Have you all ever tried chili and cinnamon rolls? If I would have had a thing of Grands, I so would have done the cinnamon rolls last night. That combo is amazing.
Sounds interesting, but I think I need to give it a try! Both are delicious separate, so why not eat them together?!
Have you all ever tried chili and cinnamon rolls? If I would have had a thing of Grands, I so would have done the cinnamon rolls last night. That combo is amazing.
Sounds interesting, but I think I need to give it a try! Both are delicious separate, so why not eat them together?!
Add in a glass of chocolate milk and you have like the best meal in the world. It's a weird combo but so good together.
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
This reminded me...yesterday my doctor told me she wants to go ahead and do my glucose test a little early since we have this whole umbilical cord issue. She was like "nothing too sugary before you come in" and DH goes "like donuts Sarah loves donuts they're her favorite right now". My doctor was like okay no more donuts you have to fight that craving. FIRST OF ALL I haven't had a donut in weeks and secondly thanks a lot DH now my doctor thinks I live off of deep fried dough.
So I had a nosebleed last night, and by the time I realized my nose wasn't running my bed looked like a slasher film. At least it was in time for Halloween :-)
Also, baby is kicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
The next NEW person that comes onto this board and says they started a new thread for something that has already been specifically talked about is getting some rude words. I just seriously searched and searched for that recipe thread for @PinkSunglasses16 but omg, look what I found and didn't have to start a whole new thread! Lol
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Also, I can't wait to get Ev's kindy pics back. He looked so grown up in the proof! What is it about school pics that make them look so old wahhhhh @bntfroggie I think mine must've gotten excited about your baby kicks, bc it replied with some kicks over here or maybe baby was concerned about that week old Chinese i just finished LOL
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but i still feel bigger on the inside Autism mama!
@SarahFoley725 >:D< Thoughts and prayers for you and your little one. Hopefully everything is fine and it's just the start of your LO having their own personality and doing things their own way.
I read 3 baby name books last night and only wrote down one name (August), which DH immediately vetoed. I think I miiiiiiight be a touch too picky. Oy.
Married 7.29.05 :: DD1 5.11.10 :: DD2 1.23.13 :: Baby Boy due 3.13.16!
OMG to keep myself awake I just had to go get a strawberry coolatta at Dunkin' Donuts! It is soo good...
I think I'm experiencing a caffeine crash and I'm exhausted. Idk- I bought a Frappe at Mc Donald's yesterday morning (just a small one) which I don't regularly drink coffee. Today I can barely keep my eyes open!
So for now I'll enjoy my coolatta (the cold should keep me up!) and enjoy some Beatles on Pandora while dancing at my desk! I bet baby will just LOVE that lol...
February Siggy Challenge- Post pregnancy indulgences
At a teaching conference right now so didn't have school today and it's Friday. Also, I had carrot cake at lunch so I'd say it's a pretty good day all round!
I love this cold rainy weather we're having today but now my allergies are going completely bonkers. I'll definitely be taking a Benadryl before bed tonight!
March '16 December Siggy Challenge - Favorite Christmas Movies/Quotes
So I had a nosebleed last night, and by the time I realized my nose wasn't running my bed looked like a slasher film. At least it was in time for Halloween :-)
Also, baby is kicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So exciting, @bntfroggie!!!! Considering our history is so similar and we have the same due date, I'm just going to use some wishful thinking and hope that my babe follows suit real soon. I'm also hoping my baby likes my Chinese food as much as yours does, @oceanchild, so maybe, just maybe, I'll feel SOMETHING. This wait is killing me!
This may be a touchy subject so I'll post it here as I only really care about y'all's opinions anyways. The whole "legalize marijuana medically or not" debate seriously bothers me. All this gets thrown out about treating adhd, add, autism and ever other thing out there. I personally think that adhd and add are way too overly diagnosed. And I have an autistic child, do times get challenging? Yes. Does he get over-excited at times? Yes. Would I ever give him something to make him sit and be quiet? Absolutely not. It's called parenting. God obviously gave me these children and I fully believe He doesn't give you more than you can handle. So yes, it takes some extra work, a little more time concentrating on his needs. But then again, that's every child. They all need time, dedication and attention. Why medicate instead of taking extra time to figure out other solutions? I know there are other things they want to prescribe it but the only people I ever see out pushing for it to be legalized are the ones who sit around and recreationally smoke. I just think it's a bad trend and will lead into so many other things. Just my opinion.
