Today has been absolutely horrible. I had about a million (I lost count, but it was A LOT) of seizures in my sleep last night. I ended up vomiting and having a brain splitting headache b/c of them, and I stayed in bed until 5pm. I still feel absolutely horrid.

My mother was 27, I was 21. DH's biological mother was 18, he was 23.

I think $8/hr would be fair. I am a full time nanny for infant twins and I get $10.50/hr.

Bad here also. I just get over being sick last weekend and now I have another cold. I also have been having a ton of seizures yesterday and today. My DH and I got into an argument last night, and it sent my normally low blood pressure soaring, so I dealt with a massive headache all night. Hopefully this weekend is better. Plus, the weather changed so my fingers are killing me. I'm a hot mess right now.

A symptom of my type of seizures is what you call confusional arousals, and it is the manifestation of my seizures in my sleep (although I get my regular ones as well, I think when I am not in such a deep sleep). I sit up, and mumnle stuff to my DH, but I can't get a coherant sentence out and nothing I say makes sense. Then I just lay back down and go to sleep. Also, you said he feels dizzy or high...that is exactly how my seizures feel as well. I get a feeling of deja vu, like what ever I am doing or seeing at that moment I have done or seen before. Then I get the dizzy feeling, usually the room spins a little, and I feel really flush and usually get nauseous. I can completely function through the whole thing, but they are really uncomfortable. Depending on how bad it is, it completely wipes me out and all I want to do afterward is sleep. Some are worse than others.

I was told the same thing, but I was unable to fall asleep during mine. Insomnia and INSANE sensitivity to the conditions around me in order to sleep kind of prevented that. I can be ready to pass out b/c I'm so tired, but if things aren't just so I can't fall asleep.

Well, you basically described our diet. ;) We do try to eat healthier b/c our bodies seem to appreciate it (less digestinal distress, iykwim), but we do eat out quite a bit, we only keep white bread in the house (I prefer wheat simply b/c of the taste but neither DH or DS will eat it so I don't bother buying it), and I agree that beefaroni or ramen noodles are a good quick lunch. I have a huge sweet tooth, so I do eat a lot of cookies and candy, but on the other hand I eat a ton of fresh fruit as well. I also LOVE soda, and it is the only thing DH will drink other than coffee.

They started about 3-4 years ago, I'm 35. I also have tonic clonic seizures, but they are only triggered by drinking hard alcohol, so that is easy for me to avoid. Those began when I was a teen. *blush*

I have Complex Partial Seizures and nothing showed on my EEG b/c I didn't have a seizure during it (they are really sporadic). Still, based upon my symptoms my neurologist was able to make a diagnosis. Sleep deprivation definitely affects me, as well as stress. I haven't been getting very good sleep this whole week, so yesterday, during my sleep last night, and today I have been having seizures pretty frequently. They tend to come in clusters for me. Good luck!!

Thanks for your help everyone!! After talking to a sales rep last night we decided not to go with Sprint anyway b/c they don't have 4G LTE in our city, and we can get LTE phones through Verizon for the same price per month. I'm actually looking at the Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere 2, instead, b/c it has a slide out keyboard like my current phone, and the Walmart we shop at has it for only 96¢. Thanks again!

My DS just turned 14, but everything you mentioned describes him. Even the soft taco sleeping, he does the same thing. Yes I have to stand there while he brushes his teeth, and I have to keep on him every two seconds to get things done in the morning even though he knows what needs to be done. I have to check his room cleaning progress every 5 minute, otherwise he doesn't get any cleaning done. I have to ask him to take out the trash, otherwise he would just ignore it. I have to remind him every day to take his clothes out of the bathroom. He is a major slob and he always gets food everywhere when he eats but doesn't pick up after himself unless I tell him to. He sleeps like a burrito, but I don't bother telling him to make his bed. She sounds perfectly normal to me, but I could be wrong.

DH and I need to get new phones. The ones we have now are through the Walmart Family Plan through T-Mobile, and while they worked well when we lived in Missouri, we don't get service in half of Omaha b/c their coverage is so terrible. Plus, we still have MO numbers, and we'd like to get NE ones, and my DH is tired of his flip phone b/c it SUCKS to text on. We also want android based phones again b/c we have had them in the past and our current ones aren't and we don't really like them. We are looking at going through Sprint, and if we get it through our Sams membership it is $20 cheaper per month. There are two phones we are looking at, the LG Optimus Elite and the Samsung Galaxy Victory, b/c both are only $.96 when we sign the contract. They also have the HTC Evo 4G LTE, but my DH read that unless you are in a 4G area they are really slow (any opinions on that??). Does anyone have either of those phones? If so, what do you like about it? Is there anything you don't like? How hard/easy are they to text on? My phone now, and the one before (Droid2) both have slide out keyboards, so I am worried about texting on a touch screen. That fact is leaning me more toward the Samsung simply b/c it is bigger. I am writing this post on a Kindle Fire touch screen with huge buttons, and it is hard enough. I don't typically text dissertations, though. LOL Any reviews and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. We are hoping to get them tomorrow. Thanks!

