I figured out a way to waste half a day. #dumbshit #grownostr #johndeere

When Trump supporters head to Trump rallies "we aren't sending our best"

Good morning ✌️🧡

Good morning!

Even my 18 month old son knows how stupid this comment is 🤣

Even my 18 month old son knows how stupid this comment is 🤣

Congratulations. Being a mother is wonderful.

Breast feeding is healthiest for you and your baby and is more convenient (if you are home with the baby). It also saves in an emergency. I flew once with my first son and we missed the connecting flight home. Since I was breast feeding, I had all the milk he needed. If I'd been feeding him with a bottle I'd have been dragging a baby in a cab to stores near midnight trying to get formula.

Teaching your baby to sleep without your help and even if there are noises will help life get back to normal and serve your child well. I recommend the book "Baby Wise" for more details. The basics are feed on a schedule. Feed your baby when you wake him up and not to get him to sleep. We were replacing the driveway and front porch of our house that had sunk when I brought home my first. We had ground compactors pounding for the first couple of days, and he learned to sleep through all of it.

Remember that babies and young kids are tougher than you can imagine. I've had mine dive off the couch onto their face and try to roll off a changing table and they were all fine. Be careful, but don't worry.

There are 2 theories on keeping a baby well. One is to protect the baby from all germs. The other is to expose their immune system to lots of germs and pets to train their immune system to recognize pathogens and self. Studies have shown that being around pets (and therefore germs) reduces the incidence of allergies & asthma. I went with the latter and my son's only fever in his first 5 years was caused by a vaccine.

I researched vaccines on conventional sites, but with a holistic view. I decided on my first son to only give him the dTap vaccine and not till 1 years old. He only got 2 instead of the normal 5/6 . I did that one because I was afraid of tetanus which can be deadly, but I've since learned that tetanus is anaerobic and if you get a puncture wound to bleed and get peroxide into the wound, it isn't much of a risk. His only illness in his first 5 years were due to the vaccine. If I had it to do over again, I'd not give him any. I'd argue that zero vaccines is best, but at minimum, skip the vaccines at 2 & 4 months when the babies immune system isn't developed enough to respond well and when the dose/weight is higher. If you do your research, the danger of the vaccines is higher than the danger of the illness.

I had the educated guess that the adjuvants in vaccines were causing the huge increase in allergies and autoimmune diseases. I later read an article and the same form of aluminum used in vaccines is used in animal studies to cause autoimmunity for autoimmunity studies.

Once your child gets older, I believe nothing is better for your child than homeschooling. Before kids I though I'd homeschool in elementary and maybe middle school and send them to high school to transition to the real world. I've since changed my mind. Both of my kids were in public school for part or all of elementary school (but I live in a very conservative area with less indoctrination and there is less in the early years to begin with). I pulled my eldest out in 3rd grade and homeschooled him through highschool. He is now in college in the honors program with tuition paid based on his 35/36 ACT score. I pulled my younger son, who has Down Syndrome, later because he was harder to school and because he was taught by people I knew and trusted. He is making better progress now that I am homeschooling him.

Babies don't understand things like falling off a height. Find opportunities for your kid to fail and fall where the consequences are minor, so they can learn without severe consequences. So often people protect a baby from any place they can fall even 6 inches and they don't learn to be careful around heights. This same principle exists when they get older with real life lessons such as being honest, being a good friend, being responsible, etc.

Okay then. My comments/additions to Brun's decent considerations:

* Tattoos are called tramp stamps for a reason, and anything more than a few, discrete, actually decorative or cute ones is an indication of poor impulse control or rebellion against the parents (aka "Daddy Issues").

* Anything more than one of the regular pets (cat, dog) is an indication of compensation for lack of being able to stay in a stable relationship. "Red wine and pet snacks for Friday evenings" is a meme for a reason.

* Regular AND excessive use of intoxicants is a red flag in all people. Excessive alcohol use is strongly correlated with increased incidence of domestic violence (both ways).

* Women spending too much time on social media are bound to get a lot of bad ideas from her 'circles and friends' there, and are prone to erroneous meme-pop-psych explanations for things. When relationship tensions happen (as they undoubtedly will for all people), she will certainly seek out reinforcement of her ideas there, and it will be garbage that gets dragged back onto your living room carpet. That women offer shit relationship advice is a fact not limited to when it's offered to men; high SoMe use is a red flag, especially for Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok.

* Women that reach 30 yoa without having given birth, are childless for a reason (unwilling to commit to a partner, unstable and/or disagreeable personality). (If they're capable of conceiving, it's said that they get the "Baby Rabies" 😂).

* Consistently very outspoken about her (usually boilerplate leftist) political views? Red flag.

* You are not the therapist to your date or SO, and you should not attempt to be so, other than having an occasional proper talk about necessary subjects when friction or issues arise, as a supportive close friend or future mate. Trying to be the therapist turns you into a therapist and will certainly damage your relationship, even if you have very good intrapersonal intelligence and skills. If you sense that she has unhandled personal issues, it's up to her to recognize this and take the initiative to get them handled from proper professionals, not by leaning on you to be her unpaid psychologist.

* There are ofc exceptions to most things, as we all have different backgrounds and tempraments; Be aware of the warning signs and use your own best judgement.

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Lol, I was just about to finish writing a response to your decent points here and Amethyst wiped my post and reloaded. 😤

Lets try it again.

Never heard that one before.

Is there an "approved pet list" somewhere?

Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the United States, once remarked, "I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." This profound statement by Jefferson reflects his deep reservations about the formation and existence of central banks within a nation's financial system.

#bitcoin #pow

This whole transgender shit has fucked so much up.

English is the best worst language.