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I've found a lot of 80s movies to be inappropriate for our family, as Christians we're fairly conservative in what we let the kids watch. I watched the Goonies 100 times as a kid but i had to shut it off in a hurry due to language and crude humour that I did not remember! My kids are 12, 10, and 5.
We watched "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" on netflix yesterday and it was very clean and the kids thought it was hilarious!
Of course Princess Bride is a classic! :)
Star Wars is very popular with my oldest boy. :)
We've watched Indiana Jones with the older ones but I fast forwarded through a couple scenes.
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I think it's a conspiracy to make us have to buy more clothes. I have almost NO tops that I can wear without a cami under. It's ridiculous. Seeing your bra cups above the neckline of a shirt is not stylish or desirable to most people , so why do they keep making clothes like that?!?
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I had my first in the hospital, I had midwifery care through pregnancy but had to be transferred to OB at the end due to pre eclampsia. Midwifery is fully covered in ontario for low risk mothers and they have hospital privileges, you can choose home or hospital birth. I chose hospital for my first but I was very upset with the treatment I got, they did not listen to me, had no respect for me or my dignity, bossed me around, and did everything in the name of "hospital protocol" instead of treating me like an individual and doing what was best for ME and my BABY. I was very angry and somewhat traumatized for a long time afterwards. I chose to homebirth my 2nd child, provided I didn't get pre eclampsia again- I did not! It was a wonderful, empowering, peaceful, healing experience. I had 2 very experienced capable midwives and a student midwife in attendance, my dh and our 2 year old son. We lived just a couple minutes from the hospital, labor was fairly fast, the midwives basically arrived on time to catch. Baby girl was 8.5 lbs, out in 3 pushes, no tearing. I felt SO amazing after birth, I got up and had a bath right after, and was in my kitchen making toast and tea in an hour. ;) I planned another homebirth for my third but it was botched by an anti homebirth OB. I went a week overdue and had to go for a stress test to the hospital, the OB made stuff up that the baby needed to be born in the hospital because I probably had pre eclampsia again simply because I was having another boy and my blood pressure went up a bit due to the stress of being in that hospital again. I had passed the stress test, had no protein in urine and my bloodwork was ok, but he got to call the shots. It was extremely upsetting for me. He did "allow" me to have my midwives handle the birth so I just showed up right before I had to push and left a few hours after. I'd choose homebirth for future babies if I could have more, provided I was in good health, close to a hospital, etc.
My younger sister has had all 3 at home. All went really well, her youngest was born last week 9 lbs 9 oz, no complications.
My SIL has done it all! Her first was epidural, episiotomy hospital birth, second was natural hospital birth, third was a 10 lb homebirth with midwives, 4th was a planned c section at 34 weeks as she had some freak tumour growing on her ovary during pregnancy- it was removed at the time of the c section and the size of a football (sil is 5 ft and 100 lbs!!)- thankfully it was benign and she's had no other problems since. Her 5th was another homebirth with midwives, her 12 year old dd got to help "catch" the baby. :D
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Oh no. :( I'm so sorry, I'll be praying for you and for him, I would be devastated as well. Pray pray pray.
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BTDT! When I was a teen, my friend's mom was throwing a big surprise party for her birthday, all our school friends were invited. The day of the party our group of friends were really squabbling a lot and 2 girls in particular kept going at each other bring really snarky. Without thinking, trying to lighten the mood I blurted out "c'mon you guys, don't fight , we 're having a party tonight!". Immediately realizing my mistake we all froze and the birthday girl exclaimed. "For meee!!??" We tried to cover, it was no use. She put on a good act for her mom though and all was well. ;) Sounds like the other lady saved the day for you! :)
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I don't care, so long as they're clean! :) Toddling around in a drooping, saggy, nearly exploding diaper is not so cute. :/
My kids all wore adorable cloth diapers, though my boys usually wore bottoms over them, I'd often coordinate my dd's dresses with her diaper cover. ;)
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I made whole wheat banana French toast for the kids with strawberries and whipped cream (which I are one teeny piece!) and for me a bulletproof coffee. :)
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My youngest was not able to eat any solid foods until he was fully 10 months old. My doctor said it was totally fine as he was obviously thriving on breastmilk alone. It wasn't just texture and spitting foods out, he literally would throw up to the point of dehydration if he ate solids before that, even the usual beginner foods. We never figured out why he reacted so strongly, we would have done testing if it went on longer, but I guess he just needed more time. :)
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We have full day kindergarten here in ontario, intake age is 3 for JK. I don't think there even are half day options available anymore, I know at first it was optional but most parents ended up changing to full day likely due to pressure that their little one was not doing as well as his full day peers because he's missing too much. There's a lot of pressure that your child will be behind and you'll do them a disservice if you don't send them to JK as well as SK.