March '16 December Siggy Challenge - Favorite Christmas Movies/Quotes
@kynbar5 I've done literally no research on the topic, but the only time I've been "for" medical marijuana for kids is those stories you see on the news about hemp oil and seizures. I read a story recently that hemp oil treatment has been the only treatment that helps this poor little girl not have crazy seizures DAILY.
But as far as over-diagnosing ADD/ADHD/other behavioral disorders, I totally agree. Whether it's with meds like Adderall or with medicinal weed, I think it's crazy how fast a dr. can and will prescribe this stuff to kids. My brother was diagnosed with ADD and was on something similar to Adderall all through middle and high school basically because he was your typical boy that liked to talk in class. My mom still regrets doing that to this day, because guess what? Now that he is an adult and has matured he magically doesn't need it anymore...
My husband was diagnosed as ADHD and ridalin (sp?) was awful for him. He really is ADHD though. My son is a normal, high energy kid. Some might diagnose him as ADD/ADHD but no, he's just a normal high energy kid. No medicine required.
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
My husband has ADHD and takes strattera for it. He takes the lowest dose and he said it helps him extremely at work. As for legal marijuana in CO, I personally don't see a problem with it. I haven't really done any research (so take this with a grain of salt) but I don't think the housing market has anything to do with legalized pot. People (including myself) have been flocking to this state before it was legal. And the driving has always been horrible (those Texans). Haha jk (sorta)
Just want to clarify that I don't think that ADD/ADHD, etc. are not real disorders that actually affect people. I just think that when it comes to children these things are likely way over diagnosed and thus, kids are being unnecessarily medicated.
ETA: For the record, I am also on team "legalize it"
@flowerpower5838 - I totally agree on kids being diagnosed for behavior problems when they shouldn't be. I worked in ems and ran many calls on "troubled" kids. They were given so many diagnoses to explain their problems when in my opinion (I'm not a doctor), if they had involved parents, they would just be normal kids. Kids will be kids, no need to get all of these diagnoses and medications to solve all their problems.
If you look at the stock of available houses right now, the lack of houses reflects the recreational trend - 2 years ago, it was not this crazy. Like we had to sell our house before we even thought about buying a new one. Pretty much the reason we built.
DS1 - 9/21/11
DS2 - 7/4/14
DS3 - 2/21/16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
@flowerpower5838 I know the exact story you're talking about because it's the only one that anyone brings up on the "legalize it" team (when they talk about the child point of view). I just see a lot of very ignorant comments (from people that you can tell have no idea what they're talking about) on the subject of giving it to children. I think it also falls into a hypocritical category when it comes to children. I see a lot of "I'll let my child decide when they want to get this or that done because it's their body" but then on the other hand "I will make my child take this medication because I can't handle them or can't/won't take the time to". All these people are "medicine kills, weed chills" excuse me but seriously wtaf? "So while I roll mine up, I'll roll them one up too" it's ignorant comments like that, that make me wonder what is really going on.
March '16 December Siggy Challenge - Favorite Christmas Movies/Quotes
I heard of medical use for ease of glaucoma and cancer pain relief, but I haven't thought of it for children. That would be a big No-no in my book.
For the longest time we could not figure out what the issue was with my child until she hit 1st grade and was diagnosed with ADD. She was put on Ritalin (I took her off of it as of this school year). She is by no means hyper, but she is unable to attend to herself. She gets easily distracted and while I could do things for her at home, I just couldn't when it came to her schoolwork. With her OT/writing issues she also could not pay attention in school. It would take us 3-4 HOURS to get her Kindergarten/first grade homework done with her. She doesn't bounce off the walls but you can see the attention just leave her face and her focus goes elsewhere. We even resorted to buying her just plain t shirts and leggings for school because she would just play with fringe or pick at glitter/buttons/etc. at her desk and we would get phone calls from her teachers about it. I never wanted to medicate my child either but I think it was the best thing for her. Now she is older and is able to sustain attention longer, plus she gets a special ed. teacher to push in to her room and help her with her writing skills. It has been a huge load off our shoulders.
