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52 minutes ago, Kassia said:
The problem with that is that people are contagious before symptoms are present so they don't know they are sick.
True. But there are a lot of illnesses we don't vaccinate for too so people just need to be careful around babies in general.
The problem with the pertussis vaccine is it gives people a false sense of security. You could potentially have an active pertussis infection and not know it because you don't have any symptoms, thanks to the vaccine.
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1 hour ago, PeterPan said:
You have any monkeys at home to help you? The one I used to have is in college and the other that I'd borrow has a full time job! So yeah, it's just me and I'm going slowly, room by room. If I go slow enough, I might not have too much to clean up, lol.
Nice thing is, it finally occurred to me I could have a NO NERF DARTS ON THE MAIN FLOOR OF THE HOUSE rule. Like seriously, maybe it's my Christmas present to myself, maybe permanent? I don't know yet, lol. Guess it depends how much I like it.
I hate nerf guns. Hate hate hate. Finding bullets everywhere is bad enough. But every so often (too often, really) someone shoots someone else point blank in the face, looks shocked and surprised when their sibling stars screaming in pain, and then I throw all the guns in the garbage. The nerf guns always come back somehow. You'd think the kids would learn not to spend their money on them with the way they "disappear."
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To each their own, but research show that the pertussis vaccine does not stop the spread of pertussis. I think you're better off staying away from people who are actually sick than demanding that people get a booster.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/24277828/
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19 hours ago, annegables said:
I call this "my vagina eyes." I live with all males and I swear, they dont see the mess, dirt, pee, etc. My vagina eyes are like my sixth sense or superpower. With my vagina eyes, I can see floor pee, dirty clothes, dishes, you name it. My vagina eyes are also capable of finding things in cabinets where they have always been. It's a gift and a burden to have this superpower.
But seriously, keep on keeping on. I make them clean the whole house every evening. My prayer is that by the time they are launched, they will be able to see and take care of the mess by themselves.
This, and I think the rest of them just don't care. I am certain everyone saw the brown streaks (please be chocolate, please be chocolate) from someone's hand on the inside of the hall bath but no one actually cares enough to clean it except me.
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23 hours ago, hjffkj said:
Making them clean the bathroom daily would just solidify their idea that you need things perfect. Once a week for bathrooms is plenty. I'd simply send them back in and point out what isn't cleaned and tell them to finish the job. Rinse repeat.
My kids can destroy a bathroom in less than one day. And they do it daily.
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I made a GR account just to be able to read Quill's review. Totally worth it!
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5 minutes ago, Storygirl said:
I'm not buying this now, because I have no place to store it and am not convinced that I need one. But others may be interested. The 8 quart Instant Pot is $64.99 on Amazon. (Regularly $139.)
Ooh, thank you! I just bought this. I've been thinking I needed a bigger one for a long time.
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One year for Christmas my kids got a "We are going to Sea World" puzzle and once they had it put together we packed up our bags and drove to CA. I am seriously considering doing it again because not only do we have so much stuff, I am frustrated at how quickly they break things when they don't use them as intended. (Looking at you ping pong table and tetherball pole and countless other stuff)
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I've done a few toy purges through the years of things the kids had lost interest in. Now I wish I had kept them so I could slap a bow on them and regift them to younger siblings for their birthdays. That's allowed, right? If they don't remember or weren't around yet for the toy the first time around?
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13 minutes ago, Corraleno said:
The reason there is an anti-vaccine movement is not because of mothers watching their kids get sick, it's because of idiots like Andrew Wakefield and others who manage to profit from the creation and dissemination of misinformation. I've read hundreds of "vaccine injury" stories on several of the largest anti-vaxx sites, and the vast majority of the people on those sites are attributing everything from autism to SIDS to the common cold to "vaccine injury," even when the most recent vaccine was several weeks or even months prior. Yes, some children are truly injured by vaccines, but almost all of the stories I have seen in those groups are basically in the same category as claims that contrails are making people sick and the government is covering it up.
It's true that there is an incredible amount of gaslighting on this issue, but it's not coming from the medical and public health communities.
Why would a vaccine injury have to happen immediately following vaccination?
The anti-vaccine movement did not start with "idiots like Andrew Wakefield." Controversy surrounding vaccines go back much, much further than that.
I don't have the time to keep up with this thread today. I need to make some Thanksgiving desserts. But I just want to say that we really need to listen to the mothers. Mothers need to be believed. If the CDC's bloated, untested vaccine schedule is making our children sick, who do you think is going to be raising the alarm? I have no reason to believe that pharmaceutical companies or the CDC care as much about our children as mothers do. Listen to the mothers.
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2 minutes ago, maize said:
People who embrace anti-vaccination arguments for diseases like measles need to consider that we as a worldwide community of humans have it within our power to eliminate both the harm caused by vaccines and the more often serious harm caused by the disease--by implementing near universal vaccine coverage for only one generation. If we could do that, measles would be eliminated as a disease and future generations would not have to be vaccinated for it. Just as most who are parents now never had to be vaccinated for smallpox.
Complete elimination isn't possible for every disease; it would be exceedingly difficult to achieve for viruses that mutate quickly like influenza or that have animal hosts like rabies. It is possible though for measles.
That is the desired endgame. No more measles AND no more measles vaccine.
And the only way to get there is through widespread vaccination.
People concerned about vaccine harms should embrace one giant push to vaccinate to the point of measles extinction; working against vaccination campaigns only guaranties that or grandchildren's grandchildren will still be facing either the disease or the vaccine.