It's free daycare. IMO kids that age are still partly babies, they need hours of play time, outdoor time, lots of getting dirty, stories while sitting in the lap of somebody who loves them, painting, and naps! I can't imagine my sweet 5 year old gone that long every day, I'd never see him- and I'd be getting his grumpy leftovers at the end of an over stimulating day, every day. :( They say that Jk will propel the children to better academic scores down the road, but evidence is showing that the advantages level out within just a few years at most. In fact, it actually shows that the only ones advantaged by the full day program are the at risk kids, low risk kids (which make up the vast majority of kids in Canadian schools) and especially special needs kids actually fared worse!
http://www.macleans.ca/general/why-full-day-kindergarten-is-failing-our-children/
http://www.imfcanada.org/issues/full-day-kindergarten-ontario-fine-print
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Yep. The whole purpose of a cell phone is the convenience. My dh might call, I may need to make a call, snap pictures of my kids, call 911 in case of emergency (my youngest has severe food allergies, I go nowhere without access to a phone). Sometimes I may even bring it to surf the web, read the news, browse Facebook, etc. I homeschool my kids, they've never been to daycare, I never even fed them a bottle, we've never taken vacations without them- I will not feel guilty for stealing a few moments while they play on their own at the park- I'm WITH them ALL the time, I spend more time with my kids than the average working mom or public schooling parent, so if a random passerby wants to judge me for being on my phone once in a while, go ahead. :)
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Our previous dwelling was a townhouse. There were so many children and nobody seemed to watch their kids but me, just let them run loose and let them be someone else's problem. Really annoying, plus the backyards were not fenced. I had to tell kids several times that if they swore in our yard they'd have to leave, and a couple times that they were too little to be out by themselves and I couldn't watch them (seriously who let's their 3 yr old wander the neighbourhood out of sight of their widows!?) and the notorious twins were banned from our yard because they would not listen to me about playing with our things- they broke our wagon and my baby swing. I never yell, just nicely explain. We moved to the country and have no neighbours for 1/2 mile in any direction !! I love it, this way the only kids who end up in my yard were invited. ;)
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My sil was hit by a police cruiser that ran a red light while responding to a call. He had his lights on but no sirens, she didn't see him at all and she was driving through a green light. They must proceed with caution when passing or going through red lights- with lights and sirens. My sil had my 3 year old niece and 1 month old nephew in the van, they had to be transported by ambulance to the hospital, van was totalled, 3 year old screaming and covered in blood (she bit her lip badly and it bled like crazy) and my newborn nephew screaming in his flipped upside down carseat, my sil was frantic and sobbing. :( The police officer was fine but he was incredibly distressed by what happened, he was charged for the accident because he didn't have his sirens on. Thankfully they all were ok.
