- [-] old monitor broke. never had a video one. are they worth it? posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM sticky permalink reply
- sure posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- i've never had a monitor posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- yes, I love mine posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- [-] I will be getting a reverend license and getting on TV by the end of the year because I am going to do something sickening to korans (not sure yet) for feb 1 when daniel pearl was...(more)horribly murdered
posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM sticky permalink reply - [-] 3yo dd has constipation issues. can i give her fiber supplement in her yogurt - that powder stuff that doesn't taste like anything? posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM sticky permalink reply
- Sure. posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- talk to ped about using miralax if she is constipated all the time. posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- yes! if it works (never did on my dd, she knew). I would try all fiber everything, and lots of veggies and fruits. We totally changed diet and are now militant about it. posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- yes, try prune juice and prunes too - they really help posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- thanks. i will try all of the above posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- [-] I love the sound of wind posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM sticky permalink reply
- and the sound of music posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- who has seen the wind? posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- I love the Tap album "Break Like the Wind" posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- [-] Chatelaine posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM sticky permalink reply
- [-] When I take pix with my iPhone and email them to my mom she gets them upside down and on their side. Anyone know how to keep this from happening?...(more)When I compose the email they look fine on my phone. TIA!!!
posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM sticky permalink reply- I am guessing the problem is with your mom posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- Op: I'm starting to think the same actually posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- I have this same issue, dont know how to fix it posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- does she have an iphone? she's prob. holding it upside down LOL posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- LOL! My mom would totally do this! But no, it's on her computer. posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- tell her to click on those little arrows she sees at the bottom of the pic when she opens them, will turn them around posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- Op: this is what I tell her and she swears there is nothing there. sigh posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- I am guessing the problem is with your mom posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- [-] anyone do the HCG diet? i keep hearing about people losing lots of weight from it posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM sticky permalink reply
- spam. go away. posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- i hear that too, but I can't imagine people don't gain it back. i think you only eat about 500 calories a day! posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- gosh i wonder how it works then. posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- op-i guess you alternate between 1500 & 500 calories but my friend on FB raves about it & has lost a ton as well as a bunch of her friends. posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- The only healthy and safe way to lose weight for life is Weight Watchers. posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- I agree posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- or just counting calories and exercise which is what ww is posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- This is not what WW is. posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- Brainwashed much? All WW is is a shortcut to healthier eating through moderation. posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- Right. You have a problem with that? posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- i'm liking South Beach, I think the final phase is very healthy and sustainable, also like the no calorie counting posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- [-] favorite high fiber cereal anyone? posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM sticky permalink reply
- oatmeal with milk, almonds, and blueberries posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- grape nuts posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- eal posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- [-] do you like this chair? ...(more)
posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM sticky permalink reply- no posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- not even a little bit posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- not my style, but it looks like a nice chair posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- sort of, but I don't like the upholstery. posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- shape yes, material no posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- kind of, if done right posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- The balance of that chair is all off. posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- ita - the seat cushion doesn't fit properly posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- no posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- looks nice, but very uncomfortable. posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- yes, depending on the room, but not with that fabric posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- no. the proportions are bad. posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- it's a bad copy of a good chair posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- - no subject -...(more)
posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply- better, but also a bad copy of the original ones posted on 9/9/10 10:59PM reply
- [-] OMG! I think my 9yo dd is starting to get breasts!!!! I am so not ready for this. She is just in 4th grade. But her nipples seem to be changing. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM sticky permalink reply
- do you give her organic milk? posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- OP: yes, since she was about 3yo. posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- lol posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- What's with the lol? There's a correlation between growth hormones in non-organic milk and early puberty. posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- np - Not really posted on 9/9/10 10:59PM reply
- No, there really isn't posted on 9/9/10 11:00PM reply