I never thought I would say medicate children, but after seeing my child struggle so much and I didn't know how to help her, it was our only other option. Since the time she was a baby she wasn't able to entertain herself- and I mean I couldn't sit her in a walker or lay her play mat to let me do dishes without her crying. Showers? Forget it- she had to go in with me or I would have to hear her scream/cry the entire time I was in there. I loved spending time with her but when I had to get things done I couldn't. Then I would have my parents/ or ex's parents telling me I didn't spend enough time with my child and I got the guilt trip laid on me because I was a young mother and "maybe you should think next time before you want children". I finally got the confession out of my mother last week that my daughter was a tough baby to handle, and she hopes this baby has a calmer demeanor. There was (and still is) nothing really we can do to turn my child off for the night (aka go to sleep). She caught DH and I having sex that one time because we thought she was asleep (sent her to bed at 9 because she had school the next day, and we had checked on her about 11pm and thought she was asleep) and she wasn't- she faked us out.
As a teacher, I've only every seen one child that I thought needed medication. This poor child you could see plain as day had some form of Autism/Asperger's syndrome, but Mom completely shut down and thought all she needed to do was change his diet to get his mood to improve- which it did not. We ran into mom at the store the following year while this child had started kindergarten. He was in school 7 days for September and got suspended. But mom still said there is nothing wrong with him, and he doesn't need any medication. This poor kid couldn't cross the threshold into my classroom without melting down because he was always too scared of what was on the other side. He got so scared to come to circle time with the rest of the class one day he knocked my entire art shelf over, and all my collage materials, paper, glue, scissors, etc, went everywhere. After he had his fit, I made him clean his mess up, which he did without a fuss. Even though we had a rigid classroom routine, he would still melt down because he was too afraid of what was next to come. I was as comforting and encouraging/nurturing as I could be, but that didn't matter. He was very smart when it came to his cognitive skills, but he was severely lacking in the emotional department.
I do think that too many children are misdiagnosed, and way overmedicated. But there are also some who definitely need it and because of the over diagnoses, the important ones slip through the cracks.
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@charley15 While I do understand what you're saying I still just think sometimes the extra work and attention are necessary. Like with the little boy you were talking about- my son was a lot like this starting school- being very nervous and scared. They talked to me about medication and I refused. It did take some extra work and time but he adjusted and got into the routine and now really enjoys school. We still go through difficult patches like with the fact he started middle school this year. Instead of being in one room all day he now changes classes just like the rest of the 5th graders. (He's been mainstream except for his 1st 2 years of school). But like I said, I'm very involved with the school and am very blessed with great teachers and staff. We do work really hard and I demand the hard work and dedication for all of my children (my other 2 that are in school get extra reading/speech help).
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I was diagnosed with ADD at 12 my brother with ADHD. I do think it's over medicated but maybe not over diagnosed. I tested high on certain things but at the bottom percentile for active working memory. I can't remember a list of 2 freakin things! But I've learned that I didn't really need the medication but just the acceptance that I wasn't like most people and I learned how to mitigate my issues with constant external controls. Thank god for smart phones and calendars and reminders and post-it's. I am just aware that if I don't set these up for myself then I know I won't get anything done. I was in 5th grade and undiagnosed and some teacher traumatized me because she thought I was being defiant by not doing my homework and not getting notes signed by my parents on why I wasn't doing it and she was at her wits end and had me sit in the hall where I balled my eyes out because I really tried but I just forgot everything. Since then I have this fear of letting people down by forgetting things and feeling like I can never live up to my true potential. If people didn't have such a negative attitude about ADD/ADHD then kids wouldn't be embarrassed to be labled like I was and many kids could learn techniques to help themselves and cope.
As for marajuana I think medicinal should be legalized and studied. It could have saved my grandmother from her ALS progressing. I've seen a lot of documentaries on it helping so many people. Also the prison sentences are way to harsh but I would never do it recreationally. Smoking in any form is carcinogenic.
Okay I guess I should voice my opinion. I have ADD and was on medication from 5 years old until I got pregnant with our first child in January of this year. I then stopped taking the medication cold turkey and it was rough to say the least, I had depended on a substance my whole life to help me focus and get organized and honestly didn't know how to do it on my own. With that being said if my child had a mental disorder like I do and there was a way I could help them and that help was medication I would do the same thing my mother did. It isn't just parenting, it is making things easier for that child to be able to learn. Could I have been weaned off my medication once I wasn't in school anymore, probably, but I made a decision so stay on my medication while joining the workforce. I also made a decision to stop, and when I miscarried I made another decision to stay off of it knowing I wanted to get pregnant again. At this point I'm an adult and it is my decision, my mother did what she thought was best for me. I understand that it will be something I will have to look out for in my own child ADD is genetic. I hope that I can avoid what I went through, but these are options for the parents in these situations, not for other mothers to decide what someone else does for their child.
