This exact scenario is why my Son-in-law is 100% estranged from his parents for the last three years. They were not invited to the wedding and they have never met their almost two year old grandson and won't be meeting the new baby that will be born in May. We also ran in the same circles and it has been awkward for the last three years.

My daughter showed signs of OCD staring at about 7 but wasnt diagnosed until she was 19. Her OCD also manifested as food issues and also slid into eating disorder with four relapses before she was diagnosed with OCD. She was on meds and began intensive ERP at the same time. Seven years later she is off all meds, is happily married with a one year old child and has firm control of her OCD. It takes daily practice to keep that control. We were just discussing that she still has intrusive thoughts everyday and that she has learned to acknowledge those thoughts and let them slide by or just sit with the discomfort that they cause until they pass. attending the national OCD conference was life changing for both her and us as her parents and caregivers

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I would absolutely go and and absolutely take a gift. My husband is retired military. When our first and second child were born we were living far from family and just arrived at a new base so we really didn't have any friends and I never got a baby shower. In my mind a baby shower isn't so much about getting everything you need as about celebrating new life with a family. Fortunately for me, when my third child was born, we had been in our community for a while and had friends and they hosted a lovely baby shower for me and it was so welcome and appreciated. Not because of gifts but because in a world that asks mother of three if they know what birth contral is, it was great to finally feel that other people were happy for us.

I took a few years off heirloom sewing/smocking and made some hand embroidered quilts. But I have a 8 month old grandson and I am back to seeing for him. My sewing instagram sew_long_for_now

At my oldest daughter’s homeschool co-op graduation I said in my speech that if anyone ever deserved an honors designation on their high school diploma it was the first born of a type A mother. 6 years later I said that my son deserved it because in his high school career I “fixed” all the “mistakes” that I made with the first two. today, all three are happily functioning self supporting adults with a good relationship with me and a desire to homeschool their own offspring

https://www.briksmax.com a site that makes kits to add LED lights to LEGO sets, really cool looking. I got one for my son and one for my son-in-law

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My mom was one of five and she is the only one that had kids. My dad was an only child. I have no first cousins and due to my dad'd military career I do not know my second cousins at all. Four of my five siblings had children (I had 3, one sister had 4 and the other 2 had 2 each) and now my first grandson is three months old and my other two children would like to get married and have children so our family is growing. we are up to 25 for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.

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It worked for me for about two hours at a stretch. I had poison ivy from hip to ankle all the way around both legs and from wrist to shoulder all the way around both arms. (We lost fourteen trees in our back yard during a hurricane. We cut them all into logs to drag out to the front for pickup. My husband conceived of the idea of clearing the mud off them with a power washer. The sprayback that I spent the day washed in contained poison ivy oils)

from health central.com This was very successful for me when I had poison ivy. A hot bath or shower often produces relief in that heat releases histamine, the substance in the skin that causes intense itching. Therefore, a hot shower will cause intense itching as the histamine is being released. The heat should be gradually increased to the maximum tolerable and continued until the itching subsides. This process will deplete the cells of histamine, and the patient will obtain up to 8 hours of relief from itching.

My oldest (27) would dearly love to marry and have children and homeschool. She has not found the right husband yet. She may adopt or foster if the man doesn't appear. My middle (24) got married in June and cried last week because she isn't yet pregnant. Her husband comes from a family of 10 children. They plan on 5-7. They plan to homeschool My youngest (boy) (21) wants children and would be glad to be a SAHD and homeschool. He is planning on children but is not currently in a realationship

Does anyone have experience with the Freestyle Libre? My husband has been using this continuous blood glucose monitor for the past few months. Right now we have had about 50% not work right. One wouldn't boot up at all, one was reading way too low and when we pulled it off the "needle" was bent. He just put a new one on this morning and it has been reading way too high so he just pulled it off, the "needle" was fine. The company has been good about replacing them free of charge but it just seems wrong that so many have been bad. Anyone else have the same experience?

