We were at the children’s museum today. My daughter had an accident at one of the little playgrounds so I went to the bathroom to change her. Then…when I opened the diaper bag, she did not have any extra pants. So I called my husband and asked him to go run to the car to get us some.
While we were waiting for my husband, I opened up the stall door so I could just rush out once he got there. My daughter was just standing in the doorway with no pants, just a pull-up. Another mom is waiting for her kid to finish up, and she smiled at us and said, “hey do you need a new pair of pants? I have some that will fit her!”
It might seem really significant but I will always remember that. I was feeling super flustered, feeling bad that my daughter peed on the playground, nervous about letting her stand there in just a pull up. So the fact that another mom just shot me a knowing smile and offered me help totally made my day. It sometimes feels like everyone in the world sucks so moments like this are so meaningful. Be nice to people.
Edit: I loooove reading all your stories in the comments. Thank you all for sharing!!
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https://www.twitch.tv/airborne
Airborne, mostly known for his work playing Dennis LaBarre, is raising funds for the Children's Muscular Dystrophy Association. He's been streaming on his cop character Blaine Miller. I had not seen anyone post it and figured that some of the individuals here may not have known and would be willing to help, so I wanted to share. If you have the disposable income to, please consider in helping out!
E: Airborne has hit his donation goal! Tip donations and subs should still add to the grand total throughout todays stream, so I would encourage to continue donating/subbing if able!
https://www.nature.com/articles/pr2016186
Abstract
Background: Desaturase enzymes influence the fatty acid (FA) composition of body tissues and their activity affects the conversion rate of saturated to monounsaturated FA and of polyunsaturated FA (PUFA) to long-chain PUFA. Desaturase activity has further been shown to be associated with inflammation. We investigate the association between delta-9 (D9D), delta-6 (D6D) and delta-5 desaturase (D5D) activity and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (CRP) in young children.
> ... This may indicate a beneficial effect of reduced D9D activity although no association was observed between FA and D9D with CRP such that other factors like weight loss may have been responsible for the CRP decrease. Palmitoleic acid as an indicator of de novo lipogenesis has been shown to be associated with detrimental metabolic outcomes in several studies (15). In Finnish men, erythrocyte membrane palmitoleic acid was positively associated with CRP (16).
My daughter is 7 and hasn't been to a museum in over two years because of the pandemic. Today, her math homework had a word problem in which kids voted for which type of museum to visit (art, science, or history). I asked her if she remembered visiting a museum and she said "yes, in animal crossing."
Thanks Blathers. You really annoy me but the kids love your museum.
What’s going to be built?
