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    Quick Quick! Have you had a thyroid biopsy? Advice!

    I had it done and they only numbed me with ice. It was uncomfortable but manageable. They told me to take an aspirin when I got home if I was in pain.
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    Who lets their kids sing loudly on an airplane

    His shoes were off but an 18 mth old doesn't really understand sitting cross legged, which isn't especially easy to do in a car seat with a five point harness. If the person in front of him had not reclined all the way the whole situation would have been avoided, since it was a matter of an...
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    Who lets their kids sing loudly on an airplane

    Not necessarily. When my little one was around 18 mths, we had him in a car seat, forward facing (as the car seat required), in the window seat. His legs were short enough that they stuck straight out in front of him, and when the seat in front of him inevitably reclined, his feet naturally...
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    Choosing to be Child Free. What are your reasons/changed minds?

    My DH and I have been together since we were 19 & 21, and were on the fence for years if we'd ever have kids. We were the couple that would have been fine either way; we'd be happy with kids but wouldn't have been devastated if we never had them. Sometime around turning 30, a switch flipped...
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    Moms of boys - please help! (Updated post #144)

    It took us two years to have my first, so we honestly just wanted a healthy baby. We got a beautiful baby boy. With my second and knowingly last child, I wanted a girl just so we could have one of each. I'm an older mom so I found out at 11 weeks that I was having another little boy. I was...
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    Debt Dumpers - 2017

    I had a similar experience with my oldest, and my one big regret about my time home with him is that I let the guilt/worry about breastfeeding not working out over shadow our time together. I was stressed out so he was stressed out. The best thing I did for us was to give up breastfeeding. He...
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    What phrases drive you crazy?

    Loose instead of lose. You lose weight and your pants become loose. In the office when people say, "To dovetail off of that...." :scared: A lot of people's go-to political insults make me nuts. They're not insulting, they are just annoying and are devoid of any originality. Ex: Libt***...
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    What to Do for a Sneezing, Snuffling Cat

    My 8 yr old cat gets colds twice a year. He'll sneeze and sound gross for a week to 10 days and it goes away. If it lasts longer we get him checked out, but that's only been twice in 8 years. My vet recommended that we give him Lysine which helps boost his immune system. It's basically a...
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    Debt Dumpers - 2017

    I agree 100%!! I asked my OB if I needed a birth plan and she said she hates them because people get so wrapped up in what's "supposed" to happen that they lose sight of what's most important - having a healthy baby and mom. I told her my birth plan was 1) Give me drugs 2) Do what you need to...
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    The walking dead amc #2

    The show explained it a couple of seasons ago when they were waiting out the storm in the barn. (right before they met Aaron) They were starving, had no water, and were trying to find reasons to go on. From an article on the episode: Rick proceeds to tell a story about his grandfather, a...
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    Debt Dumpers - 2017

    Yes, 1000 times, yes. Both of my kids were sick constantly for the first 18 mths-2 years. It got MUCH better once they had all of their teeth and stopped putting everything in their mouths, and once they were walking and not crawling around on the floor/putting hands in their mouths. Two was...
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    Debt Dumpers - 2017

    Honestly, the younger the baby the easier it is to travel. With both my boys we took a trip when they were 3-4 mths old and again at 10-11 mths old. It was so much easier at 3-4 mths! By 9-10 mths old they are crawling/pulling themselves up and both of my kids screamed when we tried to put...
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    Frontier Airline

    We've flown it a couple of times, and it is much like any other airline. What annoyed me was the feeling of being nickeled and dimed for everything. I get it, you pay for what you need, but it can start to feel like you are being poked over and over. What annoyed me the most was that there...
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    Anyone else not have kids?

    We do have kids, but we had them a bit later because we were undecided if we were going to pull the trigger or not. (Together since we were 19 & 21, oldest born when we were 33 & 35) I have a girlfriend who is undecided if she wants kids and I (mostly jokingly) tell her not to do it. I love...
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    Will you spend whatever it takes on a pet?

    It depends on age and prognosis. We recently lost 2 of our 3 cats to cancer. The first one was absolutely my baby; he was close to 15 and always our healthiest cat. He ended up getting a tumor under his tongue that could not be removed, and the vet said any extraordinary measures would only...
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    Do you think this is fair? Childcare question

    My daycare gives them a hot lunch, two snacks, milk/water, and they are constantly doing activities/crafts/games/etc.
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    Do you think this is fair? Childcare question

    I think it depends on the going rate for your area. I have two kids in daycare and pay around $45 a DAY for each of them. They are there around 8-8 1/2 hours a day, so it's really only a little over $5 an hour for each kid. This is at a quality daycare center too. $50 a week for 5 hours...
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    Have you ever been the victim of sexism

    It's annoying when they won't let me discuss the account without my husband's permission since he's first on the account. My DH does absolutely nothing with bill paying, transferring money, etc., but because he's listed first on the bank account he has to give them permission to talk to me...
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    Congrats Cleveland. . .

    Life long Clevelander here - when the time ran out there were fireworks going off and people dancing and yelling in the streets. :-) I checked my facebook right afterwards and the prevailing post was "Holy Sh!t!!!"
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    TV Shows - you watched this season, it's been renewed, but you don't think you'll continue watching

    Fear the Walking Dead. After 1 1/2 seasons I still don't care about any of the characters and find them all horribly annoying.
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