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21:01:26 |
AutumnMama |
Good evening :) Nice little cozy group
we have here. |
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21:01:40 |
Webmama_Tina |
i just got done working on the yard |
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21:01:48 |
hathor |
Yes, we can chat and chat if only 4 of
us are here |
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21:01:48 |
Webmama_Tina |
i'm all weedy and sweaty, bleh |
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21:01:53 |
Webmama_Tina |
yup |
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21:02:08 |
hathor |
we did some gardening today too, it was
pots though |
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21:02:08 |
Webmama_Tina |
yeah i guess we don't need the official
line up of questions with just 4, lol |
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21:02:21 |
AutumnMama |
:D Nope |
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21:02:25 |
Webmama_Tina |
lemme announce to the IM group and to
the other rooms...y'all chat at will |
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21:02:26 |
Webmama_Tina |
:) |
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21:02:40 |
hathor |
maybe some slacker mamas will show up in
a bit lol |
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21:02:48 |
AutumnMama |
Looks like Mina's having a hard time
staying connected |
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21:03:04 |
AutumnMama |
Yes, I would think so...I'm usually one
of them lol |
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21:04:28 |
hathor |
my nine year old just made me pizza
(frozen) so that we can feed the family
while I'm chatting... |
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21:04:42 |
AutumnMama |
Aw, how sweet :) |
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21:05:06 |
hathor |
yeah, I think 9 is one of my favorite
ages after the breastfeeding ones... |
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21:05:19 |
Webmama_Tina |
awww |
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21:05:31 |
mom2radata |
good evening |
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21:05:33 |
AutumnMama |
Fun, my oldest is 5...it will be neat to
experience the different ages |
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21:05:46 |
Webmama_Tina |
i'm looking forward to getting past the
toddler years with my little one...he's
driving me NUTS! but watch, as soon as
he's older i'll miss it...isn't that
always the case? |
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21:05:49 |
mom2radata |
you want to borrow my 14 year old |
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21:05:58 |
hathor |
as far as I can tell they keep getting
better and better, it makes me want more
kids... |
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21:05:58 |
mom2radata |
just so you get the feel for it |
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21:06:07 |
AutumnMama |
haha, if you'll take my 3 yo |
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21:06:25 |
AutumnMama |
aww |
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21:06:28 |
mom2radata |
I have a tyrant of a two year old |
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21:06:34 |
hathor |
ahhhhh, 14 that should be great! I
really loathed my mama when I was 14!
yippee!:shocked: |
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21:06:46 |
mom2radata |
yeah that's about where we are |
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21:07:01 |
hathor |
ahh, I'm sorry to hear it... |
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21:07:06 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol mom2 |
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21:07:07 |
kerlowyn |
i have one who is 14 too |
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21:07:15 |
AutumnMama |
man, so weird to think that we'll be
there some day |
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21:07:17 |
mom2radata |
I mean it's not so bad because we do the
whole consensual living thing |
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21:07:25 |
Webmama_Tina |
not looking forward to the teen years AT
ALL, *sigh* |
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21:07:38 |
mom2radata |
but she rebels against that:shocked: |
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21:07:42 |
Webmama_Tina |
i've heard some say its harder than the
toddler years! if that's possible, bleh |
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21:07:58 |
kerlowyn |
my 14 yr old is totally goth, and I
bleach his hair every 12 weeks |
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21:08:06 |
hathor |
I think the toddler years are wondrous!
