What’s the best thing you’ve learned on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please share the bacon in the oven and chicken recipe/techniques!

About MILs. Someone shared once that they try to be the type of person others want to be around. Best advice ever. I have one son and swear I’m going to be like this instead of like my MIL. I repeat this silently to myself all of the time when I want to be nasty to coworkers.

Bacon in the oven: preheat to 400, put bacon in a rimmed sheet pan (on a rack if you have one that fits your pan—like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JRNNUU2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_hQNxBbA13F704mm) and bake for about 20 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That it’s really normal to fight with your husband when your first is a newborn.

What a great DH I have.

How to talk about “emotional labor”

Daycare recommendations when we moved

And the biggest thing by far: Helping me realize I had PPD, for which I sought treatment shortly thereafter. Someone had posted the screening tool, and I took it thinking it would prove I didn’t have PPD and should buck up. Instead, it got me on the path to get better and get my ability to smile and laugh and feel joy back.

That is wonderful! I am so glad you decided to take the test. I think so many of us have had or have PPD and we (and our loved ones) don’t recognize it. You should ask Jeff to make a sticky in the Expectant Mom forum with a link to the test. I bet it would be helpful to so many women who don’t know why they feel like they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It really made me look at how I come across on line. I don’t ever brag or talk about my finances or situation IRl or on other social media- but I used to here. It made me look at my underlying attitude towards wealth and truly changed my appreciation for my own circumstances- while simultaneously making me consider how even in an anonymous forum my words or judgments could be haughty or hurtful. I’m grateful!

Wow, nice job!!!

[Anonymous]

Raise the child you have, not the one you want.

And the "hug your child today" thread really resonated with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I recommend D3+K2 supplement. Made me a different person.

+1
I am the PP above. I also started using K2 (K2 - MK7 made with natto) since January along with D3 + liquid magnesium. After almost 10 years of having terribly high cholesterol (high LDL, low HDL) it completely normalized my numbers in 4 months. K2 is a game changer for me. I found the recommendation for K2 on the internet after a sibling suffered from a heart attack due to clogged arteries.

NP-which product specifically do you see working best? I was always interested in Mg and K2 supplements (DH also has high cholesterol) so any rec would be useful. thanks!

LIQUID MAGNESIUM -
I use reMag liquid ionic picometer magnesium (By Carolyn Dean author of "Magnesium Miracle"). Before that I was using liquid ionic magnesium sold by the Vitamin Shop. Cost was comparative and cheaper for reMag and it is better absorbed. I read the book cover to cover and I have started my family, friends and siblings on it.

https://www.amazon.com/Pico-Ionic-RnA-Formulated-Absorption-Experience/dp/B01LZLSJ7B/


MAGNESIUM OIL SPRAY -
I am also using Magnesium Oil spray at night all over my body for immediate relief from muscle cramp, joint stiffness, pain and RLS. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia which basically means that the drs have no clue whats wrong with me, so instead of taking pain meds, I have made changes to my diet, lifestyle and am taking some of these supplements.

It is making me go to sleep in minutes without any pain or discomfort. People who I have recommended this product to have become converted because this works immediately. I have recommended it and bought it for many people and this really blows them away. My college going nephew loves it and based on one Amazon review started to spritzes it 16 times on his arms to get his daily dose of mg. He has always been a poor sleeper and had problems with his BM. Both of these got resolved the very first time he used it.

https://www.amazon.com/ASUTRA-Zechstein-Magnesium-Spray-Book/dp/B01CKEBFSE?th=1


K-2
Finally, K2 choice was based on Amazon Review. I have benefited and have had no issues whatsoever. https://www.amazon.com/NOW-MK-7-Vitamin-K-2-Capsules/dp/B004QD4PHQ?th=1

None of these meds interfered with any prescription meds I was taking. I took K2 at the same time as my statin. Thankfully, I am now off my statins with K2. I am off my pain meds with therapeutic doses of mg. I am still on Thyroid, BP and sugar meds. My hope is to lose weight and get off of the BP and sugar meds in the next 4 months. I have to lose a total of 10 lbs. I have lost 10 already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please share the bacon in the oven and chicken recipe/techniques!

About MILs. Someone shared once that they try to be the type of person others want to be around. Best advice ever. I have one son and swear I’m going to be like this instead of like my MIL. I repeat this silently to myself all of the time when I want to be nasty to coworkers.

