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Beautiful, but no, NEVER, really…you could not pay me enough. *shudder*
You know those foot pads that are supposed to rid your body of toxins? Interesting discussion of it.
For the frugal: The Grocery Game I had been hearing about it but never went to the site. Looks interesting.
For those interested in vaccine issues, a huge scandal at Merck, one of the main manufacturers: http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/s6756c.pdf
A company I really like (and several of my therapists rely on) is being attacked by Mattel: Small Special Education Company Battles Mattel Over Right to Use the Words “AND SAY” on Its Products
I thought this was interesting…charts that show what people are spending on groceries, updated monthly.
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I am going to add one more rather than starting a new post: 3-Year-Old Has Never Fallen Asleep. Wow. Zane never slept more than 3-4 hours in any given 24-48 hour period until he was between 3 and 4, and I thought that was bad. I can’t even imagine how sleep deprived those parents are. I really think that the sleep deprivation affected my ability to really understand what was going on in those early years. I just felt like I was a terrible parent and stopped sharing how bad it was with people. I know now that lack of ability to sleep is fairly common in autism, but I didn’t know it then and blamed myself.
Hi there! I’m Jeanie and I just wanted to say that you have a really cute page! I am a future SpEd teacher and am just kind of looking around for groups here to have a better understanding of a parents point of view on things! I am a para in a low-income area right now and alot of the parents in the area are very disengaged from their childs disability. Anyway, Hello and I hope to talk more with you soon!
Jeanie
well, that food cost chart makes me feel better… We are a family of 4 with older, school-aged children and we spend about $800 a month. I knew I was NOT being thrifty or frugal with our grocery budget, but according to the chart we are respectably somewhere between “low cost” and “Moderate.”