- Okay, I stand corrected. I googled. The research has been updated since I started buying organic milk 10 years ago (but I'm not going to stop). posted on 9/9/10 11:04PM reply
- np: thanks for clarifying. I always feel a little guilty about not buying organic milk, though I've never found a study to support it posted on 9/9/10 11:05PM reply
- Organic had nothing to do with anyway. You can buy hormone-free milk that's not organic posted on 9/9/10 11:06PM reply
- We drink a lot of milk, so organic is important for other reasons as well (pesticides, etc.) posted on 9/9/10 11:08PM reply
- What's with the lol? There's a correlation between growth hormones in non-organic milk and early puberty. posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- this is a normal age, not early for breast buds posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- ota posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- OP: really? she's in 4th grade -- I remember having to wear a bra for the first time in 7th grade and I didn't get my period until I was 14. posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- but I think it takes a long time to develop. niece is 11 yo and in 6th, only some girls are wearing actual bras posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- np-I was a 34C in 7th grade posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- np: I got my period in 5th grade and had little breasts and public hair by then posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- This is definitely within the normal age range. posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- you don't have to wear a bra at first. posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- I got my period when I was 11 yo and I was not the first amongmy friends to get it posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- the average is 5 years earlier over the last 100 years? i can't remember, there was just a huge study about this posted on 9/9/10 10:58PM reply
- ITA posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- OMG, you know there is not a shred of scientific data to support this and it's been studies up and down, left and right? posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- np: thank you! I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't blame milk for puberty posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- Sounds about right. posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- that happened to me in 5th grade. not sure what age that is posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- oh, I was just talking to dh about this. also have a 9 yo dd in 4th, I'm getting ready to discuss puberty with her. I was telling dh breast buds could come any time! posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- I HATE the term "breast buds" posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- haha! but that is what they are posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- it seems like an appropriate term. the hatred comes from that sort of cringing self hatred that is so crippling to women posted on 9/9/10 10:58PM reply
- np: maybe she just doesn't like the word. I never liked those ads for "Butter Buds," for example. posted on 9/9/10 11:01PM reply
- np-i had gotten my dd a book that she loved-called The Period Book. posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- thanks. we have the AG book, maybe I should check that out too posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- this is it...(more)
posted on 9/9/10 10:58PM reply- thanks! looks like this covers some things the other does not posted on 9/9/10 11:03PM reply
- this is it...(more)
- thanks. we have the AG book, maybe I should check that out too posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- I HATE the term "breast buds" posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- is she chunky? i think so of the chucky girls in my 9y/o ds' class have them as well posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- OP: she is not chunky that's why I'm surprised. She is very muscular/athletic. Does competitive soccer and plays 4 times a week. Also runs track. posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- Why are you surprised? This is a normal age for this to happen posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- it is perfectly normal, though. I hate knowing that my dd is growing up so fast :( posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- OP: I guess that's part of it -- Just don't want her to grow up so fast. Feeling sad. posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- np: the early changes can't be seen when they are clothed posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- np - mine is thin and got them at about 9 yo posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- OP: I guess good to know -- I got her that American Girl book about your body - guess we should start reading it. posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- That's a good book. When her breast buds do really start to develop she may start to feel self-conscious wearing thinner shirts. You can start her of with these little tank style bras....(more)YOu can find them at stores like target.
posted on 9/9/10 10:59PM reply
- That's a good book. When her breast buds do really start to develop she may start to feel self-conscious wearing thinner shirts. You can start her of with these little tank style bras....(more)YOu can find them at stores like target.
- OP: I guess good to know -- I got her that American Girl book about your body - guess we should start reading it. posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- OP: she is not chunky that's why I'm surprised. She is very muscular/athletic. Does competitive soccer and plays 4 times a week. Also runs track. posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- that's when I started, but they were just buds for a long time. posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- omg, i remember those buds. that's some cruel joke that lasts for years, i see pictures of myself at that age and cringe. fucking buds posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- I feel like they were quite sore, too, weren't they? posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- yes. very sore. posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- OP: my dd was just saying that they itched. I put some cream on them. posted on 9/9/10 10:59PM reply
- yes. very sore. posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- NP, but I hate that puffy nipple look posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- I feel like they were quite sore, too, weren't they? posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- omg, i remember those buds. that's some cruel joke that lasts for years, i see pictures of myself at that age and cringe. fucking buds posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- do you give her organic milk? posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- [-] what was the deal with the Beatles fans? The girl crying, rushing stages - they were crazed. Was it a generational thing? Was this the first music they had ever heard? posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM sticky permalink reply
