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Had a friend whose son struggled with this issue. Problem with him was that he found the bm disgusting (for him to wipe) and held it in and it ended up being an serious issue with his lower GI as he grew older. He'd go days without a BM. She would have him drink a small glass of Aloe Vera Juice before bedtime and her son said it helped in the morning for a BM before school. He was very fastidious and hated going potty anywhere but at home. The whole family struck me as odd as they had a germ issue -- mom would clean the silverware in lysol before putting it in the dishwasher for a "sanitizing" cycle. She had major anxiety issues.
Sounds like the OP's dd can go bm at grandma's house? Well... it could be a control issue or stubborness?
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That's quite a stereotypical view! I almost take offense to that except that I still consider myself a Floridian even though I now live in TX. I haven't noticed any more churches here in TX than I have noticed in other states that I have lived in.
We moved to the DFW area back in 2005 - from Southern CA. I grew up in Northern CA since the early 60's. I have to admit that TX has a LOT of churches compared to my old neck of the woods in No & So CA. But locals tell me that is because TX is part of the "Bible belt". I do find it easier to hear or talk about religion in public with strangers -- in CA, that would be very difficult to bring up in polite discussion. One friend told me of a local church who is offering FREE CHL gun training classes, for example. And they are getting a lot of attendees. But that is TX for you. :laugh:
Austin is the odd "city" out of conservative TX and is great for liberal and free thought. I have many liberal cousins (from the West & East Coasts) who purposely chose Austin and love it there!
And yes to those who say it is HOT!! Plus, if you are very allergic, keep in mind that Cedar Elm and Pine Pollen (Piney Woods region of TX) are horrible to allergy sufferers. My allergies are worse here compared to CA. And traffic in any of the major metro areas suck big time... do due dillegence and avoid a large commute if you can. TX roads are not efficient or always under construction (at least in my area). Oh, and if someone tells you, "Bless your heart." -- that is not a compliment. LOL
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Boredom also causes them to pick. Good luck.
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Test drive it to an auto shop for the inspection. Then haggle for a lower price based on the needed (if any) repairs the mechanic recommended.
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Not all diabetics run hot. I am borderline diabetic and because of adrenal problems I run cold. Adrenal problems can manifest with running hot as well as running cold depending on how long you've had the problems.
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And I'll throw this in to the discussion... my son (and I) both have a rare genetic liver disease which at the metabolic level, causes all kinds of things, including both of us to run HOT year round. I sweat profusely. Have done so all of my life. Even as a child. Even when I was rail thin and now fat... I will overheat easily. Son cannot sleep in the Winter (since an infant) in warm pajamas or blanket as if he overheats, he will have a true medical crisis. We both hate Summer heat as a result and joke we need to move to Alaska just to feel normal.
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My dc had EI. Honestly, my first reaction is that you are lucky to get services 3x/week!
I would be grateful and stick with it. In my experience, therapists use games all the time to teach skills. They may be working on eye contact, turn taking, staying on topic, appropriate facial expressions, attention span, following multi-step directions, imaginative play, and a host of other skills. Doing this through games is a big plus, imo, because children look forward to their therapy.
I don't think most people would expect to see major improvements in three weeks, so the fact that you don't see any would not be a cause for concern, imo. Personally, I would stick with the EI; in any case, EI eligibility will end on ds's third birthday.
Plus, from an educational POV, the documentation from the visits is very helpful IF there are some legitimate Learning Disability issues down the road by grade three -- whether in public school or homeschool.
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Sunburn in places you cannot imagine. That is all I am thinking after reading this thread... :lol:
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Oh, my goodness, you ladies have made me feel so much better! I just thought it was a strange jump in a child who obviously has no concept of suicide or anything like that. It seemed weird that her mind would go anywhere in the direction where she contemplates not existing. But I can totally believe that it's attention-seeking drama--she is a very dramatic attention-seeker. And now she knows it works. From here on out, I'll be sure to handle it quickly and without fanfare.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I'm glad it helped.
Just try to remember at that age, everything is very literal... black and white. She most likely was unhappy and did not like the consequences. But her choice of words were juvenile (and appropriate for her age & worldview) -- you on the other hand, heard it and filtered it through your worldview as despondent. Which if she behaved like that on a daily basis or showed any emotional disturbance often... then yes, you have a legitimate problem that needs professional help.
A six year old looks at the world as if they are the "center of the universe". They have a very hard time accepting criticism or discipline with their immature emotions. They may go from elation about something to absolute unhappiness if something doesn’t go their way. They may see something as good and something else as bad, and will have trouble seeing the middle ground. Just be comforting but again, be consistent with rules and follow through. They grow quick and that immaturity will blossom into a confident (hopefully drama free) young person. HTH
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I don't think the bread would be very nice if it was frozen and then thawed.