Bacon in the oven: preheat to 400, put bacon in a rimmed sheet pan (on a rack if you have one that fits your pan—like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JRNNUU2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_hQNxBbA13F704mm) and bake for about 20 minutes.

We like our bacon a bit chewy so I do 350 for 15 minutes depending on the thickness of the slices. Also foil in the pan minimizes messy cleanup. Save the bacon fat for making scrambled eggs or sauteeing greens.

[Anonymous]

Tub Shroom for catching hair
Hamilton tix
Ideas for a summer's worth of packed lunches

[Anonymous]

That I have way less drama and problems than other people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That I have way less drama and problems than other people.

Same. The drama seems so prevalent I almost wonder what's wrong with me. Am I just boring? Do I not care enough to get dramatic? Am I not paying attention?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That it’s really normal to fight with your husband when your first is a newborn.

What a great DH I have.

How to talk about “emotional labor”

Daycare recommendations when we moved

And the biggest thing by far: Helping me realize I had PPD, for which I sought treatment shortly thereafter. Someone had posted the screening tool, and I took it thinking it would prove I didn’t have PPD and should buck up. Instead, it got me on the path to get better and get my ability to smile and laugh and feel joy back.

That is wonderful! I am so glad you decided to take the test. I think so many of us have had or have PPD and we (and our loved ones) don’t recognize it. You should ask Jeff to make a sticky in the Expectant Mom forum with a link to the test. I bet it would be helpful to so many women who don’t know why they feel like they do.

As I am sure there are many of us thinking this: Please post the link!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I recommend D3+K2 supplement. Made me a different person.

+1
I am the PP above. I also started using K2 (K2 - MK7 made with natto) since January along with D3 + liquid magnesium. After almost 10 years of having terribly high cholesterol (high LDL, low HDL) it completely normalized my numbers in 4 months. K2 is a game changer for me. I found the recommendation for K2 on the internet after a sibling suffered from a heart attack due to clogged arteries.

NP-which product specifically do you see working best? I was always interested in Mg and K2 supplements (DH also has high cholesterol) so any rec would be useful. thanks!

LIQUID MAGNESIUM -
I use reMag liquid ionic picometer magnesium (By Carolyn Dean author of "Magnesium Miracle"). Before that I was using liquid ionic magnesium sold by the Vitamin Shop. Cost was comparative and cheaper for reMag and it is better absorbed.

https://www.amazon.com/Pico-Ionic-RnA-Formulated-Absorption-Experience/dp/B01LZLSJ7B/


MAGNESIUM OIL SPRAY -
I am also using Magnesium Oil spray at night all over my body for immediate relief from muscle cramp, joint stiffness, pain and RLS.
The relief is felt within half hour. There are other benefits too.


https://www.amazon.com/ASUTRA-Zechstein-Magnesium-Spray-Book/dp/B01CKEBFSE?th=1


K-2 -
Finally, K2 choice was based on Amazon reviews. I have absolutely benefited in a very short time and have had no issues whatsoever. https://www.amazon.com/NOW-MK-7-Vitamin-K-2-Capsules/dp/B004QD4PHQ?th=1

None of these meds interfered with any prescription meds I was taking - I was taking 6 prescription meds at the beginning of the year (Jan) which frankly was very depressing. I am down to 3 now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tub Shroom for catching hair
Hamilton tix
Ideas for a summer's worth of packed lunches

+ 1 to tubshroom. I had forgotten about it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The “happy and dumb” technique for dealing with difficult family members.

Basically when I see my in laws now, I don’t make any effort whatsoever to connect with them and pretend to be stupid and cheerful. I don’t talk or ask any questions at all. I say very little and if I do talk, I only remark on our immediate surroundings. I don’t share anything about myself or ask anyone any questions.

I know this sounds completely sad and crazy to people with functional families but it is a technique that I learned on the family relationships forum and it works well. My in laws like me more now than they did before.

+1

Tried, tested, approved.

[Anonymous]

I have learned a lot from the MD school forum about MCPS. I also appreciate past MCPS spokesperson Dana Tofig's comments. I like that he identifies himself when he is explaining something about MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Once there was a thread about lifeskills your high school student should know before going to college and I LOVED that thread. Loads of great advice.