a childcare job I rec'd this summer to help pay for all of ds cirriculum next year.

[I did it!!! Remember that elephant's penis I talked so much about?!]

Great job!

I've lost an elephants penis too & I have an automobile tire to go next!

[Tell me not to be hurt.....]

I'd be hurt too - whether or not that I know I shouldn't be b/c of who J is(I just read the 2 previous threads). But these things still hurt. I pray you heal from this & move on from them in a healthy way. J is not a healthy person - she is spiritually/emotionally sick right now. So how she is acting is not b/c of you, it is her sickness. She will have to deal with it. Just try & remember not to take ownership of it.

[Ever wondered, "What's the big deal about Cuisenaire Rods?" LOOK HERE!!!]

great videos! I recently watched the promo video for math-u-see & it's basically the same concept with the rods. (but cheaper) :-)

 

Awesome!