:confused1: We buy bread in bulk and freeze bread all of the time. It does not affect the look or taste if done properly.
For example, this morning, I took out a frozen King's Hawaiian bread (uncut) from my deep freeze. I sliced it while frozen and let it sit on the counter for 15 minutes while prepping the egg mixture. By the time my pan was piping hot and ready, the slices were perfectly thawed and ready to absorb the egg mix. My family ate it up voraciously and it was a hit.
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Very normal behavior for that age group... having taught that age group for many years as a schoolteacher. Be careful it does not escalate into an excuse into diverting the attention from the punishment into a self-seeking method to avoid punishment. Some students in that age group knew how to manipulate the situation. Which again, is very normal. Just be consistent and follow through with your words. Kids do like boundaries.
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IMO the solo in Runaway deeply and profoundly changed the sound of rock and roll in the 1960s. It was (and is) absolutely brilliant.
Without out it would we have had the Zombies (She's Not There), or the Animals (House of the Rsing Sun), or Question Mark and the Mysterians (96 Tears), or Los Bravos (Black is Black), or Procol Harum (Whiter Shade of Pale), or Iron Butteryfly (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida), or the Monkees (I'm a Believer), or any of the great Doors songs? I don't know that we would. They all followed Runaway, which was (is) an absolutely brilliant and transformative song.
Please give your FIL a big hug and words of profund thanks from a true fan, who not only understands the importance of Runaway in rock history, but who has loved the song since childhood (when it was first released)—and who, to this day, is known to to belt it out when driving alone. I know it note-for-note.
What an achievement!
Bill
PS. Does he still have a custom Musitron? And was it ever officially "sampled?" I have to imagine the keyboard world would love to had "that sound."
:grouphug: Will do, Bill! Your kind words will make him very happy! I don't know if the Musitron has even been professionally sampled in a studio. It is still in his studio in his home. But from what we know, either the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum (Del and Runaway was inducted back in 1999) is interested in the Musitron and the Smithsonian has inquired about it. (???)
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I don't agree. It seems wrong to me to say that just bc a song becomes so popular it becomes part of cultural history or bc the song is really old, that the singer/writer doesn't have a right to it any longer. I guess I view music the same as any written piece of literature. I fully expect the writer to keep rights to it and to very possibly pass those rights onto to their estate after death.
From what I understand, the copyright ownership of the song (in my example) for FIL is 75 years after he co-wrote it. And it passes to his heirs after death up to the original 75 year agreement. But that does not mean he (or the estate) are entitled to 75 years of profit in royalties as the popularity of the song decreases over the decades. Thus, not making the estate much money. After the 75 years, copyright is then reverted to the record label or whoever else has bought the rights to the song (like Michael Jackson bought the Beatles' library and more).
There is now a huge market in lawyers trying to be like MJ and going to one-hit wonder songwriters (like my FIL) and getting them to "cash out now" -- sort of like a reverse mortgage of the future royalties until their death and after death... the rights to the song goes to the lawyer.
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"Runaway" is one of my favorite songs, ever!
Love it, love it, love it!!!
Did he write the organ solo too? The whole thing is a classic.
Bill (who is choaking on the description "oldy-moldy" :D)
Awww... thanks, Bill!
Well, from what I understand... the story goes that both FIL and Del were at the Hi-Lo (bar) Club in Michigan at a paying band gig. It was during the break that FIL started to to tweak around on his Musitron and the bridge (piano solo) was created. Del loved it and came up with the first couple of lyrics right then and there. American Bandstand had a nationwide contest for guessing what instrument made that unique sound in the bridge... basically FIL used an old Clavoline, vaccuum tubes, and more to develop one of the early electronic synthesizers. He never patented it due to using Clavoline parts, but others like Moog cashed in on the electronic snythesizer sound of the 60's and made tons of $$$.
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Didn't Jim Morrison get arrested back in the day over peeing on stage?? Common decency suggests it is inappropriate... and yet this was a youth group stunt??? :glare:
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My highly intelligent ds at age 18, cannot read some cursive... thanks to his Severe Dysgraphia and homeschooling him with printed lettering as he prefers. We're watching the testimony and our thoughts are that the young girl has some legitimate learning disabilities, lesser intellect or processing deficits, and did not really want to be a witness. Not sure why this thread is poking at her shortcomings??
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Tex-Mex, that is sort of what I am taking about. How long should an artist hope to ride the millions-of-dollars-gravy-train without producing more songs or hits or drawing in crowds for shows or selling merchandise? I think it is unrealistic to believe you could live in high style for the rest of your life because you wrote one hit song.
