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Welcome from frozen NH! Sounds like you've got plenty to keep you busy! I had both my girls 3-4 weeks early. My 1 year old is already 23 lbs, lol. Your little one is a peanut!
 

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Welcome from frozen NH! Sounds like you've got plenty to keep you busy! I had both my girls 3-4 weeks early. My 1 year old is already 23 lbs, lol. Your little one is a peanut!
Wowza! My little girl only weighs 28.8# and she’s 4 ⅓ years old. But, actually your little girl weighs almost exactly what my 4 month old grandson weights.
 

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HI Carla. Welcome. You are one busy lady. Sounds like you have a versatile farmstead planned. I wish you the best with it. Have you been to the Doc to get your wrist diagnosed?
My farm pets are kinda therapeutic for me. I have fibromyalgia and major depression. The higher my physical or mental pain gets the more time I spend spoiling and visiting my pets. Plus the more I’m hurting the harder I work. Most doctors don’t treat chronic pain with pain medication anymore. Their logic is if they can’t cure it, there’s no sense masking it on the long term. But, I am able to get some pain meds occasionally for 7-30 days. But it has to be really bad before I’ll ask. It’s a bit complicated though.
 

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Welcome from frozen NH! Sounds like you've got plenty to keep you busy! I had both my girls 3-4 weeks early. My 1 year old is already 23 lbs, lol. Your little one is a peanut!
I don’t even know what the typical child should weigh. My only is super light, and my nieces and nephews seem to be well conditioned. Are you folks about to be hit hard with a long and really cold cold snap like we are? We are scheduled to have about 7-9 days of subzero temperatures starting this weekend.
 

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Oh dear I haven't looked at the forecast, I guess I'd better do that! I'm hoping our weather looks better than that!

My daughter is in the 95th percentile. Both are actually, I have big kids!
That is awesome your girls are in a high percentile. My little girl was born in the 5th percentile. Now she isn’t even in the 1st percentile. This is what our weather looks like for the next week. Brrr!

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Hi Carla!

I'm in WI too, actually not that far from you. When I was a kid my parents would take us kids to the Tom Thumb in Ellsworth every few years for gigantic hand-scooped ice cream cones. :D

I'm also disabled, chronic illnesses. Super fun, huh?! :p My sons are 3 and 11 years old. 11 year old is homeschooled.

My personal goal is to change up our frozen pizza diet to more meat, milk, eggs, cheese that we raise on our own.

:love I'm working toward depending on grocery stores less every year. I will be interested in your progress!
 

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Hi Carla!

I'm in WI too, actually not that far from you. When I was a kid my parents would take us kids to the Tom Thumb in Ellsworth every few years for gigantic hand-scooped ice cream cones. :D

I'm also disabled, chronic illnesses. Super fun, huh?! :p My sons are 3 and 11 years old. 11 year old is homeschooled.



:love I'm working toward depending on grocery stores less every year. I will be interested in your progress!
There’s a lot of things I miss in this little town. Tom Tumb, Tip Top Shop, schultz’s Grocery, and the two mom and pop pharmacies. We will soon be without a pharmacy. Are you still in the area. I’ve been considering homeschooling my daughter as well. I may pick your brain about that someday.
 

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