WEBVTT 00:00:08.139 --> 00:00:11.339 welcome to unlimited parenting this is a show 00:00:11.339 --> 00:00:14.140 where we talk about what it's like parenting 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:17.059 children with disabilities and or special health 00:00:17.059 --> 00:00:20.379 care needs with me today is my co -host what's 00:00:20.379 --> 00:00:24.239 your name again hey you hey you yeah Melissa 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:27.379 that reminds me of that Pink Floyd song hey you 00:00:27.379 --> 00:00:30.239 I did it I did not do it justice but you know 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:31.120 the one I'm talking about what you're talking 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:35.689 about out there on your own yes That's a bad 00:00:35.689 --> 00:00:38.030 line. Anyway, we're moving on. I know what you're 00:00:38.030 --> 00:00:41.270 talking about. Today is... You play a little 00:00:41.270 --> 00:00:44.170 bit of an insert here. No, because then it gets 00:00:44.170 --> 00:00:47.530 banned and I have to pick. Yeah, it'll get banned. 00:00:48.149 --> 00:00:50.729 Okay, don't do that. Yeah. I could insert it 00:00:50.729 --> 00:00:54.750 anyway. What if it's like a cover of it? Does 00:00:54.750 --> 00:00:56.469 that get it banned? Do you know? Do you know 00:00:56.469 --> 00:00:58.049 about these rules? I don't know. What do you 00:00:58.049 --> 00:00:59.250 be knowing about these rules? Do you want me 00:00:59.250 --> 00:01:01.289 to sing the cover? Because I guarantee that wouldn't 00:01:01.289 --> 00:01:05.239 get banned. But, ma 'am, what happened? Anytime 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:07.159 I've ever tried to sing on this podcast, which 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:09.319 is more times than I'd like to care, I'd care 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:14.439 to say out loud, the editing software is always 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:16.959 like, we don't recognize this, but we know it 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:19.579 needs to get gone. It needs editing. So it edits 00:01:19.579 --> 00:01:22.799 out every time. Okay. We won't do that. Lucky 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:26.099 you. Okay. Anyway, this is another installment 00:01:26.099 --> 00:01:30.799 of everyone's favorite Bring Your Own Topic. 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:34.099 Ooh. Okay. There's only the two of us today. 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:38.920 Yep. Our third person is, unfortunately, at the 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:41.920 hospital with their son. Get better. Get better. 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:46.060 Yep. Faster, please. Quicker. Yes. Hurry up. 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:50.680 Not because we need your help, but because we 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.239 want you. And we want him to be better, and we 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:56.040 want our family at Eiffel back together. Yeah, 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:58.359 we want our family back. Yeah, we want our family 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:02.280 back. We miss her. Okay. Her topic would be how 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:04.959 much she misses us, too. It would. I am confident 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.599 of it. You know it. Is that good with you? That's 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.360 good with me. It's your podcast. Well, it's kind 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:12.960 of yours now, too. You're here enough. I know. 00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:19.199 What is that called? A common law. You're a common 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:24.219 law podcaster. We're a comment. I think it's 00:02:24.219 --> 00:02:26.060 seven years. We're not quite there yet. Yeah, 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:28.400 but for podcasting, we go by months. Oh, it's 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.560 been more than seven years. It's like dog years. 