That being said, I'm glad they come quickly when it's me on the line crying for help! :) I have noticed in the last few years they don't use their sirens nearly as much and I wonder why too. Fwiw, our closest friends are police officers, and my little brother is on his way to becoming a police officer, I have great respect for the job they do and how they put their lives on the line for the safety of strangers every day ! :)
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Our church told a woman she was not allowed to come because they felt she was a threat to our children. My dh was the one to make the call. It was the right thing to do. We bring in a lot of children from poor areas of town to our outreach program, they're pretty vulnerable kids many of whom have some degree of neglect and even abuse in the home. We must protect them, as well as our own kids. This woman was a creep, her husband was in jail at the time for assaulting a little boy in the hospital with cancer while she stood guard at the door!!! He posed as a pastor and apparently the parents didn't bother to verify this, as they didn't know anyone at the church they sent their kids to, to them it was free daycare. They would go to churches and befriend these vulnerable kids from rough homes and prey on them. When she showed up at our church with her little boy, every one of my mommy sensors was pinging- she was just that creepy, dirty, unkempt, ungentle with her child, and just a look in her eyes... Anyhow one of our little Sunday school kids nearly wet himself and ran to his teacher to tell. His brother had been molested by her husband. We have a police officer in our church, he's an elder, he looked her up and verified that they are both registered sex offenders (in Canada we do not have the right to know if a pervert moves in next door). We refuse to put our kids in danger. You are welcome to send your kids, we will visit you if you are interested in the gospel , and you may attend our Sunday evening gospel service when the majority of kids aren't there, but you are not welcome on a Sunday morning children's church service! My dh told her this and she had a fit, swearing and cussing, trying the whole "nice Christians you are" line, etc. She had proven herself untrustworthy and with evil intentions in the last church they'd been to, just months prior. It was the right call. We didn't want the kids in our outreach program to associate her with our church, that's exactly how they were able to prey on their previous victims at their previous church (they were never members at any church, they would show up and sporadically attend in order to get to know some of the kids, they also lived in a bad area of town on welfare). A few weeks later she finally lost custody of her 3 yr old son permanently (he'd been in and out of foster care) because she allowed her husband to abuse him within days of getting out of jail. :(
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My dd 10 sleep with the same teddy bear every night in the crook of her arm since she was 2-3 when her daddy brought it home for her from a trip. :) She doesn't tote it around but it does get packed for overnights and vacations. :) His head has been sewn back on twice! My ds 5 sleeps with a Curious George stuffy and brings him to the dentist and doctor with him for security, everybody thinks it's adorable- myself included. ;)
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It all depends on tone. Or if I'm in the South. ;) I call my dh and kids honey all the time.
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I can do basic stuff, blankets, simple straight/A line skirts, curtains, etc. I sewed a ton of cloth diapers when I had my babies, and made crib bedding for my youngest. I cannot follow a pattern to save my life- I hate them! ;) I draw the line at trying to attatch bodice to skirt or sleeves to bodice so I don't do dresses either.
I'm teaching my dd some basic skills, and I'm teaching her to knit as well. My MIL is a seamstress so dd is taking lessons from her. :)
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I'm not making any judgements either way. It's a one sided story written by someone who sounds kind of dramatic. I don't think it's fair to automatically call the dads perverts based on her side of the story. A dad can look at a girl his daughter's age and think to himself "no way would I let my daughter out of the house wearing that" without being a pervert. We don't know if she was behaving badly, and I'm not saying based on her story that she deserved to be asked to leave- I think if they worded the dress code too liberally they should live and learn, at the most asking her to tone it down or watch where her dress goes. The fact that she has a Paypal account set up for her thousands of new fans to contribute to "poor Clare's" college fund leaves a bad taste in my mouth- do people really give $ based on one little about story?!
I've been on the receiving end of the holy finger wagging. It's unfair, humiliating and infuriating. I'm a modest Christian woman and do not appreciate being branded because I refuse to dress to your code of legalism.
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I still miss our Toyota Sienna! We totaled it in a car accident several years ago and dh's parents sold us their Honda Odyssey. I didn't like it as much, can't say why exactly, I just really liked that Sienna- very comfy, smooth ride, classy look, etc. we now have a Dodge Caravan (bought used) which gets us from point A-B but I kinda hate it, it's rattly, uncomfortable and ugly, among other things. Can't wait to get rid of it but I'm determined to get a couple more years out of it to make it worth the $ we spent.
