the Un-Hijackable, Non Sequitor, Rambling Thread

[KayKat]

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[Kajira Callista]

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[catalina_francisco]

OMG, my 8 year old grand daughter has started puberty!! My daughter is thinking about taking her here as a treat and preparation type ceremony.

Catalina

 

[im_a_voyeur]

I used the neti pot for awhile when I had a really bad cold and it did help a lot. After the cold was over, I didn't find it that useful for my allergies though.

 

[FurryFury]

I used the neti pot for awhile when I had a really bad cold and it did help a lot. After the cold was over, I didn't find it that useful for my allergies though.

Well I've avoided the doc so far but my head has felt like it was exploding far too much, too often.

I am also taking my Astelin and otc antihistamine.

 

[graceanne]

OMG, my 8 year old grand daughter has started puberty!! My daughter is thinking about taking her here as a treat and preparation type ceremony.

Catalina

I know it seems cool, but I started puberty at 8 and it sucked. (I was thrilled at the time, but . . ) For instance, the earlier you start your period the higher your chances of getting breast cancer are. Their are things that can be done to slow down her development until she's closer to her teens. If your daughter decides to go that route, she needs to talk to the pediatrician.

That said, it's already started - and making her feel pretty and special sure wouldn't hurt. My mom took me on a shopping spree and out to dinner. You know, after she scraped her jaw off the ground.

 

[graceanne]

Ok, just got finished reading the article that cat posted and all I can say is this: Some people worry TOO MUCH.

 

[catalina_francisco]

I know it seems cool, but I started puberty at 8 and it sucked. (I was thrilled at the time, but . . ) For instance, the earlier you start your period the higher your chances of getting breast cancer are. Their are things that can be done to slow down her development until she's closer to her teens. If your daughter decides to go that route, she needs to talk to the pediatrician.

That said, it's already started - and making her feel pretty and special sure wouldn't hurt. My mom took me on a shopping spree and out to dinner. You know, after she scraped her jaw off the ground.

Ugh, we don't think it cool. My daughter took her to the doctor to see if her suspicions were correct and apparently her hormone levels show she is well into puberty...and she is such a tiny girl (still wears clothes for girls half her age), though has always had an hour glass figure and legs that go on forever. Not sure I would want to mess around with artificially slowing down the process though....seems it could invite more problems later on.

LOL, F said perhaps this is karma given my daughter was a little bit of a handful in her teens, and a single teen mother...never know. All I can say is she better do a lot of talking about birds and bees cause this young lady has had 2-3 boyfriends on the go almost constantly since she was about 4 yo, been constantly reprimanded at school for being caught behind the bushes kissing, and when I was there earlier in the year, she told me all she wanted to do was to be a mother. I had a good long talk to her about that and kept reminding her she has a brilliant brain, wants to have a good financial future so she can maintain the lifestyle her mum has gotten her accustomed to, and so she can afford to feed and clothe all these babies she plans on having!! Not sure it sunk in.

Catalina

 

[BiBunny]

Ok, just got finished reading the article that cat posted and all I can say is this: Some people worry TOO MUCH.

Or just wouldn't know how to act without something to complain about all the time.

 

[graceanne]

Ugh, we don't think it cool. My daughter took her to the doctor to see if her suspicions were correct and apparently her hormone levels show she is well into puberty...and she is such a tiny girl (still wears clothes for girls half her age), though has always had an hour glass figure and legs that go on forever. Not sure I would want to mess around with artificially slowing down the process though....seems it could invite more problems later on.

My best friends daughter started puberty at 2 years old. She's been on hormone therapy literally almost her whole life (she's almost 10). It hasn't caused any problems.