00:02:30.659 --> 00:02:33.539 That's it. Don't you forget it. It ages you. 00:02:34.020 --> 00:02:36.500 OK, no, but for real, this gray hair comes from. 00:02:37.379 --> 00:02:40.919 Right. For real. Let's get into it. OK, so my 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:43.800 first question is. It's a question. I know the 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:47.199 topic. Well, it's a topic of conversation that 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:50.000 starts not with the declarative, but with a question. 00:02:50.099 --> 00:02:53.740 OK. What are we drinking? And I don't mean like 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:57.340 when we're drinking, drinking. I mean, your son 00:02:57.340 --> 00:02:59.879 is up at three o 'clock in the morning. OK, so 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:01.939 let me tell you where this comes from first and 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:04.400 then maybe you'll understand a little bit, a 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.500 little bit background. My son is in fourth grade 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:11.740 and I recently just got a message out there that 00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:16.099 says that there's a really bad vomiting outbreak. 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:19.219 Okay. In fourth grade. And there's only like, 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:21.439 there's only like 12 fourth graders at school 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.960 right now because it's so bad. There's one of 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:25.800 them. Uh -huh. He must be because he's not here. 00:03:28.419 --> 00:03:31.520 It's not that true. Okay. So my question is, 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:34.620 when your children wake up in the middle of the 00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:36.979 night and they're super, super sick and you have 00:03:36.979 --> 00:03:42.039 no energy, what do you drink? Because I like 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.060 Red Bulls. But I don't think I want to be drinking 00:03:45.060 --> 00:03:47.960 a Red Bull at like 4 a .m. So coffee sounds good. 00:03:48.340 --> 00:03:50.699 But if you're also worried about maybe potentially 00:03:50.699 --> 00:03:53.699 being ill yourself at a later date, like what? 00:03:55.060 --> 00:03:58.219 Do we just stick with water? Well, I need the 00:03:58.219 --> 00:04:00.439 energy, though. What would you suggest I do? 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:02.439 It's weird that you're asking me because you 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:05.259 know what I'm going to say. It's Cherry Coke 00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:08.219 Zero. Even if you know you're going to get sick 00:04:08.219 --> 00:04:10.169 later? Yeah, because it has bubbles. And the 00:04:10.169 --> 00:04:14.349 bubbles make my tummy feel better. Oh. I immediately 00:04:14.349 --> 00:04:17.250 went. Really? Well, it's because I had a bad 00:04:17.250 --> 00:04:20.610 experience. Oh, okay. Well, I'm not mixing it 00:04:20.610 --> 00:04:22.850 with anything except for like a strawberry flavored 00:04:22.850 --> 00:04:25.069 syrup. Well, I did mix it with something and 00:04:25.069 --> 00:04:27.350 it was a syrup, but it wasn't strawberry flavored. 00:04:27.629 --> 00:04:32.129 And it was probably not PG -13 for this podcast. 00:04:32.569 --> 00:04:34.589 Yeah, please. I don't want to mark this as adult 00:04:34.589 --> 00:04:37.670 rated content. It was. It was in college. Let's 00:04:37.670 --> 00:04:39.810 leave it there. And I no longer can drink the 00:04:39.810 --> 00:04:43.709 Red Bulls. So I go straight for my drink of choice. 