Will he eat it without complaint the next time? It takes mine, usually, three to five times before he will eat without complaint. Sometimes it's much more. I do the one bite thing too. I put on piece of whatever it is on his plate until he just eats it without me having to say " and you must eat that". At that point he will willingly eat a serving when it shows up. I had had what I thought was a really picky eater until I had him. He made my picky eater a cake walk. this child would wither away to nothing of we didn't make him eat. I am not a foodie at all so in get it, but I want to do more than my mom did because it led to me having malnourishment and weight problems for years even iti adulthood. I think part of his is anxiety and I have an appt in eight days to start trying to find him help for his issues.

I think ravioli itself, from any company, is pretty gross. That's because I had it ruined by ps ravioli, though, that stuff looked and smelled like vomit :glare: :grouphug: I know all about having a child who baits you. My youngest would cut off his nose to spite his face. He has tried to get out of eating by trying to get in trouble. It wears me out. One thing I've found effective is to put him at the kitchen counter when it starts. He can have food eaten in a min or so, when it's been twenty minutes of heck to get a bite down prior to that. He thrives on drama.

I get very easily angered when my blood sugar is low. My panic attacks are nothing like frustration. It is a combination of feeling like the wind is knocked out of me and my stomach gets the same floppy feeling as when you fall. I also just despair. That's the only way to put it. It isn't fear or just sadness, it is feeling like the world has gone off the rails and nothing will be right ever again.

:grouphug: what a day!! My inlaws are kind of like that. We never hear from them unless they want something or they've found something new to needle us with. Usually they just want something, then you can't get away from them. I guess at least they aren't dangerous. Well, I think one is, but the rest are just ... Annoying. What is a RCMP?

Thanks, BrandieRose. I've written her name down. If he ends up staying with the current company we will probably need her skill!

If it's physical, and you think he has buddies to back him up, I'd be reporting it. Why can't your DH take it any higher?

Wow. So not just gender identity issues, but species identity as well, eh? My, my. Good thing he/she/it has someone to love....er....them? Hey! Maybe Pollywoggy has a split personality? Cute. And a cake! I never know what to do for my youngest's birthdays. Maybe an "Alice" theme. Have you read Plaidypus? All the patching and reattaching LOL What a cutie. And Pookie is sweet, too! These will definitely be in my house long after my kids have moved out (unless they still need them, of course ;)) Isn't that unreal? When we got a new kitten she used to "mother" any small stuffie she found on the floor. Alice would occasionally go missing, and I'd find her stashed away somewhere that the cat had obviously hidden her.

Oh. My. WORD!!! I had to google it, and that is just vile. No, I wouldn't wear that shirt, or any other that had that word or *the letter* on it. I know people who would, though. Not for the cause, but for the shock value. I consider them somewhat mentally dull.

Aww, that is sweet!

The real question is whether you bought a $5 ticket in hopes a cow would poop on your number :lol: BTW, what do you GET if a duck/cow poos on your number? Is it a jackpot type thing or do they have a merchandise prize. I'm STUNNED that no one in our rural area has thought to have an animal poop as a contest. Stunned. :D

Oh dear. At least they are just useless/confusing and not embarassing? This past Christmas my mother in law gave her daughter a plastic replica of male genitals on a keychain. I think it was a laser pointer, I know it was weird. She gave ME a set of lingerie. Aside from the fact that I don't think I could get in any mood wearing undies and a nightie that my mother in law gave me, they were a large and I wear a 0-2.... Her gifts tend to be the line crossing kind. I think I'd rather have random junk from around the house. Especially when I have to open it in front of my husband's male relatives. :tongue_smilie:

My oldest had a stuffed Gund giraffe that I had added onto an order to get free shipping. He loooved "Giraffe-y" (yeah, he is super creative when naming things - all pets have been their fur color plus a -y ending :lol:) and carried him everywhere. He took him to my mother in law's house and lost him in her woods, we wrote him off. Years later she came to my house with Giraffe-y, they had been clearing some trees and found him. She washed him up and he looks, oddly, about as good as he did when my son lost him :) Giraffe-y (now 11 years old) has now gone back to a spot of honor on my 13 year old's dresser! My youngest has a webkinz camel that he named Alice. Alice is sometimes a boy, sometimes a girl (I didn't know camels had issues like that!) This was another thing that I bought just because. I gave all the kids a webkinz for Valentine's one year. The other 2 were older and had specific ones that they wanted, he didn't so I grabbed the camel. Who'd have guessed that s/he would become a lifelong buddy. Alice goes on vacation with us, has visited SEVERAL zoos and had pictures made with cousins, and MUST be accounted for at bedtime! My daughter, funnily enough, is the only one who has never really formed an attachment to any lovie. I guess I thought girls would be more likely to have that special item they babied, but not her. She loves her Bitty Babies, but she got them when she was older, and she doesn't take them everywhere.

We've had several guinea pigs over the years, I'd love another but my youngest was highly allergic to them as a baby and I don't know that he'd tolerate it. I hope my answers didn't put you off, but they aren't really a pet that you teach tricks OR let run around unless you want to pick up "pellets" :tongue_smilie: We fed ours mostly fresh vegetables and it got HUGE!

I would join, too. I'm so sorry that your day is less than stellar. Can you eat pizza? I'd order a pizza (Hawaiian because I'm the ONLY one who eats it in my family) and watch chick flicks off Netflix.