it's the age of 6 that baffles me.. |
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21:08:06 |
mom2radata |
She has never forgiven me for having a
baby in the bathtub when she was in
sixth grade |
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21:08:14 |
mom2radata |
I love six |
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21:08:22 |
kerlowyn |
i told him some day when i'm old I
remind him i was his personal
hairdresser |
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21:08:34 |
hathor |
kerlowyn, how cool that you dye his
hair! |
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21:08:40 |
Webmama_Tina |
that's funny, i'm enjoying 6 with my
daughter |
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21:08:41 |
mom2radata |
yeah you should get back compensation
for that |
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21:08:42 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol |
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21:09:05 |
kerlowyn |
I told him I draw the line at home
tatoos |
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21:09:07 |
kerlowyn |
LOL |
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21:09:16 |
AutumnMama |
lol |
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21:09:21 |
mom2radata |
yeah I don't like needles |
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21:09:30 |
AutumnMama |
Aw c'mon, don't be a party pooper ;) |
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21:09:35 |
hathor |
so does anyone have any questions for
the moo goddess, or her creator? |
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21:09:46 |
Webmama_Tina |
ah man, my toddler is nak'n and falling
asleep...its TOO EARLY |
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21:09:51 |
Webmama_Tina |
gotta get up and do something with
him... |
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21:09:54 |
Webmama_Tina |
its only 6pm! |
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21:10:00 |
AutumnMama |
:) |
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21:10:08 |
mom2radata |
mine fell asleep at about 5 p.m. |
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21:10:18 |
mom2radata |
we will be awake for many hours this
evening |
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21:10:19 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok daddy put on the baby elephant walk
on his computer |
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21:10:28 |
Webmama_Tina |
with visualizations...that worked |
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21:10:35 |
Webmama_Tina |
he's up! and dancing, LOL |
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21:10:48 |
mom2radata |
Hathor I have to tell you |
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21:10:52 |
AutumnMama |
Hm, I can't think of any questions off
hand...I just love them! |
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21:10:54 |
hathor |
sure? |
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21:11:03 |
mom2radata |
I sent my mom a link to the you tube
video on your site |
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21:11:05 |
Webmama_Tina |
hey hathor you gotta come to the
unschooling chat on the first sunday of
the month sometime...join me and dayna |
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21:11:13 |
hathor |
mom2radata yes? |
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21:11:19 |
mom2radata |
the one with the British lady and her
girls |
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21:11:19 |
Webmama_Tina |
and sandra dodd is our mothering guest
speaker the last week of this month |
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21:11:27 |
mom2radata |
I though Mom's brain would implode |
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21:11:30 |
Webmama_Tina |
i think this is unschooling month or
something, LOL |
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21:11:37 |
hathor |
hee hee hooooooo! |
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21:11:42 |
mom2radata |
honestly you should have heard her it
was priceless |
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21:11:44 |
AutumnMama |
lol |
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21:11:49 |
hathor |
exploding moms! |
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21:11:57 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok i don't remember the video so now i'm
going to look |
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21:11:58 |
hathor |
tell me, what did she say? |
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21:12:10 |
Webmama_Tina |
where is it? |
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21:12:14 |
AutumnMama |
I finally got DH to put my sound card in
so I watched it for the first time just
a bit ago. |
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21:12:19 |
Webmama_Tina |
going to musings to see if its there |
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21:12:21 |
hathor |
the video is a docu about extended
breastfeeding...until 8 |
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21:12:23 |
mom2radata |
honestly it got a little nasty because
she told me that if I nursed that long
she would have turned me in |
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21:12:30 |
AutumnMama |
:( |
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21:12:31 |
mom2radata |
so I said B isn't done yet mom |
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21:12:33 |
Webmama_Tina |
ah, found it |
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21:12:38 |
mom2radata |
and she screeched at me |
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21:12:47 |
mom2radata |
really it was the most unnatural sound I
ever heard |
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21:13:03 |
mom2radata |
she's just blowing smoke, she'd never
actually do it |
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21:13:04 |
hathor |
ah man, I'm so sorry about that, and its
really sad that she didn't find anything
to like in that video |
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21:13:33 |
hathor |