00:04:43.790 --> 00:04:46.009 My brown liquor, if you will, as a Taylor Swift 00:04:46.009 --> 00:04:51.389 reference is Cherry Coke Zero. So it doesn't 00:04:51.389 --> 00:04:54.370 matter. You would go there regardless. Even if 00:04:54.370 --> 00:04:56.990 you thought later on it would make you. Okay, 00:04:57.470 --> 00:04:58.889 but here's my other question. Does it really 00:04:58.889 --> 00:05:02.129 wake you up? Because Coke. It was cold, yeah. 00:05:02.430 --> 00:05:04.509 I'm talking about the brown Coke. It doesn't 00:05:04.509 --> 00:05:07.990 wake me up. Because Coke is my Coca -Cola. Coca 00:05:07.990 --> 00:05:10.269 -Cola. Is my favorite beverage. But if it was 00:05:10.269 --> 00:05:12.430 cold, it wouldn't wake you up. See, that's what 00:05:12.430 --> 00:05:15.310 it does for me. Okay. Coffee would actually probably 00:05:15.310 --> 00:05:17.709 put me more to sleep. Oh, because it's warm? 00:05:17.810 --> 00:05:20.189 Because it's warm. But I still get that buzz 00:05:20.189 --> 00:05:25.970 from coffee. I mean, orange juice? A jolt of 00:05:25.970 --> 00:05:29.389 orange juice? Really? Are you for real? I might 00:05:29.389 --> 00:05:33.569 have like... A jolt of orange juice? Maybe I 00:05:33.569 --> 00:05:36.550 have... Well, no, I'm just saying maybe I have 00:05:36.550 --> 00:05:39.810 a sugar issue because the sugar in orange is 00:05:39.810 --> 00:05:42.069 like golden sugar in the morning. And I drink 00:05:42.069 --> 00:05:45.910 it, I'm like, woo! Let's go! The wildest thing 00:05:45.910 --> 00:05:47.990 that's passed through this liver is Ovaltine. 00:05:48.189 --> 00:05:51.410 Another Golden Girls reference. Oh, wow. Good 00:05:51.410 --> 00:05:55.310 for you. I know. But I'm going to sort of retract 00:05:55.310 --> 00:05:57.170 it because if you also think you're going to 00:05:57.170 --> 00:05:59.490 get sick, I would not want to drink orange juice 00:05:59.490 --> 00:06:03.459 and have that revisit me later. If I'm worried, 00:06:03.540 --> 00:06:05.720 yes. And if I'm worried about like a vomiting 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:09.600 type sickness, am I going to get any help from, 00:06:09.620 --> 00:06:11.420 you know how when you think you're getting sick 00:06:11.420 --> 00:06:14.939 and everyone's popping zinc? Yeah. I don't know 00:06:14.939 --> 00:06:17.420 because I think I take it way too late. I'm airborne 00:06:17.420 --> 00:06:21.100 zinc, vitamin C. That's probably why I get sick. 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.120 I'm overdosing. Can I drink bleach? Because I 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:26.199 know bleach is the only thing that really kills. 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:28.600 It probably won't wake you up. Yeah. I mean, 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:31.829 I guess that was my original question. So. I 00:06:31.829 --> 00:06:33.129 guess what I'm trying to tell you is I'm not 00:06:33.129 --> 00:06:35.750 going to drink orange juice. Don't drink orange 00:06:35.750 --> 00:06:40.730 juice. The people really, I'm sorry. Okay, yeah. 00:06:41.069 --> 00:06:44.569 Okay, work is drink. Yeah, pop it in the comments 00:06:44.569 --> 00:06:46.889 below. What do you guys drink? Leave a like. 00:06:46.990 --> 00:06:50.230 I'm just kidding. But really, because some people 00:06:50.230 --> 00:06:54.069 are like, oh, well, I drink tea. And I'm not 00:06:54.069 --> 00:06:58.370 British enough for that. And I do drink a tea 00:06:58.370 --> 00:07:00.920 at night. to put me to sleep, though. So it would 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.980 do the opposite. Yeah, but that's when I crush 00:07:02.980 --> 00:07:05.819 up the pills and put them in your tea. And it 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:09.439 puts me to sleep. This tea is for my mommy. Another 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:15.199 Golden Cruiser. Oh, okay. You're welcome. Okay, 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:17.860 what's your topic? Sorry. I don't think we're 00:07:17.860 --> 00:07:19.360 going to go any further with this drink thing. 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:24.079 Okay. But do you, I guess, this is just a question 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:26.509 I have. and maybe this was just my do you guys 00:07:26.509 --> 00:07:28.329 drink seven up or sprite like if you have a tummy 00:07:28.329 --> 00:07:30.550 ache okay so interestingly enough there is seven 00:07:30.550 --> 00:07:32.629 up in our house right now but that's not something 00:07:32.629 --> 00:07:37.310 so yeah okay when when you go to when anyone 00:07:37.310 --> 00:07:39.389 in my family starts having upset tummy they get 00:07:39.389 --> 00:07:41.269 an alcohol wipe and they just start waving it 00:07:41.269 --> 00:07:43.069 in front of their nose because there's medical 00:07:43.069 --> 00:07:45.790 science that backs up you can like re -trigger 00:07:45.790 --> 00:07:48.550 something in your brain if you breathe in alcohol 00:07:48.550 --> 00:07:53.730 it will make you not vomit okay But if the Lord 00:07:53.730 --> 00:07:57.009 has willed you to vomit, you will regardless 00:07:57.009 --> 00:07:59.389 of an alcohol bad or not. That's what we have 00:07:59.389 --> 00:08:01.990 learned. True. So might as well have some Sprite. 