Would he have to lug his computer to camp? Does he have somewhere safe to store it? I wouldn't want to have to bring my computer to camp unless I had somewhere secure to store it. Depending on the layout of the store, maybe he feels like people will be staring at him. Maybe he doesn't trust the security of the internet connection. Is there a library anywhere? I wouldn't be thrilled about it, but I can see why it would make sense to kill time there. Maybe he could get another camp worker to join him like halfway through his visit??

I would blow off the reception under the circumstances without any guilt. Do what you gotta do.

I don't think I've ever not been there, but that's just the way it's played out. I could understand staying behind. Dh has not always been there and thus I had to take both kids. Or something happened to dd (youngest) and we decided to just take the whole family. Sometimes we need two adults to handle dd (one to hold her down, one to distract her or whatever). Breathing issues? Like wheezing or something? I hope he's okay. Does he have asthma or is this an isolated thing? They might give him a nebulizer treatement or steroid.

Tries to run away like in the parking lot or at the house? I would see if you could arrive a bit early each day to give him a moment to gain his composure or relax a second? You might already be doing that. Not the same thing, and it doesn't happen much anymore, but ds used to fall asleep in the car on the way to places and wake up so cranky and didn't want to cooperate at all so I had to try to wake him up sooner/arrive earlier. Has he elaborated at all about why he's not keen on going?

Congrats. Thanks for sharing :) Beautiful!

Just curious, would it be any cheaper to see a psychiatrist for this? I just started meds and my visits are basically every 6 weeks right now. I pay a co-pay at my visits. I don't know what is typical for how often someone is seen, but I imagine in the beginning it's normal to be seen more often to check on dose and symptoms.

I just joined a FB group about vision therapy. Someone recommended this book: Active Baby, Healthy Brain-135 activities to do from birth to 5 1/2' by Margaret Sasse. I know it's not for tweens, but I wonder if it would help at all. I saw that the kindle version was $2 so I bought that a min. ago. https://www.amazon.com/Active-Baby-Healthy-Brain-Development/dp/1615190066/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1498276116&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=Active+Baby%2C+Healthy+Brain-135+activities+to+do+from+birth+to+5+1%2F2%27+by+Margaret+Sasse

Is a trundle an option? I don't know if any leave adequate room for bedding. I think they may be used for sleepovers more often.

I like zoobie's ideas, especially adding fruit. Someone might find the other food a bit too heavy or whatever. I guess if you have a membership to a warehouse store you could easily get large bags of salad mix, but I don't know how complicated it would be if you are adding a bunch of toppings and dressings to choose from. I might find another drink to keep in the house in case I have a group of people expecting something other than water and liquor to drink before 5:30. It could be something easy, a bottle of soda or store made lemonade or something? Are you going to bring some of the bottled water to the pool side? That might be nice.

They might have table arrangements (five to a table, or whatever) and no way to add extra chairs or plates of food so it might be tough to sort out. When I got married I didn't mean any slight when I didn't invite someone we know. I just hadn't seen her in years and she was closer to my sister than me. My sister asked me close to the wedding if she could come. I was irritated at the last min. addition and said yes. Then they didn't come. So don't stress out the bride over it all if your son doesn't even care or can't come. I would probably not ask her directly anyhow because they didn't ask about his plate. We are actually closer to the person now so it's water under the bridge but at the time I found it so irritating.

encouraging to me would be asking. Sounds like they are just blurting this stuff out. You could cut them off and say, "I don't need all the details" if you feel like they are oversharing or something. If Mom isn't going to spread the information it seems a little more harmless. If she said Friend A said, "xyz" I might remain neutral and say, "and how did that make you feel?" to see how your dd is reacting to gossip. I might be more interested in how my child is reacting to this than what's up with Friend A.

