Because a few comics most people do not read is so much worse than killing thousands, hundreds of thousands, beheading people, raping, and everything else? I hope I am misunderstanding what the Pope said. I did not read the whole thread.

Birth certificate or social security card should do it.

Obviously I must be bored today to be posting about this! But I think this is odd and am curious if anyone else has had this. It did not happen with any of my children until the last two. Five year old is naturally clean. He has impressed people since he was a toddler with his ability to play in the sandbox, on a wet day, in a light colored shirt, and come back in totally clean. It is like his skin repels dirt or something. Meanwhile, three year old...she attracts dirtiness. She gets a daily bath because she is so dirty. I can bathe her and have her looking dirty before she leaves the room. One time, I did an experiment. I washed her completely up, did not set her down, and in a short period of time, she looked a little dirty again! We took them both out to play a couple days ago. They rolled around in leaves. 5 yr old dive bombed the leaves while 3 yr old just picked one up at a time (and tried to place on the tree, LOL). After a little bit, I showed my husband how 5 yr old had a completely sparkling clean face, and 3 yr old looked like she had been living on the streets for a while. It is the funniest thing actually. Has anyone had children like this?

I was never a big meat eater to begin with. But since I have been pregnant, it really grosses me out, even tuna. Sort of like an anti-craving. I still have some. But not much and need to add protein in to the earlier part of the day. If I do have any sort of meat, it would be the end of the day for dinner. So I needed quicker ideas for earlier in the day.

Yes. Yesterday, I made the mistake of starting breakfast but not finishing. As a result, I only had the carb half. Then, for lunch, son made noodles with spaghetti sauce, no protein at all. Shortly after, I had a horrible head ache and was exhausted. I slept the entire afternoon. I usually do not sleep during the day. But I was constantly on the go until then (I still had things to do, but just had to go to bed, could not go on). I thought if I had some quick and easy protein ideas, I can make sure I at least snack on it throughout the day. Like, added a few nuts to breakfast.

Do you have a recipe? Anything involving a banana shake would probably be something I would love!

I am suspecting from how it was described that it was a very small party and the parent holding the party double checked it with the invitee's parents prior to the event. The invitee had no real excuse to not go, just didn't feel like it at the last second. That is beyond rude and it cost the hosts money. The parents of the invitee should pay up. You are only as good as your word and the parents of the invitee were incredibly rude and are teaching their child to behave that way.