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I wasn't but my younger sister was, my parents pulled her out at the beginning of grade 4, shortly after becoming Christians. My brother and I were already 8th and 10th grade so they felt less confident in starting out homeschooling those grades so we finished out in public school. I would have enjoyed homeschool though. My mom used a combo of abeka and unschool over the years. My brother went to Pensacola Christian College and met his homeschooled wife there. All 3 of us now homeschool our children. :)
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I would also add that the wait times for non emergent surgery are long, it is well known that if a person has $$ they go to the US to get their procedures done sooner and possibly to be treated at a better ranking facility.
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I'm a Christian, lean conservative, and proudly Canadian. My brothers married American girls and we have a ton of American friends (we're an hour from the detroit border). I like our healthcare system and I do believe it is good for us to take care of our neighbour. It's not a perfect system and as far as lots of Americans being against national health care, I think it's a much more complex issue, I don't think it's necessarily completely selfish for someone to be against it, their motives may be different than just not wanting others to mooch off of them. That being said, I find great comfort in knowing that I can go to the doctor or hospital (or midwife if pregnant) and not have to check my wallet first. However, because of the drain on the system it often means very long wait times for finding a new doctor, going to specialists, and emergency room visits (I've frequently waited 6-8 hours in ER when I needed legitimate help in our small city hospital- we have a doctor shortage).
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I married at 19, dh was 24. We are Christians and its very common in our group to marry young. We waited until marriage, but that's not why we married young. We don't believe in dating unless you're looking for a spouse, we met and fell in love, marriage was the obvious next step. We had little $ and dh still sings his cheesy country songs to me "when we were down to nothing, nothing still looked good on you" and "livin' on love" etc. ;) We had a few lean years but we are now able to help others in need, because we've BTDT. I didn't go to college by choice, I only wanted to be a wife and mother and starting up with dh a year out of high school, we decided I wouldn't go. After 2 miscarriages I had my first child at 22. We've been married 15 years and dh is a successful entrepreneur with no college education either. (We're not against college, btw, and will encourage our kids to go, and I would have gone if I didn't marry young but I have NO regrets, I'm a very well read person and passionate about research so I don't feel out of place when I'm with more educated people).
My brother and sister married young too, as well as dh's brother- all married by age 21 and happily married 10-16 years, we're all well employed, have kids, own homes, etc. Most of our friends married around the same age as us, none of them are divorced.
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My dd had this at age 3, she had an abcessed tooth and was out on amoxicillin. One week on it she broke out in a frightful rash from scalp to feet. I took her to the doctor, there's a good chance it was just amoxicillin rash, but it was so severe, literally spots overlapping on every surface of her skin, she was a little swollen and just looked purple, it was truly awful to see her. Because of the severity of the rash her doctor decided to treat it as an allergy to penicillin, though I wish he'd done a blood test. She's been on antibiotics twice since then for bronchitis and both times she had to have eurythromycin, which has a much stronger unpleasant taste, more abdominal side effects and is much more costly (amoxicillin costs us $12 per course, mycin cost $80 for the same period!!). I'd like to know for sure if she has a true penicillin allergy, going to ask our new doctor next week.
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Our church picnic is tomorrow and one of the main Sunday school helpers is currently infected with shingles virus, she was diagnosed a week ago. I just found out that she is intending to go to the picnic and help with the primary games!!!??? My sister just had a baby 10 days ago, her 2 yr old and 4 yr old are unvaxed, and my youngest (5) is unvaccinated due to multiple severe food allergies, plus my older kids aren't vaxed for cp and haven't had it yet (despite exposure a couple times). I'm certain there will be other babies there and pregnant women , as well as elder folks. My sister and I both have had chicken pox as kids. My sister is really upset and doesn't want her baby exposed (understandably) and now feels like her family has to miss the church picnic. :( I don't know what to do here, I'm not the type to call her up and ask her to stay home, but I think she has a responsibility to do so. Would you go? What would you do? Thanks