LOL, F said perhaps this is karma given my daughter was a little bit of a handful in her teens, and a single teen mother...never know. All I can say is she better do a lot of talking about birds and bees cause this young lady has had 2-3 boyfriends on the go almost constantly since she was about 4 yo, been constantly reprimanded at school for being caught behind the bushes kissing, and when I was there earlier in the year, she told me all she wanted to do was to be a mother. I had a good long talk to her about that and kept reminding her she has a brilliant brain, wants to have a good financial future so she can maintain the lifestyle her mum has gotten her accustomed to, and so she can afford to feed and clothe all these babies she plans on having!! Not sure it sunk in.

Catalina

I hear that. I've had similar conversations with nieces and nephews - but they're at the age where they know it all and we know nothing.

 

[graceanne]

Or just wouldn't know how to act without something to complain about all the time.

Very possible. But I'm sure they're the same people who'd have issues with me letting my 9 year old dye her hair.

 

[BiBunny]

Very possible. But I'm sure they're the same people who'd have issues with me letting my 9 year old dye her hair.

I'm sure. Morons.

And, for God's sake, it's just HAIR. It's not like it won't grow back out in its original color, anyway. My mother, who is really conservative in a lot of ways, let me start wearing makeup at age 12. By the time I was 15, I'd gotten over that "wearing weird makeup" stage that every girl apparently goes through, so when it came prom and senior portrait time, I looked normal. The girls who didn't start wearing makeup until they were much older look, on the whole, a lot weirder than I did, since they weren't finished with their "experimentation" yet.

 

[graceanne]

I'm sure. Morons.

And, for God's sake, it's just HAIR. It's not like it won't grow back out in its original color, anyway.

People keep saying it's 'inappropriate'. How? Is it going to make guys wanna have sex with her? Is it going to make her start developing early? Does it make her look like a slut? HOW IS IT INAPPROPRIATE?

My mother, who is really conservative in a lot of ways, let me start wearing makeup at age 12. By the time I was 15, I'd gotten over that "wearing weird makeup" stage that every girl apparently goes through, so when it came prom and senior portrait time, I looked normal. The girls who didn't start wearing makeup until they were much older look, on the whole, a lot weirder than I did, since they weren't finished with their "experimentation" yet.

I don't let her wear makeup, most of the time. Granted, she's 9 and I might when she's 12, we'll see. How old are they in 7th grade? That's when I'm probably gonna let her start wearing makeup.

I do let her play with it in the house (she has all her own makeup she picked out herself), and I put some on her for special occasions - like school concerts, holidays, and pictures. At 9 years old she puts on her makeup like a pro - when all the other teeny boppers are still learning how to put on makeup, she'll already know what looks good on her and HOW to put it on. Quite frankly the 'how' of makeup is as important as the 'what'.

 

[BiBunny]

People keep saying it's 'inappropriate'. How? Is it going to make guys wanna have sex with her? Is it going to make her start developing early? Does it make her look like a slut? HOW IS IT INAPPROPRIATE?

Yep, that's kind of stupid, LOL.

I don't let her wear makeup, most of the time. Granted, she's 9 and I might when she's 12, we'll see. How old are they in 7th grade? That's when I'm probably gonna let her start wearing makeup.

Yeah, that was when my mother started letting me wear it. I was 12 when I started 7th grade and turned 13 November of that year.

I do let her play with it in the house (she has all her own makeup she picked out herself), and I put some on her for special occasions - like school concerts, holidays, and pictures. At 9 years old she puts on her makeup like a pro - when all the other teeny boppers are still learning how to put on makeup, she'll already know what looks good on her and HOW to put it on. Quite frankly the 'how' of makeup is as important as the 'what'.

Yep, that's pretty much how it worked for me, too. Though my mother and I still have differing ideas on what works as far as makeup goes and what doesn't.

 

[graceanne]

Yep, that's pretty much how it worked for me, too. Though my mother and I still have differing ideas on what works as far as makeup goes and what doesn't.

That's common. *shrugs* I figure that me and A will have similar issues. But the truth is that I keep a pretty good idea of what's stylish - whether I would do it or not. Heck, me and my mom went ROUNDS when the style was to wear too much lip liner, but it was stylish and at the time I thought it looked cool.

