Old School Poll

[sugarbear]

What's the best piece of advice, or most useful tidbit you've ever learned from @cse1960?

[sugarbear]

I should have answered my own poll.

I'm on my iPad so I can't look it up, but years ago, when I was pregnant with #1, I copied a post of hers about raising kids into Word and saved it. I've referred frequently.

More recently, I've benefitted from her posts about the Ahh Bra.

[nancybotwin]

Protein

[circa1978]

Not a specific piece of advice but the general approach of dealing with young children as if I'm the actual adult in the situation and not a hostage to small people demands and ridiculous behavior. That sometimes my toddler will be unhappy with his lot and that is fine.

[Deleted]

Sue sue has never given my advice, I feel left out.

[alzi]

Protein. And ramekins.

[lilafowler]

Naked hot tubing with booze and girlfriends does not mean you're gay.

:-P

I KID

[Deleted]

Dish soap on stains.  It works really well in a lot of cases. 

[janiejones]

Apr 19, 2014 22:50:14 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Apr 19, 2014 22:47:21 GMT -5 @imback said:

Dish soap on stains.  It works really well in a lot of cases. 

OMG yes. Dawn, original dishwashing liquid, will remove grease from anything. I love it. 

I have a blue dawn that I think is staining my clothes when I add it to the wash.

[Deleted]

When MIL pisses me off, address it immediately, and to set boundaries and stick to them.

[Deleted]

Apr 19, 2014 22:50:14 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Apr 19, 2014 22:47:21 GMT -5 @imback said:

Dish soap on stains.  It works really well in a lot of cases. 

OMG yes. Dawn, original dishwashing liquid, will remove grease from anything. I love it. 

I actually use Seventh Generation because that's what we have and it works great too. 

Dish soap is very good.  I have been surprised how well it does with so many stains.

[gpw]

Apr 19, 2014 22:50:14 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Apr 19, 2014 22:47:21 GMT -5 @imback said:

Dish soap on stains.  It works really well in a lot of cases. 

OMG yes. Dawn, original dishwashing liquid, will remove grease from anything. I love it. 

My H actually taught me that one.  I couldn't believe he could teach me anything about cleaning (not that I'm so good at it, but... neither is he!)

Sue Sue has basically turned my own words back on me with success.  It didn't work on me that day and I was butthurt, but it was the right thing to say and it lit a fire under my ass later.

[pinkeggs]

When my kids are routinely flipping their shit, evaluate their diet.

[Deleted]

No specific advice.

I just love how much she loves her children, and I'd like to emulate that.

[Deleted]

Apr 19, 2014 22:54:55 GMT -5 pinkeggs said:

When my kids are routinely flipping their shit, evaluate their diet.

I liked her comments on protein. 

I actually thought about that in regards to my own eating. 

[MrsAxilla]

I've never heard the protein thing...

[sugarbear]

Apr 19, 2014 23:02:10 GMT -5 @imback said:

Apr 19, 2014 22:54:55 GMT -5 pinkeggs said:

When my kids are routinely flipping their shit, evaluate their diet.

I liked her comments on protein. 

I actually thought about that in regards to my own eating. 

I know that people get eye-rolly about the Paleo diet. I am probably only 90% compliant but I can tell you that eating a diet high I protein has really helped even out my moods and my energy. 

We feed our kids a pretty protein-rich diet, too. We see a noticeable difference in behavior on "off" days.