I am trying to decide between these two curriculums to use with my two oldest children in the fall. They will be 8 and nearly 7. I'm looking for opinions since I've never used either.

This last pregnancy was tough on me. I was so ill for the entire first trimester and well into my second. My kids watched a lot of tv curled up next to me while I lay there trying not to vomit. :/ It wasn't the end of the world. They are not traumatized and yours won't be either. Relax and do what you can and forget about the rest. Congratulations!

I would definitely call the police to see if there was anything they could do. You are not a bad pet owner either, those claims are a bit ridiculous, imo.

Thank you everyone! Here is my chunky monkey boy:

He came! He came! I went walking yesterday with DH and started having sharp painful contractions. We headed to the hospital to be checked and I was only 2cm. They were going to send me home after some observation, but my water ended up breaking. Our little boy came last night at 9:44. He weighed 9lbs 11oz! My biggest baby yet. :) We are so happy. NO induction! I didn't want to use cytotec because I was induced with it with #1 and believe it was the major contributor to my rather horrible experience there. Didn't mean to start a debate about it. Thanks everyone for your helpful advice and for helping me talk this all out!

He came! He came! I went walking yesterday with DH and started having sharp painful contractions. We headed to the hospital to be checked and I was only 2cm. They were going to send me home after some observation, but my water ended up breaking. Our little boy came last night at 9:44. He weighed 9lbs 11oz! My biggest baby yet. :) We are so happy. NO induction! I didn't want to use cytotec because I was induced with it with #1 and believe it was the major contributor to my rather horrible experience there. Didn't mean to start a debate about it. Thanks everyone for your helpful advice and for helping me talk this all out!

So tomorrow is induction day. Baby is still not here (12 days past now). I am going to call later to make sure they know that I will not consent to cytotec (which is what my dr. wants to use). I'm rather disappointed that baby has not made his appearance. :/

How are you hanging in there? I'm 11 days past EDD right now. Still no baby. I told ya'll he didn't want to be an August baby! :P

People are rude. Unfortunately, it is normal. I'm 41 weeks, 1 day pregnant with #4 and I'm so very weary of the comments.

I haven't received anything yet either and have been wondering.

We live in a 900sq ft, 2bdr, 1 bath house. We have no basement and no dining room. We have a dining table in our kitchen that seats 6. I'm pregnant with #4, so we will soon fill every spot. Unfortunately, because of our seating arrangements, we never have guests for dinner. We have to push the table against the wall after every meal so we can actually walk around our kitchen. I think a bench is a good idea. We have been looking into a similar option.

I would tell over the phone. I wouldn't be able to keep it to myself.

I'm 8 days past EDD today. I told DH that maybe this baby thinks he's too good for an August b-day. :P

That's good to know! Thanks!

Are the "Trip Around the World" books really necessary? Could I just sub in books about the countries from the library?