I do not feel like my OB does a good job. I have felt this a long time. But, she is an old personal friend and has had a lot of things in her life lately. I did look in to leaving her, but, we live in a not so big town without a lot of choices so it was not easy to find someone else. Plus, I knew I would eventually see her again, socially or otherwise, so it is hard. I am not good at all with confrontation or harsh situations. Here is the thing..after the mistake with the GT test, she said she wants me to see her exclusively so no more mistakes are made. However, in my opinion, this was HER mistake, not the PA or the midwife. I think the PA and midwife are far more thorough. They look at my records when they speak to me. The OB does not. She just chit chats and seems to forget there is a real medical reason to be there. I do not want to be that "in your face." But would it be rude to say "I would actually like to keep seeing the midwife and the PA. The GT test thing was not their fault and they tend to be very thorough." And maybe point out to her that she has been very distracted and I had asked her directly for my GT results and additional testing repeatedly over that almost month time? I do not want to start anything, or controversy. I am not one for confrontation at all. But I think her midwife and PA do better jobs. I know they cannot deliver me. I know the OB owns the practice. But, I feel like the PA and midwife are getting the blame with the OB made the mistakes. How can I stand up for the PA and midwife...and get the care THEY provide, without hurting anyone or getting in to a sticky situation? Edited to explain: I guess I did not realize I did not post things that had happened. I have to omit a lot of details because my OB was sort of a personal friend and I met her through some of her relatives who home school. So I feel like if I put too many details, it will be too identifying. I had my initial prenatal blood work in July. I have a thyroid issue so the perinatal said I was supposed to follow up every month. I also asked to see a genetic counselor but got ignored by OB. Ob kept not bothering with the thyroid testing each month, saying we would do it the next month. But then the next month, she did not do it. I left my October appointment upset about it. Googled the consequences of not following up. I think I posted here too about how exhausted and such I was. I called her and insisted and was very upset over her not doing it. So she did it then. That was mid-November. Then, I kept calling for the results and kept getting told not in yet. It got to the point where I finally got angry and two weeks after the initial test, she looked up my results. Then, I had the GT test Dec 16. Later, I found out the lab sent the results to her Dec 17. But, when I had called the office, they did not have it. She called me Dec 22 to tell me the results. I had to go in for a problem I was having Dec 23 and they did not have the results there. She was out of office and must have taken my results to her house. I waited until Monday the next week, which would have been Dec 29. They said they did not have it, I did not need to call them, they will call me. I told them the OB had already given me the results so it has to be there someplace. On Jan 2, I went in to the office because I felt sick in the morning. I got there and had high Ketones and high protein and was sent to labor and delivery and admitted and put on fluids. My Ketones went down, and then back up. They discharged me and said I needed to follow up on Monday. Also, in the office that day, they were still missing the results. I called on Monday Jan 5 and told them I needed an appointment. They told me my next appointment was not until Jan 20 and I will be seen then. I said no, and I needed to follow up on my GT results. Oh, and backing up, when I went to check out of the office and headed over to labor and delivery, they had that I was not pregnant in their records. The people at check out did. I told them not only was I pregnant, but I was headed to labor and delivery, so definitely pregnant. Oh, ok, they will fix that in my records. Then on Jan 5, they refused to make me a follow up appointment. I tried to explain about labor and delivery and the ketones. They said no, I can be seen Jan 20. I also tried to explain the Jan 20 is a mistake anyway, I am supposed to be seen every 4 weeks until 28 weeks and then every 2 weeks (due to being high risk) at 28 weeks. I was already 28 weeks and Jan 20 put me 5 weeks from my last visit. They said I was seen Dec 23 (I was seen for a bloody nose, it was not a full check up, I did not even give my potty or hear the heart beat) so Jan 20 was soon enough. They refused to make me an appointment. I asked that if they are STILL missing my GT screen results, could they please call the lab and get them. They said I can discuss it with the doctor or whoever on Jan 20. I texted the OB directly about this. But honestly, she sat on my results, and had them in her hand Dec 22 and now no one can find them and she has not been at all concerned with finding them or ordering another copy. The OB ignored my texts. It feels like when she wants a favor from me, she is all over it and talking to me. But when I need my medical needs cared for, she is just too busy. At the end of the day, with no response from her, I called my perinatal doctor and asked her if she felt the 3 hr test was important or if this was ok to skip it, or wait a few more weeks. Monday night, I got a text back from the OB saying she would make sure that her office knew to schedule me right away. Tuesday morning, the perinatal office called back and said my OB needs to do this test immediately. The perinatal called the OB office and told them to schedule me. Once the perinatal office called me, I called back to the OB office and tried to schedule. They said no! And they said to stop calling, they will call me. And I can just wait to be seen January 20 and discuss with the OB then if I want the test anyway. I texted the OB and told her what was going on. She never texted back. Finally, Wednesday night, husband and I discussed it and the possible complications of untreated GD. He said he was tired of this OB dropping the ball. And he does not want us to lose the baby over this. She is not that great of a friend. She is a taker, not a giver. (for example, I heard from her last night because she wanted a favor, but never hear from her otherwise). And she is not paying attention to her job. We agreed I needed to look for a different doctor. Thursday morning, Jan 8, I called an OB office and they said I need my records first. So I called my OB office and said I need to pick up a copy of my records. They said I had to come in to their office and fill out paper work and then it would be a 7-10 business day waiting period. I got upset and asked them if they had the blood test results yet for my GT test. They said no. I asked them to call the lab to get a copy of at least that. They said they did not know what lab it went to!! So I said fine, I will check with my insurance to see who they paid! I signed online. Found out who billed for this. I Googled the lab. I called the lab and they said they could not send the results directly to me but would fax it to the ordering doctor..the OB. They did. I called my OB and said "did you get it now?" and she said she would check the fax machine. She comes back to the phone and says oh yeah, it is here. And I said Good! I want a copy and I am disgusted that the PATIENT has to call the lab to get the results! I said I would stop in to pick up a copy of that and will sign the paper to get the rest of my records. Fine. Within a minute or two, I get a text from OB who wants to know if I want to talk. I said "about what? about the fact that my lab results went missing again? or the fact that I had to, as the patient, track them down from the lab because you were not interested? or the fact that you thought I was sick enough to admit me to the hospital on Friday, but then by Monday, had no interest in seeing me?" She sends back a text saying she is so sorry and give her a chance to make it all better. Then she scheduled the 3 hr test. Basically..I should not have to do all that!! And my other pregnancies, she just skipped the GT screening. She is not very detail oriented. In fact, with her, I generally do not have testing while pregnant. I do go to a perinatal doctor, so he picks up some of her slack. But a perinatal does not do some of the testing she should be doing, like the GT test or the strep B test, or really, anything like that. The perinatal just looks at the baby, that is it. Now, I know when I go in tomorrow, she will gloss over my results and not bother to really look at them. She will likely just say I passed. I feel like if I saw the midwife or the PA, she would actually look at the results and go over them and make suggestions about that lower number. I feel like I get more prenatal care from my posts on this board than I do from the OB!

