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  1. I will be facing the same issue next year, but without super older children.  My oldest will be in 4th and my middle child in 2nd.  I plan to focus more on US History topics.  The holocaust I will cover briefly, but it will be more a simple explanation that Hitler had a lot of people he didn't like killed, namely the Jewish people, and not much about HOW they were killed or how horrific it was.  And then I'll focus more on the heroic acts, like how Denmark helped the Jews escape to Sweden (I think we'll read Number the Stars).  

     

    In your case, I probably would do all of the history with the olders, but use different, less detailed reading material for the youngers.  And talk to your olders about how some of what they are studying would be scary for the younger children, so to be sensitive about that.    I'm assuming your older two could do the readings on their own?  If so, then you can do the reading with the youngers.  Similar or the same topics, but different levels of detail.

  2. Yes, you could use them together.  You may not want to do all of both of them.  I'm assuming you want to do SWI B because you never finished SWI A?  If you did all or most of A, then I would probably just finish that and then move on to a continuation course.  SWI B teaches the same stuff as SWI A, just with a higher level of reading material for the models.

  3. All About Spelling would probably work well for you.  You may need to tweak a bit to apply it to reading.  We used it in conjunction with OPGTR and the two complimented each other very well.  Plus I just think it's a WONDERFUL spelling program in general.  I love how it uses a combo of phonics, spelling rules, and site words to teach spelling and the review built in is very helpful.  I'm teaching level 4 of it right now and still very happy with it.  Plus the letter tiles are just fun for the kids too!

  4. As for Miso, you have to make sure the water you mix it with is no warmer than hot tap water.  Boiling water will kill the probiotics as it is too hot.

     

    I like the bio gaia probiotic drops.  I just drop them straight in my kids mouths, but you could put it on food if that's easier.  They are super easy with infants, since you can just drop them on your finger and then stick your finger in their mouth and they suck them off.  They are pretty much tasteless.  They also have chewables and probiotic straws, which I have not tried.

  5. This is my understanding as well. Additionally, some RFing seats can also be tethered to the floor of the vehicle. Our daughter is RFing in a Britax Advocate 70 (I believe that's the name) and the seat is secured both with LATCH and a tether. The tether extends from the top of the seat down to the floor of the vehicle. I checked both with Britax and Toyota regarding the proper procedure for tethering her RFing seat in our make and model.

     

    Yes, the tether on rfing seats (which only some allow) keeps the seat from cocooning/rebounding into the back of the seat it is installed on.  This is considered safer for older babies, but the safety of it for newborns is still highly debated.  Anti-rebound bars do the same thing.  But its not designed to be the primary way the car seat is attached to the car.

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    My friend is specifically interested in the benefits of RFing beyond age 2 since her daughter is approaching her second birthday. Are there statistical advantages? The statistics coming out of Sweden seem to confirm that RFing beyond age 2 is beneficial. Perhaps I am missing something?

     

     

    Swedish stats are probably your best bet.  They have THE LOWEST rate of fatalities of children in car accidents, and they rf to 4 as a minimum.  

     

    There is a graph here of data between Germany and Sweden (Germany ff kids at a year): http://www.carsafetyrules.com/swedes-save-more-lives-with-policy-of-keeping-one-year-olds-with-rear-facing-car-seats/0403/

     

     

     

    In Sweden children ride in rear facing seats until age 4, and this has been found to be 90% safer, however car seats in Sweden are manufactured differently than in the US to allow for this.

    http://www.earlyinterventionsupport.com/parentingtips/safety/rearfacingcarseats.aspx

  7. Speaking of rollovers, the way my kids' RF car seats were (correctly) installed, the only connection was a tether at the bottom of the seat.  In a rollover, they would have been flung all over the place.  I worried about this as I drove on freeways with deep ditches on both sides while they were RF.  Thankfully I never had an accident of any kind while they were RF.

     

    That tether (I'm assuming either the seatbelt or latch strap going through the seat) would have kept the seat secure in the vehicle.  It wouldn't magically disconnect and fly all over in the case of a rollover accident.  Ffing seats are connect to the car the same way, though some have the addition of an upper tether which is for reducing head excursion, not keeping the seat in place.

  8. It sounds like they are going to give the families 'return times' so they can still go around the park quicker (less standing in line) but they won't be able to come off and then get back on the same ride over and over.

     

    This is how they do it at the Tokyo Disneyland and at TokyoDisneySea.  It's actually fantastic.  They limit it to a group of 4, however, to prevent abuse.  Though sometimes they made exceptions.  There were 7 of us, my MIL has a bad hip and was riding a scooter or walking with a cane.  We didn't even ask, they just brought us the pass and explained how it worked.  Basically we would show them the pass, and if there was a wait of more than 20 minutes, then they wrote down the time we could come back.  We'd go ride other rides and then come back.  The wait time was the same as if we stood in line - so we basically "stood in line" but didn't actually have to stand in line.  It seems like a reasonable change, IMO.  But it does stink that others ruin things for those who truly need it.  So selfish.

  9. http://voices.yahoo.com/studies-show-rear-facing-car-seats-500-percent-11972273.html?cat=25

     

     

     

    Some parents argue that a rear-facing car seat would not protect a child in a rear-end collision, but this type of collision happens far less frequently than head-on collisions. The National Transportation Safety Board states that only 11.8 percent of crashes are rear-end collisions and 72 percent are front or frontal offset collisions. Also, read this mom's story about the positive outcome of her rear-facing child in a rear-end accident.

     

    http://www.carseat.se/rearfacing/safety-benefits/

     

     

     

    It is also interesting to note that in swedent children rf until at least 4 and then move straight into a booster.  They actually believe ffing harnessing to be dangerous due to how the upper body is restrained while the head can travel forward (which logically does make some sense).  So the solution there is to just keep kids rfing until they are old enough for a booster.  I'm sure if you google swedish car seats some studies will pop up.

  10. Family of 5 here, and my kids are still relatively young.  My dh, though, does crossfit and eats SOOOOO much.  Especially good quality protein, so lots of eggs, lean meats, greek yogurt, etc.  Every week we get a produce box (around $30) + Milk and egg delivery from a local farm (around $10) +I spend $100-150 on groceries + every 2-3 weeks I do a Costco run that is anywhere from $200-300.  So weekly we're spending in the ballpark of $300.  That does include household products too, though.  But it does not include the beef in my freezer we buy once a year.  It's RIDICULOUS!

  11. our house is mostly carpet and we bought a hoover steamer recently. great brushes and it does a good job cleaning. cheaper than getting the pros to come in (plus I do not like the strong chemicals they use)

     

    The place I use uses just water.  Unless you want them to spot treat stains, but they use non-toxic solutions for that.  They aren't all chemically based.

  12. I didn't read all the replies.  Airlines generally do not charge for checked bags on international flights, only on domestic flights.  We flew delta to Japan a little over a year ago and checked baggage was free. They were fine to fly.  Nothing special.  I've flown Alaska a lot (though it's probably a code share flight with another airline, I don't think Alaska flies internationally).  I haven't flown American in a long time.  I avoid US Airways like the plague.

  13. It just occurred to me, that by letting Jill train as a MW, if she manages to avoid marrying in the meantime, she will have the tools to "leave" if she wants.  Most girls wouldn't have a livelihood which makes leaving harder, she will.  Interesting...

     

    Oh, and this is who she is apprenticing with:  http://nwamidwife.com/1.html

     

    And while I agree some ATI women wear pants, I doubt they would on TV. I imagine Gothard would get his tighty whiteys in a wad about that!

  14. From watching the series, I believe the girls are not just using ATI for midwifery training.  The MW that they were apprenticing under wore pants (so not ATI right there).  And Jill mentioned that she has 3 1/2 years of training to go through, which does not seem like it would fit with the shorter ATI model.

     

    I have actually gotten the impression that the Duggars have been separating themselves more and more from Gothard, subtly.   Anna definitely does not wear skirts to the ankle (just her knees covered) and such, which seems contrary to ATI from my knowledge.

  15. I would pay for the expedited passport too!

     

    We are constantly renewing ours it seems.  Our kids are all about 2 years apart and got their passports shortly after birth, exept for the middle child who got his at 1. That means pretty much every other year we are renewing one of them.

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