Also is it over diagnosed now, absolutely. When I was young though we were pretty few and far between. It does exist, but just because your child is hyper or distractable doesn't mean they fall into that spectrum.
I also say this with all the friendship in the world for you @kynbar5
BFP 2/11/15 (EDD 10/13/15). MMC 3/30/15 D&C 4/3/15 "We will always love you"
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
@bntfroggie I understand what you're saying and I agree. Every single parent does the absolute best they can for their child (I hope) and I don't think you can really ask for more. I know that these different things are definitely real and a struggle but I do also believe they are over diagnosed because like you said, it used to not be anywhere near as common as it is now. For anyone else reading any of my posts thinking I'm being rude or judgmental, I promise I'm not. I do appreciate that we can all have a conversation without someone getting all upset and getting a thread shut down.
March '16 December Siggy Challenge - Favorite Christmas Movies/Quotes
I've never heard of medical marijuana being used for Autism. I'm sorry but that doesn't even make sense to me. You can't cure Autism and it isn't even something that (IMO) needs "treating" so wouldn't that just be a sedative? Wow that upsets me a lot.
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
This reminded me...yesterday my doctor told me she wants to go ahead and do my glucose test a little early since we have this whole umbilical cord issue. She was like "nothing too sugary before you come in" and DH goes "like donuts Sarah loves donuts they're her favorite right now". My doctor was like okay no more donuts you have to fight that craving. FIRST OF ALL I haven't had a donut in weeks and secondly thanks a lot DH now my doctor thinks I live off of deep fried dough.
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
Also, baby is kicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
Autism mama!
@bntfroggie I think mine must've gotten excited about your baby kicks, bc it replied with some kicks over here
March 2016 siggy: babies - expectation vs reality
Brian's Whovian wife (5/'09)
Autism mama!
@Stormiewinter @red3ye hope your kiddies are feeling better.
@SarahFoley725 >:D< Thoughts and prayers for you and your little one. Hopefully everything is fine and it's just the start of your LO having their own personality and doing things their own way.
@ecwk congrats on the your appt.
Hope I didn't miss anyone. On the downside I just realized my bump isn't big enough to wear as a noticeable "pregnant" costume and I'm kinda bummed.
OMG to keep myself awake I just had to go get a strawberry coolatta at Dunkin' Donuts! It is soo good...
I think I'm experiencing a caffeine crash and I'm exhausted. Idk- I bought a Frappe at Mc Donald's yesterday morning (just a small one) which I don't regularly drink coffee. Today I can barely keep my eyes open!
So for now I'll enjoy my coolatta (the cold should keep me up!) and enjoy some Beatles on Pandora while dancing at my desk! I bet baby will just LOVE that lol...
At a teaching conference right now so didn't have school today and it's Friday. Also, I had carrot cake at lunch so I'd say it's a pretty good day all round!
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
@kynbar5 I've done literally no research on the topic, but the only time I've been "for" medical marijuana for kids is those stories you see on the news about hemp oil and seizures. I read a story recently that hemp oil treatment has been the only treatment that helps this poor little girl not have crazy seizures DAILY.
But as far as over-diagnosing ADD/ADHD/other behavioral disorders, I totally agree. Whether it's with meds like Adderall or with medicinal weed, I think it's crazy how fast a dr. can and will prescribe this stuff to kids. My brother was diagnosed with ADD and was on something similar to Adderall all through middle and high school basically because he was your typical boy that liked to talk in class. My mom still regrets doing that to this day, because guess what? Now that he is an adult and has matured he magically doesn't need it anymore...
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
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Our family of 5 is complete!! Love our boys!
Just want to clarify that I don't think that ADD/ADHD, etc. are not real disorders that actually affect people. I just think that when it comes to children these things are likely way over diagnosed and thus, kids are being unnecessarily medicated.
ETA: For the record, I am also on team "legalize it"
Me: 29 DH: 31
Married 10/13/12
TTC Since 8/2016
Hopefully that sorta made sense.