it seemed so sensible...but there are
tons of nutjobs commenting on it... |
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21:13:35 |
mom2radata |
Mother weaned each of us the day we
turned one |
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21:13:41 |
mom2radata |
I give her credit for that |
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21:13:54 |
mom2radata |
i mean that we all made it to one |
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21:13:56 |
hathor |
Now I want to know how can you
breastfeed for a whole year, |
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21:14:06 |
hathor |
and then just callously wean? |
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21:14:20 |
mom2radata |
I can't even nightwean |
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21:14:23 |
AutumnMama |
I know! They're still such babies at
that age |
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21:14:24 |
hathor |
It doesn't make sense to me, the
pressure to conform must be terrific |
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21:14:25 |
mom2radata |
so I have no idea |
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21:14:57 |
hathor |
are there any questions? you could throw
out a question mark and I'll answer... |
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21:15:14 |
AutumnMama |
...? |
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21:15:16 |
AutumnMama |
;) |
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21:15:21 |
hathor |
AutumnMama ? |
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21:16:26 |
AutumnMama |
Ok, I was wondering what your
inspiration/info for Unschooling
came/comes from |
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21:16:38 |
AutumnMama |
(If that's not to OT) |
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21:16:52 |
hathor |
Not OT at all |
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21:17:17 |
hathor |
I knew I wanted to homeschool as soon as
I heard of it at a LLL meeting |
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21:17:36 |
hathor |
and so I started reading and studying it
and talking to dh about it |
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21:17:52 |
hathor |
and by the time it came time to do
Kindergarten we were decided |
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21:18:11 |
hathor |
the unschooling part of it is just an
extension of my personality |
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21:18:37 |
hathor |
I'm casual and a wee bit lazy so even if
I wanted I couldn't arrange a curriculum |
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21:18:38 |
Webmama_Tina |
do we have enough people with questions
now that we should queue up, do you
think hathor? |
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21:18:49 |
Webmama_Tina |
sorry, i was watching that video, lol! |
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21:19:22 |
hathor |
and then I've raised my kids to be
anti-authority so they wouldn't listen
to me if I tried to force them to do it
:D |
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21:19:31 |
hathor |
Yes, lets start a queue |
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21:19:32 |
AutumnMama |
lol |
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21:20:12 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok here we goooo... |
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21:20:16 |
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21:20:51 |
hathor |
My kids take some classes ocassionally,
and we do things that are schoolish, and
my kids have owned workbooks at one time
or another, we do what we want when we
want... |
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21:21:52 |
hathor |
but whenever I fall into the trap of
being a 'teacher' they rebel. Its how
they keep me real. |
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21:21:55 |
Webmama_Tina |
that's what i love about
homeschooling...you can do it however
you like! |
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21:22:19 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok mamas, just post a single question
mark if you have a question/comment for
hathor :) |
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21:22:25 |
hathor |
absolutely, in the beginning its easy to
think that you need to choose how to do
it, |
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21:22:37 |
Webmama_Tina |
i think i'm finally realizing that, lol |
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21:22:40 |
hathor |
are you an unschooler, a homeschooler |
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21:22:53 |
Webmama_Tina |
i've been really into reading alllll
about all the different educational
philosophies lately |
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21:23:23 |
Webmama_Tina |
really fascinated with pretty much all |
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21:23:49 |
AutumnMama |
me? |
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21:23:52 |
hathor |
its confusing, like when you start
solids, you're terrified that you've
started weaning and you don't realize
that you can feed too much one day and
have all breastmilk the other and your
kid is eating and breastfeeding and
you're still a breastfeeding mom |
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21:24:49 |
mom2radata |
? |
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21:25:07 |
hathor |
homeschooling is like that, I tried to
teach my daughter to read once and made
her read for a few days and she totally
rebelled and now she taught her self to
read, I try not to beat myself up for
backsliding |
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21:25:09 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok mom2, go for it :) |
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21:25:20 |
hathor |
I'm just doing the best Ican ya know? |
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21:25:25 |
Webmama_Tina |
yup |
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21:25:26 |
hathor |
mom2radata ? |
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21:25:42 |
mom2radata |
So I actually just started officially
