tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post6944461612128128435..comments2024-02-09T04:00:27.528-05:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: Sunday Sound OutDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-62409492510788698532008-09-02T19:56:00.000-04:002008-09-02T19:56:00.000-04:00You need to get these. Seriously. I bought some ...You need to get these. Seriously. I bought some years ago and they have come in SO HANDY. And yes, my girls have used them and so has my son. They fit in the glove box.<BR/><BR/>http://www.traveljohn.com/1-1-1.phpGretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395850914692471354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-65226278271363005842008-08-27T00:09:00.000-04:002008-08-27T00:09:00.000-04:00I recommend "ADHD and Me: What I Learned from Ligh...I recommend "ADHD and Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table" by Blake E. S. Taylor for all parents of ADHD children, and let your kids read it as soon as they are able. I could write pages and pages about how this helped us understand what was really going on from our son's point of view, and helped my son see how to turn 'symptoms' into 'talents others don't have'. Read Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107444956183784743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-36805990288958227672008-08-26T22:42:00.000-04:002008-08-26T22:42:00.000-04:00ok, I type ROFLMFAO all the time when I'm just chu...ok, I type ROFLMFAO all the time when I'm just chuckling and this time I could type it and mean every letter...that was hysterical...Linda Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01236800337746995879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-56333617553737710862008-08-26T21:04:00.000-04:002008-08-26T21:04:00.000-04:00Hey Dawn, I am a day late and a dollar short as us...Hey Dawn, I am a day late and a dollar short as usual. I have had no computer access for a few days, so I just caught up with you, and I have to comment on the "lash out" you made. WAY TO GO! Only a christian, and and good one, could have lashed back the way you did. We know the right thing to do and the right way to treat people, and obviously anonymous has no clue. How else is that person Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351915225998282969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-48739079336515821972008-08-26T19:47:00.000-04:002008-08-26T19:47:00.000-04:00Fisher price makes a great porta potty for just th...Fisher price makes a great porta potty for just that reason. It uses the really small size trash bag and nursing pads to catch everything. i love it. <BR/><BR/>http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-L1496-Potty-On-the-Go/dp/B000K7IF1OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-67621861555503192632008-08-26T14:52:00.000-04:002008-08-26T14:52:00.000-04:00Sonics on every corner here in Utah.Sonics on every corner here in Utah.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00127557337836069805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-8911179953626632552008-08-26T14:28:00.000-04:002008-08-26T14:28:00.000-04:00Great quick thinking with the diaper! May I sugge...Great quick thinking with the diaper! May I suggest a potty seat to stay in the car (if there's room). It has come in quite handy for my 4 year old son! At the soccer field where they only have porta-potties (sp?) that he refuses to use, it's been great. I also keep baby wipes and plastic grocery bags in the car for easy cleanup. Won't work for your older kids, but when the little ones have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-43746022358620424682008-08-26T10:33:00.000-04:002008-08-26T10:33:00.000-04:00Hi Dawn, My van keeps a empty Maxwell house coffee...Hi Dawn, My van keeps a empty Maxwell house coffee can in it just in case someone has to pee. It has a handle and a lid on it. Wow we are all Dorks! Kristine in Michigan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-46092410313456888732008-08-26T07:05:00.000-04:002008-08-26T07:05:00.000-04:00Hi DawnI was wondering if you have heard about usi...Hi Dawn<BR/><BR/>I was wondering if you have heard about using biofeedback to teach people with ADHD to "wake up" their brain so they can improve their ablity to attend. My son (11 yr) was diagnosed when he was 6. We had him do the biofeedback sessions, and he is currently doing well in school and is not being medicated. Here is the link to his ADHD doctor's site where there is more info on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-83965517950240410132008-08-26T02:26:00.000-04:002008-08-26T02:26:00.000-04:00Dawn, I have taken to reading your blog once a wee...Dawn, <BR/>I have taken to reading your blog once a week now instead of daily because of my crazy life with 4 kids and sports back up in full swing. I just wanted to say-good for you and your comment back to nasty person. it is so ridiculous that people think they have the right to judge other moms. i am proud of you. keep up the good work! and try not to let it get you down. some people are justAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-58839810084869053762008-08-26T02:03:00.000-04:002008-08-26T02:03:00.000-04:00Dawn, My sister and bil requested the Wii Fit for ...Dawn, <BR/><BR/>My sister and bil requested the Wii Fit for their shared birthday and I went to Best Buy the day before and picked one up no problem. You may find one easily if you call around to a couple of places!! It was actually much more inexpensive than I thought it was going to be and soooooo much fun!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-20669113879454057702008-08-26T00:00:00.000-04:002008-08-26T00:00:00.000-04:00I am the gal who mentioned Reliv. If anyone is cu...I am the gal who mentioned Reliv. If anyone is curious about it for ADHD, I can get questions answered. I know a bunch of distributors. E-mail me at dstory@gpcom.net.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I also have to add that pop bottles work GREAT for potty emergencies for little boys. Just don't use a Mountain Dew bottle--it looks too much like the Dew!! Eeewwww! