Elsha
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@sarahhollowell
Toddlers are just so incredibly ridiculous. My youngest (now almost 10) went through a phase where she got VERY mad that I wouldn’t *put her in a bubble and send her to space* 😂
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@Swilua
Okay, so my 9 yo asked for an ear/tail set for Christmas and you have to be REAL CAREFUL because the adult sets are NOT obviously labeled 😂 They’re just all mixed together on Amazon like it’s a Ross clearance shelf.
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@sewistwrites
We had a duck when I was a kid that went to live on a farm…because the other duck we’d had got attacked & eaten by a neighborhood dog (only case I know where animal in question actually went to a farm 😂)
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@emilykmay
I’ve been doing this for 12 years, & the written developmental assessments are still the hardest. Feels like reducing your kid to a series of deficiencies
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@EliMcCann
One time I opened a birthday gift from my parents & when I held it up my dad said “oh, who’s that from?” 😂
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@bekahowell
Have you seen a doctor about generalized anxiety disorder? Because none of these fears are even REMOTELY realistic. Also the biggest danger to trick or treating kids? It’s cars.
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@EskimoDonny
@AriDrennen
Dude. I learned both those terms in the early 2000s in college. In chemistry. They are *absolutely* real things.
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@emilykmay
Damn, people are really mad at you for appreciating that dads do more than they used to.
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Favorite picture of 2017? Have to go with the time Daniel ate a slice of cake & turned into Walter White.
@BryanCranston
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@MeganDuffyPhD
So, regular walking & stretching your legs can help prevent restless leg, and magnesium can help some, but if you’re like- I have restless legs RIGHT NOW and I want it to STOP- take an advil. (My grandma clued me into this years ago. Works great)
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@Nicole_Cliffe
My college BFF has an uncle with Down syndrome, so when I had my son with Ds my friend called her grandma to tell her & grandma responded “Did they let her keep him?” 💔💔💔(She had brought her son home, but had to fight for it)
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Y’all. Brian, who literally never uses Facebook (for real he had to FRIEND ME to do this) posted the perfect response
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@Ranting_Trans
My sister told my trans kid something like “every girl wants to be a boy at some point in their life” Me, a cis woman who has never wished I were a man
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@ask_aubry
My aunt’s 1st husband got married & divorced like twice more after her & she was friends with both his other (ex)wives. She joked that it turned out the only good thing about him was his taste in women
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My sister ordered a cake & wanted "parting is such sweet sorrow" on it. This is what she got:
http://t.co/l84CeqxWkl
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@emilykmay
Buy enough pairs of scissors to have a pair in every place I use scissors. Also, robot vacuum, not sure if that counts as small
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@diannaeanderson
My sister: can’t we just put aside our differences?
Me: well, you believe my kid shouldn’t exist because he’s trans so no. No we can’t just “PUT IT ASIDE”
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@juleskelleybks
@danidonovan
Typically I think it’s grouped with autism traits, but there’s a lot of overlap between autism & ADHD!
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@Nicole_Cliffe
@RachelCraves
I’ve found that with parenting “it’s time” is mostly code for “our current situation is untenable” 😂
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@jahnanair
@emilykmay
And for the car seat you gotta get the knees AND the waist to bend at the same time! I used to joke that putting my kids in the car was my workout for the day
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@diannaeanderson
My sister is convinced that’s why my 15 yo is trans. Even though as a cis woman I went to an engineering school (74% male student body) got a degree in chem eng, & then worked in the oilfield in west Texas. Like, traditional gender roles are not big at our house 😂
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@ShelbyHintze
My trinket shelf is definitely lacking in trinkets, BUT I do make these adorable mushroom things:
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@emilykmay
One of our kids went through a phase of crying because ice cream is cold. Didn’t want it melted! But also mad it was cold 😂
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@heymrsbond
This is extra amusing to me considering the number of teachers I had who got married or divorced & changed their names as a result. It’s not hard to call someone what they want to be called!
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@emilykmay
It takes so much more hair than you’d expect to do a headband braid! I can only manage it with a tiny braid 😂
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Will, for unknown reasons, has started calling me “mother of mine” and all I can think of is this episode of Doctor Who
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@wife_geist
I skimmed the article & it doesn’t seem like they are distinguishing between the general term “salt” which includes substances like Potassium Chloride & Sodium Nitrate (both salts used in fertilizer) and “table salt” or Sodium Chloride, which is what we put on food
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My sister asked me about essential oils over text, and now she hates me😝
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I don't know how anyone does these Portlandia sketches without laughing
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My mom & sister saved my ass last week helping me finish (okay, make. I’m a procrastinator OKAY?) my felt ornaments for the ornament swap
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@HannahPosted
I do it, mostly cause all that stuff isn’t too bad if you end up puking it up later 😂
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I know this isn't a huge milestone for most, but Daniel has started spontaneously saying 2-3 word sentences & 💗💗💗 It's huge for us.
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@collectdust
My husband worked construction as a laborer for several years before getting his comp sci degree & going into tech. Most people I see online talking about getting kids into trades have ZERO idea what they’re talking about.
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@AngryBlackLady
His attitude is SO GREAT. My husband & I both have ADHD, so we try to both do this for each other (I bring him a drink he left somewhere like every day😂) but mostly it’s a lot of chaos around here.
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I was really good at making paper bag covers for textbooks. My high schoolers don’t have any textbooks
People born before 2000, what trivial skill do you have that no one uses anymore?
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@EliMcCann
Had a conversation with my sister last week explaining that I can’t support an institution that believes there is something fundamentally wrong with my oldest kid because they’re trans/nb.
