I just don't think enough time has past since then to bring them back. People are still trying to recover from those decades. How about we bring back styles from tbe 40s and 50s instead?

My last had a really low inital apgar score. The came out fast, but it took him a minute or two to decide to breathe despite all our rubbing and coaxing. Because of it, they put oxygen on him for a while and I think took a sample of cord to check for any problems. His 2nd apgar score was just fine.

I use tea tree oil a lot. I started using a couple drops in my cloth diaper wash, but I also use it for towels and other stinky clothes. It also works fantastic for minor skin infections. Put a drop on a tiny bit of cotton ball and stick a bandaid over it. Works like magic. DD had one (she said started out as a bug bite, but I don't know) that I was worried enough about to draw a circle around to see how it was spreading. Put some TTO on and in the morning it was significantly better. I use a "breathe" blend for congestion. And I use a couple drops of Germ Fighter (similar to Thieves) in my mop water to kills germs, plus it smells great. That's about the extent of my EO use at the moment.

This is exactly me too. Definitely low back pain. It's only been the last few years for me that I have had ovulation pain.

A non-gyno visit? Like you're seeing a family doctor for a sinus infection and there's zero chance he's going to need you to take your pants off? Why on earth would that be rude?

I think his tendency to be rude and jerkish in general is more concerning than the actual words that came out of his mouth. If he's angry all the time, sounds like he needs some help. My almost 4 year old threw this fantastic tantrum and told me she wanted everyone to die (except her little brother). This was right after she angrily smashed a banana and tried to throw a dozen eggs in the garbage. But she was upset over having to leave her cousins' house and all their baby kittens. (Can you blame her?) She feel things strongly, but most of the time her behavior is just fine. She's sweet and independent and spunky. So I can laugh (not at her) when her emotions get the best of her and she lashes out. I think all kids at that age need some guidance on how to process their feelings and need to be told when their reactions are out of line. Either his behavior isn't being corrected or it's being encouraged, or there's something going on his life that is frustrating him.

Considering this casual bee sting transaction took place on his front porch, I would *think* that would limit the places one would be stung. I don't know though. I do recall the neighbor mentioning the hip. And maybe the arm?

Yes. Italian and caucasion honeybees apparently. Google says those are real bees.

I told DH and he says "So THAT'S why they call it the birds and the bees." 😅

How can they say not to even ask about it? Who would buy a house that you weren't even able to get all the way into? People typically do inspections before purchasing. You just trust that there's an actual, live human being renting upstairs and not several hidden bodies from the previous owner? Heck no.

We have only had a few interactions with our odd and sometimes tipsy bee-keeping neighbor. I don't know much about him. He makes me a wee bit nervous though. But I was outside today and noticed he was talking to a couple women on his porch. After they left, he came over to show me the bee he had in a container. He said he gets 4 or 5 referrals a week from some doctor. Women come to him to get stung by bees to make them more fertile. I was tempted to dismiss this as crazy talk, but was curious enough to google. Apparently it's a real thing? My eccentric neighbor actually has a side-job stinging women with bees for $20/sting. Who knew? P.S. I have absolutely no opinion about the effectiveness of bee venom therapy but was just SHOCKED when google brought up websites about it and that my neighbor gets referrals for it.

I find the research very compelling.There is SO MUCH research out there about what happens inside the body when vaccines are given, the kind of immune response that happens, how it can damage the immune system, etc. The research about how it's affects a baby's immune system is especially fascinating. There's a lot we know and a lot we still don't know. At the very least, the research shows that we still need so much more research done. And the opposition is to the HPV vaccine is because it's was fast-tracked through the approval process, it's an ineffective vaccine, it has a very high rate of adverse reactions, and it's being pushed on kids who are younger than it was ever even studied on. Research is showing that with the young kids getting it, immunity is likely to be waning before they are ever sexual active anyway. They came out with a new gardasil version that covered more strains because they found that while the old gardasil was preventing some strains of HPV, other strains were moving it to take their place. So they needed a version with more strains. There are all sorts of unintended side effects that we are just beginning to understand. There's also evidence that in the vaccine trials the "placebo" they used actually contained vaccine adjuvants, just no strains of HPV. So when their "placebo" resulted in a similar number of adverse reactions as the vaccine itself they can call those reactions "coincidence" and declare the vaccine safe. There are a lot of really good reasons to be opposed to the HPV vaccine.