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-67758593127588187042008-08-25T23:20:00.000-04:002008-08-25T23:20:00.000-04:00I've tried the diaper trick, but since I didn't wa...I've tried the diaper trick, but since I didn't want to get wet, (and it was a baby diaper, not Depends, so I couldn't have put it on anyway) I held it out and aimed into it, like it sounds like your boys did. Maybe it's different for you ladies, but the inside layer that "locks moisture away from baby's skin" caused some um, splashes. Any liquid that soaked through that layer was absorbed by theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-58245766182750252992008-08-25T20:06:00.000-04:002008-08-25T20:06:00.000-04:00And about the diaper. They probably learned it fro...And about the diaper. They probably learned it from the lady astronaut who drove from Houston to Florida nonstop to kill The Other Woman and wore a diaper so she wouldn't have to stop to pee.<BR/><BR/>She was smart! An astronaut! See how smart your kids are?Kathi Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380037164148416426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-66829863805370663152008-08-25T20:01:00.000-04:002008-08-25T20:01:00.000-04:00A friend with two small boys was stuck in a massiv...A friend with two small boys was stuck in a massive traffic jam one October long ago. There were two plastic pumpkin "Halloween baskets" in the car. Mmmmmmm hmmmmmmmm.Kathi Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380037164148416426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-13118844117728184662008-08-25T19:12:00.000-04:002008-08-25T19:12:00.000-04:00Oh my gosh, I'd be so afraid of the kids starting ...Oh my gosh, I'd be so afraid of the kids starting school the next week and using that as their "what I did this summer" story to share with the class. <BR/>Did you warn the kids that WHAT HAPPENS IN THE VAN, STAYS IN THE VAN?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-78947376297683947292008-08-25T17:37:00.000-04:002008-08-25T17:37:00.000-04:00Hi there, just a shout out to you about the hair s...Hi there, just a shout out to you about the hair salon fiasco- I read what that nasty poster said and she was wrong- you obviously disciplined your kids by taking them out of there and no suckers! Believe me, I know how you feel-I've had to drag my adhd son out of places mid-meltdown, when it would have been much "easier" to just give in. Good for you!mom2adhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428955414764865608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-69849576626605118032008-08-25T17:05:00.000-04:002008-08-25T17:05:00.000-04:00Bwahahaha! That is hilarious that he used a diape...Bwahahaha! That is hilarious that he used a diaper in the back of the van! Was he honored to do it? I know my 9 year old would have been, and then the 7 year old and 4 year old would tell me they needed to go too so they could pee in a diaper in the back of my van! LOLStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732540504177015985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-58543957403632624452008-08-25T15:33:00.000-04:002008-08-25T15:33:00.000-04:00Hi Dawn,I laughed about peeing in the diaper. It ...Hi Dawn,<BR/><BR/>I laughed about peeing in the diaper. It reminded me of a story about my aunt. She refused to go out to the outhouse at my great grandparents' farm in Northern Wisconsin at night in November (can you even imagine!) So SHE peed in diaper! LOL<BR/><BR/>And I agree with the lady who recommended Reliv. Many people with ADD/ADHD kids have found great success with it.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966595904025968778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-32147821284321536252008-08-25T15:21:00.000-04:002008-08-25T15:21:00.000-04:00Here is a great post that answers the question abo...Here is a great post that answers the question about what it means to "subscribe to a reader"! If you read more than a couple of blogs, you should totally read it. I will never go back to reading blogs w/o a reader...it is SO much faster and easier:)<BR/><BR/>http://inashoe.com/2008/07/28/what-is-rss-feed/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-31189135122744933742008-08-25T13:05:00.000-04:002008-08-25T13:05:00.000-04:00My cookbook just arrived today. I can't wait to go...My cookbook just arrived today. I can't wait to go through it and give some of them a try. Thanks!Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811548306583601019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-58267365623919309722008-08-25T12:46:00.000-04:002008-08-25T12:46:00.000-04:00Hey Dawn,Love the diaper trick. I'll have to keep ...Hey Dawn,<BR/>Love the diaper trick. I'll have to keep that in mind for later. <BR/>Speaking of diapers... were any of your kids potty trained before the next one came along or have you been changing diapers (sometimes on multiple children probably) for 14 years straight? <BR/>Also, do you ever wish you used cloth diapers for the budget and environment's sake?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-32450186245079528652008-08-25T12:30:00.000-04:002008-08-25T12:30:00.000-04:00Hi, you seem to have quite a few questions from re...Hi, you seem to have quite a few questions from readers about ADHD. I was just wondering if you've ever tried neurofeedback treatment for it.Fearless Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258221055540172431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-71486948552383787462008-08-25T12:28:00.000-04:002008-08-25T12:28:00.000-04:00Dawn, you're awesome. Don't believe the nutcases ...Dawn, you're awesome. Don't believe the nutcases who haven't walked in your shoes. I only have two little aliens of my own and I can tell you make me look like a slacker in every way. :) Thanks for the laughs, thanks for the reality, thanks for everything.<BR/><BR/>-a FanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-70070498721080214272008-08-25T11:52:00.000-04:002008-08-25T11:52:00.000-04:00A couple years ago we had to evacuate for hurrican...A couple years ago we had to evacuate for hurricane rita ( ok, so it turns out we didn't "have to" so much as everyone freaked out and left ) and we wound up sitting in the car forever. we took 26 hours to drive what is normally a 3 hour drive. my daughter was still in diapers so i wasn't worried. the other 5 guys traveling in our caravan adopted the " the world is my urinal" philosophy and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com