homeschooling |
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21:25:43 |
Webmama_Tina |
i'm still feling like i should be DOING
something with her...not sure what
yet.... |
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21:25:58 |
hathor |
congratulations! |
|
21:26:05 |
mom2radata |
my son is kindergarten age this year and
I am having a hard time with the labels |
|
21:26:15 |
mom2radata |
I mean I don't know what to say when
people ask me |
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21:26:32 |
mom2radata |
I think I unschool because we don't
force things yadda, yadda, yadda |
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21:26:51 |
mom2radata |
but we do Waldorf stuff too like lesson
books and stuff if he feels like it and |
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21:27:02 |
mom2radata |
we put what he wants to do in it |
|
21:27:21 |
mom2radata |
but I do try to at least read him some
stories every day and play games |
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21:27:31 |
mom2radata |
so what does that make me |
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21:27:33 |
hathor |
I think Its so much better to just tell
everyone you don't know very well that
you homeschool |
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21:27:47 |
mom2radata |
I never know to say to people |
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21:27:50 |
mom2radata |
why is that |
|
21:27:58 |
hathor |
in the big picture most people can
barely get their head around
homeschooling much less unschooling |
|
21:28:30 |
hathor |
I use the term unschooling with others
within the community to show that this
is how we do it |
|
21:28:54 |
hathor |
and when I use unschooling around the
world at large and they ask what it is, |
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21:29:22 |
mom2radata |
it freaks some people out |
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21:29:28 |
hathor |
I usually answer that it's not going to
school or doing school like lessons. And
try to leave it at that |
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21:29:39 |
mom2radata |
that makes sense |
|
21:30:41 |
hathor |
are there anymore questions? I can sound
like a wuss answering? |
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21:30:48 |
hathor |
I can't believe I just told you |
|
21:31:06 |
hathor |
to soften your answer to not make people
uncomfortablle |
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21:31:09 |
mom2radata |
LOL |
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21:31:16 |
hathor |
oh yeah, that was heather not hathor! |
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21:31:29 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol, well sometimes its just best to not
go there with people that you don't have
any idea which direction they will go |
|
21:31:38 |
hathor |
hee hee hoooooo I forget sometimes*) |
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21:31:40 |
mom2radata |
sometimes you just have too the
aforementioned mother has enough to deal
with imagining her eight year old
grandson nursing |
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21:32:00 |
Webmama_Tina |
strangers on the street, i certainly am
not interested in explaining myself too |
|
21:32:18 |
hathor |
My mother has watched me unschool for 10
years now and still thinks I do
lessons. |
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21:32:25 |
Webmama_Tina |
i have to say that i'm really amazed
though that so far we've not had one
single negative comment from strangers
on the street when they hear that we are
homescooling...bizarre! |
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21:32:28 |
mom2radata |
yeah I hang out with mostly
homeschoolers |
|
21:32:35 |
mom2radata |
the question comes up a lot |
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21:32:51 |
hathor |
they don't want to hear it, and they
selectively listen.so its easier to
answer with something that will |
|
21:32:57 |
hathor |
keep them from screeching! |
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21:33:20 |
mom2radata |
yeah either that or I will have to buy
ear plugs |
|
21:33:23 |
Webmama_Tina |
i've even had little old ladies say that
they think its cool! and one older
woman, about my mom's age, said she
homeschooled her kids! how cool is that? |
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21:33:29 |
mom2radata |
that is cool |
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21:33:33 |
hathor |
very cool |
|
21:33:40 |
hathor |
are there any more questions? |
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21:34:01 |
Webmama_Tina |
woops, yes, questions, mamas...where are
your questions? just post a question
mark whenever you want to get a chance
to ask! :) |
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21:34:11 |
Webmama_Tina |
we're pretty casual here with hathor :) |
|
21:34:15 |
hathor |
it can be about breastfeeding |
|
21:34:26 |
Webmama_Tina |
but do lets get more questions! |
|
21:34:32 |
hathor |
i sort of like to talk about
breastfeeding if you hadn't noticed |
|
21:34:36 |
Webmama_Tina |
ok that didn't sound like proper
english, LOL |
|
21:34:37 |
AutumnMama |
lol |
|
21:34:38 |
hathor |
hee hee hooo |
|
21:34:47 |
AutumnMama |
? |
|
21:34:48 |
hathor |
or homebirth |
|
21:34:53 |
hathor |
AutumnMama ? |
|
21:34:55 |
Webmama_Tina |
hathor, how about you come up here for
our babyfest this year? |
|
21:34:58 |
Webmama_Tina |
22-Apr |
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21:35:02 |
Webmama_Tina |
fresno |
|
21:35:03 |
Webmama_Tina |
:) |
|
21:35:12 |
Webmama_Tina |
go for it autumn |
|
21:35:25 |
AutumnMama |
Just wondering if you had dealt with
thrush before...not really a lactivism
issue, but :) |
|
21:35:48 |
amyirony |
? |
|
21:35:58 |
hathor |
Oh yeah, I've had thrush, I've had
exzema on my nipples |
|
21:36:05 |
hathor |
almost the whole time with my first |
|
21:36:12 |
AutumnMama |
ouch! |
|
21:36:13 |
hathor |
bleeding and cracked a LOT! |
|
21:36:40 |
hathor |
yeah, it sucked, but still I remain one
of the biggest believers how's that for
wacky? |
|
21:36:56 |
AutumnMama |
