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• mamamilk – so funny about the diapers! My daughter has no memory of cloth diapers, but still uses them with her guinea pigs (to sit on, not to wear!). Those suckers last a long time!! naturodude – sounds like it’s been really positive for you all. A…

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• That’s great naturodude! I haven’t met many like you, do you have siblings?

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• Thanks kirsten! It sounds familiar. Another recommendation here if anyone is into multiple intelligences. We just got a game called Math Noodlers (we have grades 2-3) and my daughter LOVED IT! It’s a board game with four different types of questions…

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• Sorry mamamilk, I forgot to answer your question! Our daily schedule evolves with time, the seasons, our travels. And summer is different, a free for all. So I can only guess for fall: she likes to hit the tv right off the bat, 1 hour before breakfa…

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• littlebirdie – endlessly fascinating to learn about your town, your writings, I read about your delivery of skin so soft for the flea dog last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By the way, I’m desperate for help in finding creative writing projects for my daughte…

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• littlebirdie – can I tell you about some games we’ve found recently?? We love critical thinking games and if you go to Educational Learning Games and check out the Mensa award winning games, here I’ll do it for you http://www.educationallearninggame…

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• Justine – if you still have any hope convincing your husband you could try having him look at John Holt’s book Teach Your Own which has been updated since he first wrote it. It goes through all the common concerns and socialization is always number …

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• Hey Winona – we haven’t tried Bubbie’s they were discussed previously somewhere, we sometimes get a raw brand that says it is a fermented food (can’t remember the name), they also make sauerkraut. Must depend on the brand.

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• I’m using Colosan right now, it’s an oxygen cleanse I found on Matt Monarch’s site http://www.rawveganbooks.com/advanced_search_re… I decided to try it since he’s so into colon cleansing. I’ve tried other psyllium type cleanses and this seems a bit …

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• Love the story! How lucky you are to have a raw restaurant nearby. Mine’s in my kitchen. I hope you have lots more magical moments like that!

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• ddreams76 – I was a coffee drinker too, only a cup a day, but I loved it. I’ve been raw for a year and had cut it back to one or two cups a week as a treat. Now since going 100% raw I’ve given it up. I don’t know if you’ve ever quit but I had brain …

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• love that!

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• Lady Raven – hope you like the recipe. The only challenge i find is having enough ripe avocados to feed all of us at one time. The cinnamon bananas ended up on the furniture and I’ve tried for two days to get cinnamon out of a slipcover. Guess that’…

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• Lady Raven – the candy witch is BRILLIANT!! I’m seriously thinking of offering my daughter a trade in. Your school policy issue is really interesting. When my daughter was at a coop preschool they had some serious allergy policies so when we took tu…

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• Hey heartofgold! Your problem is so universal. I go through the same thing. I don’t know of any books, although maybe Dr. Sears has written something about it. My daughter always reports back to me what was eaten at a friend’s house or party, maybe …

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• Ok, so I reached my limit of battling the junk food coming at us from all angles so I decided to teach my almost 8 year old daughter to feed herself in the hope that it would empower her to eat well. Our kitchen is built high so she can’t reach anyt…

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• Go angie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This sounds like a brilliant compromise, so happy that you were able to take this on. I’m sure you will influence many other parents positively. I’m so glad my jury duty is over. My husband had his hands full so I give him …

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• Hey Moms! I’m back from jury duty. Our jury kicked butt, such a great group of people. As much as I dreaded it, it was such a positive experience. Anyway, anyone have any back to school thoughts or concerns?? I know we’re not quite there yet but the…

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• Wow littlegems, that’s amazing! So good to have you here! I can imagine it must be a struggle with the food, sounds like you’ve got it worked out pretty well, though. My Mom and sister used to work for a domestic abuse hotline in their small town in…

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• mamamilk – my husband and daughter are desperate for a Wii! They’ve played it at friends houses and I think I will be the loser in this debate. There will be limits, though. angie – we just got a postcard from my 11 year old niece which is an old ph…

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• Ok, when you say cryogenic encapsulated it makes it sound like they’re made out of dead people. mamamilk, I’m with you, but my daughter is no Laura Ingalls. In addition to climbing trees and raising tadpoles, she also enjoys her pink Nintendo DS whi…

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• Hey Mamas! Hope everyone had a lovely weekend. What have you all been up to? Congratulations on the green smoothies, green girl! We’re back from our wedding on Martha’s Vineyard. Gorgeous weather, lovely setting, and I managed to stay 100% raw (by e…

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• Yes yes, thanks for asking. Yesterday was just a toxic day all around. Tomorrow we leave for Martha’s Vineyard for a wedding so I’m starting to get excited. Did my food shop, will probably be the only person bringing bags of food on the ferry, I’m s…

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• Hey msraw! So good to hear about your experiences, I think it will be so helpful (I started to type hopeful, maybe that too) for others to hear how it goes for you, wow. Keep us updated, it’s fascinating. Raw105 – you have quite the range too! Lots …

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• green girl – I was like you with the homeschooling. I thought it was something you did if your child was too ill to attend school! I come from a family of public school teachers so it was very foreign to me too. It was just one woman I met who assum…

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• Greatest challenge – finding a balance between micromanaging her every bit and letter her find her way. At a recent whale watch fundraising event I was on the dock and she was on the boat filled with people. She yelled to me to ask, in front of ever…

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• littlebirdie – how cool are you! Can’t wait to check out your books, they sound interesting! I was a creative writing major way back when. Favorite snacks – banana icy with lots of ice, chopped apple with almond butter, maple or agave and cinnamon, …

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• Hey littlebirdie! – 8th grade. Wow. My dad taught high school science for over 30 years but said he’d NEVER teach junior high age kids. So good for you! I guess every teacher has their age that suits them. Can you tell us what you’re writing?? I’d a…

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• Hey Bananna! FLEXATARIANS, I love that. I hear you about giving them the freedom to choose. At this point my daughter is thinking junior high is the time to go but I don’t see any point in making plans. You must be busy, hope you get to visit your b…

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