Good Morning!  I finally made it !!  I’m leaving for work in 5 minutes ! 
What do you all think about Sara Palin’s comments about Obama the past couple of days? 
Part of me says “Go Girl!” but then the other part of me says “There goes the bantering again.”  This is confusing to me. That internal battle is neverending these days. 
Have a great day!

To all the homeschooling moms -

My 11 year old loves math! Can you recommend software or other materials that would challenge and excite a child who has gifts in this area?

Thanks.

- Kelly

I am personally tired of the mud slinging going on .  Why can’t these people who want us to make them our leaders Grow up and stick with the issues.

I don’t mind the candidates raising valid concerns about the judgement or record of their opponents…I just wish it could be done without the schoolyard gotchas used by both sides.

Regarding Palin’s comments, I am not always sure what “mud slingging” actually is, since both sides claim what they say is important for the public to know. It just seems to me, especially in the case of a candidate like Obama who has very little in the way of track record to point to, things like his associations can tell us about him. Our mother’s always told us that we may be judged by whom we hang with. Of course someone will then point to Jesus dining with sinners. But there is no doubt that he preached repentence to them. I haven’t heard Obama claim he tried to talk Bill Ayers out of his terrorist ways. To me these things should be brought out into the open and let the candidates, or their surrogates respond and let the public decide. The things that are obviously grasping at straws will usually fall by the wayside.
So, I say to Sarah Palin “Go girl!”. Politics is not about being nice, it is about making sure the truth comes out so the people can pick the best candidate.

Good morning all. I am not sure if I am looking for advise or just a place to vent this morning.If any of you have advise, it surely would be welcome. If not thanks for not telling me to quit my whining Of course prayers will be greatly appreciated.

Three years ago my husband was hit by a drunk driver while on his way home from working second shift. . This accident has left my husband with what doctors call permanent back and neck damage. ( he is not a candidate for surgery at this time )Praise God, my husband is still alive and though he experiences much pain on a daily basis( despite the 2400 MG of Ibuprofen and lyrica x3 that he takes daily),he is able to live with the constant pain and lead a somewhat normal, though very restricted life.
The problem is that he has a family member who is a hypochondriac. This family member ,will come around, crying “ow,ow, ow”  whenever anyone is near. She is constantly asking my husband about his symptoms, and tries to “one up ”  whatever he says. Of course he tries to tell her as little as possible, but she goes on and on about how she has every symptom that the Internet says is caused by bulging disks and such. When asked if her MRI shows this problem, her answer is that she “felt” the disk POP back in during the MRI but POP back out as soon as she got off the table, so it didn’t show and the mean tech refused to redo the test.( this makes a world of sense to her ) She tells us that she will be having surgery ,though no doctor sees more than normal arthritis that is common to a woman of her age, to get her quality of life back and goes on and on .
  Usually we just blow her off but recently she attended an event with our combined families which had me furious. There was bleacher seating and one small section reserved for Handicapped seating ( there were backs to the seats) My husband felt that there were those in attendance worse than he( there were), so he refused to take up a reserved seat .Another relative who is in terrible shape also decided to leave these seats for someone ” who needed it more”. Wouldn’t you know that this woman balked at the other two’s generosity and plopped down,while loudly proclaiming that she needed this seating. Her husband sat next to her as some very frail elderly and even a man with a prosthetic leg had to climb the bleachers. She had no shame.One usher went through this seating to see if anyone would give up their seat for a person who was deeply in need. At this point this woman had the gall to ask my husband to go get HIS handicapped parking tag from the car and give it to her so that she could “prove” that she was in need of the seat. (she has no tag of her own. )Against my wishes and to keep peace,my husband walked to our car and got her the card.The extra walking obviously didn’t help his comfort and between that and the bleacher seating, he had to leave the rest of us and go stretch and stand for quite a bit of the event because of his pain. Since this I really can’t stand the thought of even seeing this woman. My husband says that he feels the same but that she is how she is and that nothing is going to change ( I agree that many have tried and nothing changes) but I feel that her constant moaning and ” show” is making a mockery of his and other’s actual illnesses and injuries.
I know that I should offer this up and not be so angry ( I have tried but need to work on it )and am praying as well as working on being better at taking her with a grain of salt, but I am struggling. Any advise ?

BTW many have tried( many times ) to talked to her but she sees it as everyone ganging up on her and she is simply a poor victim. When many have tried talking to her husband he simply responds that nobody understands her. Argh !

Good morning! Does anyone have any ideas for nice, inexpensive Christmas gifts, handmade or not?
Thanks!

Good Morning Ladies!
Carol K…I would enjoy meeting you someday because I usually come to the same conclusions by you before I even read what you write! =) I agree, it’s about time the McCain camp brought up Obama’s past…anyone read “The Case Against Barack Obama” by David Freddoso? If not, I highly recommend it! Obama’s past is frightening!!! To think that he is running for president and knowing his past is REALLY frightening for the U.S.A. I repeat what Diane already has said: “Politics is not about being nice.” The truth hurts!  I hope God will bless our nation once again with people who really stand for the principles our nation was founded on…“LIFE, Liberty & the Pursuit of happiness.”
To Busy Mom:
Check out Craigslist.com in your area under the for sale section: baby & kids. I always find toys for sale for a great price. You could also go to amazon.com and find toys you’re looking at for a fraction of the cost it is at major stores. Also, a great place to find books is at a local place that sells used books. I am sure a somewhere around you has a new & used book store. Good Luck & I hope this helps.

Some inexpensive gifts that we have given in the past include

Layer the dry ingredients for cookies, brownies, or cake in a canning jar. Put a pretty piece of fabric under the collar of the lid and tie the recipe on with a piece of pretty ribbon.

Make a candy wreath.Take a wire coat hanger unwind it and form a circle. Take colored ribbon or yarn and tie one end to the end of pieces of candy ( Tootsie rolls, sour balls, or any candy with wrappers long enough to have ribbon tied to them work well )Tie the other end of the yarn to the hanger. keep tying on candy until it is over full. Cut another piece of yarn or ribbon and hang a pair of kiddy scissors so candy can be cut off.

Make personalized mouse pads or T shirts.
But plain light colored T shirts or mouse pads and a pack of iron on paper ( sometimes found in dollar stores Always found in craft stores. ) Using your home printer print four pictures per sheet, cut pictures apart and iron one on each T shirt or mouse pad.

Good morning everyone!

I would like to ask for your prayers today.  My family is in need.  We have four kids and leased w/opt to buy a home last April.  We were told now that the owner let it go into foreclosure.  The bank claims they came to our home and found us not there, so they posted a 60 day notice to move on our door.  This was the evning of July 15 (which was the All Star game, so I know we were home.  Now the bank asked us to leave in 3 days.  We went to see an attorney yesterday who may be able to get us a little time.  The owner of the home is a member of our church, and he has our deposit as well.  He will not return messages.  Please keep us in your prayers.  I loved this house and our plan was to buy it…now that can’t happen.  To top it off, I was just told the cancer counts in my marrow are up again and I am looking and a bone marrow transplant in Jan.  Any prayers anyone can pray for us are so greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

Just to clarify…the bank did not post a 60 day notice to us…I am not that was clear in my previous post.  However, saying “we didn’t
receive the notice” is hard to prove in court.

Mary W. I would love to have you over for coffee, but as I live in Aberdeen, Scotland, that seems like an unreasonable travel time. It is quite lonely here for a Catholic homeschooling mom!

Great Christmas Gift idea…what I/we did this year for ALL extended family members (there are alot of kids & no one wants to stop the gift giving…except for us…it’s expensive for sure!) is hand tied pillows.  They are cute & you can get them precut through Oriental Trading.  Each kit makes approx. 6 pillows…we did buy extra stuffing in the craft dept, though, to make them fluffier.  We got all the nieces & nephews done & even made a couple for grandparents, great aunts, etc.  VERY easy, fast & inexpensive when you break it all down price-wise.  Hope this helps!

Oh, and b/c I am neurotic about having Advent free to prepare for Christ’s birth, I already bought ornament kits when they were on sale (literally paid $3 for most of the kits & they make about a dozen ornaments!) and will put those together, give each child probably 2 of them along w/a small gift card to an ice cream shop or the like…and yes, this is for 2009…I told you I was neurotic!  LOL

Therese,
If you were planning to buy the house anyway, maybe your attorney could hlep you work out something to purchase it from the foreclosing bank? With the market the way it is, it would seem to be advantageous to both. Just a thought.

Thank you for your thoughts.  We tried…the bank is not even in our State (CA) and they blew off the notion like you wouldn’t believe.  I don’t understand why they would rather have an abandoned foreclosed house than take us on…but I guess big buisinesses do not always make sense.  Thank you for the idea.  I appreciate it.

My MIL has some interest in guardian angels although she is not Catholic.  Her birthday is coming up and I am planning to put together a little book for her of prayers and information from the Catechism, etc.  Any suggestions on favorite websites, etc. that any of you might have?

Good Morning!  I was wondering if anyone can tell me what they might know about Schoenstatt.  I am set to go with my daughter to a meeting with some wonderful Catholic moms and their daughters(if they have one) next week.  Prior to this I had never heard of the Schoenstatt Movement.  It sounds very good but am curious for more info before the meeting.  Any experience with this?  thanks!

Carol K: Next time I’m there, I’ll give you a call. (I wish!)
Therese, I am praying for you and your family.

Therese,
I agree…that doesn’t make much sense! Well I will say a prayer for you. Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.

I know that this was asked a while back but I can’t remember what the comments all said.  Anyway, I am a Speech-Language Pathologist for the local school district and my husband is a teacher for a neighboring district.  We would like for me to cut back my hours next year for various reasons but mostly just to be home with our kids more.  However, I currently make more than my husband so it would be difficult to loose half of my pay. 

We are looking into work from home jobs and I was wondering if anyone would have any suggestions.  I would like to start looking and maybe start working a little now so that it would be possible for me to go to part-time.  Any all suggestions would be appreicated   Thanks!

Math games/acticities/projects: mindware.com/

Christmas gifts: do you have a specialty where cooking/baking is concerned?  A special sauce, cookie, etc. is always a treat.  As a busy mom, I always appreciate something homemade that I didn’t have to cook/bake!

Prayers for you Therese; may St. Joseph intercede.  Our Lady of the Rosary, help them!

And I don’t want to bring up these elections, so just let me vent and ignore me!  Is anyone else sick to their stomach by the thought that “he” could win!?  We have the chance to appoint SC judges who will either interpret the Constitution to suit themselves and their causes (homosexual ‘marriage’, abortion on demand, gun control, human cloning, etc.), or those who will strictly interpret the Constitution, realizes there is nothing in this document that supports any of the above.  I am so afraid, especially for my children, of everything that would be determined okay and legal if “he” gets elected.  If I were prone to drug use, I would be downing Pepto the night of the elections.  Please Lord, have mercy!  Give me hope, and allow me that bottle of champagne on November 2nd!

Can anyone give me some advice about my angry 5 year old boy.  He’s the lone boy with two older sisters and two younger sisters.  By and large, he’s a sweet boy, helpful, polite, caring.  But when I refuse him something (like treats or outings) or when I move in to correct him, he goes berserk and says some very shocking things.  Like “grown ups are so stupid!”  “I don’t care!” “Don’t you dare punish me!”  I have to admit this behavior isn’t “out of nowhere”.  It’s building.  He doesn’t hit anyone, and I don’t hit him—and at this point I don’t think corporeal punishment would be productive.  He has a major chip on his shoulder, and I don’t know how to simmer him down.  Any advice?

Good morning all!
Football season is upon us and so are the many sexually provacative commercials.  How do you good catholic moms deal with your sons (and daughters) seeing these images and messages?  My oldest son is only 4 but I still worry about the message he gets about girls and so forth.

Has early voting started in your state? It has in mine!  If so, go vote now!!!  If you’re not sure, find out:
http://www.priestsforlife.org/states/earlyvotingstates.pdf

Anyone else wondering why Danielle is googling recipes for morning sickness in the first trimester???

Therese,

  You might want to talk to some of the organizations that are helping people with their loans/forclosure situations.  They may have more power than you do.

I also need to vent this morning…
We live in a pretty conservative suburb of Denver & while taking my kids home from school yesterday I saw something that has me so disgusted & disturbed I can’t even tell you!!  A new haircutting salon just opened up that caters to “men”.  They had a girl out with a big sign that said something along the lines of…get your haircut by girls in flirty lingerie!!

To Busy Mom:

One of my fav gifts (I think we’ll be doing this year) is get some colored glass or plastic ornaments, dip your child’s hand in white paint and draw faces on the fingers to make them look like snowmen sitting on a snowy hill

You can get some pretty scrapbook paper and make blank card sets for people.  Most scrapbook places even have ribbon and vellum for decorative touches.  I like to use cardstock with the paper overtop. 

Check out etsy for other ideas

For Jada - Work from Home

Given your background and education - Have you considered speech therapy consulting or private therapy/speech lessons? With a consulting business, or private lessons, you could take what students you wanted, and set your own hours.

I’m an instructional designer by training, and didn’t like working in a corporate environment, so 5 years ago I took my first consulting contract (it was small, and times were tough for a while) and now have been working successfully from my home office doing what I love to do - design curriculum - across a variety of industries and topics.

It’s tough, but with a little creative personal branding and a strong network of relationships, it can work. I’m happy to share more with you, if you’d like.

There are some low cost ways to get started. You already have two huge pluses 1) your professional background, and 2) your network of relationships from working in a public school district (parents, teachers, administrators, etc) as well as contacts in your field (speech pathology).

Jada—I am sure you would be able to do private SLT work—in NYC we have “RSA"s (related service authorizations) which allow parents to seek related services outside the public schools (for instance, if your child needs speech therapy but attends a private school, or if the child needs it outside school hours for some reason). Since your husband is a teacher, the times you would be working would be while he is not, if you follow me, so childcare expenses would be minimal. I think this could be a great thing for you. Maybe you could find another speech therapist/mom who would work in with you, and you could cover with each other for emergencies. Speech and occupational therapy are great careers for moms. If I was twenty years younger I would definitely go back and do OT. Good luck, we need all the good speech therapists we can get!

Good morning to all in Coffee Talk land!

Lots of people and families in need of prayers.  I will remember you now, and during the course of my day.

Help/advice please.  My husband wants to move. AGAIN!!!.  This would be 7 times in 14 years. Sigh. I am so tired of moving the kids around from place to place.  When we moved into this house, (5 years ago), I told him that I didn’t want to have to move anymore.  He agreed!  It’s a rather high mortgage, but we are making it, just barely, thanks be to God. 
We would not be moving to a cheaper area—-his job is here for 10 more years. We would be buying raw land, putting in a well, septic, building something small to live in/setting up a mobile home while we build the real house.  It would cost at LEAST as much as we owe in our current home.  He said he is excited to think about building a third house—- building another house to me sounds nightmarish with four little ones, homeschooling and a house to *try* to sell in a crummy market.

Am I missing something?  I am usually a cheerleader for him, and I agree or compromise or completely give in and go along with every other move he has wanted to make!  I often leave homes I like because I am trying to be the supportive wife.  I am an intelligent person!  (At least, I think I am)  I said last time he wanted to move (six years ago) that I didn’t want to move again unless there was a job change that required us to relocate.  Well, there isn’t. 
Please help me understand what I can say, or do that will give me some peace about this.  I know it’s just a house, I am cognizant of that.  I don’t care so much about that.  But we worked really hard to make this a comfortable home, with running water and a wood stove and finished walls!

I am so upset by the idea of having to move AGAIN that I feel like crying most of the time.

Please help if you can, or the best thing?  Please pray for me to not be of this world…...

To Jennifer D:  As HUGE football fans here, I, too, worry about the commercials (Viagra ones are UNREAL!!!!!)...even my husband, who thinks VERY differently about life (he’s not a practicing Catholic) is upset by these commercials & such so we just change the channel.  Nothing earth shattering, to be sure, but when they break for commercial, we either switch to another football game for a few min or Golf Channel (big time golf officianadoes around here too) as long as they aren’t having commercials, too…they are just as bad!  Hope this helps!

Good Morning.  I am looking for advice on family meal times.  I would love to have all six of us sit down for a family meal but my dh usually can’t get home before 6:30-7:00.  My two youngest (1&3;) go to bed around 7:00.  If I try to hold everyone off for dinner together there is usually a melt down and it is not pleasant for anyone!  Currently I just make an early dinner for all 4 kids and dh ends up eating a reheated meal every night.  I feel bad about this but don’t have the desire or energy to make two full dinners every night.  By the way we are all unfortunately picky eaters who won’t eat casseroles or crock pot meals…  Any suggestions?

