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Hi all!

I'm avoiding a paper, so I thought I'd ask a question/give a tip....

Tonight as I was making dinner, I noticed that our sponge was smelly (I hate using it, but hubby likes it), so I popped it in the microwave for a couple of minutes.  This, of course disinfects the sponge and loosens any stuck-on gunk in the microwave.  Two "chores" completed at once!


So what are your "2 for 1" chores?  They can be little (like mine) or big!  I'd love to hear more ways to accomplish a lot at once. 

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Hi,

I'm new to this forum. I had a Paraguard IUD before we decided to have baby #3. I had no problems with the Paraguard and got pregant immediately after I had it removed. My periods were a bit heavier, but seemed to regulate over time. I'm scared of hormones so I'm not sure about the Mirena.

The last time I got the Paraguard, I was no longer breastfeeding baby #2 and I had it inserted during my period. I have an appointment for insertion on Wednesday for another Paraguard and my baby is 5.5 months and breastfeeding exclusively. I have not had a period yet and most likely will not get one for months. Will the insertion be worse since I'm not having a period? Will getting the Paraguard cause my period to return earlier?

I'd love to hear others experiences with the Paraguard while breastfeeding before their periods started.

I was just at the pharmacy waiting for a perscription. There were three of us in the waiting area.. me, a mother with her daughter (around 8) and another woman standing next to me.

The woman standing there had a Mccain/Palin pin on her purse. The little girl (who was about 8), looks at the pin and the lady notices and smiles at the little girl. The little girl looks up at her and says "WHY ARE YOU WEARING THAT? MY MOMMY SAYS THAT ANY GIRL WHO LIKES PALIN IS A BIG STUPID!"

The little girl's mom's face turned BRIGHT RED and she grabbed the daughter, apologized to the lady quickly and ran away. I felt AWFUL, she looked so embarrassed. I personally thought it was HILARIOUS (probably because the little girl had pigtails and just looked so cute and innocent) but the the woman the little girl was talking to looked sooo annoyed


How have you explained politics to your kids (if they are old enough)?
For those of you with younger kids, will you encourage your kids to chose their own views or will you teach them solely about why YOUR views are right?
Would you be disappointed if, for example, you are a super conservative right winger, but your kid ends up a democrat

So when I went to the doctor last week for my 32 week check up, we talked about birth control for after the new baby gets here and I brought up the fact that I'm looking into getting a tubal.

Surprisingly, she didn't try to talk me out of it (too much anyway). She had me go ahead and sign the paperwork and we're going to talk about it more after I go back next week..

But...In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone who has had it done can share their experience with me.

Did you go in immediately after giving birth, or did they take you later? Or did you just have it done 6 weeks postpartum?

ETA: The husband won't go for a vasectomy...that was the original plan and he backed out about a month ago...

I had to share this, and it's about the only place I can.

We've always tried to do gentle, respectful discipline with our little boy.  No smacking, no time out, no exclusion from us, total acceptance combined with strong and definate boundaries.

And pretty early on, I developed The Voice of Death.  The Voice of Death was not shouting, exactly, but it's what I used when all else failed.

Well, he's three and a half.  and now, when I use, The Voice of Death... he uses it back.  With a firm '"No!".

Which leaves you a bit floored!  You can hardly say "Dont' talk to me like that!" when you've just spoken to him like that....

So if Mum uses The Voice of Death, and little boy chimes it back... you find Mummy dropping out of the Voice of Death voice, and in very normal tones repeating the request, and then saying "I have asked you in a polite and respectful tone, to do.... "  (Which usually works, actually.)

So, there you go Mums.  If you too use the Voice of Death.. watch out.  It will soon be useless!  ;-)

And you'll be embarrassed, to boot!

Hi,

Has anyone here ever tried/take Ashwagandha for anxiety and/or depression? If so, how does it work? I know that it's technically, "Indian Ginseng", which concerns me a little bit (doesn't ginseng provide energy, which may exacerbate anxiety?)

What else is it good for?

Thanks!

What is it about getting in the shower that makes your child automatically need you OMG RIGHT NOW and start yelling through the door (I can't hear you!!) or just open the door so all the wonderful heat rushes out and cold air comes flooding in?

You would think that after years of me telling my daughter that I can't hear her over the shower she would understand it by now. Nope. As soon as I get under the water here she comes.

That pretty much goes for anything that I start. As soon as I do, either she or my sister need something. It never fails that as soon as I start to eat they both get thirsty. They weren't the whole time I made their food, or while I made mine, but as soon as I start to eat BAM they are.

I need a kid radar jammer like they make for cars.

does anyone have a recipe for homemade nacho cheese that does not involve velveeta, american cheese, or other pasteurized processed cheese foods?

thanks!

I can't chop! Well, I can, but it takes almost five minutes for an onion/garlic cloves, and never looks quite like I imagine it's supposed to. Is there a secret to this? I've tried the technique I always see where you line it up and bring down the back end of the knife really quickly, but I don't have the speed and things usually just. . . bounce away from the oncoming blade. I looked it up on google, but could only find videos that wouldn't play on my computer! Link to a step-by-step page of directions or tried-and-true methods would be greatly appreciated!

My daughter has had her newborn screen come back abnormal for thyroid twice now. We did the big needle stick on Friday, but I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else and what came of it?
I am hypothyroid myself, so is it possible that my medication is skewing her results since she is breastfed?

The funny things kids say.

My 2-year-old is deathly attached to her pacifier. She, ironically, calls them her "Blue Weans". She named them Weans when she was old enough to talk and then added on the "Blue" when she learned colors. We always called them binkies so how she got "Weans" is beyond me.

What things do your kids have nicknames for that sound NOTHING like the real name?