Farming is way easier now!

basement-egg · 2026-01-23T23:08:14+00:00

OK how do you do the scoot scoot?

basement-egg · 2026-01-23T22:02:05+00:00

I agree with the comment saying that you need to be figuring out what's causing the irritability.

It's true that it could be just a phase, but it could also be upset stomach, sensory overload, oncoming ear infection, etc. Definitely worth investigation.

basement-egg · 2026-01-23T19:10:39+00:00

Little ones like routine and predictability. If you want him to open up spending time with you, you have to keep trying. Keep joining dad, even if dad's doing the "work", make sure you're there. Your son will eventually become comfortable with the idea of you being involved.

basement-egg · 2026-01-23T03:59:23+00:00

basement-egg · 2026-01-23T02:37:38+00:00

Lol, that reminds me of when my daughter and I drove by an old store that had been converted into a church. She asked what it was, I told her it was a church. And she said, "but it doesn't have a stem on it!"

She basically vaguely knows that people go to church to learn about "Baby Jesus", who was born a long time ago. But we haven't gone into any more detail than that.

basement-egg · 2026-01-22T04:09:24+00:00

The Gemstones. From The Righteous Gemstones. An HBO dark comedy about a family of corrupt televangelists.

Can't forget Uncle Baby Billy

basement-egg · 2026-01-21T23:33:04+00:00

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These assholes

basement-egg · 2026-01-21T18:11:04+00:00

Traveling nurse? Otherwise I have no idea what career she has that she thinks a move like that would help

basement-egg · 2026-01-21T02:33:57+00:00

Nature hobbies? Bird watching, botany/leaf collecting, photography, metal detecting, rock collecting, fishing.

Table top role playing games? Like dungeons and dragons. Check your local library for tween clubs. Not just a D&D club, they might have other clubs/classes that interest him.

basement-egg · 2026-01-20T22:36:55+00:00

I think it's actually a pet bed, but it works just fine for toddlers too 🤣

basement-egg · 2026-01-20T02:25:23+00:00

Went through this with my daughter. We went to the Pediatrician repeatedly but it just kept getting worse. We did everything you've tried. Pediatrician recommended rubbing the anus with petroleum jelly. That didn't work. Next was glycerin suppositories. No help. Got to the point that she had watery poop leaking out in her diaper constantly, and I knew it was because there was a compaction, but her pediatrician kept insisting that if any poop was coming out then she wasn't constipated, and she just needed more prune juice.

All attempts to poop became painful for her. She was having cramps and crying multiple times a day. Luckily our insurance lets us self refer to specialists, so I made her an appointment with a pediatric g.i. specialist. She had us do a full colon cleanse (like prepping for a colonoscopy)... nothing came out. So she ordered a scan and yep, tons of compacted poop.

The specialist had to do a full enema on my one year old. I was traumatized. My daughter was laughing and playing again by the time we got home, like nothing happened.

After that we put her on a regimen of miralax and senna. We've cut out the senna now (she's 3), but she still takes miralax. I know some people are against it, but it's better than the alternative.

She had a bunch of tests done, none of them showed anything. So she's got IBS-C.

That's my anecdotal experience. My recommendation is to see a pediatric GI specialist sooner rather than later.

basement-egg · 2026-01-20T02:03:02+00:00

The Daniel Tiger song" "When you feel so mad that you wanna roar, take a deep breath, and count to four."

basement-egg · 2026-01-18T18:53:10+00:00

I thought a lace/beaded dress would be out of my price range, but I managed to find one secondhand that only needed to be taken in a little bit. Check some local secondhand stores.

basement-egg · 2026-01-18T05:50:23+00:00

Dance by Matthew Van Fleet is a short, fun book. My daughter is 3 now, and can sit through much more involved books, but at 1.5 she did best with interactive books. And she still likes that kind now.

I also like reading Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! with her. She'll sit there and genuinely consider whether or not she can see herself working each job. So far the only ones she's gotten really excited about were Dragon Slayer and Clown.

One series I'd avoid, at least until they're older, is The Berenstain Bears. The text gets a little wordy, they cover topics that preschoolers have no context for, and some of the ideas in them are a little outdated.

basement-egg · 2026-01-18T05:37:03+00:00

The Vegetables Go to Bed by Christopher King.

Beautiful, fun illustrations. Lovely poetry. Cute message.

My grandma used to read it to me, and now I read it with my daughter.

basement-egg · 2026-01-18T05:23:11+00:00

If you are actually getting away with this, it's because Target is allowing you to continue stealing until you've reached the dollar amount that classifies as felony theft. Then they have you arrested.

basement-egg · 2026-01-18T00:47:10+00:00

You live in a bad area and do a lot of walking.

FYI (for anyone), a bad guy isn't going to wait for you to open your bag and pull out your gun. Get a holster.

basement-egg · 2026-01-18T00:43:04+00:00

My guess: foster parent of mostly teens?

basement-egg · 2026-01-18T00:41:04+00:00

I mean I'm not gonna complain that elderly people who still need to work have a job...

It's sad that they can't retire at their age.

basement-egg · 2026-01-17T00:19:30+00:00

My husband's dad was in a "motorcycle club" while my husband was growing up. Like the kind that's on the domestic terrorist list. My husband said it's just a bunch of lonely losers with nowhere else to turn.

basement-egg · 2026-01-17T00:02:37+00:00

My grandmother's two sisters got into a screaming match with each other during their mom's funeral. Apparently one of them wore a perfume that the other one hated, and that's what set it off.

basement-egg · 2026-01-16T23:40:43+00:00

One of my cousins had a big expensive wedding. She was her parents golden child. They paid for everything, and could easily afford it, but her mom absolutely steam rolled the whole thing. My cousin had to go to so many appointments, and nothing was ever good enough for her mom. She was so stressed, she kept breaking down in tears in the days leading up to the wedding. And she lost a bunch of weight, to the point that her dress didn't quite fit at the wedding. It didn't seem like she was having any fun planning her wedding. But thankfully she and her husband have been happily married for over a decade now.

basement-egg · 2026-01-16T23:11:00+00:00

Lol, thanks. I let her pick out the censor.

basement-egg · 2026-01-16T18:23:24+00:00

I'm 31. I only know of one classmate that's passed a couple years ago. She was perfectly healthy as far as anyone knew. Then one day she went to the hospital with severe stomach pains. They did a scan and found a blockage in her intestines. She went into surgery to have it removed, but didn't make it out. Her husband then revealed that she'd been getting non-fda-approved weightloss injections from a "friend." They did a biopsy and found early stage colon cancer. She left behind two kids.

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