Where the Deer and the Antelope Play - Living in the USA (visitors welcome)

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East Coast
MaNanny - Boston
Twinmommytobe - Boston
MuminCT - CT
Greatgooglymoogly - NY State
Yesthereare4ofthem - NY State
Brooklynmom - NYC
alarkaspree - NYC
MKG - New Jersey
Mummimamma - PA
Poetmum - PA
Twirl - MD

South
Earlybird - TN
jabberwocky - AR
Sunchowder - Florida
Marls001 - Bentonville, AR
Tinpot - NC
MadameDeathStare- AL

Midwest
SuperBunny- Chicago
Dodgykeeper - Dayton, OH
Chocchipcookie - Ohio
MonkeyLover
KickAssAngel - Ann Arbor, MI

Rockies
Alipiggie - Boulder, CO
Ribena

Northwest
AnnieLaurie - Seattle, WA
Dooneygirl - Oregon City, OR

California
SittingBull - nr San Francisco
Califrau - Milpitas
loopsngeorge - Brentwood, LA
Syd - Manhattan Beach, LA
SofiaAmes - LA
LATyke - Redondo Beach

Texas
Texan - Dallas
Tiggyhop - Houston
Vixie78 - Houston
BananaPudding - Austin
Cosmicdust - East Texas

Canada
Hellish - Ottawa
Shouldlistenedtomymum - Hamilton
Nooka - BC
Jacksmama - Langley

Exotic Islands
Anorak - Bermuda
cp - Trinidad
Barefeete - BVI

Brazil
Albert

Hooray, well done!

Fabulous. What a couple of days for you!

Hope the breasts calm down once your supply gets settled. I remember sleeping with nappies (cloth ones) wrapped around me to try and get comfy (I'm a rtummy sleeper, which doesn't help).

The best boots are apparently Sorel's. My Canadian friends seem to live in them! I bought these for dh: www.sorel.com/Product.aspx?top=1&cat=110&prod=50. They keep your feet warm down to -50C!

Those boots sounds amazingly warm.

So, the bread...

I was doubtful because it uses barely any yeast and, in 18 hrs, didn't rise nearly as much as normal dough would and baking it at such a high temperature (450) seemed like a bad idea. However, it worked REALLY well - very crispy crust but really soft inside. I used 1 c wholewheat flour and 2c white.

Def try it! It didn't stick to the towel but I used a lot of flour.

I did miss the kneading and knocking back but this is great for bread in the morning with little effort.

I was afraid of that. That bread has excellent reviews wherever it is posted.

Talk about a high-pressured 24 hours. Congratulations.

Oh, and out of nothing but sheer curiosity, how long was your labor?

They are very toasty. dh says they are his best Christmas present (he was wearing beach shoes before that!).

That bread sounds good. I've been really disappointed with my breadmaker - very heavy bread. However dh has discovered muffins this week, we have had a different sort every day for the last four days. Very yummy

Contractions started about midnight, 3 mins apart 50 sec long by 1am, arrived at hospital by 3ish, beg for epidural about 4ish, discover 10cm about 4.30ish so no epidural and have to push him out with no pain relief - born 5.23am (think started pushing at about 5)

So...quite quick.

Hello all. I don't like this new format at all. It's insipid.

I'm coming over to Boston again soon, I need another little operation to finish my new tits. Mananny are you on for another meet-up? I'm coming from 28 Feb - 7 Mar.

nooka, I had problems at first with very heavy bread too. The thing that worked for me was to make sure water was exactly right, not even a tiny bit over, and at room temperature. I always put in water first, then bread mix, then a little mound of yeast right on top. Read that somewhere and I don't know why it matters but bread always came out nice.

I'll have to try that mix SB. I think we are going to try a yeast-cleansing for ds1 and so bread with very little yeast would be a great thing. I have made gluten-free before but just don't have it in me atm to go through all that.

Oh Anorak - how are you?

Why Yeast cleansing, Jabber? I do wonder if my dermatitis is yeast-related. But only because I ruled out dairy years ago and anything else seems to hard to avoid.

