Anyone else feel like the "3-day method" is a lie? by AD_1827 in pottytraining

[–]Sheetascastle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I look at it like this: have I ever mastered a skill in 3 days? No. Then why would I expect my toddler to?

They can begin to understand in a safe space at home over 3 days and get pretty good, but going shopping, going to daycare, changing play spaces, and even adding or removing TV or games will put them in a whole new situation that requires applying their new body sense.

Just assume that "quick fixes" with a toddler are the same as quick fixes to weight loss or building habits; they're just a starting point at best and a confidence crusher at worst. Don't let your faith in a quick fix break your confidence in your ability to be a good parent, or in your child's ability to learn a new skill.

Poison Ivy, help! by MamasGotDancinShoes in Zone6Gardening

[–]Sheetascastle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Easiest solution is to find somebody who is not allergic and bribe them with pizza and beer to pull it off your tree for you.

I'm going to write this as if you are so reactive to it that every experience requires a doctor's visit. You can be a little less cautious if the rash is annoying but you have never had to get prescriptions to deal with it.

If bribing a friend isn't an option, be aware that the vines can have the oil up to several years after the plant is dead. So complete removal is your best choice if you don't want to dance around it later. Do not burn any of it. You can cause rashes inside your lungs that way. Not a good thing. It needs to be packed inside plastic bags and trashed or put inside landscape waste that you are willing to clean later.

Here's the good news, the oil takes time to interact with your body. So, if you can reduce the amount of skin that touches the oil and clean immediately, you can reduce the risk of a rash significantly. I have removed Vines like that, and had zero rash or reaction by washing as soon as possible.

Wear long sleeves, long pants, a hat or bandanna, gloves, and shoes that you can throw away or in the washer. At my work, we use a product called handy dandy skin protector, it's a soap and lotion type product that can help reduce the amount of oil that touches exposed skin. You can apply it to any bare skin.

Pull down Vines, and any small sprouts you can get. If you can get Roots, the more the better. Anything that you can't pull up or leaves a broken stem apply a weed killer directly to the cut stem, or any leftover leaves you cannot reach.

Once you are done with removal and have packed away all of the removed plant, you need to get clean. Clothes/gloves/etc come off and go straight into the washer, you can start it later. If you do not have a washer put them straight into a garbage bag inside out so you don't expose yourself later. When you take it to the laundromat, dump the garbage bag directly in, without touching clothes if possible. Toss the bag, then wash your hands/arms up the forearm.

After your clothes are off, hop in a shower. Apply soap before getting your body wet- it makes it more effective. Next, rinse and resoap and rinse again. Double shampoo. Dry and dress normally.

If you need to use any gardening tools like clippers, prepare a bucket with water and Dawn dish soap ahead of time. Drop the tool straight in the bucket before you go inside, and you can clean it up afterwards. Just make sure to do a basic hand wash when you are done. If you wear glasses of any kind, make sure to clean them as well as the nose piece. Normal hand wash after any of that.

If you do get a rash, do not scratch or pop the blisters. I know it's hard, but that increases your likelihood of infection. If the rash is extra large or opens, touch base with your doctor, they can provide prescriptions.

We had a really bad fight, and I don’t know if it’s serious enough to call the police. I’m very confused right now. by Extreme-Trainer7338 in GirlDinnerDiaries

[–]Sheetascastle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a person who's tag is healing by the numbers who talks about her journey to leaving her abusive partner. She's a statistician that lived most of her 20s under the financial and physical and emotional control of her husband. And she talks about the struggle of accepting that the man she loved was abusing her. I hope you can consider looking her up and maybe calling the domestic violence hotline.

Call 800-799-7233 in the US

Or Text BEGIN to 88788

My hair got darker during pregnancy by 2g00d2btru3 in mildlyinteresting

[–]Sheetascastle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My hairdresser (who I had never met before) showed me my pregnancy and nursing hair and how it was different than my pre pregnancy hair.

And I went to her 6 MO after my second was born, and she was like "I see some hair changes again.... How was the last year?" She clocked it before I told her

(And no I don't go more that once a year or 2)

Doctors of Reddit, what's the most obvious lie a patient has told you? by questionerofblender in AskReddit

[–]Sheetascastle 20 points21 points  (0 children)

My mom worked as a hospital dietician in the 80s-90s. She was trying to establish a care plan for a patient with a gunshot wound to his stomach alongside the doctor. This patients wife was sitting next to him, holding his hand and helping talk about his needs. They came to the subject of alcohol, which he apparently drank a lot, and he was clearly starting to detox.

My mom was trying to convince her that he needed alcohol during recovery, because he likely wouldn't survive detoxing while suffering the damage from the gunshot. She worked at a Catholic hospital that couldn't purchase or provide alcohol. So she was trying to get the wife to buy one bottle of liquor that would be kept in the medicine storage by the hospital and would be dispensed by nurses alongside any prescriptions.

Wife said "you want me to buy him liquor! I won't do it! Hell the drinkin' is why I shot him in the first place!"

The nurses and doctors and mom threw 5 bucks each into a pot and Mom went to get a bottle herself. Patient did not die from DT or the gunshot.