My sister, “well, if you want a reason to leave the church you’ll find one”
Me:
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@_nomadic_soul
This kind of shit does not get brought up enough, especially in “people used to stay married!!” conversations. Like, yeah women stayed married because they fucking had to
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@toorsdenote
@cool_buttons
@MelindaTaub
One of my best friend’s mom was too! Nun from age 18 to 36, then left to have a family.
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@jahnanair
@emilykmay
Omg for REAL. We live in CO now but we were living in Kansas when I was doing the car seat wrestling. The SWEAT! Like you just got out of a pool 😂
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@sarah_jwh
@j_n_foster
Members came by here & I told them we don’t go because we have a trans/NB kid & the church thinks it’s wrong.
Them: People in our ward are great! They’ll be fine with it!
In my head: I’m not worried about individual members, it’s the WHOLE FUCKING CHURCH
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@emilykmay
I once told my wailing toddler “slow your roll” and she wailed back “no I CAAAAAN’T slow my roll!”
Toddlers man. Wild ride
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@j_n_foster
I was JUST talking to my sister about this! (My kids’ favorite stocking stuffer is bags of the freeze dried marshmallows from Lucky Charms. I buy them in bulk 😂)
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@Swilua
@surliertexan
People regularly assume there are “tons of services” for my kid with Down syndrome. They hate being that the biggest resource I have for him is public school
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This is basically how Daniel reacts every day when Brian comes home from work, so this is like seeing them 50 years from now ❤️
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Oh, also, Kalena goes by Kaden now & uses they/them pronouns. (No random people in the house! Just us since forever!)
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@clhubes
At a family thing once we were discussing favorite dinosaurs & my BIL said Dimetrodon & his son who was probably about 4 goes “actually dimetrodon was a prehistoric reptile, NOT a dinosaur”
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Will wrote a book for a school project & it’s called “Down Syndrome Is Great” & man. We did nothing to deserve such a sweet & sincere kid.
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@EliMcCann
Walking through Walmart with my husband: should we walk by jars?
Him: I don’t think I need any jars right now
Me: well, maybe not TODAY.
(We bought 2 packs of jars 😂)
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@RugbyKids_
@_celia_bedelia_
I’ve got 4 kids. They are my responsibility! But they are NOT my property
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Here twitter, you can appreciate my color coordinated wrapping since nobody else will. It’s all about to be smooshed in a box & mailed to FL.
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When I was pregnant with Daniel I worried about Down syndrome. A lot. In the midst of my worries I would pray for the baby to be healthy & perfect. And each time I did, I distinctly heard a voice say “A baby with Down syndrome will still be perfect.”
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@Nicole_Cliffe
My brother has a story about being in the car when his one friend who NEVER swore crashed his car. My bro thought- this is it, I’m finally going to hear him swear! Friend got out, looked at the car & said, “Shoot!” 😂
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@CarissasNewLife
My sister is confused as to why I cut contact with her. My sister who constantly deadnames & mis-genders my 15 yo, as well as hugging him AFTER HE SAID NO THANK YOU to a hug. Like, GIRL. This isn’t love. You’re not a safe person for my kids.
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@ambernoelle
Yep. Also if I see that someone went to an Ivy, my first thought is NOT “oh they must be so smart/talented!” It’s “ah, I guess they’re rich.”
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@NerdyNighthawk
@pineapple_mn
Did you seriously start an entire thread of replies by saying, essentially: “you’re lying about your lived experience”?
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@cambrian_era
@kyamaefoster
I just retweeted this with similar sentiments. I have a trans teen & I can’t imagine being self centered enough to tell his story as if it were mine.
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How sweet is my mom? She took my sisters shoe shopping (to celebrate spring!) and then sent me money to buy myself some. She said I shouldn’t miss out just because I don’t live there.
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Took Daniel to IKEA today and every time I put something in the cart he said, “Great job!!” in his little enthusiastic voice. That’s some dangerous encouragement right there 😂
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@JohnDavisJDLLM
@DoomScroling
@LetChaosRaine
@kprclc
You’re saying doctors can take a fetus from a pregnant woman who is 16 DAYS pregnant? Bro, pregnancy day counting starts at the first day of the last menstrual cycle, so at “16 days pregnant” most women are about 2 days past ovulation. You wouldn’t even get a positive test.
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@JulieFauble
@_celia_bedelia_
I’m trying to figure out how having kids would make someone *less* compassionate toward trans people. Cause I’ll tell you what, having a disabled kid & a trans kid is where a LOT of my compassion comes from!
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Kalena decided she wanted a mermaid birthday party, & I Pinterest-ed the SHIT out of it.
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@agirlandaboy
@betsyphd
See, I think personal finance should be a requirement at all high schools, separate from home ec stuff.
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Highlight of Daniel’s IEP yesterday: I asked his classroom teacher if she likes having him in class & she said, “Like it? I love it! I requested him! He’s a riot.”
(His IRR teacher stays the same, but his classroom teacher changes with grade, like typical peers)
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@kaitybella
Real question: is there anything doctors actually do to treat PMDD that isn’t birth control or SSRIs?
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@HannahPosted
I think it’s badly worded. In my head “run into a bear or a man in the woods” implies either of them alone with no gear/camp/whatever. In that scenario a man is out of place & that’s scary. 🤷🏼♀️
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@Swilua
Also I feel like beefing with nature in any way is just asking for bad things to happen.
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@Nicole_Cliffe
THIS ONE. My MIL sent each of our kids one & they scream so loud basically any time you even jostle them. I disappeared them all within 24 hrs.
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