What ended up working for the thrush, do
you remember? (we're dealing with it in
case you couldn't tell ;)) |
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21:37:28 |
1drflmthr |
? |
|
21:37:29 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: AutumnMama ...upcoming
chatters: amyirony |
|
21:37:37 |
hathor |
well, I tried just about everything but
eating a LOt of yogurt helped me a lot |
|
21:37:43 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: AutumnMama ...upcoming
chatters: amyirony, 1drflmthr |
|
21:38:02 |
AutumnMama |
ah, can't do dairy :( but probiotics,
gotcha |
|
21:38:15 |
hathor |
what happened though with me is that it
became chronic so it was hard to see
where the thrush ended' |
|
21:38:21 |
hathor |
and the exzema began |
|
21:38:39 |
hathor |
I tried gentian, I tried putting the
yogurt ON my nipples |
|
21:39:02 |
hathor |
I never had problems with the other two
wanna know why? |
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21:39:09 |
AutumnMama |
yes please! |
|
21:39:20 |
hathor |
It was my positioning! |
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21:39:53 |
AutumnMama |
Wow, that's interesting |
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21:40:03 |
hathor |
when I would side lie I would have my
arm above the head instead of under. the
whole time with my first and then with |
|
21:40:32 |
hathor |
my second I decided to follow my
midwifes advice and I never got the
itchy cracked nipples again! |
|
21:41:08 |
hathor |
I am allergic to peanuts and my nipple
itch terribly if my kids eat them and
then nurse |
|
21:41:33 |
hathor |
but once I was coming down with thrush
with my second and the itchy reaction
fixed the thrush |
|
21:41:37 |
hathor |
no kidding. |
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21:42:06 |
hathor |
amyirony? |
|
21:42:07 |
AutumnMama |
how funny |
|
21:42:10 |
amyirony |
Any tips for dealing w a nipple
twiddler? I've never much liked having
my nipples touched, and my 2.5 twirls,
twiddles, pulls, and teases til I wanna
SCREAM. She just about loses her mind
if I ask her not to or try to stop her. |
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21:42:26 |
amyirony |
It's the only time I find myself
thinking \I want my breasts back\"" |
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21:42:46 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: amyirony ...upcoming
chatters: 1drflmthr |
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21:42:59 |
hathor |
aaahhhh, yes, the screaming nipple
twiddle! I'm super sensitive to it and
personally I have to push their hand
away. |
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21:43:07 |
Webmama_Tina |
me too |
|
21:43:12 |
Webmama_Tina |
i can't take it |
|
21:43:25 |
amyirony |
I do that, and then she takes my hand
and tries to put it in a vise grip
between her legs! |
|
21:43:34 |
Webmama_Tina |
LOL! a strong willed one! |
|
21:43:35 |
hathor |
I read an article about how important it
is for them and I tried to let them do
it for a couple of days and thought I
was going to crawl out of my skin |
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21:43:43 |
hathor |
do you have hair to twirl? |
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21:43:58 |
hathor |
Or a pendant necklace is a good idea... |
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21:44:01 |
Webmama_Tina |
yeah i read somewhere to put it
elsewhere...one mom i know said to put
it in their own belly button |
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21:44:25 |
amyirony |
sometimes she'll take the belly button,
but she's not big on the hair |
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21:44:25 |
Webmama_Tina |
dunno that would work for all kids, but
it was an interesting idea, teaching
them to twiddle their own belly button,
LOL! |
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21:44:35 |
hathor |
I met a mom who let her daughter play
with her chin waddle |
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21:44:40 |
Webmama_Tina |
ROFL |
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21:44:41 |
amyirony |
lol |
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21:44:54 |
hathor |
she was still twiddling the waddle when
she was 11! |
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21:44:55 |
Webmama_Tina |
my oldest used to play with the folds of
my elbow |
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21:45:01 |
AutumnMama |
my DS still plays with his belly button
to fall asleep (he's 3) |
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21:45:12 |
Webmama_Tina |
and my knuckles skin folds too |
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21:45:24 |
amyirony |
Oh, I meant she plays with MY
bellybutton -- which is still far
preferable to my nipples |
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21:45:36 |
Webmama_Tina |
never bothered me til i was pg then it
made me want to just commit myself and i
haven't liked it since, LOL |
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21:45:48 |
hathor |
its hard to get them to twiddle
something else, but I found it to be
really distracting |
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21:45:54 |
hathor |
it was worth it |
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21:46:04 |
AutumnMama |
yeah, my DS started with mine but I had
to stop when I was getting scabs :(
ouch! |
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21:46:10 |
Webmama_Tina |
yikes |
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21:46:17 |
amyirony |
I broke her of the habit for a while,
but then her night-nursing picked up,
and of course I don't notice it all the
time when I'm asleep |
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21:46:31 |
mom2radata |
I have a very convenient mole under my
breasts, a doc once offered to remove
it and I said \no way!!\"" |
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21:46:32 |
amyirony |
and now we're back to square one |
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21:46:39 |
hathor |
hee hee. |
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21:46:45 |
Webmama_Tina |
what causes the twiddling need anyway?
