Usually those products take one ingredient (fluoride, etc) and list each individual attribute on the bottle. Baking soda on a toothbrush is an excellent plaque remover. The only thing that protects enamel is keeping a basic oral pH. If you avoid carbonated beverages, sugar, citric acid, then normal…

Haaa! Chritter with the always making me laugh ability.

This is totally something I would do and the reason I freak out some friends of my kids. I think it would be a lesson to the kids and their parents to take a minute and think...Is Violet a cool teacher? Yes. Does she typically fly into a rage? No. So maybe we can realize that at the heart of the matter is the…

Wait! I have yet to try bubble tea. Now instead of dreamy fantasy drink, barnacles! :)

You're being a normal freshman...balance comes later. I wish I'd been like you in college. Instead, I was so fearful of the FIFTEEN, I dropped fifteen off my already-IBW-frame. That led to a spiral that still has repercussions to this day. My ten year old daughter will not go down this path.

Decided to read the comments after the stories. La la la laaa...sippin' my chamomile tea and OH CRAP, CAT! :) Too awesome.

Oh, my gosh! The Magic Time Machine!! One of my favorite places growing up. And later, the first place to card and deny me while I bemoaned the fact my "ID was in the car, for serious!" You brought back great memories of many meals there. Happy birthday to your mom!

Your snippet just guaranteed I'll go over and read it tonight. I think I need to. Thank you.

Didn't it, though? I think I sat staring at the screen for ten minutes after the credits. And Platt's face stayed in my mind all night.

You've actually kind of made me feel better. I don't want to know things in advance.

Tell me about it! I worry enough.

Ask my husband how many times I want sex when I'm bloated.

I'm 5'3" and worry about how close I am to the airbag after seeing what it did to my over six foot husband after a collision. Kinda funny, when I reeeally think about it I start blinking really fast and go a little insane. Like, any minute: Boom!

/Twiddles thumbs, covets cashmere socks...

Same here! And Mister Rogers. Sigh.

I'm just... (long long silence of dumbfoundedness)

Hearted! Awesome reaction to their atrocious ignorance.

If you drink a coke with lunch and are finished with it, no problem. It's the ones who sip all. day. long. Constant acid bath; add back sugar and problems can intensify. However, some folks can do this and never a cavity...

Thank you! I use Carifree, which involves a xylitol gel plus Xylitol/fluoride rinse to normalize oral pH as per my dentist. Not all people need to be so careful, but for those of us who do, Xylitol is a blessing.

I recently got caught in a loop of following missing child cases (one is referenced in a story of another, etc). I'm exhausted. Too, too, too many children suffer horrific fates. I take it personally, hug my own kids even tighter...but I want to get active and DO something. I would start by making you a batch of…