On reasoning with babies, toddlers, and other young children.

People are fond of giving advice (I am too, so that's hardly a criticism). And some of the advice they give is just like everybody else's advice, which only seems to make them more eager to give it. Ever notice that?

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Got my period a week early.

This whole entry is full of TMI, so I've lj-cut the worst of it. Kinda.

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Look, it's just blood, and it's perfectly normal (that's what I keep telling Angelique every month, and that's what I'm telling you), so get used to it, okay?

Moving on to the entry, using the title as the first line....

Maybe if I had a heck of a lot more sex, I wouldn't mind, but as I don't currently have *any*... let's just say I'm not thrilled. Especially since my ( early warning system )

didn't show up and give me a head's up. To make things worse, I have a nagging feeling that my ( other little visitor )

will show up on time, that is to say, a week late. I'd call it adding insult to injury, but it's really about half and half insult and injury at the same time.

Been experimenting with the sea pearls.

See, now, the thing that always kept me from tampons (aside from TSS warnings) is that they're fucking drying. When I had to resort to stealing one of my sister's, half the time I'd end up with one that dried me out but did a piss-poor job of absorbing any blood... maybe because the drying sensation irritated me so much I'd just take it out (painfully) and deal with it ( another way )

and... yeah.

So I'm pleased to find that the sponges seem much less drying. And I'm happy that I can rinse them out or change them when I feel they've had enough - instead of looking at a used pad or tampon and going "Gee... there's not much blood on there... now I feel like I've wasted some money/plastic/bleach/paper/whatever".

So far, so good. Will update if necessary.

(Pads are also getting used, but a cloth pad is a cloth pad, and deserves a separate (if less TMI-ish) entry.