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    Katie and Travis: Young Love?

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    My husband has had kidney stones in the past. He naturally produces a lot of uric acid and is also prone to gout. He  has a prescription to reduce his production of uric acid/purines and he has not had a recurrence of either the stones or the gout. It runs in his family- his brother also has the same problem.

    That said, maybe Katie’s diet is the problem. No one else in the family seems to have had any issues.

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    Zach and Whitney: The Constable and the Carhop

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    Good on Whitney for postponing the trip. 
     I know little kids are susceptible to getting sick. My grandchildren have been trading colds for weeks, but they do go to school. You would think that homeschooling the kids would lessen their exposure to viruses and infections but the Bates grandchildren still seem to pick up everything out there. 

    Also wonder if Whitney has already weaned Lily Jo? I know she was pumping and then bottle feeding but the baby should have been getting some protection from the antibodies in the breast milk. Honestly I have never heard of such a young baby getting strep- especially since it doesn’t seem that any of the older kids are sick.

    Katie also was pumping and bottle feeding. It almost seems like they have some sort of hang up about actually nursing their babies. I know that it doesn’t come easy for everyone  and they may have had issues, but it just seems odd that mothers who are home would pump instead of nursing.
     

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    Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!

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    52 minutes ago, Absolom said:

    With a handrail, my kids did stairs between 18 months and 2 years as did my grandkids.  This was at home not out in public where they could easily be pushed or become distracted.  They never fell onto, down, or off the stairs.  If they live with stairs daily, they can learn to navigate them.  

    This makes perfect sense. However , in the video you can see there is no handrail ( is that a code violation?). Plus Zade was going down the middle of the stairs.

     

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    Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!

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    Add me to the list. Three kids, 3 home cooked meals a day, (and I do not enjoy cooking), my house was clean and the laundry never got out of control. My husband’s job required a lot of travel so most weeks I was alone. 
    How did I find the time? Gee, maybe because I wasn’t constantly glued to a phone “documenting” my life. 
    These folks have babies because that’s what is expected of them, not because they are ready to be parents. It’s so sad.

     

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    Alyssa and John: Lunch with Lurch

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    Well, I guess there is another possible reason for Alyssa looking so miserable.

    I did not watch their latest YouTube video, but it is being discussed on Reddit and John is coming off as a complete dick. 
    He said he would like more children but Alyssa gets so sick during pregnancy that she can’t look after the kids and the house without help.

    He also said Alyssa needs a new car and they could use a new couch upstairs but he is waiting until “the kids can learn to treat the new car and couch with respect and take care of them”. The couch I can understand to some extent, but the car is falling apart. He bought it when they got married ( almost 10 years ago), and it may have been used. I know kids are messy but the vehicle may be unsafe at this point. If he is really that annoyed just don’t let the kids eat or drink in the car.

    It seems the initial infatuation stage has worn off and he is showing his true colours. Alyssa may be realizing how much of a jerk he is, which could explain a lot of things. 
    Funny because he always said he was happy with the kids they had and it was Alyssa who wanted more. There was a 180 after she had Rhett.

    This  is pure speculation on my part but it appears that John is tightening up the purse strings so Alyssa may not be getting the little luxuries like Starbucks and trips to the nail salon. She always used to post about getting a drink or showing off her nails but I haven’t seen any of those posts lately.Could be she is just too busy, but her cheapskate husband refuses to hire someone to paint their house and prefers to wait until he can do it himself. They have to paint because the previous owners didn’t use approved paint colors and if their HOA is anything like mine they are looking at some hefty fines if they don’t take care of it. 

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    Alyssa and John: Lunch with Lurch

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    Even if she is more of an introvert (and I think she is) the lure of free stuff is really hard to pass up, especially given their childhood circumstances. They all learned to grift at a young age.

    Looking at the picture that went with the post  you can see how John is focused on Rhett. He went on about how he didn’t know how much he needed a son until he got one. I bet Alyssa is feeling ignored, certainly overwhelmed, and it would not surprise me at all if she does have PPD. 
    It’s just really sad all around. You can also see how Zoey  (the middle child) is not thrilled. I feel for the 3 oldest girls. Alyssa is preoccupied with Rhett and Maci and I’m sure they get even less attention.

    All of the Bates kids have lasting effects from their childhoods. It makes me so angry that Gil and KellyJo had normal childhood experiences and got educations then turned around and created this epic mess.

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    Alyssa and John: Lunch with Lurch

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    I saw it too. Wonder if some of her local “sweet friends” got fed up with always helping out and never getting any help in return.  
    I don’t think there is any rift between Alyssa and her siblings- possibly something is going on with John’s family. 

    Or maybe she is having a much harder time adjusting to 5 kids than she is letting on.
     

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    Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!

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    When I was little my father would always get the tree the Saturday before Christmas. When I was 12 he switched to an artificial tree and it went up a bit earlier. By the time he retired the tree was up by mid November, but he wanted to enjoy it because by that time they always travelled to one of our houses for Christmas and were usually gone for at least a week.

    I feel like this was a Canadian thing but we always got a real cut tree for outside too.

    Did the Bates have a tree when the kids were all home? I know for the longest time the Duggars did not. Maybe this whole super early decorating thing is just another example of how they were deprived as kids and are overcompensating now.

     

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    Alyssa and John: Lunch with Lurch

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    Wow. She looks over it. I’m sure going from four to five was hard, and not only is it possible that Rhett is not an easy baby, but Maci seems to be less independent than her sisters were at that age. She still has a pacifier and her sisters did not. 
    But I bet the thing that bothers Alyssa the most is that she has not been able to get back into to her size XS clothes. As @BitterApple pointed out, she probably is overdoing the dieting and exercise which is adding to her exhaustion.  Unfortunately after having 5 babies in 8 years she may never get back to her pre-baby figure. She looks fine to me but she may be the type who can’t stand going from an XS to  a small.

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    Carlin and Evan: But Mostly Carlin!

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    I like Christmas as much as the next person but November 1 is too early to start decorating and baking. Don’t most people wait until Thanksgiving? When I lived in Canada we started a little bit earlier but usually not until after Remembrance Day(Veteran’s Day).

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    Good Bones - General Discussion

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    I stopped watching a few seasons ago. Every episode was the same with the silly demo shenanigans from the crew. This is the problem with HGTV shows- they start off fine but as they get into multiple seasons they become very repetitive and overly reliant on playing up some silly aspect of the stars’ personalities. Even Home Town is overdoing it with Ben and Josh and Jim and their “boys trips” to find a piece of barn wood. The only ones who have seemed to escape it so far are Keith and Evan on Bargain Block but I imagine it will happen eventually. 

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