I would love non-meat protein ideas. Preferably things that can be grabbed quickly. But other things are good too. I do not like meat so protein has gotten difficult to make sure I have plenty of. So far, it is just nuts, cheese, and milk. And tons of peanut butter. Thanks!

Can you get another opinion to see if there is anything else you can do? I know someone recently who was told it was hopeless. I told them to go to the children's hospital prenatal department and last I heard, they are still pregnant. I am unsure if this is something that can be helped. I am just so sorry!

I am very sorry!! (((hugs))) I am sure you can call them weeks in advance. I would definitely call them weeks in advance. And bring your own camera too when you have the baby.

Omitting can be a form of lying, but not Omitting can be a form of gossip.

I have plenty of reason why. I always told the kids if they are not comfortable with something or don't want to do it, they can use me as an excuse. Mom won't let me go there, do that, etc. Then, in later years, I was hearing from teachers that my children would say I would not let them attend a play they were supposed to attend or whatever else. My son only pulled it once. My daughter has pulled it a ton. She even forged my name to notes from school it turned out. So yeah, now I tell the kids to just talk to us and tell the person they need to check with us first.

Nevermind

I admit that I call bogus on this too..I mean..the person who says that. We can pray about something. But in the end, we have free will. And short of a burning bush speaking to us, the answer likely comes from us. When someone says "pray about it" I take that to mean give it time or think about it more. If they try to tell me they are going to cause me work or hardship because God tells them to, I would probably call them on it. Except I am not very assertive..so I am unsure what I would say.

If my children go to a visit to someones house, I prefer that they not transport my children elsewhere to watch a show, without it being the original purpose of the visit. I probably would not have wanted my child to go to that show, but I might not have had the courage to tell you I don't want my child to go. There are so many factors that play in to this. She might not have wanted her in the car, at that show, out of town or wherever, etc. I would let it go. And in the future, not try to take this particular little girl to a show like that again.

My dh and I each carry a copy of mthfr. We each have a different one. Is that possibly where my daughters bipolar disorder can from?

He has Aspergers. He seems very set that we not re-arrange or paint or change anything at all! But, his room is the only one big enough for the bed. So I feel silly giving it away. I do have someone to give it to, but yeah. would be a shame to do that and have him need it back in a year or two.

Probably because he just does not like change. I am sure that is it.

You did nothing wrong. Parking is different because it is up close. Disabled or not, the potty is in the same place and uses the same amount of time. It was never meant to sit empty until a disabled person shows.

My dreams are very vivid too. And often, I remember them a long time.

My purging went really bad this week, again. I picked up everything that looked toss-able off the floor. I took the trash bags out. Then..I found it...the wrapping/envelope to an Eva Pirrazi Viola string. I had bought new ones for daughter when she left for college! They were on the floor, out of the wrapping for some reason, brand new, and in the trash now. I had seen what I thought were wires from a science kit and tossed them. Just grabbed them up and tossed them!! That was close to $40 per string!

We have a queen bed that we are trying to figure out what to do with. I was going to move it in to 13 yr old's room, but he said no. He is already 5'7, maybe 5'8. I can easily give it away. But I am afraid that in a year, he will be so tall that he will regret that. I put a post on our town board offering it to free to anyone who wants it. Right away, I got tons of responses. I am fine with giving it away, but I do not want to be in a position of having to replace it in a year or so. 13 yr old currently uses a twin sized bed.

I think that, even though it is only every other week, it is a long stay, it takes up many hours, and it sounds like there is nothing for the kids. They should not have to go every time.

I am so sorry!!! This sounds like an awful situation!