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I am 49 and graduated my youngest from homeschool 3 years ago. I got a job teaching engineering and physics in a Catholic high school and just finished my third year there. I was just selected as the science department chair. My middle daughter just got married and she and her husband plan to have a baby ASAP. My youngest lives with us while finishing school but plans to move out in 6-12 months. My husband is 55. He plans to work until he can take full social security at 67. I don't know what I will do. I think that I will continue teaching at least until he retires. My children are all currently local to me so I can see them on breaks. I am building an engineering program at my school and am very fulfilled by my job. If I retire when he does, I will have been teaching for 15 years and I will be eligible for a full pension at 20 years, so woking those last five years might just make sense. I think that if I am having fun I will. We plan to spend the next 12 years where we are. We are going to travel on my breaks. I think that when my husband retires I may work another 5 years. we would spend those years building a home on some land in a nearby state and visiting on weekends. When I retired we would move there full time.

(I am 49) I tried the lash extensions (applied at Amazing Lash Studio) and I thought that they looked very fake. I did get the curled and have considered going back and trying the straight ones.

My daughter and I are conservative Catholics. we do not believe in or use artificial birth control. My daughter is a special ed teacher who works with high school students with ID (students with an IQ of 50-75) in the past she taught in a post-secondary (college) program for these students. The program had a sex ed class for the kids and they were definitely having sex. She would like to adopt a child with Down Syndrome one day and this is a hard topic for her. She is of the opinion that she would be willing to risk the sin on this one and provide her child with birth control that they do not have to be in charge of (so semi-permanent/permanent). In order to provide the richness of life that these adults deserve they cannot be supervised every second. Beyond what they will choose to do on their own, the risk of abuse is just too high. (she had a student with an IQ of about 75 who was dating a neurotypical student) I feel for the choice that you must make and know that many people cannot understand that position that you are in. You are trying to decide on what is best for your child in all ways and this is a really gray/hard area.

I had an 18 year old whirlpool frontloader with buttons and LED display and we repaired it many times, until we could no longer find replacement parts. I say keep the newer set.

EMDR saved my daughter's life and I have seen it drastically improve the lives of other people as well. A great EMDR therapist is worth every penny they cost

I am going to be the odd man out. Like you we wanted our kids to be in the same room as everyone else. Rooms had beds and clothing only. We had plenty of other cozy family areas for reading/playing/crafting and hobbies. We never had a house with huge kids bedrooms and they always shared as well.

Your son and husband will love it! I bought one and assembled it for myself in March and then the school I work at bought one in May and the librarian and I assembled it. They print so much better than anything else I have used!

My husband and I got married at 20 (me) and 26 (him), 29 years ago. We are very happy. My daughter is 24 with a masters degree and a steady job. Her fiancé is 24, with steady job as a civil engineer and is an Army reserve 2nd Lt. His parents did not want him getting married. They objected in every way the could, on every angle possible. They even, at one point told their son that he couldn't possible be sexually attracted to my daughter (she is 5'8" and wears a size 12, very athletic build). They tried to prevent the marriage in every way they could (we are Catholic and they convinced the priest who was marrying them to refuse, my D and SIL went around him to the the bishop and got it approved) My SIL is now totally estranged from his family and getting married in three weeks without his family being present. Hopefully, your daughter's boyfriends parents will see that they are adults and back off before they lose their son. We have stayed out of it in everyday we could other than to provide listening ears and hugs along with love and support. It has been a hard road.

Maybe, my point wasn't clear. My daughter wasn't restricting food because she thought she was overweight. Her OCD told her that there might be bugs or ground glass in it, or that if she ate then her mouth would be dirty and she might touch her mouth and get food on her hands and then when she touched her eyes, she would get food in them and go blind. It is common for OCD to worsen in puberty and whether it is worse because of PANS/PANDAS or simply because of OCD, finding a therapist skilled in ERP can be life-changing. I would give anything to have known when my daughter was 13 that she had OCD. Conventional treatment for eating disorders did nothing for her, three times, we needed to treat the OCD. She is now 24, has a college degree, two masters, a job that she loves and is getting married in 31 days. She still has OCD but it is manageable.