Thank you for taking the time to search. That helps me narrow down some areas, I just don't know all the suburbs and which ones are close to where we'd want to be - my husband tells me that makes a difference. You don't want to pick a suburb that is "north" if you are working "south" for instance. I think $1200-ish would be our range, however, depending on the property and benefits of living there, we might go slightly more. He found a 2 bed/1 bath apartment that is VERY dated and not in the best shape, and it was $1025 a month! I was :confused: because we are talking in need of MAJOR overhaul. The area was good, though, and I bet that's what drives the rent up. We just have nothing like that here, rent is based on size - location means little. Ha! But, see, I'm out of my element with the whole which part of Chicago thing! When people say "Oh, do you want North Chicago?" I tend to smile and try to look pretty, because I have no clue. Coming from such a tiny, rural town, cardinal directions are irrelevant. If I asked someone if they were from the North side of town, here, they'd think I'd lost my mind. That's a good tip on the reverse commute. I've heard him mention that, so I'm assuming he knows how to figure all that out :tongue_smilie:I just know how to plug stuff in the GPS. Thanks for the link. I'll check that out. This is daunting. I've never wanted to consider myself a country girl, but this is kind of proving that I know little about city life.

No I think that area is good. However, the size house we need may be out of our proce range in that area. What I'm afraid of is that to get enough house we'd have to live in a bad area, kwim? I've been to burr ridge and some other areas and was impressed, but even 2 bed/ 1 bath was at or over $1000 a month. Which seems high to me. What I meant by "wherever that is" is that apparently there is north and south and maybe other areas and I have no idea which it is lol

:grouphug: I feel kinda funky, myself, today.

Yes, my kids use Pandora on their Fires.

Oh yes, he would be getting a large raise either way. His current company will match the competitor company if he stays. I'm just being a sad sack because I really wanted to go to Atlanta, the housing was less expensive and easier for me to understand LOL I love Chicago, but I don't understand their suburbs. It's all Greek to me LOL It is at least better for my allergies, Atlanta would probably be worse. So I guess that's a silver lining.

They are all good, he has a good job now. I know I should suck it up. He had 3 positions offered at one company. One was in Atlanta, desk job so no more being out in the heat. The second was traveling 5 days a week (probably more, we've been down that road before) and it was $10,000 a year more. The third was the same salary as the first, but was based in a town about 2 hours from us. So too far to really commute, not the best town so I didn't want to live there. I was so hoping he'd take the first option. I spent tons of time looking at housing in Atlanta and found such cute ones for such good prices! Today he told me that the position in Atlanta was off the table, he didn't want to leave his current job immediately and they had to fill it. The other two jobs are still offered, but he wouldn't be as amenable to moving and I don't want to stay here. BUT the company he is with doesn't want to lose him, got wind of him job searching and wants to negotiate for him to stay. And move to Chicago. I love Chicago but it is depressing looking at the housing there. We can't afford anything that looks decent. We HAVE to have a minimum of 3 beds/2 baths because we have 3 kids, boy/girl mix, 1 teen and a preteen and a soon to be preteen. We are way past 3 kids in one room and all sharing a bathroom happily. I don't know a ton about the areas of Chicago but most everything even close to our price range appears to be, um, slummy? And so many things, even expensive things, say section 8 approved. I don't know what that means in Chicago, maybe it is really common. Here, though, we only have one part of town Section 8 approved and you do NOT want to live there. It is rampant with drugs, prostitution, fighting, drinking, child abuse... I'm hoping that is just small town stuff, and it might be different in larger cities? I really, really want to move. REALLY! I just want to be able to afford to live in the new place. I feel really discouraged. Does anyone know good websites to look at for rentals in Chicago. I'm trying to find something that makes me feel better, I don't want to let my husband know how sad I am about missing out on Atlanta. We are in a single family home now, apartments don't work well for us with big kids, and it just seemed much easier to find a plethora of choices in Atlanta. Surely there is something in Chicago? His office would be in Burr Ridge, wherever that is. I'm not sure what "part" of Chicago that would fall under. Which makes it even harder to look. Sigh. :confused:

I.... got up late, feeling like dog poo. Apparently, my children couldn't sleep last night and ended up in my bed, pushing me out of the bed twice. :glare: met a craigslist buyer to sell a Rockband set we don't use anymore. had a craigslist buyer come to my house to pick up a HUGE recliner that I don't want to take when we move. talked to DH about his job opportunities and housing in new areas. Then I wept bitterly when I got off the phone because Atlanta is now off the table and renting in Chicago is sooo expensive. sorted a bunch of winter clothes - donate, sell, hang and price for fall consignment, and kept a few. I have to actually DO those things tomorrow though ;) talked with a friend who is moving in a couple of weeks :crying: and taking her kids, my two youngest children's BFFs with her. unpacked several suitcases from vacation and sorted that into "use now" and "pack for later" piles. watched a little youtube on my phone while waiting on one of the buyers. am about to eat supper so I can go to bed early tonight and hit it in the early morning (and hopefully cooler) hours tomorrow.

AWESOME! My little guy loves camels. I don't know if he will stomach the whole thing, but what a neat way to learn about camels.

My youngest had a tooth do this and we had to pull the baby tooth. His, however, came in too far behind the baby tooth and so the baby roots didn't dissolve. Once the baby tooth was out the permanent tooth drifted up into place.

Oh my! Thank you!! That wasn't AT ALL what the other instructions had me doing, no wonder I couldn't find it :)

I'd love to hear a review of them once y'all have used them for a while. I know we are getting another tablet of some kind, but am undecided. I hadn't even heard of those!