do you know hathor? i'm intrigued |
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21:47:14 |
hathor |
the article I read said that babies use
it to get more milk, so you should let
them |
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21:47:32 |
amyirony |
huh, that's funny, cuz she never really
did it til she was over 1 yo! |
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21:47:37 |
Webmama_Tina |
ah well, t'aint happenin here, LOL |
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21:47:39 |
hathor |
but I found myself not relaxing at all
so it seemed counterintuitive |
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21:47:41 |
Webmama_Tina |
i'd go insane, LOL |
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21:47:47 |
Webmama_Tina |
anyway mine doesn't nurse on both sides |
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21:48:04 |
hathor |
I think it might be more like an
exploration thing.. |
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21:48:14 |
Webmama_Tina |
current chatter: amyirony ...upcoming
chatters: 1drflmthr |
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21:48:27 |
amyirony |
yeah, and she's definitely decided they
are \hers\"" |
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21:48:42 |
amyirony |
she's in for a rude awakening if we ever
have #2! |
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21:48:51 |
hathor |
does 1drflmother have a question now? |
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21:48:56 |
1drflmthr |
4.5 y/o not potty trained. Not sure how
to address this. |
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21:49:26 |
hathor |
amyirony, I joke with my daughter that
this side is hers this side is mine she
smiles at me as if she |
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21:49:45 |
hathor |
thinks I'm quaint. |
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21:50:02 |
hathor |
hmmmmmm, not potty trained huh? boy or
girl? |
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21:50:10 |
1drflmthr |
boy |
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21:50:18 |
amyirony |
lol! |
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21:50:32 |
amyirony |
(to hathor, that is, not you 1drflmthr!) |
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21:51:18 |
1drflmthr |
should I be worried? |
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21:51:28 |
hathor |
so I think my advice would be that it
might not sound normal, but if your
child is doing it its normal for
them...you know? |
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21:51:54 |
hathor |
I trained my girls by letting them go
naked |
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21:52:08 |
1drflmthr |
I've been trying to trust the process |
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21:52:14 |
hathor |
and my friend trained her boy by letting
him pee off the porch into the yard |
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21:52:32 |
hathor |
he thought it was really cool to watch
it arc into the bushes! |
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21:52:40 |
1drflmthr |
It's a bit cold to do that here |
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21:52:44 |
Webmama_Tina |
hey whatever works |
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21:53:02 |
Webmama_Tina |
should be warming up soon, right? where
do you live? |
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21:53:16 |
1drflmthr |
Yes, upstate NY |
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21:53:33 |
bwilde |
Don't use pull ups. My DS thought the
spiderman ones were cool and WANTED to
wear them. he train at 4 yrs, right
after I put him back in diapers. |
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21:53:41 |
Webmama_Tina |
i always forget that other parts of the
world are still cold now...i'm in
central california...its already
starting to feel like summer at times... |
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21:53:49 |
hathor |
once it warms up you could just naked
him and let hime go about doing what he
needs to do |
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21:54:05 |
1drflmthr |
The hard part is leaving him at a
friend's houses |
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21:54:06 |
Webmama_Tina |
naked didn't work so well for my
daughter...puddles everywhere |
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21:54:17 |
Webmama_Tina |
she even squatted and watched herself
poop one time, LOL! |
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21:54:19 |
Webmama_Tina |
yay |
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21:54:20 |
hathor |
