Beetkvass
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I don't correct other people's children unless they are hurting my child, damaging my stuff or it's something that truly needs to be addressed and the parent can't for whatever reason. The boy you describe sounds bratty. But he might have developmental issues. However acting the way you did towards his mother was also pretty rude. I think we should be able to expect more out of adults than children whether 7 or 9. I feel bad for mom if she's lonely enough to need to call people who storm off in a huff over what you describe. I mean I'd probably not spend time with them either in my position. It wouldn't really be worth it to me. But I'd never have chastised her child, stormed off in a huff like I was just too good for her and her child either. I'd have just politely declined further invites.
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Game for Amazon users: How many orders in the last 6 months?
Beetkvass replied to Angie in VA's topic in The Chat Board
Hmmm 224 I shop a lot on Amazon. -
I was in a trial once at a well known university for a medication in pregnancy. My son was born with neurological damage and a further later diagnosis at the age of 2 yo that the medication was found to cause. Pregnant women are now routinely told not to take that medication. However shortly after learning he had neurological damage he and I were dropped from the trial for some ridiculous reason. Never ever again would I do that and I'd certainly discourage my children. The trial we were in? It found the medication to be safe! It was later trials that proved it was dangerous. So he suffers the life long consequences of this medication and so do we as his parents. And I quickly learned how rigged it all was. As soon as they knew he was brain damaged they removed him from the trial. I was so young and stupid and naive. I can't believe I ever let myself be talked into participating. But I knew as soon as he was dropped why he was. :(
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This year's flu is scary but confusing. What advice are you hearing?
Beetkvass replied to 6packofun's topic in The Chat Board
I have elderberry tincture I've made from elderberries from Mountain Rose Herbs. But I buy a lot of bulk herbs off Amazon now from Frontier and really like their quality. -
Judgment-free alternatives to "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding?"
Beetkvass replied to Mergath's topic in The Chat Board
I'm currently tandem nursing a 3 yo and a 5 mo. But I well remember my experience with nursing my first. We had multiple issues but what really drove me to finally quit was the day I gave him a bottle and then realized I was actually enjoying him for the first time since he'd been born a month before. I remember sobbing on the bathroom floor because I felt like such a failure. And I have not forgotten the nasty attitude women gave me for ending it. I later learned I have dysphoric milk ejection reflex. DMER. Basically I get an onslaught on negative hormones when my milk lets down and it's like a panic attack. It takes months for it to get better. But since I know what it is it makes it easier. That said, here is a great blog I found yesterday: Breastfeeding without BS. I really enjoyed reading a lot of it. The blogger is strong on actual science and not just oft repeated claims. http://breastfeedingwithoutbs.blogspot.com/?m=1 -
This is a sticky situation - *UPDATE* :(
Beetkvass replied to Happy Camper's topic in The Chat Board
Oh, wow, I'm so very sorry. :grouphug: -
The sound of a politician talking. I can recall this since about 13 yo. i can't stand hearing them. They make me uncomfortable and I need to leave the room or turn off what I'm hearing them on. The word corn. *shudder*
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I think it's probably a combination of things. Food is not the same and perhaps the change is partly environmental (what the food is grown with and how it's processed). And then I do think people just died earlier due to these reasons but didn't know why. Most people on my mom's side of the family for instance end up with hypertension regardless of weight. Before the advent of BP medication and regularly monitoring many died relatively young of stroke. So I did read this thread and think about my great grandmother who lived her whole life on a farm and just ate food and died of a stroke in her 50's. She'd probably live several decades longer now.
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s/o on house selling -- look at THIS listing !!
Beetkvass replied to Home'scool's topic in The Chat Board
I think her romantic interest was the guy in his underwear diving under the table in the bedroom! lol -
This is a sticky situation - *UPDATE* :(
Beetkvass replied to Happy Camper's topic in The Chat Board
I'm really curious if you don't mind PM'ing me. I wonder how much this is down to sil's selective choice making and not the cult. -
This is a sticky situation - *UPDATE* :(
Beetkvass replied to Happy Camper's topic in The Chat Board
I didn't realize there were any groups in the U.S. that didn't allow any medical care of any kind at all?? I know JW's refuse blood transfusions and many try and use natural means and use others as a last resort. But nothing at all? -
This is a sticky situation - *UPDATE* :(
Beetkvass replied to Happy Camper's topic in The Chat Board
I'm very torn. I think anyone would agree if it was a child you should report them immediately for medical neglect so the child could get immediate help. The problem is that despite this having been mil's ongoing religious beliefs, to not get medical care, she's been effectively deprived of that choice by no one telling her she'd most likely had a stroke. There is a difference between supporting an adult in medical decisions and deceiving an elderly person in it. It sounds like sil has been actively deceiving her and I'd be very worried about being seen as complicit in it because you drove down to stay knowing she was not well but didn't do anything. I do think people have a right to choose not to have medical care for themselves. But since she's had a stroke she's not fully in her right mind and can't comprehend what is going on. And your sil is depriving her of the right to even know something is actually wrong. So how does she decide how to handle the situation if she doesn't even know the situation? -
s/o on house selling -- look at THIS listing !!
Beetkvass replied to Home'scool's topic in The Chat Board
I think I saw twice as many mannequins going through it the second time! -
I found my first gray hair at age 13. I had noticeable streaks of silver while still in my teens. Now at 40 yo I'm probably 95% silver/gray. My mother and her sisters were all prematurely gray as well.
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Gaaah!!