queenbean

@queenbean (97)

United States • Age 43

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What are you craving (or did you crave) during pregnancy?

ragmama @ragmama (536) • United States 2 Jul 07

With my first daughter, I craved peaches - although they never agreed with me - and school pizza (remember the kind they serve in wedges in school cafeterias? Yeah, you can't find them ANYWHERE when you really, really want...

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queenbean This time around I'm craving pizza rolls -- I eat them all the time. At first I was craving Philly cheese steaks, but I got over that one. I also about once or twice a week really get a craving for boneless buffalo wings, the really really spicy kind. It's all...

30 Jul 07

Did you cry after giving birth?

Melissa528 @Melissa528 (744) • United States 30 May 07

Did you or your partner cry after the birth of your baby? My Ex and I both cried during the birth of our son. It was such an amazing experience that I couldn't contain myself. What about you?

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queenbean I don't think I cried... I was just in such shock and amazement. And I was freaking exhausted -- I only slept 45 minutes before my water broke and I had to go to the hospital, so I was really running on adrenaline. :-P I was too tired to cry.

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Would you sue?

4cuteboys @4cuteboys (4099) • United States 30 May 07

A friend had an 12 month old in the infant room at the daycare here. When it was breakfast they wheeled in the car with the food on top like usual. That morning, the 1 year old stuck his hand in the oatmeal bowl that was on top of...

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queenbean I'm not a big fan of lawsuits, and I think that Americans tend to sue too much, but this is one instance in which I definitely would sue. I can understand her not wanting to rock the boat, but this is an instance in which her son was injured and she incurred a...

30 May 07

Why go into a shop 1 minute before it closes

jakester519 @jakester519 (355) 27 May 07

My wife works in a small shop and every night just before she locks the doors there is always a big influx of people rushing in to buy something. Why do people do this, surely they could have had plenty of time before, so why...

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queenbean I used to work in a videogame store and the same thing would happen. I would have no customers for an hour and then right at closing time, a big group of kids would come in, not wanting to buy anything, just wanting to play the demos. So I started turning the...

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What happened to Kelly Clarkson?

rowantree @rowantree (1186) • United States 2 May 07

Did anyone watch American Idol Gives Back? Did you not see her on there? My first thought was that she's pregnant. Then I realized whoa, she's not pregnant. So what's going on? Has she been having medical problems? I saw her...

kelly clarkson

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queenbean Her weight has always fluctuated, and she's never been super-thin. A lot of performers will get much thinner on the road because of the hectic schedule and all the activity, and then when they get home they put the weight back on. Doesn't matter... she's far...

26 May 07

Let's Have a Cloth Diapering Thread!

SlapItHigh @SlapItHigh (172) • United States 27 Feb 07

Who here uses cloth diapers? If so this is the discussion for you. Even if you are just interested in learning more about cloth diapers this will be a great discussion for you to read. I would love to know: 1. Why do you use...

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queenbean 1. I started because it was cheaper. I continued because it's so much better for my daughter and for the planet. 2. My favorite thing is the fact that I never ever have to go to the store because I ran out of diaps in the middle of the night, and I never ever...

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Babies teeth

Cassy1976 @Cassy1976 (796) • Australia 26 May 07

My daughter is currently teething but as yet there are no teeth, she has been teething for about 2 months now, poor little thing, I saw a photo the other day and a baby had no front teeth but all of the teeth around it, did your...

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queenbean My daughter got her first tooth at 10.5 months. It was her top left. The next one was just about a week ago, the bottom right... they're "supposed to" get them in side-by-side pairs, as in, her other top tooth should have been next, but it wasn't. She looks...

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fast food and kids

mama4kids @mama4kids (690) • United States 25 May 07

Don't you think it is bad that fast food restaurants gear their commercials towards kids, such as McDonalds? The food is so not healthy and should only be eaten once in a while as a treat, as far as I am concerned but the fast...

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queenbean My daughter is just under one year old, so it hasnt' been an issue for us yet, but we will not be letting her eat fast food more than every once in a great while, if at all. It's so unhealthy for you. I think it's a shame that they advertise to kids so heavily...

25 May 07

Least favorite

Grammasherri @sherrir101 (3670) • Malinta, Ohio 19 Mar 07

What is your 'least' favorite housecleaning chore? Mine lately is running the sweeper. OOOhh how I hate that. It used to be my favoite. Smelling the room after it was freshly swept was a complete thrill for me. Now just the...

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queenbean My least favorite chore would have to be running the vacuum. I don't actually mind the act of vacuuming... but I hate all the preparation. I have to straighten the room and pick up stuff off the floor, then move my daughter's toys, and I have to move the end...