 

[catalina_francisco]

My best friends daughter started puberty at 2 years old. She's been on hormone therapy literally almost her whole life (she's almost 10). It hasn't caused any problems.

Maybe it depends on what the treatment is but I know taking the pill from a very early age can cause problems and increases the risk of cancer later in life. I am one who is not keen on putting chemicals into the body if it can be avoided. Our health systems (at least in Oz and US) have over medicalised many things, some of which need never have been medicalised at all. I also am pleased I didn't go on HRT when F suggested I should give it a try as research is now showing it increases the risk of stroke and heart disease and cancer substantially.

I hear that. I've had similar conversations with nieces and nephews - but they're at the age where they know it all and we know nothing.

LOL, fortunately my grand daughter isn't like that at this stage. She did listen, asked questions related to what I said, and has a reputation with everyone for being ultra respectful and well mannered so I am hoping that will not change. I think she is old beyond her years in many ways given the way my daughter has raised her, the people she is surrounded with, though that being said, she always appeared an old soul from birth.

ROFL, when I was in Oz and I took her shopping, we were passing the lingerie department and she diverted to the bras, holding up a particularly beautiful one to her chest with a sigh and said, "I love it, I want it, but I haven't got boobs yet so I will have to wait'. I cracked up. By the time I left she was also saying with a sigh on shopping ventures, 'I know, I shouldn't spend my money without thinking....I really don't need this do I?'. Hmmm, she has inherited my daughter's love (when she was younger, not so much now) of spending money on anything, often on things which she could have gotten a better deal on if she waited (my daughter has now learned that in part), so I was teaching her to budget and think ahead given she had big issues with not being able to spend it and still have it for something she really wanted later. I am hoping she has kept remembering that lesson since I left. One things for sure, she will be looking forward to her own corset and high heel collection so she doesn't have to keep 'borrowing' from her mum's huge collection.

Catalina

 

[graceanne]

Maybe it depends on what the treatment is but I know taking the pill from a very early age can cause problems and increases the risk of cancer later in life. I am one who is not keen on putting chemicals into the body if it can be avoided. Our health systems (at least in Oz and US) have over medicalised many things, some of which need never have been medicalised at all. I also am pleased I didn't go on HRT when F suggested I should give it a try as research is now showing it increases the risk of stroke and heart disease and cancer substantially.

She gets hormone shots, like, once a year.

LOL, fortunately my grand daughter isn't like that at this stage. She did listen, asked questions related to what I said, and has a reputation with everyone for being ultra respectful and well mannered so I am hoping that will not change. I think she is old beyond her years in many ways given the way my daughter has raised her, the people she is surrounded with, though that being said, she always appeared an old soul from birth.

ROFL, when I was in Oz and I took her shopping, we were passing the lingerie department and she diverted to the bras, holding up a particularly beautiful one to her chest with a sigh and said, "I love it, I want it, but I haven't got boobs yet so I will have to wait'. I cracked up. By the time I left she was also saying with a sigh on shopping ventures, 'I know, I shouldn't spend my money without thinking....I really don't need this do I?'. Hmmm, she has inherited my daughter's love (when she was younger, not so much now) of spending money on anything, often on things which she could have gotten a better deal on if she waited (my daughter has now learned that in part), so I was teaching her to budget and think ahead given she had big issues with not being able to spend it and still have it for something she really wanted later. I am hoping she has kept remembering that lesson since I left. One things for sure, she will be looking forward to her own corset and high heel collection so she doesn't have to keep 'borrowing' from her mum's huge collection.