Sure my husband looks...that certainly doesn't mean there is anything malicious or lustfull about it. I look too. We have eyeballs and use them, it is as simple as that. I wouldn't prevent my daughter from wearing something she is comfortable wearing just b/c someone might *gasp* LOOK at her. Nothing like teaching her to be ashamed of her body b/c of other peoples' actions. People would most likely still look at her, even fully clothed. I get looks at the grocery store in my sweats!! As a PP pointed out, if someone is looking in a malicious way, it really wouldn't matter what the person they are looking at is wearing.

Please stand up for your children and do not allow this to continue. If you do, it could seriously damage them (words can do just as much damage to a person as a hand does) and could most likely damage YOUR relationship with them. Trust me when I say that your children will grow up thinking that your fiance is more important than they are b/c you refused to protect them, and it will breed MASSIVE resentment. Not to mention, situations like this may start off as just words, but they don't often remain that way. Please protect them since they are unable to protect themselves. Please. ETA - I wish my mother had stood up for me and protected me from my father, even though I was in high school when it started happening. I am 35 and I still have serious trust issues with her. Our relationship has never been the same.

We don't have a daughter, but if we did I would have no problem letting her wear a bikini.

Why must he be outside? Our dog goes outside to pee then comes right back in, (even when we lived in the country) and if we can't supervise him he is put in his kennel until we can. The only time he is in his kennel is when we are gone, sleeping, or showering, really. When we were homeschooling, he just sat at our feet or did his own thing. He just turned 1yr, btw. I would just keep him in. A fence isn't going to stop him from barking, and it isn't a good idea to leave him outside that long anyway.

I didn't mean that about it being safer from predators...I meant that there was only local traffic, so less of a need for adults at the intersections (getting ran over and such.) At his school, all but one intersection was visible at the school, though.

Thanks! I am feeling better now. I ended up calling in sick on Friday, then we had a snowday yesterday, so it gave me plenty of time to recover. I hadn't been that sick in a long time! I spent the whole weekend either sleeping (I slept from 9:45pm on Thursday until 2:15pm on Friday!) or just sitting on the sofa watching tv. I didn't have enough energy to do anything else.

At my son's elementary school, the 5th and 6th graders did the safety patrol with no adults other than by the front door of the school. The school, though, is set back in a neighborhood and not anywhere busy streets.

I have worked with infants in childcare for almost 20 years. The majority of infants get really fussy, crabby, don't eat well, etc, right before they make a developmental milestone. It happens from the very beginning. ;)

Hughesnet is terrible. We had them when we lived in the country b/c it was our only option, and we hated them. You cannot do streaming videos like Netflix at all, and even small youtube videos are next to impossible to watch. I wouldn't suggest them if you do a lot of downloading.

I am recovering from a virus (a really bad cold that felt like the flu, but only lasted 2-3 days). Today is my first day feeling "better" but I am in a TERRIBLE mood.

We can paint here, but if we move out we have to repaint to the original color or we lose our deposit. Check your lease for clauses like that, or to see if you even can paint, b/c some places you can't. I would love to paint here, but DH doesn't want to go through the hassle of painting again when we move.

It depends on what you consider to be obscene or sexually explicit. Personally, I think that a 6 year old is old enough to watch the earlier Harry Potter movies. For your child, though, only you can determine that. Only YOU can determine what you consider to be appropriate for your child, and don't let anyone change your mind!!

What would you do if you learned that someone you know does drugs around their child, but you haven't actually witnessed this behavior? Okay, so here is the back story...my SIL (DH's sister) is married to this guy who has a 20 year old son. The 20 year old son lives with this girl and they have a 2 month old baby. Our nephew, SIL's DS, lives with us when he isn't away at college, and he is here on spring break right now. Anyway, yesterday our nephew told us that he was talking to a friend of his that is also friends with his step brother. This friend told him that his step brother and his girlfriend do meth and coke around their baby. Our nephew is a great kid, and he would never lie about something like this, and the way he told us I could tell he was telling the truth. The problem is, I have never witnessed this myself. What would you do if someone told you something like this? I want to say something, but I don't want to start drama. I don't know their address, otherwise I would call CPS myself and not have to get my SIL involved. I know my SIL would flip a lid if she knew this, but I don't want to get our nephew in trouble or anything. Kwim?? What would you do? Should I just keep my mouth shut? I have no idea what I would say, even if I were to say something. :(