HouseMom

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Only 13% of those applying were accepted to LSU.

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That's not exactly correct. It's more like they had room for 13% of applicants. This number doesn't take into consideration how many people get in but ultimately go to another school.

Kids these days apply to a ton of schools.

You can get a good guess about his final height by doing an online growth calculator and following the pediatrician's growth chart thus far. It's also roughly his height at age 2 doubled.

As far as growth spurts, that's just unpredictable. Some kids follow a steady growth by getting wider then leaner/taller over and over while others stall out and then shoot up over night.

Just tell him to keep eating healthy food and getting good sleep. That's about all you can do outside of genetics.

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Cx-30 is an adjustment. visibility is way down

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I'll chime in on this because we also test drove this for our daughter. At 5' 4", I had major issues with blind spots and visibility, in general. Also, the ceiling seemed too low even for me.

The CX-5, on the other hand, is a great little car. A ton of bang for your buck on that one.

I think I know what you're getting at, but it's probably more of a push back on seriously bad behavior that just didn't exist 15-20 years ago. Church for me is a prime example. When our kids were very little (like 3 and under), they couldn't sit through an entire Mass and got fussy around the homily, like clockwork. We would simply stand up and quietly take them outside. It's the parents that do absolutely nothing like church is a TV show and other people aren't in the room.

Nobody is upset by crying babies or toddlers being wiggly - that's just what they do, and it's often hilarious. I have a HUGE problem with parents hauling in loud crunchy feed bags to occupy their 5 year olds. This is just lazy parenting and the poor kindergarten teachers must be exhausted.

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I am tired of these boomers saying they’re for “small government” when they are deepthroating the Medicare and social security teats.

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I'm assuming you realize that SS isn't exactly voluntary, right? We're Gen X, but we would have LOVED to take our SS taxes and invested them differently. It's money quite literally stolen from the populace by the government, so I don't understand the hate for "boomers" in this instance.

I'm torn on this because we were allowed to grow up pretty fast in the 90's. We drove ourselves from BR to Ft. Walton for spring break starting junior year in high school. Now there was a "chaperone" of sorts in another condo (like somebody's older cousin). I also started LSU at 17 and moved into the dorm with zero oversight.

I don't love the idea of the two girls going by themselves though, and to a national park. If they had a larger group to include some guy friends, it would probably be okay. This is very dependent on the child, as well.

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There’s no script involved with OTC?

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I was meaning more of a "behind the counter" but that could be given by a pharmacist. Currently Xofluza has to be prescribed by a doctor first.

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But you seem like a wackadoo conspiracy theorist

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Again, the entire point of me mentioning the Clintons, Epstein, and Prince Andrew pages earlier was because some on here had never even heard of Savannah Guthrie, even some who claim to be "very" into politics.

I just think it's interesting how connected they are. This is not just some random lady with who her family is. THAT IS ALL.

Now Hot Carl, what is your hot take on the case? The police, FBI, and Captain America don't know either, so please enlighten them so this family can have some peace.

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Regardless what some may think, pharmacists play a critical role in managing patient care.

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A good pharmacist is awesome and often more helpful than a doctor. Why can't I just get a flu test at CVS and grab some Xofluza on the spot? Makes no sense.

ETA: It looks like a few states do offer this, but not CVS in Louisiana yet.

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Pretty certain that every outlandish suggestion is valid until it's not. We don't know anything.

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Correct, and I'm not even "suggesting" but just listing some very odd coincidences surrounding this family.

A robbery-gone-wrong with a kidnapped grandma makes no sense, but a kidnapping for ransom with these people actually does.

The truth of the matter is that Savannah Guthrie's husband is named in the Epstein files and worked for Bill Clinton. She was also instrumental in ruining Prince Albert by interviewing the victims. These are VERY connected people, not just a random news anchor.