Catalina

She sounds utterly charming and wonderful - I think she and my oldest would get along wonderfully. LOL Angel's learning to budget her money, too, and is a shop-a-holic. She loves to shop even if she has no money. And, I bought her a 'training bra' - not that she needs it, but cause she wanted it so bad. lol

 

[Kajira Callista]

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[Shankara20]

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[catalina_francisco]

Coolamundro...was mucking around online while waiting for something else, and seems I have found a distant relative who is living in the UK. He made a couple of name mistakes in the genealogy info on my parents, so have emailed him with the corrections and offered to provide more updates where he has gaps in the Oz connection, so is all very exciting knowing I have family of sorts so close when I thought I was so far away from my family!! Yet another reason to keep my fingers crossed for getting over to the UK while ADR is visiting.

Catalina

 

[graceanne]

Huh. So I recently had a parent/teacher conference with my sons teachers. As I've mentioned my son is severely ADHD. Quite frankly, ADHD is not normally diagnosed until after the child is five or six and with my son it was diagnosed at three cause it was interfering with his ability to learn. He was, developmentally, about 18 months. (The good news is that with therapy he's nearly caught up to his peers).

ANYWAY. His teacher was telling me that a weighted blanket is very helpful in helping him focus during group activities. He does fine in small groups (three or four children to one adult) but otherwise he can't focus. He starts kindergarten next year, and I want to get him a blanket for school. (And maybe home, but they're a bit spendy.) I was researching them, and there prices, and here's what I've learned.

'People who have benefited from the deep pressure touch stimulation (DPTS) provided by a. . . Weighted Blanket include children, teens and adults affected by, but not limited to, those on the Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, ADD, PDD-NOS, Sensory Integration Disorder , Bi-Polar or have other sensory issues. . . . .weighted blankets have also been used with people suffering from CP, Alzheimer's, Dementia, Restless Leg Syndrome, Menopause and Insomnia with good results. In addition, we have several customers who have purchased sleep blankets who just have trouble sleeping and have found the blankets to be an extremely helpful, natural drug free sleep aid.'

So that made me wonder why it helps so much.

'The very short version of the theory behind how . . . weighted products work, is the pressure supplied by the weight in our products releases a chemical in the brain which naturally calms.'

And THAT made me think of the people I've heard that can instantly hit subspace by tight bondage. It's kinda cool to learn that the calming affects of that sort of thing is clinically documented. Anyway, thought I'd share my rambling thought for the day.

 

[Kajira Callista]

5 minutes from the house God loves me!

 

[Sir_Winston54]

5 minutes from the house God loves me!

Of course She does!

 

[catalina_francisco]

Huh. So I recently had a parent/teacher conference with my sons teachers. As I've mentioned my son is severely ADHD. Quite frankly, ADHD is not normally diagnosed until after the child is five or six and with my son it was diagnosed at three cause it was interfering with his ability to learn. He was, developmentally, about 18 months. (The good news is that with therapy he's nearly caught up to his peers).

ANYWAY. His teacher was telling me that a weighted blanket is very helpful in helping him focus during group activities. He does fine in small groups (three or four children to one adult) but otherwise he can't focus. He starts kindergarten next year, and I want to get him a blanket for school. (And maybe home, but they're a bit spendy.) I was researching them, and there prices, and here's what I've learned.

'People who have benefited from the deep pressure touch stimulation (DPTS) provided by a. . . Weighted Blanket include children, teens and adults affected by, but not limited to, those on the Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, ADD, PDD-NOS, Sensory Integration Disorder , Bi-Polar or have other sensory issues. . . . .weighted blankets have also been used with people suffering from CP, Alzheimer's, Dementia, Restless Leg Syndrome, Menopause and Insomnia with good results. In addition, we have several customers who have purchased sleep blankets who just have trouble sleeping and have found the blankets to be an extremely helpful, natural drug free sleep aid.'

So that made me wonder why it helps so much.

'The very short version of the theory behind how . . . weighted products work, is the pressure supplied by the weight in our products releases a chemical in the brain which naturally calms.'

And THAT made me think of the people I've heard that can instantly hit subspace by tight bondage. It's kinda cool to learn that the calming affects of that sort of thing is clinically documented. Anyway, thought I'd share my rambling thought for the day.

Reminded me of this thread from long ago.

Catalina