I second the idea about the pull-ups |
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21:54:56 |
Webmama_Tina |
she just did it when she was ready, i
just tried not to think too much about
it and trust that it would happen when
she was ready |
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21:55:03 |
hathor |
all I know is that a lot of the time you
have to make the next step interesting
too |
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21:55:05 |
Webmama_Tina |
5 min left in the chat, by the way :) |
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21:55:29 |
hathor |
kids are naturally curios so if you
could come up with a selling point for
moving on that might work |
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21:55:44 |
Webmama_Tina |
does anyone else have any questions for
hathor? want to make sure to get you in
before time's up |
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21:56:06 |
hathor |
but also take deep breaths and know that
this will pass and in his own good time
he will be wearing big boy panties and
attending harvard. |
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21:56:31 |
1drflmthr |
Thanks, Hathor |
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21:56:44 |
hathor |
no problem-o any more questions? |
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21:56:58 |
hathor |
the funny thing is that today I had 3
questions in my inbox |
|
21:57:15 |
hathor |
I haven't been asked advice in a while
and then 3 in one day! |
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21:57:22 |
1drflmthr |
p.s. we are loving the unschooling |
|
21:57:52 |
hathor |
how did I introduce solids, how did I
leave the baby in the bed and how do I
get my work done |
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21:58:06 |
hathor |
so glad you're loving the unschoooling
me too |
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21:58:17 |
amyirony |
how DO you get your work done?!! |
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21:58:26 |
Webmama_Tina |
that's funny cuz i get questions in my
inbox quite frequently and i don't know
why they are asking me! LOL |
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21:58:33 |
hathor |
I think the next comics will be about
Hathor giving advice |
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21:58:36 |
AutumnMama |
yes, good question lol |
|
21:59:00 |
hathor |
aaaahhh, see here in lalaland we have 4
extra hours in the day! |
|
21:59:06 |
Webmama_Tina |
lol |
|
21:59:09 |
amyirony |
love it |
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21:59:15 |
AutumnMama |
Ah ha, I KNEW it! |
|
21:59:17 |
hathor |
and the streets are paved in gold too,
for good measure |
|
21:59:23 |
Webmama_Tina |
well the computer on the high table has
to help...so you can work standing up...i
dig that idea! |
|
21:59:29 |
hathor |
yep, and you just thought I was a
goddess! |
|
21:59:33 |
bwilde |
And chocolat grows on trees? |
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21:59:46 |
Webmama_Tina |
mmmm chocolate treeeeeeessss |
|
21:59:53 |
hathor |
yep, I'm eating a chocolate covered
banana right now! |
|
22:00:05 |
Webmama_Tina |
so hathor, how about the babyfest? any
chance you could make it up here on the
22nd? |
|
22:00:08 |
AutumnMama |
*drool* |
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22:00:11 |
Webmama_Tina |
i probably asked already and forgot |
|
22:00:14 |
hathor |
yes, my legs get tired and that's when I
know I have to quit |
|
22:00:17 |
Webmama_Tina |
dain bramage here, sorry, LOL |
|
22:00:40 |
Webmama_Tina |
www.fresnobabyfest.com |
|
22:00:42 |
hathor |
I don't think I have anything planned
but I need to pass it by my dearest man |
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22:00:50 |
Webmama_Tina |
oh that would be AWESOME!!! |
|
22:01:07 |
hathor |
I'll try and contact you about it this
week |
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22:01:18 |
Webmama_Tina |
we'd LOVE to have you! |
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22:01:27 |
Webmama_Tina |
okey dokey! |
|
22:01:40 |
hathor |
I'm going to florida to speak at a llll
meeting this fall I'm so psyched |
|
22:01:41 |
bwilde |
Do you do advice about ADHA? They want
to diag my DS (6) with this. Any
foods/diet to recommend? or comments? |
|
22:02:06 |
Webmama_Tina |
maybe you could be in our sling fashion
show! LOL |
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22:02:19 |
Webmama_Tina |
we are always looking for more people! |
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22:02:23 |
hathor |
I haven't dealt with it personally, but
have some friends who have gotten a lot
of help out of the lates mothering mag.