And the paradigm is also changing in ways that benefit artists. Macklemore had a lot more weight behind him than a typical artist when Thrift Shop went number one without him being signed to a label.
My FIL's argument to that one was that yes, the artist's talent made his song popular. But without the skill of the song being crafted lyrically and musically... the artist would not be first vaulted to a hit song. They both need each other. But my FIL always thought the artist had numerous opportunities to make a boatload more of $$ that he ever could do via appearances, concerts, fan memorabilia, and more. Today's artists make far more $$ IMO thanks to social media and how more intrusive gossip & paparazzi report. But that also comes with less privacy and more headaches. The artist has to work beyond the hit song to stay relevant and make $$. You cannot live the high life off one hit song... and we know that one way too well!
And sadly, yes, the money train does not last forever. Managers can run off with the $$. Relatives come out of the woodwork demanding $$. It is like winning the lottery. That is why one has to invest carefully the $$ made and not live like a Kardashian or Justin Beiber... as decades later, your retirement and your inheritors (i.e. grandchildren) will be depending on your estate as a legacy. My child is using the gift of a 529 college account courtesy of good ol' Grandpa being wise. He also worked his butt off as a Fire Captain and invested wisely in real estate once out of the Hollywood spotlight -- and lived within his means frugally too.
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I'm actually on food stamps right now because dh is laid off and don't get nearly that much. The amount a person gets is based on several factors. It depends on your earned income, your expenses such as rent or mortgage, and the number of people in your household. I only get $230 a month for a family of 4, and our income is only about $1400 a month right now. That's not nearly $100 per person.
And her food stamp budget does not allow her to buy any non-food related products like deli (hot) food, alcohol, TP, laundry detergent, cleaners, dog food, kitty litter, or sundries like soap or shampoo. I think the OP needs to re-tweak her budget to only compare food items. (??)
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This has been a big issue for years, not just in regards to Pandora, but also the radio. In the US artists are not paid for radio play. But artists in other countries are paid, in the rest of the world, for radio play (but not here), and because the US doesn't reimburse foreign artists, US artists are not reimbursed overseas. (I think that was the issue, read about it years ago when they were lobbying for a change in the US law).
Then along comes Pandora and other streaming services, and they still don't get much in the way of reinbursement.
I don't know how to feel about it either. I buy the music I want, but that is not how the younger generation is functioning. Artists should be paid for their work, but how much and how it all works out is hard to figure out. It's not like Pandora is making much (if any) of a profit, or any of the other streaming services. If they had to pay the artists more, than they would have to charge, there could not be free streaming.
Somehow the entire structure of how artists are paid needs to change in the US, but how, I don't know. The laws and regulations have not really kept up with technology. It's not fair to those who are trying to earn their living from their art. Only the top artists make a lot of money in the music industry, most do not make that much.
And yeah, I don't think I should have to purchase the same album over and over (buying the album once, maybe 20 years ago, maybe rebuying the mp3, and then paying for it on Pandora), but as I said, most people are not buying the music anymore.
It's an interesting problem.
I agree.
The paradigm has shifted on the music industry and this is one of the ripple effects. My FIL co-wrote a oldy-moldy back in 1961 and earned millions from it via royalties. That being said, once his hit song passed the 20-25 year mark, he was well advised to sign for
and make him a nice chunk of $$ in the deal. If he were a artist (in the US, they do not earn any % of the royalties from radio, TV or movie airtime), then most artists try to appeal to their fanbase after 20 years by touring live back in the day. I think many songwriters don't like the idea of an artist profiting off their "hard work" in creating a hit song. But artists do get upset when they see the songwriter laugh all the way to the bank. Everyone knows who makes the $$ in that industry.When Napster emerged and allowed free downloads, my FIL and others were worried for good reason. He saw a huge drop in royalties (the record companies keep an international file on all airtime and mail it to the songwriter or artist with the royalty check on a bi-annual basis) when Napster emerged. I honestly could also add that by that time, his genre of music was becoming less popular and sales of a hit song do lose $$ value as you go past the 30-40 year mark. FIL does see overseas popularity with markets in Japan and the UK with his song... but they tend to have a weird following for any artist IMO. But his annual $$ royalty has greatly diminished. And yes, I do see the future of music being greatly affected as the paradigm has shifted in favor for the consumer versus the record label weilding the power.