25 May 07

type of cloth diapers

syndibee @syndibee (799) • United States 14 May 07

what type of cloth diapers do you like best? i use mostly AIO's but also like fitted training pants. i do love wool covers!!!! i absolutely hate pockets. am i the only one who hates pocket diapers??

cloth diapering

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queenbean I love pockets. My favorite diapers are the ones that I've made at home -- they're one-size contour pocket diapers. They need a cover, but they're so nice. Just love them. And I recently bought a Starbunz fleece pocket diaper that is just fantastic. I'm not a...

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What makes you sign-up?

ChangingLivesForever @ChangingLivesForever (145) • United States 25 May 07

When you see/read a new program to produce income what makes you sign on? The cost, the promise, the individual presenting the offer? Or maybe it's a flashy website. Do you like music or talking information, do you put in your...

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queenbean It depends on the situation. I try to do some research to make sure it's not a scam... if I don't know anyone who's tried it, or if I can't find information on it, then I won't sign up. I'm also hard-pressed to give out my address and phone number, but I will...

25 May 07

How many posts do you respond to or start a day?

melanie652 @melanie652 (2524) • United States 25 May 07

I scroll through the discussions and answer the ones that look interesting. I also respond to my friends discussions. I do all this as I have time. Some days I don't even sign in to mylot. I usually do about 5-10 responses a day....

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queenbean Yeah, I'm pretty sporadic. I'm not here to make a lot of money, and I'm not here to make a lot of new friends... I'm basically here to combat boredom. :-P So when I'm bored, I participate in discussions, but on days that I'm busy, I don't do much, if anything,...

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What will you do, your baby goes on crying.

saivenkaat802003 @saivenkaat802003 (4823) • India 25 May 07

You have just retired to your bed after a long tiring days work,and hardly have you slept,for 10 minutes, your baby starts crying and seems its experiencing pain of something or have had a bad dream, how will you console your baby...

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queenbean It depends. My daughter starts the night in her crib and moves to our bed partway through the night. My husband stays up later than I do, so most of the time we'll make a deal that until he comes to bed, he can help her go back to sleep, and then after he...

25 May 07

My daugther carries a gun. How would you feel about it?

TriciaW @TriciaW (2441) • United States 25 May 07

I was talking to my 22 year old daughter the other day on the phone when she said "Oh that is odd" I asked her what and she told "there is a man in a car that was here when I came out with the bank bags and now is still here but...

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queenbean It sounds to me as though she's educated herself as much as she can about gun safety, and I think it may be a good idea for her to carry one. Carrying a lot of money like that can make a person a target, especially if that person is a female walking alone. I...

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Article ideas

mommy20212004 @mommy20212004 (350) • United States 24 May 07

I am currently writing articles for Associated Content and am running out of things to write about. I would like to know what I can write about that will get a lot of people's attention. What subjects are considered most popular...

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queenbean If you're just looking for quick pageviews, celebrity gossip and breaking news are your best bets. Personally, I'm not good with news and I hate celeb gossip, so I just write on topics that interest me. Write content that is "evergreen," things that will not...

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raising awareness

syndibee @syndibee (799) • United States 24 Feb 07

am i the only one with a strong interest in raising the awareness of the good qualities of cloth diapering to the general public? i want people to understand how sanitary they really are as opposed to disposables. i want people to...

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queenbean I have been telling all of my friends about cloth -- I first started with cloth to save money, and I've since learned so much. It's so much better for the baby, and for the planet. I don't understand how anybody can see the statistics of how long it takes for...

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Out of diapers?

lillake @lillake (1630) • United States 13 May 07

What do you do when you don't have any clean/dry diapers for your child to wear? Do you keep disposible ones on hand just in case? Or do you keep a big enough supply of diapers not to need them? I have built up my stash big...

cloth diapers

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queenbean I have a lot of prefolds on hand to use between washings... we normally use contour diapers that I've made, but I haven't had time to make a full supply of them yet. So when we run out of those, we use prefolds and covers. It works out well, because I know...

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Why Squidoo?

re08dz @re08dz (1941) • Australia 18 Apr 07

As some of you may know I've discovered I love making blogs and websites - not only because I can earn from them, but because I'm learning so much as well. And now I've discovered Squidoo :-) I am still learning how it all...

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queenbean I started on Squidoo as a way to consolidate my articles that I write online... I have a variety of different parenting topics, and I wanted to keep them all together in one place so I could just hand out one link to take people to all the articles on that...

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My Thoughts...

cyclonewriter @cyclonewriter (2168) • United States 24 May 07

Associated has certainly lowered what they offer up front for articles, that being said, they still aren't a terrible site. My thought is this...I write an article for Helium (if you'd like a referral link, please PM me) and make...

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queenbean I have done that a few times, writing something for Helium and then posting on AC as well. Most of the time I just write for AC, because I don't like Helium's system of searching for a headline and writing for it... I've submitted my own headline a few times,...

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