Definitely. I took both meds for PCOS, which is (for most people) essentially insulin resistance. My A1C had always been fine as well, but was trending up after my last pregnancy. Victoza is indeed incredibly pricey, but most insurance plans do cover it, and Novo Nordisk has a generous patient assistance plan for low income folks. Check their website to see if you qualify and milk the drug rep samples from your doctor.

Followup appointment with the endocrinologist today. A1C dropped to 5.3!! Down 10 lbs. and am no longer pre-diabetic!!

Was this recently? With an online provider or a B&M school? How old was your DS at the time? My kids are a long way off, but, like the others, I was hoping to knock off a few APs early.

Also, does this mean that places like PA homeschoolers will no longer be allowed to let middle schoolers into AP classes? CW, do you have further clarification?

Do you have any links about the change? I couldn't find anything. ETA: So, this is not current policy? http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/Appropriate-Grade-Levels-for-AP-Courses.pdf

Oh, wow. I had no idea. That is awful.

OT, but aren't there several posters here whose kids have taken APs in middle school?

My rising first grader (age 6) has a January birthday. Although he has never been tested, I suspect that he is gifted. So, please keep that in mind re his academic development. I would describe my son as sweet, social, imaginative, passionate, and intelligent. He does not do any chores at present, save for picking up toys or clothes (if prompted). He is very short for his age, and cannot reach our cabinets. I imagine that he will help out with dishes when he is taller. We also do not have any pets at this time. I have a housekeeper to save my sanity; she does our laundry and puts it away. He currently reads at about an early 5th grade level, but prefers slightly easier books for pleasure reading (the stuff labeled grade 3-4 at the library). Our current read-aloud is the second Harry Potter book. He can listen to audiobooks, or me reading to him, for hours, but prefers to spend his downtime watching Stampy videos or playing video games. We do not currently set limits on his screen time. He is extremely articulate, and talks incessantly. He has an expansive vocabulary, and picks up other languages easily (my husband is a native French speaker, we lived in Mexico for a year, and he has attended immersion preschools in 3 languages). His main hobbies are Pokemon, Minecraft, coding in Scratch, Wii U video games, playing imaginary games (wizards, dragons, etc.), Lego, and watching YouTube videos. He has attended full-day summer camp at our local Jewish Community Center for the past two summers, and loves it. I imagine that he will be ready for sleep-away camp in the not to distant future. He likes/plays soccer, tennis, swimming, Parkour, and just began Kung Fu. Having said that, I would not describe my son as naturally athletic. He is currently smaller and weaker than most of the other kids his age on his soccer team. Granted, he plays on a very competitive soccer team, so that has skewed my perception a bit. He has not napped since he was required to in preschool (ages 2-3) unless he is sick or spent all day in the sun at the beach/waterpark. His main behavioral issue is that he prefers to talk rather than listen. Also, because he is working several grade levels ahead, he has been disruptive in class. He was sent to the director's office in preschool on several occasions. His giftedness, and inability to blend into the typical classroom environment, are why we are homeschooling. We are gentle parents, but have not had to do much disciplining to keep my son in line. Science is a particular strength of his, and he adores learning anything about it. We have watched adult science documentaries since he was 3. He asked for a tornado cake for his 6th birthday. He went to science camp last summer, but ended up teaching the instructor things (or so the instructor told me). I am terrible about doing art/crafts with my kids, but thankfully, my son gets a lot of art instruction through classes at his charter school and at summer camp. He occasionally colors, but prefers video games these days. He sings well, and has attended theatre camp the past two years. He has been in several performances to date, including a poetry cafe (where he performed a solo poetry reading). He is starting guitar lessons in the fall. I have really enjoyed reading everyone's responses, so thank you all for sharing.

Another vote for Samsung, but I prefer the larger screen of the Galaxy Note.

I guess I don't get why another woman's sexual pleasure is ewww. I'd be stoked to find out my parents were still getting it on. Unfortunately, I didn't grow up in a family that spoke openly about sex.

This has also been my experience with my 6 year old (who understood the mechanics of M-F intercourse). ETA: This is also a kid who watched PBS documentaries on fetal development at age 3, so not altogether typical.

I agree with the site. I often have to use my finger to push it higher than where the applicator left it. It's like my muscles are strong and want to eject it if it's not super high and to the back. Definitely foot on the toilet, and as high up as it can go. It's a two handed procedure here.

Is she using the applicator correctly? I spent years thinking that tampons slid out of me too because I was inserting the applicator and leaving it there. I never realized I needed to push the tampon out of the applicator and remove the applicator. Yes, I am that mechanically inept.

I've had injectables. I looked amazing -- a good 10 years younger. I would do them again in a heartbeat if we had the extra cash. I've seen good and bad facelifts, but I am not sure I would go that far. And eyelift for sure. Laser resurfacing hurts like a b**ch, and I'm not sure that it is worth it.

Never in a million years.

My son balked at OPGTR, but thrived buddy reading with Progressive Phonics (free!). After that, we used the Nora Gaydos books and AAR readers to gain fluency. He progressed 4-5 grade levels in one year with that.

When mine was 4, he loved Dreambox, SOTW audiobooks, Brain Pop and Wild Kratts videos, the Dragon Box and Ansel & Claire apps, and Minecraft. She's probably too advanced for Reading Eggs, but perhaps Audible books -- mine liked Dahl books.

Been following you, Cleo, as my husband is from Quebec. So thrilled for you!!! Mine are still itty bitty, but I hope you'll continue to post. :)

My psychiatrist suggested it for me because I have bipolar disorder and anxiety. I also have PCOS/Insulin Resistance. I am compound hetero for both mutations (apparently, the worst combo). She prescribed Enlyte for me. http://enlyterx.com/

‘‘When I was growing up, I knew I wanted to be a mathematician, but I had no idea what that entailed,’’ he said in a lilting Australian accent. ‘‘I sort of imagined a committee would hand me problems to solve or something.’’ But it turned out that the work of real mathematicians bears little resemblance to the manipulations and memorization of the math student. Even those who experience great success through their college years may turn out not to have what it takes. The ancient art of mathematics, Tao has discovered, does not reward speed so much as patience, cunning and, perhaps most surprising of all, the sort of gift for collaboration and improvisation that characterizes the best jazz musicians. Tao now believes that his younger self, the prodigy who wowed the math world, wasn’t truly doing math at all. ‘‘It’s as if your only experience with music were practicing scales or learning music theory,’’ he said, looking into light pouring from his window. ‘‘I didn’t learn the deeper meaning of the subject until much later.’’ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/magazine/the-singular-mind-of-terry-tao.html?action=click&contentCollection=magazine&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=1

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I'm excited about continuing with Beast Academy, teaching my son to read in French and Hebrew, and adding Story of US audiobooks to our much beloved SOTW audio history rotation.