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Every time I see these discussions on narcissism I get paranoid and mentally analyze myself and people I know to see if we're narcissistic (is that narcissistic of me? And narcissism/narcissistic is really difficult to type out). I have a couple hundred+ friends on facebook, 80% are people I've connected with on various parenting sites over the years. I do change my profile pic once a month or so. I LOVE posting pictures, and I love seeing pictures. Photography is my favorite hobby and I love pictures of all kinds. I posted lots of pictures of myself when I was pregnant, not sure I've ever posted a selfie though. Definitely never have posted a duck face. I have a few friends who are constantly posting pictures of themselves- as in, themselves alone, and I do find that a bit odd. I wonder if people think that about the pictures I post, even though my kids or my husband are almost always included in the pic? I share a lot of information, and that's one reason I weed through my friends list often and take out people I'm not comfortable knowing personal details that I share (things like struggling with breastfeeding, my kids acting up, etc).
Sigh. I don't want to be narcissistic. I love facebook and I love getting comments and sharing things and seeing news and photos from people I care about, but online is the only social interaction I get. I'm sure if I was out running around, meeting with friends, doing those things that my introverted self cannot handle, I would have less time and be less inclined to care about online stuff.
Heavens no... you sound very outgoing and sociable! Nothing wrong with sharing on FB the way you describe. I think more my OP was towards those who post self-portrait photo (i.e. Duck Face) or only talk about themselves. Celebrities do this too. I used the previous Snooki pic (a selfie) but gave her props for the weight loss, for example. You are social and outgoing. Snooki? PR or trying to extend her 15 minutes of fame. A teen or adult only posting about themselves and more? Narcissitic or neurotic? Heck, I think I'm neurotic for not wanting my photo on FB. :lol:
I posted lots of pictures of myself when I was pregnant, not sure I've ever posted a selfie though. Definitely never have posted a duck face.
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Still trying to imagine why the Duck Face is so appealing... ???
The idea that people are outgoing in social media online somehow equals narcissism is so weird to me. Surely our grandparents thought that those things we grew up doing would be the end of Western Civilization as they knew it. And in a way it was. We no longer live in an openly, legally racially segregated society. We no longer turn and look away when a husband physically "corrects" his wife. We no longer shame a woman divorcing her husband or raising her children alone.
All the arguments made her about social media being narcissistic could have been made for women opting to have a career 40 years ago: "She must be looking for approval to want to be included in a man's world. She must be self-absorbed for working her way up the corporate ladder. Only women who lack self-esteem take careers seriously, otherwise they would be happy staying at home and raising a family."
Just because some people make this connection, I.Dup, doesn't mean it's an appropriate connection to make.
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Stop Duckface is one of my favorite blogs ever. Hilarious.
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BTW... saw this latest on Snooki doing a selfie. Not too crazy about her or her old show... but gotta give a new mom props for losing 50 pounds.
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I agree with you Tex-Mex. But, I also find it interesting (and have noticed) that the most insecure are the ones who over post about their lives on FB or do tons and tons of those "ducky" self-poses (just learned that name this weekend). One is my own child, and I really do worry about her. Not so much that she's narcissistic, but that her insecurities are out there for the whole world to see and are being made worse by things like FB. It doesn't seem to me that starlets became LESS insecure the more they became popular.
Exactly.
And forgive me for labeling this thread, "Narcissistic"... as Joanne and others have pointed out wisely that it is far from the truth. But I wholeheartedly agree with your comment. Those insecurities are suddenly out there for the world to see. And they do not go away.
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I think no situation is perfect for little ones after church. I see no wrong in supervising them in the sanctuary, but they should not be yelling or running. I recall this phase in my life as no rest and more "Recess/Yard Duty" time as I never got to socialize with adults. But as time went on, my rules with my toddler son worked and he understood how to behave in church. It is a lot of work.
Bring lots of snacks, quiet books, coloring, or even the dreaded iPad as an incentive or reward after church. Or supervise them outdoors. I like the idea of a safe church playground to play if other members can donate $$.
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I've never liked having my picture taken.
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How do you find a place to rent when you can't come up with 1st, last and security?
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Anyway to get a local realtor to help you find a roomate? They will take the first months rent you pay to the landlord (along with a deposit & last month) as their finder's fee. But it should be at least 1/2 of what you may pay living on your own. Another thought is that your state should be paying for the children's medical foods (if it is for them via doctor's prescription) and that should save you a lot of $$.
Worse case scenario is to look at your nearest Women's Shelter for assistance. They usually run a program for work training and you and your kids have to live on site for a period of time. Once you graduate from the program, you then can find a roomate (another homeless woman w/family) who graduated from the same program... and share an apartment together. My niece's ex is in prison for battering her -- and she is doing this program in another state. She is on SSI with 2 kids and her new roomate is wonderful!