- lol posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- I love the Elivis, Jonny Cash, etc. thing. I guess they started the whole concept of musical fans that became obsessed. The Beatles were righ tafter them. Now, it's common posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- lol same as Elvis fans, same as Biber fans, posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- what about the anti-Beatles fans breaking records in half, rippin gup magazines and books about the Beatles posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- Are you kidding? Girls have been going crazy for bands/singers forever...it didn't stop with the beatles! posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- crying and climbing fences?? The Beatles fans seemed more crazed than todays Bon Jovi fans posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- people couldn't even hear them play threrer was so much screaming from the girls posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- you must not know who justin bieber is posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- he is the new bubble gum pop singer - he is what 12? He is not playing Shea stadium posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- yes. crying and climbing fences. yes. posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- crying and climbing fences?? The Beatles fans seemed more crazed than todays Bon Jovi fans posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- Michael Jackson, New Kids on the Block, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, Jonas Bros....it wasn't a beatlecentric thing! posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- I can see Michael Jackson brought on a similar frenzy posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- Definitely not a generational thing. I cried too the first time I saw Paul McCartney in concert and that was in 2002/ posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- :) I love that you admit this! posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- Frank Sinatra did the same to girls before the Beatles, as did Elvis posted on 9/9/10 11:03PM reply
- [-] any bloggers here? what's the best provider - blogger, blogspot, wordpress? tia! posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM sticky permalink reply
- no, no bloggers here posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- please don't start one posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- [-] what the hell was this explosion in San Bruno CA? posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM sticky permalink reply
- ^ah shit. 24 inch gas main exploded posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- [-] do you pay house cleaner cash? posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM sticky permalink reply
- Yes. posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- check made out to cash posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- They'll still lose up to 20% at the check cashing place. You might want to ask if this is okay. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- it was her idea. she has a checking acct posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- Oh. If she has a checking account, it's all good. posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- my cleaning lady's bank will cash checks made out to cash. she doesn't pay a fee. posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- it was her idea. she has a checking acct posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- that's a good idea. i hate having to remember to have cash onhand. thanks. posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- or: that's why i do it. i never carry $$ posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- They'll still lose up to 20% at the check cashing place. You might want to ask if this is okay. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- i enrolled her dd in our school district so i don't have to pay her for 6 months!! posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- If this isn't fake, you're CRAAAAAAAAAZY. School districts hire private investigators for this. You could end up in deep shit. posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- If they check up she will be charged the our of district rate - some districts charge as much as 15K. You're a fool. posted on 9/9/10 10:58PM reply
- Why am I the fool? posted on 9/9/10 11:07PM reply
- If they check up she will be charged the our of district rate - some districts charge as much as 15K. You're a fool. posted on 9/9/10 10:58PM reply
- If this isn't fake, you're CRAAAAAAAAAZY. School districts hire private investigators for this. You could end up in deep shit. posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- Si posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- Always cash. I've had one or two who allowed me to write the occasional check. Sometimes I'll double up if I'm short. If you have them weekly for years it'll happen, but don't...(more)habit our of it.
posted on 9/9/10 11:00PM reply
- [-] Who does Mikael not 'love very very much'?? posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM sticky permalink reply
- [-] female 'friend' of mine on FB has a dog/horse face. poor thing is seriously HEINOUS. posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM sticky permalink reply
- So you're saying that there are unattractive people in the world, and you know one? Alert the media. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- i have a friend like this too. she is super fit and thinks she looks great (her body does) but she has a horse face. posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- op: exactly. this one is thin/in shape, but just so fucking ugly. posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- wonder if it is same person. tell me her initials! posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- LR, see above posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- well i guess we both have ugly friends. different but ugly posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- LR, see above posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- wonder if it is same person. tell me her initials! posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- op: exactly. this one is thin/in shape, but just so fucking ugly. posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- is she a whore in the bedroom with a hot bod, put a bag on her face? posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- post a pic posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- [-] How long until 5 mo no longer screams and needs to be flipped back over in crib? She CAN roll both ways, but she forgets and gets pissed. posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM sticky permalink reply
- [-] so pissed that dh just told me about a formal event that we have to go to on the 21st. I'll be 10weeks pp and I have nothing to wear posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM sticky permalink reply