00:08:02.470 --> 00:08:05.209 Yeah. But then is it going to go up your nose? 00:08:05.430 --> 00:08:07.829 Oh, it could. You always run that. There's that 00:08:07.829 --> 00:08:10.850 risk. I can't. And Sprite to me has more bubbles 00:08:10.850 --> 00:08:17.829 than. So my bubble levels is what I'm gauging. 00:08:17.870 --> 00:08:21.170 But isn't Sprite a Pepsi beverage? Or excuse 00:08:21.170 --> 00:08:24.939 me, 7 -Up. Oh, probably. We do spray in my house. 00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:28.180 Sorry. What happened to your eyes? I crossed 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:30.720 them. I don't know what you were thinking. I 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:32.440 was like, oh, mommy's ready for another tea. 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:35.700 I crossed my eyes and you thought I was thinking. 00:08:36.179 --> 00:08:38.179 What does it say about me? I've never seen you 00:08:38.179 --> 00:08:39.279 do that before. You've never seen me think? I've 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:44.659 never seen you think like that. Well, you're 00:08:44.659 --> 00:08:47.480 not. That was my big brain thinking lot. I all 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.080 day long just crossed my eyes. It's probably 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.940 at me. Okay. Did you want me to talk about my 00:08:52.940 --> 00:09:00.179 topic? I've been waiting all morning. Okay. Well, 00:09:00.179 --> 00:09:06.120 I guess mine is quasi twofold. It was, I want 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:10.600 to know sock. No, no, no. Walk it back. I wanted 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:14.860 to know Crocs or Birkenstocks. That's such an 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:16.960 easy answer. I know what you're going to say, 00:09:17.019 --> 00:09:21.139 but then. And then the extra layer is adding 00:09:21.139 --> 00:09:25.399 socks on top. Okay. So do we wear socks in Birkenstocks? 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:27.559 Yes. Kids are doing that these days. Kids are 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:29.340 doing it with Crocs. They're doing it with Crocs. 00:09:29.340 --> 00:09:32.179 They do it with slides. They do it. It makes 00:09:32.179 --> 00:09:36.519 me feel incredibly old. I don't. Like I was told 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:39.340 not to wear socks with sandals. And now we're. 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.200 Yeah. Times have changed. And we knew that you 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:44.879 were a Croc girl. And I used to be a Croc girl. 00:09:45.820 --> 00:09:48.919 In the day, but I have since matured and I am 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:51.360 wearing Birkenstock. Let's be for real. One, 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:55.159 I will never mature. And two, those Crocs were 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:58.919 purchased for me. I don't know. Oh, really? Yeah, 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:02.059 they were purchased for me. I don't know that 00:10:02.059 --> 00:10:05.120 I would actively crowdsource or purchase for 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.740 myself a Croc or a Birkenstock. Okay. But I did. 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:15.649 Do you wear them with socks? No. No? No. Okay. 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:18.769 Hi, my name's Allison. I don't like any clothes 00:10:18.769 --> 00:10:22.669 ever on my body at all. That's true. So the fact 00:10:22.669 --> 00:10:26.669 that someone would willingly put more clothes 00:10:26.669 --> 00:10:29.549 on their feet and then put their feet into shoes. 