Posts by Llyra

Myself, I think it's a fantastic argument for forgoing the fast food and the artificial plastic environment, and letting kids go back to playing outside.

Staph can live for hours on dry surfaces, and it can be contracted as a skin infection, so no hand-to-mouth contact is even necessary. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/mrsa/ And the ordinary methods of cleaning these places use-- ...

Yeah, sure. I can't understand why putting a baby in a safe place for a short time, to amuse him/herself, is a problem? It never would have occurred to me to consider that a problem. Maybe it's because I'm naturally a solitary type,...

I use it to stretch a meatloaf, and you can sub half of the flour in a pancake recipe, and make hoecakes. I also use it to fry chicken or fish.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pink-eye/DS00258/DSECTION=causes http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002005/ http://www.cdc.gov/conjunctivitis/index.html The proper name for pinkeye is conjunctivitis. It can have many...

I had a baby like that. My DS is 4 1/2 years old now, and still we can't flush the toilet at night without waking him. I had to put baby powder in the cracks of the hardwood, because if the floor creaks, he wakes. He has never not...

I'll add the suggestion to make sure that you are working on open communication with your partner. It's so easy, when things are crazy busy and everybody's running short on sleep, to start snapping at each other, dealing with each other...

I would take a newborn to the doctor for any symptoms of illness at all, no matter how mild. In those early weeks, things can go from mild to disastrous, very quickly. But past that? Eh. A cold is a cold, and it goes away all by...

No, it won't affect the jelly. It's often used by home canners, as the PP mentioned, to prevent the fruit from browning. I use it myself, when I make apple butter. Ascorbic acid is just a form of vitamin C-- it's a natural ingredient...

The reason to rotate it when you put it in is that you will help it settle in and establish a good seal. It also helps to make sure the rim of the cup is completely open-- so you don't get pinched, and so it doesn't leak. It really...