It's nice in theory but doesn't work out that way in reality. Some vaccines just aren't that effective and immunity wears off. Whenever there are are measles outbreaks in the US, at least some cases are in fully immunized people. The mumps portion of the MMR is notoriously ineffective. The pertussis vaccine doesn't stop the spread of pertussis. And years ago they began giving day old babies the Hep B vaccine with the idea they could eliminate the disease completely, and not only has that not happened, the risks do not outweigh the benefits. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/29329213/
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3 minutes ago, EmseB said:
No, it isn't. From myvaccinelawyer.com. Just one example, easily found on Google.
"Suffering from an injury after a vaccine? Shoulder or arm pain from a shot?
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We have won over $30 million in injury money for our clients since 2018."The existence of vaccine injury lawyers is not proof that the "anti-vaccine movement" is being led by them. Parents don't need lawyers to tell them what happened to their babies.
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On 11/26/2019 at 11:00 AM, gardenmom5 said:
many also use the "vaccines cause autism" - that study was pushed by a man who was marketing his own vaccine, which required destroying the vaccine on the market so his would be accepted. most antivaxxers don't know that.
Do you even know his name? Have you read the retracted study? Do you know that the study never claimed vaccines cause autism? Do you know that it's actually about gastrointestinal issues in children with autism?
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23 hours ago, EmseB said:
Yes, and a lot of this is, at it's root, motivated by money-chasing lawyers.
Sorry, but this absolutely false.
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22 hours ago, maize said:
Who is claiming the bolded?
Not the CDC. Not vaccine manufacturers. Not any vaccination campaign or pro vaccine person I have ever heard.
Total straw man argument.
Oh I hear people say it's "one in a million" and so rare that obviously the benefits outweigh the risks. But the reason there is an "anti-vaccine" movement is because countless mothers have watched their children get sicker and sicker after each round of vaccines, only to be told by medical professionals that it's coincidence or that their injuries are "normal." Mothers who know what have happened to their children are tired of being gas lighted by others who think that vaccines couldn't possibly be the reason behind their children's health problems, even when they are listed as possible adverse reactions in the vaccine inserts.
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Anti-vaxxers don't believe that measles is harmless. Anti-vaxxers understand that measles typcially is mild, but when you throw in other factors like poverty, poor nutrition, poor sanitation, lack of access to medical care, etc that it can be deadly and the complication rate is much higher.
It's absolutely awful that people in Samoa are dying of measles. But it's not just because they aren't vaccinated.
From what I have read, they are asking people to turn in neighbors who are not vaccinated or who are encouraging others not to vaccinate. I find that really disturbing. I understand that the 2 babies that died from the MMR died because of human error and malpractice, but there absolutely needs to be true informed consent when it comes to medical procedures, including vaccines. People ought to have the right to refuse, regardless of whether you think their reasons are stupid.
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I have no problem getting rid of stuff we don't use. But with 9 people, it's a lot of stuff no matter what. We actually have a lot of storage space so I would rather store things (preferably out of sight) than buy new again for each child. That feels a lot more wasteful to me, not to mention expensive. I do feel better with less stuff out and visible though. It feels cleaner and I hate dusting around knick knacks. My MIL is a hoarder but she is immaculate and neat. But her house still feels overwhelming to me.
Over the years I have purged a lot of toys. I kind of regret some of it now though. I wish I had packed it up so I could re-gift it to my littler kids. Doh.
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I make this a lot. Very kid friendly because they can pile on their own toppings. https://www.melskitchencafe.com/mexican-haystacks/
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These are made with cream cheese and are pretty amazing!
https://www.melskitchencafe.com/blueberry-cream-cheese-muffins/
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9 minutes ago, Arctic Mama said:
I feel like this comes so naturally to some people (like my husband) and I still struggle with it and procrastination/task avoidance. But I’m a functional adult and he is too, even though he works a bit smarter than me still 😆
I do all of my best work when I am running out of time. I wish I could change that. But even if I try to do things early, my brain doesn't work until I'm panicking about the deadline. 😄
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Ina May Gaskin's Guide to Childbirth
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I am on my 15th year of really wanting to do Christmas cards, but finding it too stressful/expensive/time consuming to actually do them. I love getting cards from people. No, I don't save them. But I do love the updates. I wish I was better about reciprocating.
If you are going to send out cards, do it for you because you like it. If it's causing you stress, don't do it.
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The recent potlucks I have been to have been great. I am sure there are always going to be people who eat more than they bring. As long as that's always a small percentage of people attending, it works out.
My siblings get together monthly for a potluck dinner and we pretty much rock it. Whoever hosts plans the main dish and the rest bring coordinating sides organized via lengthy group texts. We all like to make and eat good food, so our family dinners are always my favorite. 😊
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My 13 year old just opened a checking and a savings account. If I understood correctly, he can't take any money out of the savings account. But he has a debit card he can use for the checking account. He puts half the money he earns into savings and the other half into checking. It is linked to my account so it's easy for me to transfer money to his accounts. (He mows lawns and sometimes gets paid in cash or to my venmo account, so then I transfer the money to him) He is a really responsible kid and so far having his account has been really convenient and I know he's not spending his savings.
What do you think of Peloton commercial?
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I don't understand the uproar. But I also don't assume the worst about people or things in general. I am going to assume she asked for the peloton, and that she had goals for herself and that she was genuinely pleased with her own efforts and the support of her spouse.
Is the girl in the gin commercial supposed to be the same girl from the peloton commercial? Is that why we are supposed to assume the husband is a jerk?