00:10:29.649 --> 00:10:32.370 Like, that's why you ever wonder why you don't 00:10:32.370 --> 00:10:34.350 ever see me in shoes. And I'm always like, oh, 00:10:34.429 --> 00:10:37.370 my Achilles. Oh, my plantar fasciitis. I know 00:10:37.370 --> 00:10:40.230 I really need to wear shoes. You're right. Okay. 00:10:40.330 --> 00:10:43.090 But then they require socks. If you wear flats. 00:10:43.629 --> 00:10:48.230 Or kitten heels? No sockies. Birkenstocks don't 00:10:48.230 --> 00:10:50.289 either, and they are cork, and they will mold 00:10:50.289 --> 00:10:52.750 to your footbed. Okay, so. Not only is a Birkenstocks 00:10:52.750 --> 00:10:54.529 commercial, but I am. Birkenstocks, please sponsor 00:10:54.529 --> 00:10:57.029 us. Please sponsor me. My husband would love 00:10:57.029 --> 00:11:00.129 that. Will you please send her a box? No, but 00:11:00.129 --> 00:11:02.990 I did buy the knockoff Amazon, like, cushion 00:11:02.990 --> 00:11:06.789 air. Okay. That look like Birkenstocks. Phenomenal. 00:11:06.830 --> 00:11:08.750 Thank you. Life -changing. Now here's the deal. 00:11:08.929 --> 00:11:11.769 Okay. You don't wear them out of the house. No. 00:11:11.830 --> 00:11:14.750 Okay, so. That's a totally different question. 00:11:14.929 --> 00:11:19.029 I have shoes for room. Not rooms, but like. Oh, 00:11:19.049 --> 00:11:21.490 I do too. I have house shoes. I do too. I have 00:11:21.490 --> 00:11:25.250 outside shoes. What a privilege. What a privilege 00:11:25.250 --> 00:11:28.529 to be able to be like, these are my grass shoes. 00:11:28.909 --> 00:11:31.509 You are right. These are my church shoes. I don't 00:11:31.509 --> 00:11:34.620 have those. I have. i had duck shoes that i like 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:37.879 growing up i had one shoe like not even a bear 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:46.039 i had the one shoes but no but okay oh my gosh 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:48.120 my kids only have a couple pairs though i must 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:56.480 i i i don't like my toes being seen so that's 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.980 why the joke is so it's gonna be a crock for 00:11:58.980 --> 00:12:05.610 me okay okay that's fair And it's because I pass 00:12:05.610 --> 00:12:08.529 so much judgment on other people's toes that 00:12:08.529 --> 00:12:10.769 I also wonder like what kind of judgment is being 00:12:10.769 --> 00:12:12.809 passed upon because my toes just have to cover 00:12:12.809 --> 00:12:16.690 them. I'm not going to be a foot model. So they 00:12:16.690 --> 00:12:18.629 just need to be. I've seen your toes. I don't 00:12:18.629 --> 00:12:20.809 think you have. I'm not questioning. I don't 00:12:20.809 --> 00:12:24.090 think you have. What? I don't. I think there's 00:12:24.090 --> 00:12:26.190 like five people in the world. I don't think 00:12:26.190 --> 00:12:29.470 so. This is weird. I mean, I'd show you. I'm 00:12:29.470 --> 00:12:32.669 not above. I'll show you later. Thank God this 00:12:32.669 --> 00:12:34.610 isn't a video podcast. They'd be like, see, for 00:12:34.610 --> 00:12:39.970 free. We are parents of children with disabilities. 00:12:40.090 --> 00:12:42.649 And sometimes we also have disabilities ourselves. 00:12:43.070 --> 00:12:45.070 Exactly. You knew exactly where I was going. 00:12:45.210 --> 00:12:47.070 We have sensory issues. That's because I'm inside 00:12:47.070 --> 00:12:49.970 your brain. Yeah, I don't think it's new to anyone 00:12:49.970 --> 00:12:51.649 that's ever listened to this podcast that I am 00:12:51.649 --> 00:12:56.070 an autistic adult. But I don't. I could live 00:12:56.070 --> 00:13:01.450 my whole life. Without seeing toes. Oh. So I 00:13:01.450 --> 00:13:04.210 guess to simply answer your question and wrap 00:13:04.210 --> 00:13:07.190 it up with a nice little bow and some crepe paper. 00:13:08.370 --> 00:13:11.990 That reminds me. That's you. Yeah. Okay. But 00:13:11.990 --> 00:13:14.509 you would wear Birkenstocks. A thousand percent. 00:13:14.590 --> 00:13:18.230 You want to be buried. Uh -huh. I do. And my 00:13:18.230 --> 00:13:21.289 overalls and the most. And your sublime shirt. 00:13:21.409 --> 00:13:32.629 Stuff you could find. Yes. Thank you so much, 00:13:32.669 --> 00:13:34.929 everyone out there, for listening in. 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