- oh who cares posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- you will be fine! posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- so don't go? posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- you have 11 days. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- exactly, I'm going to hit the treadmill after dbs next feeding posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- no one will be looking at you. just go, be supportive, wear black, leave early. posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- exactly, I'm going to hit the treadmill after dbs next feeding posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- go shopping tomorrow! posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- oh please. you can find something posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- you dont understand how giant my boobs are 34H they dont fit into anything nice posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- at 10 wks??? are u obese? posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- no, i'm not big my boobs are posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- how can she be obese if she wears a 34? posted on 9/9/10 10:53PM reply
- she's nursing, I was 32G when nursing for at least the first few months, if not longer posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- oh i read it as pg. 10 wks PG. haha posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- are u an idiot? posted on 9/9/10 10:58PM reply
- at 10 wks??? are u obese? posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- you dont understand how giant my boobs are 34H they dont fit into anything nice posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- how are you going to be able to nurse? are you going to bring the baby? posted on 9/9/10 10:55PM reply
- she can pump posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- I have a ton of milk in the freezer, I cant bring him posted on 9/9/10 10:56PM reply
- ugh your boobs are going to fucking kill! i would be totally pissed. what if the baby can't take a bottle? i know my DB never liked it so I just gave up posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- ^and i was just thinking...i had horrible mastitis at about 2 mos after...it was so bad. i would be so pissed if i were you! what a dumbass posted on 9/9/10 10:58PM reply
- I give db a bottle every couple of days and he fine with it. I am worried about my boobs filling up, I might bring my manual pump posted on 9/9/10 10:58PM reply
- ugh your boobs are going to fucking kill! i would be totally pissed. what if the baby can't take a bottle? i know my DB never liked it so I just gave up posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- do you really have to go? posted on 9/9/10 11:00PM reply
- yeah, its kind of a big deal for him and he would be the odd ball there by himself posted on 9/9/10 11:01PM reply
- [-] Is my 4 yr old the only child who refuses to use a blanket at night? posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM sticky permalink reply
- Yes, if you don't count practically every other kid I know. posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- mine too! Only since turning 4 though posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- maybe she's just not cold. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- What's up with that? posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- My child has never used a blanket, even when it's so cold. 4yo. EVER. Hates blankets. I get so worried b/c also hates clothes. I will come in the morning to a nude child in...(more)freezing weather.
posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply - We put DSs in regular pajamas and then fleece footies for YEARS because they refused blankets posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- my 2 yo too, it's hella annoying posted on 9/9/10 10:51PM reply
- [-] if you hire a sitter for less than 10 hours a week, is that supposed to be reported? posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM sticky permalink reply
- na posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- of course, it is hundreds of dollars and anything more is reported. posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- report what? the money you pay them is already taxed posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- If she's reporting it then you better. If she's not, then you shouldn't. As a matter of course, by law, she should be reporting all income and you can issue her a 1099. But, what the...(more)IRS doesn't know ...
posted on 9/9/10 10:57PM reply
- [-] if your nanny files her own taxes, do you need to withhold addt'l money? posted on 9/9/10 10:47PM sticky permalink reply
- Yes posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- ^^OP: how much more if so? posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- yes posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- how do you do it? posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- You should be paying 1/2 of her FICA. posted on 9/9/10 11:03PM reply
- [-] anyone send dd to single sex school? thoughts? posted on 9/9/10 10:47PM sticky permalink reply
- no, but I went to one posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- [-] So sick of bedrest. Very lonely posted on 9/9/10 10:47PM sticky permalink reply
- jealous of your reading time! posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- and tv time posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- What would you read? I'm out if ideas posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- i'd read gary shteyngart's newest book, jonathan franzen's new book, finish "in search of lost time," read some short stories by alice munro and deborah eisenberg, etc. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- I just read franzen. Liked it posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- I'm reading the Phillipa Gordon Tudor books. You could supplement with The Tudors, and totally immerse yourself. It might make you freak out about producing an heir, though. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- i'd read gary shteyngart's newest book, jonathan franzen's new book, finish "in search of lost time," read some short stories by alice munro and deborah eisenberg, etc. posted on 9/9/10 10:50PM reply
- and then the baby comes and all you want to do is go to sleep. posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- yeap! posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- I know. Sux posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- do you have an Iphone? get the Angry Birds app. Such a good timewaster posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- np lol what is that? posted on 9/9/10 10:54PM reply
- well get back to those people you've been blowing off already posted on 9/9/10 10:52PM reply
- jealous of your reading time! posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- [-] I LOVE Jersey shore!!!! posted on 9/9/10 10:47PM sticky permalink reply
- dh grew up on the jersey shore, and is obsessed with this show. posted on 9/9/10 10:47PM reply
- [-] Anyone's dc take nose drops for allergies? What meds? Any side effects? posted on 9/9/10 10:46PM sticky permalink reply
- nasacort? posted on 9/9/10 10:47PM reply
- Rhinocort, it's a rx....so helpful posted on 9/9/10 10:47PM reply
- ty! posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply
- oops, that's for me! posted on 9/9/10 10:49PM reply
- we've done nasonex and zaditor, no issues posted on 9/9/10 10:48PM reply