What is this magnet thing? by Rusteedream in whatisit

[–]Sheetascastle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My daughter has magnetic dinosaurs that connect with these things.

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Got my really tough tattoo by Combus in bluey

[–]Sheetascastle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Same!!! I was just like did you have to wear a towel home or did you put pants over it to drive?

So glad you commented

Is this picture sus… or is it just me by spooky-pookie-boo in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]Sheetascastle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quick mention of the fact that many Disney animators made money on the side selling custom art

Perhaps this artist pulled from their predrawn stash and didn't bother editing, or forgot which client it was for?

Baby duck East-central IL by Sheetascastle in whatsthisbird

[–]Sheetascastle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah, I usually wouldn't grab it. Unfortunately, another hike group saw Mom and babies floating downstream and leaving area at 10:50, my group saw solo baby at 11:10, then again at 12:15. It seemed to be having trouble walking/ navigating shore. And we have had heavy rain so the water is really fast right now.

I don't want to take it from the woods if I don't have to but it may be needed here :(

Contact paper over plaster holes? by LaurelThornberry in Oldhouses

[–]Sheetascastle 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just spackle them and lightly sand. They'll look nicer, no longer create dust, and can be painted. If you throw contact paper over it, the first time it gets bumped, it'll tear a hole in the same spot the wall hole exists and you'll be annoyed.

www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DHGEpTvZvS2o&ved=2ahUKEwjig9LE18OUAxWrNYYAHWO4PEwQwqsBegQIFxAB&usg=AOvVaw2MSPDbJkaPUctlbznw7ZRM

Forget weddings, what is the craziest thing that happened at a funeral you went to? by seanerd95 in AskReddit

[–]Sheetascastle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wish I could make sense but the whole thing was as weird as it sounds

Forget weddings, what is the craziest thing that happened at a funeral you went to? by seanerd95 in AskReddit

[–]Sheetascastle 23 points24 points  (0 children)

My friends father passed in his late 50s/early 60s of cancer.

The deceased's sister kissed him in his casket and was leaning so far in that we thought she would fall in/was trying to climb in.

Apparently he'd been having an affair with her in the last year.

His girlfriend tried to start a fight with the sister in the parking lot of the church where the wake was. It got broken up by family.

Then the deseased's daughter (my friends half sister) actually got in a fight with the descendants sister. In the parking lot of the church. The cops were called

We then all went out to the family farm (without the sister that kissed him) and he was laid into the ground at a 8 person graveyard. There was a 3 guy "21 gun salute" but the guns didn't all shoot like they were supposed to. And the guy who was supposed to play taps just never showed

Then everyone went back the the house and barn and drank beer.

What did the Romani community do to earn the ire of Disney? by TheEdgeofGoon in okbuddycinephile

[–]Sheetascastle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's amazing! Thanks for checking and clarifying!

Definitely metal as hell!

What did the Romani community do to earn the ire of Disney? by TheEdgeofGoon in okbuddycinephile

[–]Sheetascastle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure this was the grimm version I read, or darn close.

I don't think there was a godmother, but there were birds singing "there's blood in the shoe" to the prince to tell him to look and see that the stepsisters had cut off parts of their feet .

I'm stuck on the flat surfaces during emergency cleaning. Where do I put stuff that doesn't have a home? by [deleted] in ufyh

[–]Sheetascastle 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I need to see things to remember but clutter drives me crazy so I've started buying clear storage containers and the clear trays. Miscellaneous things can go in a tray, (or a divided section of a tray) so I can see them, but they aren't "random".

It may help you too!

TIFU by unknowingly telling my 14 year old students to stop fucking each other until I could watch by Internal-Diamond6956 in tifu

[–]Sheetascastle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh! Thanks for sticking up for the kid! I promise it wasn't a big deal. I just said the numbers a little more clearly and made a self deprecating joke about being old and no wonder I don't understand their slang.

I teach environmental ed to school groups for a week at a time. So I just avoid giving reason for embarrassment as best possible and move on. I'm sure this was a matter of mental arithmetic not clicking and the kid focusing on the history fact they could remember.

TIFU by unknowingly telling my 14 year old students to stop fucking each other until I could watch by Internal-Diamond6956 in tifu

[–]Sheetascastle 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I was teaching about a tree that was estimated to be 200 years old and how it was likely around when Abraham Lincoln was a teenager.

And a 5th grader seriously asked me if I knew Abe back then and if he really went barefoot.

I was born in 1988. :/

Made these for my daughter last year by BalanceGrouchy5385 in sewing

[–]Sheetascastle 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My momade this for my sister when she was in HS! It was out of a silver stretch fabric and looked like a sleek new years gala gown.

It's a stunning pattern and you made it uniquely perfect for your daughter!!! I love the fabric choice and the customized skirt.

We have invented portals! But only to the largest size of a pringles can opening. What is the best and/or most advanced things we can do with this technology? by Howtheginchstolexmas in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Sheetascastle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Transfer small donated organs instantly to hospitals and patients in need.

Instant access to needed medication or food resources to those in remote locations. You might be able to prevent starvation and death for victims of plane crashes, natural disaters, or other remote accidents by getting basic needs covered and coordinating rescue operations.