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I heard of medical use for ease of glaucoma and cancer pain relief, but I haven't thought of it for children. That would be a big No-no in my book.
For the longest time we could not figure out what the issue was with my child until she hit 1st grade and was diagnosed with ADD. She was put on Ritalin (I took her off of it as of this school year). She is by no means hyper, but she is unable to attend to herself. She gets easily distracted and while I could do things for her at home, I just couldn't when it came to her schoolwork. With her OT/writing issues she also could not pay attention in school. It would take us 3-4 HOURS to get her Kindergarten/first grade homework done with her. She doesn't bounce off the walls but you can see the attention just leave her face and her focus goes elsewhere. We even resorted to buying her just plain t shirts and leggings for school because she would just play with fringe or pick at glitter/buttons/etc. at her desk and we would get phone calls from her teachers about it. I never wanted to medicate my child either but I think it was the best thing for her. Now she is older and is able to sustain attention longer, plus she gets a special ed. teacher to push in to her room and help her with her writing skills. It has been a huge load off our shoulders.
I never thought I would say medicate children, but after seeing my child struggle so much and I didn't know how to help her, it was our only other option. Since the time she was a baby she wasn't able to entertain herself- and I mean I couldn't sit her in a walker or lay her play mat to let me do dishes without her crying. Showers? Forget it- she had to go in with me or I would have to hear her scream/cry the entire time I was in there. I loved spending time with her but when I had to get things done I couldn't. Then I would have my parents/ or ex's parents telling me I didn't spend enough time with my child and I got the guilt trip laid on me because I was a young mother and "maybe you should think next time before you want children". I finally got the confession out of my mother last week that my daughter was a tough baby to handle, and she hopes this baby has a calmer demeanor. There was (and still is) nothing really we can do to turn my child off for the night (aka go to sleep). She caught DH and I having sex that one time because we thought she was asleep (sent her to bed at 9 because she had school the next day, and we had checked on her about 11pm and thought she was asleep) and she wasn't- she faked us out.
As a teacher, I've only every seen one child that I thought needed medication. This poor child you could see plain as day had some form of Autism/Asperger's syndrome, but Mom completely shut down and thought all she needed to do was change his diet to get his mood to improve- which it did not. We ran into mom at the store the following year while this child had started kindergarten. He was in school 7 days for September and got suspended. But mom still said there is nothing wrong with him, and he doesn't need any medication. This poor kid couldn't cross the threshold into my classroom without melting down because he was always too scared of what was on the other side. He got so scared to come to circle time with the rest of the class one day he knocked my entire art shelf over, and all my collage materials, paper, glue, scissors, etc, went everywhere. After he had his fit, I made him clean his mess up, which he did without a fuss. Even though we had a rigid classroom routine, he would still melt down because he was too afraid of what was next to come. I was as comforting and encouraging/nurturing as I could be, but that didn't matter. He was very smart when it came to his cognitive skills, but he was severely lacking in the emotional department.
I do think that too many children are misdiagnosed, and way overmedicated. But there are also some who definitely need it and because of the over diagnoses, the important ones slip through the cracks.
I was in 5th grade and undiagnosed and some teacher traumatized me because she thought I was being defiant by not doing my homework and not getting notes signed by my parents on why I wasn't doing it and she was at her wits end and had me sit in the hall where I balled my eyes out because I really tried but I just forgot everything. Since then I have this fear of letting people down by forgetting things and feeling like I can never live up to my true potential.
If people didn't have such a negative attitude about ADD/ADHD then kids wouldn't be embarrassed to be labled like I was and many kids could learn techniques to help themselves and cope.
As for marajuana I think medicinal should be legalized and studied. It could have saved my grandmother from her ALS progressing. I've seen a lot of documentaries on it helping so many people. Also the prison sentences are way to harsh but I would never do it recreationally. Smoking in any form is carcinogenic.
Also is it over diagnosed now, absolutely. When I was young though we were pretty few and far between. It does exist, but just because your child is hyper or distractable doesn't mean they fall into that spectrum.
I also say this with all the friendship in the world for you @kynbar5
DD1 - BFP 7/23/15 (EDD 3/31/16). "We believe in you rainbow" DOB 4/2/16
DD2 - BFP 2/9/18 (EDD 10/19/18). "Grow baby grow!" DOB 10/24/18
BFP 11/16/20 (EDD 7/31/21). "Round 3 FIGHT!"