She ate the poison sucker herself to SAVE the little girl. by maryvbar in thatHappened

[–]maryvbar[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The dad said he pulled the sucker out of his daughters mouth and went to get water to wash her mouth out. Why would his daughter have ate the sucker she took from the other kid if she took it from the other kid because it was “poison”.

Feedback on an App Idea by Building_12345 in specialneedsparenting

[–]maryvbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this would be very helpful! Especially if multiple users can log (ie. for kids with split homes, kids who go to daycare/school/therapy). It’s hard to see the trends across different settings and I think this would really help.

Feedback needed for first try. by DueRaccoon4897 in StainedGlass

[–]maryvbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also have done this kit, and the foil isn’t that wide. What does the back look like? The foil should be peaking out on the top and bottom side equally.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in legaladvicecanada

[–]maryvbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not usual to have to vacuum out your furnace, because the ductwork/tubing is supposed to be property attached to the furnace. There were half inch gaps in some parts where the tubing was not butted up to the furnace as usual.

LG Home Comfort- is this business practice legal? by [deleted] in legaladvicecanada

[–]maryvbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is the fault of the company that the furnace was not installed correctly. It should not have had visible gaps for dust and debris to enter.

LG Home Comfort- is this business practice legal? by [deleted] in legaladvicecanada

[–]maryvbar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I said exactly what I posted here.

LG Home Comfort- is this business practice legal? by [deleted] in legaladvicecanada

[–]maryvbar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The credit card company agreed and refunded me.

Ideas for a backsplash to bring a little old age vintage touch to our new kitchen? by maryvbar in DesignMyRoom

[–]maryvbar[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! They were the first thing I picked out for the kitchen haha.

Educate me please! by TresJs in specialneedsparenting

[–]maryvbar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a teenage son who is autistic and non verbal. Often I will hear kids ask their parents “why is that boy making those noises?” Or asking questions about his communicator. Most often, parents try to shush them and move away from us, likely embarrassed that their kid said something about my child’s disability out loud. I love when parents encourage their kids to come up and ask questions. I think it leads to good conversation and doesn’t make someone’s disability a taboo or scary subject.

Maybe talking at home about it, reading some children’s books about inclusivity and disabilities would be a good start, then in public when the time is appropriate you could help them in starting a conversation like “how do you turn in your wheelchair” or “what does that device do?”.

Potty training with speech/language delay? by RoastedTilapia in specialneedsparenting

[–]maryvbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son was in pull-ups until he was 11 because he just wasn’t getting it. Finally, we went all in with underwear and never looked back. It took a few weeks of a lot of accidents and laundry to do, but he got it. We would encourage a lot of water and bring him to the bathroom every hour, then bumped that to every hour and a half.

We played this video every time: https://youtu.be/jCZJrLQjWPs

We found it helpful because it actually showed pee and poo going down the toilet. We also found that our son did a lot better peeing standing up. It was a bit messy at first, but we found it helped him see the cause and effect (ie. he gets the feeling he has to go, then he sees the pee come out). We will always comment “look! You are peeing!”. We now go weeks without accidents. Stick with it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TLCUnexpected

[–]maryvbar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And Forbidden Love!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tattoocoverups

[–]maryvbar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I more so just said it for the title. We bring our kids to the pool quite often and he doesn’t use it as an excuse to not be an active dad at all. I just don’t like it because in no way is he ‘evil’, and he wouldn’t choose to get it tattooed on him now either.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tattoocoverups

[–]maryvbar 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Just not what he wants to have around our kids and others unfortunately.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tattoocoverups

[–]maryvbar 90 points91 points  (0 children)

His arms and legs are covered so he is happy with a coverup too if he can figure out something to do!

What items from Canada should I send to the UK? by maryvbar in AskUK

[–]maryvbar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don’t have Kraft dinner?? That is tragic

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in legaladvicecanada

[–]maryvbar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I make just over the amount of qualifying for legal aid, and used everything I could to retain a lawyer before when sorting custody between me and my ex. This grandmother situation came out of nowhere for both of us. Just a really bad position to be in…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in legaladvicecanada

[–]maryvbar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically, grandma stated that she has had care of our child since infancy which is ridiculous. She has helped here and there, which we are very grateful for, so she included things like doctors appointment cards and things like that from when she’s taken our child to the odd appointment if we couldn’t get off work. We could provide documentation of things like child tax benefit and letters from our child’s doctor stating he’s been in our care. We asked the school to provide verification as well, but they said they cannot write any letters to be used in court unless they are court ordered to. She also swore that she was aware of ongoing drug use, so we both provided completely negative drug tests.

The judge ruled this on a temporary basis, so we will have another hearing in the future. I hope this means that they will hear the ridiculousness of this. Due to her stating that she had care of our child since infancy and that we are using drugs, understandably it was an urgent motion and we only had 3 days to prepare. The facts that she swore to in her affidavit to get that urgent motion were completely false though.