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Secretary Rubio in the WH press room is like a sub in a class of kindergarteners. Hilarious.

@emilykmay @lymanstoneky Perhaps for the same reason divorce rates rose due to COVID work from home policies. Too much of a good thing…is not a good thing. Sadly not all couples get along as well as you do with your fiancé.

@lymanstoneky have not heard about this!!! what's your take?

actually a brand new study using a mandatory paid leave expansion in Spain found if dads took paid leave their divorce rates ROSE

It was 46 degrees this afternoon, so we got to go outside! Hilde (age 4), in her joy, wrote the following song. But oh, my poor summer child, who is going to tell her its still February? "Today is the day the best day everrrr...we are going to do so many things...we’re going to plant seeds. What else shall we dooooo? I have lived my whole life in this house. I can’t believe today is the day, the best day ever, the start of summer. I love that it finally happened - SUMMER - I can’t believe it’s finally summer. I’m so excited that we could move to the outside world. The outside world is finally heeeeeere."

@philvischer x.com/eorre_ecc/stat…

"Why don't you criticize progressives more often?" I don't consider progressives supporting progressive policies terribly newsworthy. I DO consider Christians supporting un-Christian policies and behavior worth discussing and calling out. It's about the church, not the nation.

You know how you are more apt to call out your own kids when they do wrong than others’ kids. Same with politics.

What a time to have an almost 2 month old.

@mmiakapro I just had my 6 week appt and my CNMW asked me a similar question. I responded my husband will wear a condom. She said sounds good. I wasn’t offended by a valid question and she chose to accept my valid answer. Not sure why you think BC always has to be hormonal.

At my 6-week postpartum appointment, I was nonchalantly asked, “And what form of birth control are you planning on?”. The wording of the question alone explains part of our plummeting birth rate. Women are IMMEDIATELY pushed onto birth control after giving birth, before their hormones have any chance to rebalance naturally. If you decline it, you’re warned that pregnancy in the next few months is extremely likely, unpreventable, and would be dangerous. The implication I felt in the room was that birth control was the obvious solution and opting out was reckless. If I didn’t know better, I would’ve asked, “What do you recommend?” and handed over a decision that would’ve unnecessarily shaped the next few years of my life.

@manuukenya Sleepy dirt

Students of english what do we call that thing that comes out from our eye in the morning I'm tired of pretending.

@MischlingMaker Yes! Many say 40 is a time of testing, but I also think of it as a time of preparation and anticipation. I don’t have enough characters to fully explain, but you can think through Moses’ life, the Israelites wandering, Jesus in the desert, etc. Very applicable to pregnancy!

If someone doesnt do an in depth paper about the 40 weeks of pregnancy relating to the 40 yrs in the desert and 40 days of lent, im going to be forced into a phd program about the theology of pregnancy

The irony: I am cold-natured in general. In all my pregnancies, I’ve been pregnant and run “hot” during the warmest month. Then I have autumn babies and hormones crash sending me back to coldness during the coldest months. It’s a cold double whammy.

I think I married Superman because I ordered a cake for 7yr olds birthday (Star Wars) and they totally didn’t make it!!!! Forrest went to get it before he gets out of school then called to tell me so I totally flipped my lid as a woman does and he’s like “CALM DOWN WOMAN I GOT THIS” He bought a cake , bought a Star Wars card and disassembled it , put baby Yoda and some tiny spaceships on the cake and BOOM , disaster averted. There is your Star Wars cake 😆 (Had to cover his name for privacy)👇🏻

@HilzFuld Teaching school…take pic of worksheet, graphic organizer, etc. Use Apple TV to project to class. Demonstrate work for class. It’s a modern-day overhead projector. Can also airdrop page, easily project student work and collaborate together.

Unpopular opinion: iPad is the most useless device in apple’s lineup. It’s a cool device but for 9/10 people; it has no regular use, especially as iPhones get bigger screens. I’ve had every generation iPad and they always end up collecting dust. The exception is if you’re an artist or absolutely need a larger screen and for some reason, a MacBook doesn’t work for you. Please, by all means, prove me wrong. What do you use your iPad for on a regular basis? What are must have apps that aren’t on iPhone and appeal to the regular person, not an artist? I really want to love my iPad but from day one, it was always unclear to me who it’s targeting and why anyone would need it. For me, for casual use, iPhone does the trick and if I absolutely need a larger screen, I use a MacBook. Why am I wrong?

@NoDMsPerfavore 2 He is taller than I [am].

Which sentence is correct?

@kjgillenwater @homemakinghunny Baby might not know but the older siblings definitely will. That’s my conundrum.

@homemakinghunny Baby has no clue what you are doing. You are fine with what you have. Maybe a new pacifier and be done.

What to put in a baby’s Christmas stocking? I don’t want a bunch of little annoying toys and things that will turn into clutter. All I’m coming up with so far is socks and baby food pouches 😂

@lady_valor_07 Childbirth 20 lb gone in 5 hrs

What's the fastest way

@iWomansplainer Oddly the free-birth movement and pro-abortion movement talking points sound very much the same. The horseshoe strikes again.

Baby lives are more important than bodily autonomy.

@AniseNot I think if you have your first early, you likely pave the way for a later in life baby. It seems having your first at 40 and beyond is trickier. Not impossible by any means, but not as likely.

Doctor friend who had her first baby at 22 & her 4th baby at 48 says : “People will tell you different, but you can pretty much have a baby whenever you want”

@iWomansplainer I feel this way about my oldest. Have never wished her to go back to being small. But, having had my third and likely last baby 5 days ago, I admit, I’ve had the thought a time or two.

Baby is 4 months old and I still have had absolutely 0 feelings of “oh no please don’t grow up! Go back to being small!” In fact, I have precisely the opposite. It is such a joy and a privilege to watch him get bigger and I feel excited for the opportunity to continue doing so.

@nwilliams030 Yes…but then when you finally do get admitted they *must* monitor the baby and contractions every second. But only after you’ve gone through the whole packet of paperwork and laid on a bed for hours slowing labor way down. Nothing about that makes any sense.

hospitals are getting wayyyyyy to comfy sending women tentatively in labor home. we need to institute a fee on this. insane hospitals have literally nothing to loose from turning away a very pregnant woman and they really weirdly tend to savor doing so

Why is it that during one of the most wished and prayed for times of having a baby, do hormones have to crash and emotions run wild and make everything seem sad and overwhelming??? Why can’t we just soak it in and enjoy it??