I'd look into a cheap sports bra in a larger size than you normally wear -- this should avoid buckles and straps and stuff irritating your skin at night. (I'd also buy it in a different color than your regular ones so that you don't accidentally try to wear it to work out).

Were you planning on finishing the year or switching now? Going from Saxon 7/6 into pre-algebra seems totally reasonable as the next step in the Saxon sequence would be 8/7, which is also pre-algebra. If you were planning on finishing the year I'd retest your 4th grader after she finishes 6/5, but if you just want out! now! I'd go ahead and start 5th grade.

I am really happy to hear this.

That isn't quite what they said. "As part of the FDAMA review, the FDA evaluated the amount of mercury an infant might receive in the form of ethylmercury from vaccines under the U.S. recommended childhood immunization schedule and compared these levels with existing guidelines for exposure to methylmercury, as there are no existing guidelines for ethylmercury, the metabolite of thimerosal. At the time of this review in 1999, the maximum cumulative exposure to mercury from vaccines in the recommended childhood immunization schedule was within acceptable limits for the methylmercury exposure guidelines set by FDA, ATSDR, and WHO. However, depending on the vaccine formulations used and the weight of the infant, some infants could have been exposed to cumulative levels of mercury during the first six months of life that exceeded EPA recommended guidelines for safe intake of methylmercury." As they observed earlier and are still researching, ethylmercury is metabolized significantly differently than methylmercury, and methylmercury is significantly more toxic. So they exceeded recommended guidelines for a more toxic substance.

example: http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/24/my-son-has-been-suspended-five-times-hes-3/ (yes, anecdote != data -- this is one person's experience).

No. The only issue might be weird calculator instructions in old editions, but you can just ignore those.

well, what's done is done, so honestly I'd just watch for any symptoms. btw, it could easily be just one jar, as Cakes said. The issue is if it doesn't form a proper seal.

I agree with EKS. That being said, I would absolutely not try to do two full curricula. I don't see anything wrong with trialing Singapore over the summer to see if it resonates more with you and your children. If it isn't right for you, you won't have lost any ground.

What do you have entered in the Excel?

I use +1 for "I agree". I agree that it is an on-level algebra 2 course. It's solid, not spectacular, but if worked conscientiously will prepare a student for any reasonable precalculus course.

I'd count some of the time but not the asleep time.

Yeah. I wouldn't start Saxon and then give a break -- rather I'd start Saxon 3 and then I'd just go through the summer doing 2 lessons a week -- so monday/tuesday half a lesson, wednesday off, thursday/friday half a lesson -- or whatever works for you. If that isn't an option, I'd pick up something fun/extra like life of fred, selected lessons from MEP, maybe something from CSMP, or just living math for a while.

Vegetarian is a lot easier than vegan. If vegan I'd really look into B12, but it's also available in dairy (like yoghurt)

Yes. And as much as we say "don't they KNOW that not attending hurts?" -- no, what they believe is that if anyone fails, the teacher will curve until they pass.

Man, I love that my dentist's office e-mails me for reminders. You can have young adults who don't get micromanaged during college as soon as you start letting them fail and not penalizing the college for the astronomical failure rates that would result. Good luck getting it through your state legislature. Honestly I don't think that we could just throw it back to the "one final and that determines your grade" system without providing some significant scaffolding during high school to move them towards it. When all through high school they (at many schools) get unlimited attempts to retake the same test, submit the same homework, magical extra credit at the end of the semester, etc. -- even expecting them to come to class and take notes without being dragged is a huge leap. They don't believe me when I say "no, we do not do extra credit".

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2100nrs.pdf -- unusual cases of Hep B transmission.

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Mike's? What Mike's? I don't know what happened to it. (It probably is a bad idea, just on principle, but there's a reason I never bring leftover Mike's home) :P

+1 for an on-level algebra 2 course.

This reminds me of the lady whose recipes all begin "First, pour an ounce of rum into the cook".

Yep. I agree 100%. And this is not a logical point of view. I'm not trying to claim that it is. But once you decide something emotionally, you start looking for reasons why it's the right thing to do. The person who can be convinced by statistics and logic that their gut feeling is wrong is a rare person indeed.

Here you go: http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/4/3/9/enhanced-buzz-12780-1333458797-15.jpg edit: or just these -- http://www.buzzfeed.com/thefalafel/30-canned-foods-you-probably-never-knew-existed-4x8q

Just don't let them catch you :D

Oh, no kidding. But it also bugs me that they have the end of the world happening -- and yet they don't really start to look skinny and haggard. I mean, yes, it's TV, but ...

Wow, I gotta say I love their models. Good-looking women, but a variety of sizes, shapes, and ages, rather than just slim and slimmer. It makes me want to order from them just to support that!