You let them know which is good. I'm sure they understand. Is your dh annoyed that he has to go alone or that it will take up so much of his day? lol

I see where you edited your post to say it's a long Catholic wedding. I had a Catholic wedding. One couple attended the wedding but left before the reception. I was disappointed, but didn't ask questions. I think since you don't know them well and have such demanding hours plus children it would be understandable to not come, but I would have your dh let his friend know in advance so you don't have that awkward, "where's your wife?" comment the day of the wedding.

I went to a baby shower recently and the guest of honor asked where my kids were. Umm the invitation didn't specify and honestly, my daughter would have tried to open all the gifts LOL. On the other hand, I invited ds' friend to a birthday party and didn't specify siblings were welcome but I didn't care if siblings came. One family asked and I told them yes. Another family didn't ask and brought their other child and said hope you don't mind (I told him it was fine). I guess it's hard to know how to word invitations!

I would do all or nothing. Showing up for the reception but not the wedding would hurt my feelings as the bride (if I noticed). Sorry.

I would not ask her directly, but I might find out through the grapevine if there's a way to do that. Like, if there are other cousins and I found out their kids were not invited I would think that none of the children are.

Children's Place has some items 80% off. I got the kids some clothes. Spent approx $11 and got 5 pieces of clothing (shirts, shorts, skirt). Didn't see any big sales on demin, though. Careful when you access the site. Sometimes I get the https link and sometimes I don't. I start over if I don't get the secure link.

My post office and police station are side by side. Last time I went to the PO with the kids I instructed ds to lock the doors and just open it for me when I returned. I just really didn't want to take the toddler inside for a 2 minute errand. Similar to MamaStephanina I could see through windows to the car. If it's not complicated then I just send ds in for me. The feature on my keychain that lets me leave the a/c on is not working right now so I left the keys in the car :o

I think moving your body very slowly as you lift, bend and set down your legs engages muscles and helps you work on balance. So if you felt like you weren't engaging any muscles, maybe set your legs down slower? I don't know, but my dad does the exercises every morning and used to take a class. The most interesting part of the class (I tagged along once) was knocking out a flame on a candle from a distance with chi. I think the instructor could do it from a great distance IIRC.

Yes, the people on the TV set were thinking ahead :laugh: But I get what you're saying.

You might want a NoseFrida. I don't know how well they work as by the time I got ours dd kind of fought me. She started sniffling last night and I thought about trying it in her sleep lol.

I had to do a lot of looking but I did find a couple tops at Stein Mart around Easter. Maybe a store like that? Sometimes I have luck at Cato.

I knew someone was watching me. ;)

To each their own. I couldn't tell you if/what dd favored at 3 months old. She didn't sleep with stuffed toys and often woke up wanting to be near us (sleeping beside our bed) so ended up in our bed. It's not as if she was lying in bed bored to tears. I couldn't get her to lie in bed til she was already falling asleep. I'm a light sleeper so her little sounds woke me up. Lots of people move and don't use nurseries for long-term. Lots of people don't have nurseries at all. Dd has never slept in "her" room which is shared with her big brother. She still sleeps in our room. I actually still worry about suffocation with blankets sometimes even if someone is "big enough to crawl over and grab" an item. /shrug.

I try to have stamps, envelopes, address labels and an assortment of stationery on hand. Also cardstock if I want to make my own personalized card. My nearest post office has the worst hours (not open on weekends, closed for lunch, no stamp machine). I am excited about my new planners that I found out about on this board. The small monthly one can fit in my purse so I don't have to add another note to my smart phone. I always forget to look at those. Also my memo pad with pen that I bought because of the Hive. At any given time, I usually have one pair of dd's shoes in the car. Sometimes it's easier to just pick up the barefoot kid and put her in the car and deal with the shoes later. Right now sandals are in car so no need for socks. Sometimes, if I'm really proactive, I will go to coupons dot com and search by product name (ie. Pampers) and print coupons for exactly what I need before I go to the store. I'll do this with digital coupons for places like Dollar General and Family Dollar as well. For the longest time I didn't know you could search by brand name so I'd get frustrated scrolling through categories. Maybe everyone knew this but me :lol: