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Going between X and Facebook and the cultural shock is jarring Scientifically and mentally, the crowd on FB is 10 years behind It’s like hanging out with people who do their research (X) vs hanging out with people who watch mainstream media and still trust the government to tell them what to do (FB) @elonmusk thank you for the community you’ve developed here 🫶

Setting aside the lack of etiquette of reposting someone else’s opinion and just saying “don’t be this kind of person”… 🙄 One day when you’ve researched or experienced childhood behavioral issues linked to electronics and health or sensory issues linked to polyester and plastic clothing, this kind of request will make sense to you and you’ll realize how much time, energy, and money this mother is trying to save her loved ones by being up front about something nobody would ever know to even ask.

Don’t be this kind of person.

^^ 100% this. It’s “entitlement” and “ungrateful” to those who don’t agree with or care to understand the mom’s preferences. If it was “please don’t give peanuts to my child as a gift because they’re allergic”, there would be no problem. Unfortunately the lack of information surrounding behavioral issues linked to electronics and health/sensory issues linked to plastics and polyesters keeps the older generation in complete ignorance.

@BiblicalBeauty It probably depends on whether you agree with this mom's preferences or not. As a new grandma, I understand not wanting battery toys with lights and sounds. Think wooden toys vs screen time.

@BiblicalBeauty @MrsCMFrancis It’s actually a lot more considerate to let others know what your family can use rather than saying “thank you” and throwing out the toy or gift you spent money on.

@MrsCMFrancis Oh, I just think it’s so fussy and high maintenance. 😬 In the old days, you could just give little kids a fun gift and they’d be thrilled and the parents would say “Thank you,” and it was all very easy. 😄

@ThrillaRilla369 Didn’t eat. Though that was rare because my mom is a world class cook. I’m convinced it’s the Italian blood

Be honest because I’m proving a point When you were a child if you didn’t want to eat what your mother made for dinner What happened?

@EmbracingTara What a beautiful legacy for both your mom and now for you. Thank you for sharing and for your meaningful work in our world. ✨❤️

I was born into poverty to a hardworking single mom who didn't support abortion. I was educated by a failing system. I was injected with consumerist values from birth. And yet... I am an autodidact who started three businesses. I birthed four children outside of the medical industrial complex. I educated them outside of the system. I am raising them to think for themselves, to be strong but merciful, to question narratives, to be discerning, and to have strong and good moral characters. I have provided them with a financially free, stable two-parent home with a loving and present father. I started a statewide movement and have advocated for birthing mothers, homeschooling parents, and liberty-minded people for 20 years. I have definitely changed some people's lives for the better. My achievements may not have "changed the world" but I have certainly changed my little world. And that's enough. My own kids will do even better than I did. I'm grateful my mom saw the potential of what her unplanned baby could have been and decided to have me in spite of the challenges she faced.

@seastar898 @cardamomkiss I’m on my third and I’ve gotten progressively more aggressive about this same issue. The behavioral problems you cure just by cutting out electronic toys and the health and sensory issues you avoid by going with natural fibers. All well worth the 5 minutes of extra effort.

@cardamomkiss This is your first kid, isn't it

We sent this message to family ahead of our son's first birthday party and it was well received if any of you are extremely particular In the same way I am

@cardamomkiss How far ahead of his birthday did you send it? I sent a similar message a month before Christmas and my in laws dismissed it by saying they’d already purchased gifts 🙃

apple there has to be a better way to add an iPhone app to a folder than chasing said folder round the screen as it carries out fighter jet level evasive manoeuvres

@JillMooreWrites @iam_preethi I didn’t realize this. So interesting!

Also- if the cord is left attached till the placenta is delivered, they get a rush of all the nutrition they’ll need for five days or until the milk comes in. What comes out of the breast until then is mostly hydrating for them. The problems start when the cord is cut too early and baby first get the rush of nutrition. Then they get hungry before milk comes in.

So many new moms think they have low supply in the first few days because only drops are coming out. The baby wants to be on the breast constantly, which makes it feel like they're not getting enough. Some start supplementing with formula almost immediately because they're scared their baby is starving. But colostrum isn't supposed to come in large quantities. A newborn's stomach on day one holds about 5-7ml per feed. That's roughly a teaspoon. Those few drops of colostrum are designed for that tiny stomach. It's thick, concentrated, and packed with immunoglobulins, white blood cells, and growth factors that protect your baby in those critical first days. Ounce for ounce, it's more immune dense than mature milk. The constant feeding isn't a sign of low supply. It's how the baby signals your body to bring in more milk. That demand is what triggers the transition from colostrum to mature milk. I wonder how many women gave up on breastfeeding or supplemented too early because nobody told them this is exactly how it's supposed to work.

@GnatBeGone @NaturallyFTW This is a great idea. I will look into this.

@NaturallyFTW Minnesotans need to find an attorney who can author an "informed responsibility for damages" form for citizens to force their child's injectors to sign prior to injecting.

THE FACE OF EVIL. This is Alice Mann. She's responsible for the bill a senate committee passed yesterday that would MANDATE MMR vaccination for All kids in MN. No exceptions. Even for homeschool. This is Effectively saying: vaccination or jail. This woman wants to strap down children & inject them w/severely undertested, Big Pharma GMO concoctions directly into their veins...whether parents agree or not. That's evil. An authoritarian overreach & body violation so severe, it should make any human being shudder with disgust. It goes against the very thing America stands for & holds dear: Freedom. Pro tip: If you want people to vaccinate...make your product safer, test it properly, & educate us on why we should do it. Do not force it. You evil, evil woman. Personally, I don't trust Big Pharma & won't poison my kids. Especially for a natural infection w/a ~100% survival rate, & can be managed naturally. So anyway. Anyone know a good state to move to? (I live in MN 😭)

@ClayTravis Dammit Clay. I’m 9 months pregnant and now I’m craving a homemade Rice Krispie treat.

The most underrated dessert in America is a freshly cooked Rice Krispie treat. Not the packaged kind, an actual cooked Rice Krispie treat. Delivers every time. Gets very little praise. It’s the third down slot receiver who is always open for a first down.

@nickimoraa For 2/4 siblings, yes. The other 2 require a modicum of explanation.

Be honest for a second… If your sibling called you at 3am and said “don’t ask questions, just come” are you actually showing up?

@littleapostate Pro tip for sciatica that I can’t help but share because I’m also 3rd trimester: red light therapy! Specifically the lumebox 2.0. Game changer. Literally cures my sciatic pain.

The best part of the third trimester is feeling my baby girl move around like waves in my ocean belly The worst part is acid reflux, sciatica and trying not to lose my shit when people post photos of me looking like a prized hog I cannot wait for this to be over (soon)

@coffee_oil Because they don’t have men, they have boys

@KeruboSk Morning shower=getting clean for the world. Night shower=getting clean for your home and bed.

Apparently there are people who shower at night instead of the morning. I genuinely want to understand this. Night shower people… explain yourselves

@littleapostate We aren’t even going to tell anyone until we decide we want the company. Might be a couple or three days. It’s all about you and the baby at that point 🫶

I am scared to ask twitter this but I am also very curious when you gave birth, did you allow family to come visit immediately? Or did you allow space for just you and your baby to bond? Or is it evil to want to space for you and baby to bond????

Law School: in theory, this is how it should all work Me: what about in practice Law School: in what

@ElizabethC23 @perfectlyfine89 Or you were tangy and a little bit sweet ✨

@perfectlyfine89 I picked pamplemousse. I was insufferable I guess

Idk if y’all did it but in our language classes during high school, we would pick a name from that culture (i.e. mine was Colette in French) Do other countries learning English do this? Y’all calling yourselves Kyle and Brittany over there?

@TS_Secrets We draw the line at about 20 hours, but we’ve got kids who are great road trippers and I grew up road tripping across the USA. But it depends on flight cost. If we can get a good deal, the chaos of flying for 4-6 hours is better than driving for 2-3 days.

Serious question for families… How many hours do you drive before you just fly? We drove 16 hours yesterday and I’m absolutely exhausted. Halfway through I was thinking: “Why didn’t we just book the flights?” My rule has always been: If it’s under 8 hours we drive. If it’s over 8 hours we fly. But flights for a family aren’t cheap and the TSA Deal worried me, so sometimes the road trip wins. The math in my head usually looks like this: Drive: • Gas 4 times • Snacks • A hotel sometimes • 2 full days of travel Fly: • Expensive tickets • Airport chaos • Rental car But you arrive in a few hours instead of two days. Yesterday reminded me… 16 hours in a car with kids feels like 40. Curious where everyone draws the line. What’s your rule? How many hours before you stop driving and start flying?