AL, your labour sounds rather like mine, except that I was pushing for 2 1/2 hrs . But 6 hours certainly better than 24!

Anorak!!!

So I joined Facebook, because I don't really know why. How do I get on the MN facebook group? Is it even worth getting on? My head hurts.

I am on the MN FB group but I never use it - I think if you type mumsnet in the search box you will find it. I was going to say you can add me but I am not searchable and when people have added me, they have accidentally befriended a London Goth who is a fan of piercing. The odd thing is that this namesake has accepted all invitations to be friends with random MNers!

That was odd. I found it, but when I clicked on request to add, or whatever, I didn't get a place to put a message, so I canceled my request figuring nobody would know who I was if I couldn't tell them my posting name. But I went back, and I'm on.

If you're not searchable, and you want, you can add me. I think you can search by e-mail, and I used the same address you have.

Found you!

I never remember to get on FB

yeast-cleansing: possibly one of the causes of ds1's gut issues of last year and according to some, the behavioral stuff we deal with. I don't talk about it much on this thread but ds1 has Sensory Processing Disorder which causes autistic-like symptoms so we're dairy-free thinking of going gluten-free (but I am still rebelling...) and going through all the other therapy that goes along with it.

lol Cali - I can hook the two of you up

Ph Jabber, it's amazing how much food can influence mood & behaviour as well as other physical problems. Sounds rather stressful.

Speaking of stress... I need some advice (again )

DS has been going to a playgroup since September. The 2 other children who go are the same age as DS and have slight speech delays and sensory processing issues - both were diagnosed with autism but mainly so that they had a label and could get services - both are now told they probably don't actually have autism, just some similar behaviours. Anyway, DS goes to this group as the NT 'model' child. About 3 weeks ago, the boy at the group hit Dinner. His mother apologised. The 2 developmental therapists who run the group dealt with it. All was ok. Except that now DS has mentioned it to his father (I didn't think to tell him because DS is 3 and has altercations (verbals or physical) with other children all the time) who is now fuming that 'another kid punched DS in the face'

He was opposed to DS going to the group anyway as he said Dinner should only be with children who are similar to him but he never said DS shouldn't go. So, what do I do? I have told DS father that he can go to the playgroup and meet the staff, see the room & other children etc (as I have said all along). But I am worried he will want me to remove DS from the group. DS gets so much from it - he has learnt to be away from me, to play with others, to deal with situations where people get annoyed and lash out, and he gets to bounce around an indoor gym twice a week, swinging in hammocks, leaping off wedges onto beanbags and playing in boxes of rice. WWYD?

That was terribly wrong, sorry I think I just needed to rant.

We all need to rant, SB

FWIW, ds2 our model NT child, literally punched another child in the face at Mother's Day Out just before Christmas. I was completely mortified about the whole thing and we spent lots of time over Christmas vacation talking to him about it. The staff were great and said kids tend to do that when they need to move up to the next class as he was getting ready to do.

ANYWAY, I guess it's just something that happens occasionally and as long as it's not the norm I wouldn't worry about it. I think offering to let him go is a good thing and I do think it sounds like a good group for Dinner to be in. It is unfortunate that a lot of kids with sensory issues have to have a diagnosis of autism to get services. Many of them are probably just like ds1 but Sensory Processing Disorder just isn't recognized as readily.

Thanks, I feel better now. I did suggest that Dinner's Dad comes to our other playgroup or music class or visits a preschool to see how children of this age interact. He only sees DS with adults and, of course, DS behaves differently then. I think the incident is unfortunate because he sees it as an autistic child behaving a certain(stereotypical) way when actually, it was just a pissed off 4 yr old venting and Dinner & his NT friends do exactly the same thing at times, if not worse! Is it coincidental that these things always involve boys? The girls never seem to get quite as boisterous.

Ooo Mexico - exotic

Hola a todos,
Sorry I don't live in a nice exotic place in Mexico (Tamaulipas, a state on the Atlantic border with Mexico). There is nowt happening round here. It is further beyond from the back of beyond. Still, never mind, someone has to live here! Plus the food is good. And compared to the UK there is always lots of sunshine