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This is a picture of the first pet my husband and I had together. His name was [ :( ] Copernicus, in this picture he is mid nom. His favorite way to be held was like a baby. No joke, he LOVED it. He also loved all fruit, especially bananas (they are like rabbit crack). He was SO smart. He would come when you called

I laughed so hard I cried. Thanks for the Wednesday pick me up!

This column is so FREAKING great! Sarah Benincasa, you are awesome at this.

Seconded!

In Canada I believe most provinces will not tell you the gender of your baby until you are 18-21 weeks along (though I don't think it is illegal for them to tell you sooner), even though they can determine the gender much earlier. I think this is supposed to help prevent sex based abortions... but I really don't know

That was pretty much my childhood. I had a relatively rare illness as a child and had to get bloodwork once a week for a few months... hence a phobia is born (along with some other pretty traumatizing injection experiencess). My doctor gave me ativan and I still can't make myself go get vaccines, or regular checkup

All I really want to say, is that not everyone reactions to different emotions in the same way, unless these reactions harm another person, they are innocuous. Starting to cry in your office once or twice a year does not imply that an employee is inadequate, immature or emotionally unstable. It indicates that they

As a grad student in psychology, PLEASE see a psychologist or psychiatrist if you decide to get meds. NOTHING irritates me more than GPs suggest psychology related meds without doing any sort of professional psychological assessment. GPs have zero (or like 5 hours) training on clinical psychological assessment

Twins!

Uncontrollable physical response is a little but of a strong descriptor for my liking, but emotions are certainly difficult to control. Most people can't control many aspects of their emotions, getting flushed when embarrassed or angry, hands shaking when nervous or angry, etc. For people who cry easily, especially

Exactly! Try suppressing stuttering, your cheeks flushing, your hands, sweating, or your hand shaking.

I also have a border collie. When we rescued him we had to take him on 2 walk/runs a day for an hour each (minimum) with a dog backpack on him (with weights to make it heavy) just to even make him just a smidgeon tired so that we could train him. He has since calmed down a lot and now is fine with normal walks, and

I agree and disagree. I agree that manipulative criers tend to do it in public, whereas emotional criers in private, BUT sometimes you can't go cry in private if you are in the middle of a meeting, or some other task, discussion, argument etc.. I think we need to stop associating crying with weakness, and instead see

Must have been the longest 45-60 seconds of his life!

I love this story. Totally my parents style!

You are absolutely correct that you cannot reason with a child at this point. You safely restrain them, or safely drag them somewhere . If you cannot figure out how to safely restrain a child that has not yet hit puberty, then you need to do some research and figure it out, it really isn't difficult. I used to have to

I am pretty sure the yellow ribbon project actually covers this. My understanding of the project was that the yellow ribbon indicated not to interact / approach the dog at all. So no humans, no other animals, etc. I really hope it takes off, my dog is super friendly, but WAY over-excited and will bark when he sees

I was going to post something very similar! Early intervention is SUPER effective in children with a variety of special needs. Just talk to your doctor if things are developing slower than they should be, a parent shouldn't freak out about it, but acting all nonchalant isn't a great reaction either!

I had no idea! Those pictures are adorable!

What happens if he falls off? Pigs can't swim can they? This would be SO MUCH CUTER if he had a little life jacket on!