series on it |
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22:02:39 |
Webmama_Tina |
by the way...anyone local to the central
valley california...we are looking for
babywearers to help us out |
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22:02:43 |
mom2radata |
Eliminate dyes, preservatives and all
that jazz |
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22:02:45 |
amyirony |
I went to the babywearing bonanza in NYC
this winter, it was awesome to see so
many babywearing mamamas |
|
22:02:51 |
hathor |
one of my friends found that taking
wheat out of her diet helped to calm her
son down |
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22:02:55 |
mom2radata |
it helped my son a whole lot |
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22:02:58 |
Webmama_Tina |
that's how our babyfest is every
year...full of babywearers |
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22:03:07 |
mom2radata |
we thought he needed committed |
|
22:03:16 |
amyirony |
I never understand how other NYC moms do
it w strollers -- makes no sense to me. |
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22:03:17 |
hathor |
but homeschooling helps a lot too |
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22:03:28 |
mom2radata |
yes it is one of the reasons we
homeschool |
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22:03:56 |
bwilde |
I think I need committed. |
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22:04:02 |
mom2radata |
LOL |
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22:04:14 |
hathor |
at least it helps keep the labels from
happening... mom2radata, sounds like
you're dealing with it right now,
anything to add? |
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22:04:32 |
mom2radata |
well is it a teacher pushing the agenda |
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22:04:43 |
mom2radata |
don't listen to teachers |
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22:05:00 |
bwilde |
labels can be good if it gets
help/services. But I don't want to go
down the wrong path. |
|
22:05:11 |
hathor |
looking at homeschooling from the
outside seems like the craziest thing in
the world but once you start spending
all your time together you start to get
into a groove, and you won't feel quite
as crazy |
|
22:05:16 |
mom2radata |
sorry but I mean who here doesn't
understand that a Kindergartener doesn't
like worksheets |
|
22:05:22 |
Webmama_Tina |
i had a friend who tried to suggest to
her that her son had aspergers...because
he was obsessed with dave matthews
band... |
|
22:05:45 |
mom2radata |
LOL Now I know what is wrong with my
husband at least |
|
22:05:53 |
Webmama_Tina |
geez louise, the kid is odd, granted,
but that just pissed me off that she
would try to label this child and she
was NOT qualified! |
|
22:05:59 |
bwilde |
Both or all the above. His oppositional
behavior is getting much worse.
everything is an issue for him. |
|
22:06:17 |
hathor |
I like the wildest colts website |
|
22:06:28 |
mom2radata |
that is a great one |
|
22:06:46 |
bwilde |
I think most homeschoolers are great.
but a few haven't got a clue and the
kids turn out uneducated. they give it a
bad name. |
|
22:06:47 |
Webmama_Tina |
? |
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22:06:51 |
Webmama_Tina |
link? |
|
22:07:08 |
hathor |
wildestcolts.com |
|
22:07:10 |
mom2radata |
http://www.wildestcolts.com
|
|
22:07:16 |
Webmama_Tina |
well there's always people out there in
everything to give everything a bad
name, unfortunately |
|
22:07:59 |
bwilde |
Yup. |
|
22:08:08 |
hathor |
check out his parenting manifesto for
the 21st century...I couldn't have said
it better |
|
22:08:21 |
mom2radata |
really bwilde though I would think about
an elimination diet |
|
22:08:25 |
hathor |
or maybe I wouldn't have tried, but I
might cartoon it! |
|
22:08:35 |
mom2radata |
it doesn't always work but I know that
so many moms have had good luck with it |
|
22:08:58 |
mom2radata |
I am trying to think of a free website |
|
22:09:00 |
hathor |
check out the mothering discussion
boards too, lots of great info from moms
going through the same |
|
22:09:08 |
bwilde |
Thanks! I'll try it. |
|
22:09:15 |
mom2radata |
I got most of my info from a local
pediatric chiropractor |
|
22:09:38 |
hathor |
great! and now I have to go...I'm so
sorry got to get the kiddos to bed as dh
is working late |
|
22:10:01 |
amyirony |
thanks hathor! |
|
22:10:06 |
mom2radata |
thanks |
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22:10:17 |
hathor |
It was really great talking at you all
;) and I'm sorry if I didn't get to your
question there's always next month! |
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22:10:17 |
Webmama_Tina |
thank you hathor! |
