If BF means Beautiful Feet, you can download pdfs from their site. http://bfbooks.com/Study-Guides

I think a tablet would be ideal for this situation, especially for math. If you can get your math in a pdf form, he could write on the screen with just his finger. Also, someone above mentioned Dragon Dictation on the iPod/iPad for writing. I think it would be highly worthwhile. You can also get dictation programs for your computer, and then he could go in and edit what he's written. I believe something like that might even work for spelling. Sequential Spelling has an app for the iPad that might be worth looking into. Teaching Textbooks, though mostly frowned upon here, would be very doable, especially if you let him do the work on the tablet with his finger. We switched to TT this year and are very pleased with the results thus far. Good luck! I hope you find a workable solution.

This is the most comprehensive article I've found. It goes into great depth. If you want to skip to pages 14 and 15, it specifically covers how breastmilk reacts to the herpes virus. http://www.sepeap.org/archivos/pdf/10488.pdf

Me too! I love my Miele!

This is why my kids unload the dishwashers LOL. I don't mind loading, but I hate putting away. When our old dishwasher did that, it had the filter clogged. You should be able to clean it out.

This isn't the study that was done, but says what I was trying to more eloquently. http://www.llli.org/faq/prevention.html " Nursing also allows your baby to give germs to you so that your immune system can respond and can synthesize antibodies! This means that if your baby has come in contact with something which you have not, (s)he will pass these germs to you at the next nursing; during that feeding, your body will start to manufacture antibodies for that particular germ. By the time the next feeding arrives, your entire immune system will be working to provide immunities for you and your baby."

Protected from, no. Enhanced immunity to, yes. I'll try to look up the studies I have sourced later. It may be after the site comes back online though. I want to make it clear though, that I'm not telling the OP to not worry about the cold sore because she's nursing. I was just addressing her specific statement that she didn't have it, so she couldn't pass immunity on.

What I was trying to say though, is that if your baby is exposed, you are exposed the minute he/she starts to nurse and you immediately begin to produce antibodies.

Just for future reference, a polyester suit will last a lot, lot longer than lycra. I don't buy lycra anymore, because it wears out so fast. SwimOutlet.com usually has great deals on poly suits. A 32 may be a little loose on her, if I had to guess. My tall, sturdy 10 year old wears a 32. It may fit fine, but usually snugger is better for race suits. It will probably be wearable, but not the absolute best fit. A lot of swim meets have swim shops, so you may be able to get a suit at the meet. I don't think I've been to a meet in the past 4 years that didn't have a swim shop. Have fun! Make sure you pack something to occupy you for the many hours you'll be sitting waiting for her to race. A highlighter, pen, and cash usually come in handy too.

You don't need to have had them to pass along immunity if you're nursing. Whatever the baby is exposed to, you start producing immunity to as soon as they nurse after exposure. That's why breastfed babies in daycares are generally sick less than formula fed babies. Even though the mother isn't exposed to all the germs the baby is, they produce immunity as soon as they nurse.

I think you can do that on the Mary Kay app. I know you can on their web site.

We follow the WTM history sequence and follow the science sequence roughly. I do use Apologia Elementary Science, as I find it easier to get done than doing what WTM recommends at the elementary age. We do however try to do the books in an order similar to the WTM. So, we are doing Zoology 2 this year while we are studying ancient history. I will probably start Botany this summer, since we school through the summer. I also use the WTM's suggestions for Language Arts, Latin, and Art. I've tried other things, but I always end up going back to their suggestions.

The squares are bigger. My ds needs large squares, as his handwriting is quite sloppy. They're 1/2 inch squares and most graph paper is 1/4 inch.

Thanks, this looks like a nice solution to our lack of timeline!

Not in my experience. Once they know the story, they don't get hung up on it. For the first week or so that they know the story, they think of it. Then after that, the actual fact is memorized.

When I'm on a streamlined season of homeschooling we listen to the Story of the World cds and activity guide. I skip all of the activities, and only add the extra reading if I happen to be in the library that week to get them. We listen to the lesson, do the coloring pages, map work, and review questions and call it good. Are they getting the depth that they could if I took the time to plan all the activies? Maybe not, but its getting done and they're learning more than they would if we weren't doing any history.

We are really just getting started with our year. I have a hard time schooling through the first trimester. Luckily we do school up through the end of July, so we aren't too far behind. It's going well now though, and we have found our groove. We have some new things we're trying this year, and they seem to be working. I'm a happy camper!

I like Math Notes

I get the 200 for $20 from Sam's Club. For the price, I'm quite happy with them. I also recently placed an order at Lamination Depot. I'm happy with those as well, for sizes other than the standard letter.

This is what I used to do/do with my youngers. However, I've discovered my 7th and 9th grader really like getting graded on things. Teaching Textbooks sparked that love and competitiveness. They hate getting anything lower than 90%. On Teaching Textbooks, if they get a problem wrong the first time, they call me in to explain it. Then they can get it correct the 2nd time before its marked wrong. I do require them to do the tests independently. My 9th grader is also getting graded on her biology tests at our co-op, and that is helping her tremendously. She has asked for more subjects that I can grade for her, because it motivates her to do her best work. For my 5th, 2nd, and K, I still circle wrong answers and we work through them together. I don't issue them a grade though.

I am also a major listmaker. I end up throwing them all away when I find them 3 months after the year I planned is over LOL. I have begun to use my computer and phone more. I have lost a ton of papers, but I haven't lost my computer yet!

I usually choose Option C too. RepairClinic.com is my one of my favorite sites. I've repaired a lot of appliances with them!

I'm an introvert with an extremely extroverted dd. We started swimming 4-5 days a week all year to give her a social outlet. It has helped tremendously with her whole attitude. I've found though, that my introverts have been helped even more by it. It has forced them out of their comfort zones and has allowed them to grow a little. I sit and watch them swim, so I also get a little adult conversation with other parents while they're in the pool. It has worked well for us. When my dd was younger, about your dd's age, we found that if she had unsupervised time with any other kids, she would come home with all of their bad habits and mannerisms. Preschool would have been terrible for her. I don't know if that's because she is an extrovert or some other personality quirk, but it reinforced my decision to homeschool her. Long story short, stick to your guns about preschool. You know your family best!

I would call it electronics or computer science. Snap Circuits might be a nice addition to your science.

Yes, you can do them in any order. The only hang-up is the zoology books. If you want to do them out of order, you need to print out the first 6 pages of the 1st chapter of Zoology 1 and do it first. It covers classification of animals. You can get it for free from Apologia's website. You can also print free notebooks on their site for each book. I have found that at different ages they do have different comprehension. They're all learning something, but my 5th grader gets a deeper understanding of the topic than the K'er. However, the K'er is learning a lot more than I expected. If I forget to do science, he's the one who brings me the book and asks to do it. This is the same kid though, who sits beside his sister doing biology waiting for her to read a page and explain it to him.