Donna,

Moving is a lot of work and , though I have not moved but three times in nineteen years, I understand.Have you communicated everything that you wrote here to your husband in a calm way ?  If not I suggest it. Being a good wife doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to go along with whatever he decides , whenever he decides it. You can respect him but disagree. It sounds like you have been honest about not wanting to move again since your last move, why not remind him of that. Maybe he would agree to wait a year or so until the market would be better to sell your house Talk to him and see if he is willing to compromise at all. I will be praying for you

I will certainly send prayers to those who need them this morning. I thank everyone who responded to me last week about my in-laws inviting us and our developmentally delayed two-year-old daughter to our nephew’s birthday party. My husband called and told them we would not be able to make the party (it was at Chuck E. Cheeses not a great place for a party for a child with sensory integration issues) and he thanked them for the invitation and told them we would mail off our nephew’s present and get together with them in the next couple of weeks.

Unfortunately, this was not received well. I was there when my husband called his brother and he was very apologetic and thankful for the invitation and his brother nearly blew his ear off about how if they had the decency to invite us, we could at least have the decency to show up. (I was sitting a good five feet away and could hear all of this.) The long and short of it was they basically wanted to be martyrs by inviting the relative with ASD to their son’s party fully aware there would more than likely be a scene that they would have to explain. My husband apologized and told his brother we would still like to try and get together soon. At this point, his brother accused him of always trying to make things on “our schedule” and never taking into account their schedule. I thought my husband was going to blow up because although my brother-in-law travels for work, my sister-in-law quit her job over a year ago and stays at home while sending their son to daycare every day. Her description of what she does is lie on the couch and watch tv. Anyhow, my husband managed to keep it together and told his brother for he and his wife to pick a date and they could come over to our house or we would come over to theirs and he hoped we could celebrate the birthday nicely as a family and ended the call. After I praised my husband for not blowing up at his brother and agitating the situation more, he said, “I didn’t even mention they scheduled his party on YOUR birthday!” (Which I could care less about, I am turning 29 for the first time, not much celebrating for that one lol!). I feel badly that they did not receive this better. I am hoping that we can still get together with them and I don’t want our children (they are each other’s only cousins at this point) to sense there is any ill feeling between their fathers. Please pray that our family can come to an understanding of others feelings and situations. We would really like to be friends as well as family.

Christine,
Is your husband able to get home one day early or perhaps able to be there on weekends ? If so why not start there. My husband used to work afternoons and the kids didn’t get home until after he left and were in bed by the time he got home. Weekend meals were all that we could do at the time so that is what we did. I would suggest that maybe one night out of the week maybe you could make the children something simple for dinner and Make a fresh meal for hubby when he gets home to give him a break from reheated food. You could even make it a candle lit special date night.

Kristin, my heart goes out to you. I have so been there. Your husband handled his brother much better than my husband handled his brother-in-law when there was a similar difference of opinion. This was seven years ago and while everyone is civil there is still an underlying hostility. All we can do is let it go for now. You are doing the right thing by signalling your availability. This may get easier as the kids get older and there may be more things that they can do together. The Germ Rat is extremely annoying even if your kid does not have sensory issues. Maybe you could plan a birthday party for your child that is more tailored to her needs and invite them. There are some good ideas in the book by Carol Kranowitz—can’t believe I’m blanking out on the name—“The (sensory-challenged) Kid Has Fun”. Out of Sync! That’s it!
You probably know it.
hang in there and do your best. Sometimes it really is “THEIR” issue and there is nothing you can do about it.
prayers.

Christine - We have a similar situation re dinner.  My husband rarely gets home before 7:00 (and often later) and our 5 children cannot wait that long to eat and are already on their way to bed when he arrives etc.  We decided a long time ago that, for the sake of the children (and me!) they would eat dinner at 5:00.  I sit with the kids during their dinner (wait on them is more like it!) and then eat with my husband later.  Instead of family dinner, we have a family breakfast.  Both my husband and I are early risers, so after our workouts, my man makes a pretty substantial breakfast and we all eat together at 7:00 a.m..  Fortunately my DH doesn’t leave for work until 7:30, so this has been a good solution for us.  BTW - the last 2 weeks DH traveled a lot and was unable to see the kids for breakfast or dinner.  The kids were definitely the worse for lack of daddy time.  Today we got back on track.  If you’re not a morning person, know that it is possible to change - I have and it has been worth it.