I don't think this is true. There are numerous example of sketchy "research."

I took my oldest to a chiropractor. I can't remember for how long. But he was upfront that he felt like it helped some kids with bedwetting and it didn't help others. So he gave me the timeline-- and if it didn't help by then to stop. It didn't help. And he didn't charge for any of the visits.

I have met very pushy and manipulative doctors and it makes me very wary. The thing is, pediatricians receive financial compensation based on the number of children in their practice that are fully vaccinated. Maybe that's a good thing as it would encourage them to encourage their patients to vaccinate. But how is that doctor likely to react when a parent expresses concern over their child's adverse reaction and wants to delay or spread the rest of the shots out? It's nice to think a doctor would do whatever is in the child's best interest, but there are countless stories of doctors dismissing a parent's concern abd blowing off rather serious reactions as "normal." Often times adverse reactions are even more severe with subsequent doses. I do think it creates a bit of a conflict of interest.

In a discussion specifically about polio, that's a perfectly acceptable thing to say.

I think it would be impossible to concisely explain my personal opinions on vaccines on a forum. I'm not anti-vax but I fall somewhere on the spectrum with medical and philosophical delayed/selective-vaxxers. Things I do know: 1. A conversation about vaccines in general is rather pointless. If we want to have a real conversation we need to talk about them individually. Not all vaccines are created equal. Some have a much higher incidence of adverse reactions than others. Some VPDs are scarier than others. Some vaccines are more effective than others. Some people are more susceptible to vaccine injury than others. And on and on and on. Whether vaccines are "worth the risk" really depends on which vaccine we're talking about and who is going to receive it. 2. No government should be forcing medical decisions on anyone. I have no interest in participating in the other thread. When people pull out the "I wish they could talk to all the people who suffered from polio" I check out. Polio and small pox are used like vaccine trump cards intended to shut down actual meaningful conversation. Like polio is supposed to be enough reason to justify the existence and necessity of dozens of other vaccines. No thanks.

I get reflux when I am pregnant. Digestive enzymes and probiotics helped a lot.

My grandparents built a cabin decades ago and it is still in the family. We are allowed to use it whenever we want. We share it with a host of cousins and a couple uncles, but it's almost always available when we want it.

The struggle is real. I have 6 kids and I have kept all the hand-me-downs in bins in the closet or in the attic. So even if it is fairly organized, the laundry plus messy kids plus poorly organized laundry room means it all gets overwhelming. A family that used to live in our neighborhood has 14 kids and honestly the one thing I just can't wrap my head around is ALL THE CLOTHES. How does one even organize that? It's too much to even think about.

If someone shared something with me and asked me not to share it with my husband, I would absolutely honor that. However, typically I share everything with him. Depending on subject matter I might bring up a conversation I had had with a friend. I enjoy talking with him and I he's a safe, comfortable person for me to share things with. Also, he's trustworthy. I assume that if I share something private with a friend there's a good chance they will share it with their husband. But if I was concerned about a husband of a friend knowing my secret, it's probably not something I would be sharing with anyone.

In this case, where it's his title and a word he uses all the time, a light-hearted way of letting him know is okay. But for a chronic bad speller I would not be correcting all their mistakes unless you want them to stop communicating with you altogether.

I also think some people are just really bad spellers. I mean smart, successful people who still can't spell.

My FIL spelled my name wrong for years until I managed to bring it up in a light-hearted manner. It annoyed the hell out of me though.

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