Thank you for your ideas on doing private therapy.  I do really enjoy my job:)  The only drawbacks to private tx is that I would have to pay for my own insurance (to protect myself…I can’t think of the word this morning) and we live in an area where there is an abundance of SLP’s.  I will give it more thought though….  Thanks again.

Jada—i guess I assumed that since your husband was a teacher he had coverage for your family? That would be a deal breaker for me.  Maybe you could work at a hospital,nursing home or rehab center which might have better hours and insurance coverage as well.

Kristen
Oh My, I am so sorry. Last week I took these people as good natured people who were trying . I breaks my heart that it sounds as though they wanted to use your daughter as some form of sick entertainment to make them look like tolerant, loving people in front of their friends. What is wrong with people anyway ? OK I don’t expect an answer. This sort of thing just gets to me. Rest assured that , though sad,there are others who are this way too. Pride yourselves on being the bigger people here and if given the chance get together with them,on their terms with a smile.

My husband does have medical insurance that would cover our family.  I mean professional insurance that would protect me from people sueing etc.  I still can’t think of the correct word for it….

Jada
professional liability insurance

I think that word you’re looking for, Jada, is malpractice.

Yes!! That is it…both of them.  I could not think of that for anything this morning!  Now it can quit bothering me!  Thank you so much!!

Jennifer D.,

We don’t allow our children to watch sports on television unless we are right there with the remote.  We usually have EWTN or a children’s station programmed into the remote so that we are able to change one of those channels during commercials.

Our teenage son is a sports fanatic and we enjoy be able to watch football with him.  This is the only way we have found to avoid lurid commercials.

I think a lot of these problems (unfortunately not the house-related ones) can be helped by focusing on the truth, which in fact does not hurt, or at least not always. Can’t we all think of ten things that are true and reassuring?
That said, research has shown that people tend to believe political lies even after they’ve read a correction.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/bullseye/is-fact-checking-worthwhile
We can at least not join the pile-on, though, and review factcheck.org before repeating negative claims about candidates (plus, it’s nice to have the facts at hand when someone comes to you with a criticism of your candidate).
Don’t let annoying family members get you down—do what’s right and let your children see that you’re setting an example and putting your values first. Don’t do it angrily, don’t point out their flaws, just explain that you’re accommodating other people as best you can while still doing what your family needs. They can’t fight with you if you don’t fight with them.

To Jennifer D, Mary, Maurisa, et al wanting to watch sports but upset by the commercials:
This is what TiVo and DVRs were made for. I know my satellite provider does DVR service for just $10 more a month. Of course you still have to monitor content in programming itself, but editing out commercials is an amazing thing! I remember Bill Geist on CBS Sunday Morning doing a bit about the ED drug commercials regarding football and during football games. At the end of it he made a funny comment about no woman thinking a man who only watched football all day being sexy/attractive etc. Even men in the media don’t get it!

In response to the Christmas gifts, I love the idea of baking things and also layering the cookie dough mixes (I’ve done that with chili seasonings as well).

One year, when I was in college, I created “shoeboxes” for my family. My boyfriend (now my husband) and I went in together and bought the rubbermaid shoebox size containers and filled them with things we knew each person liked but were consumable. We did the person’s favorite candy bar in miniatures, my dad loves nuts so I got him some of those small bags of peanuts, some nice hot chocolates, and things like travel size deodorant and toothpaste, stuff we all need from time to time but is a pain to go out and buy. Those gifts were such a hit! I’ll never forget my brother opening his and seeing the miniature Snickers bars saying, “Wow, Snickers, my favorite, you remembered!” A small thing that meant something to him and a lot more to me!

And one year, when money was tight growing up, my mom made audio tape recordings of us. She wrote a poem for her grandparents and recorded herself reading it (and sent a hand written copy in calligraphy on parchment) and then recorded us singing Christmas carols and telling stories and such. She made copies for all her brothers and sisters. With technology today, it’s pretty inexpensive to digitally record this and even send electronically if you would want (I’d burn to a cd or dvd, make it more lasting.)

hi,
I have a four day old daughter and she is now experiencing a period of sorts from my left over hormones in her body.  Has anyone’s infant daughter had this and how long did it last?

Alicia - perhaps Danielle is just trying to help others out, however, perhaps you are onto something…..  After all, her “baby” is now two.  Danielle, do you have something you need to tell us?