The past few years, when my sinuses have gotten really bad, my doctor prescribed me eardrops that would numb my eardrum and make it stop hurting, at least a little. I asked my new doctor in Cincinnati for a prescription, but I couldn't remember what they were called. She told me to look it up and get back to her. I just looked it up, and found out that the FDA has told manufacturers to stop making them, because they're not approved. There haven't been any reports of them being harmful -- they just haven't gone through the proper approval process, and so they're off the market until that happens. Argh.

Zenkitty, true...maybe folks should pull a little hair, or imagine frustrating people in their boxers.

Inlaws just left. I'm feeling really judged lately for not having weaned ltc and therefore not leaving her for more than a couple of hours at a time.

I think we already established that your in-laws are poopyheads.

I don't have kids, so I don't really have any grounds to say this, but: unless you're raising F. to be a tiny assassin,* no one gets a say in how you're choosing to raise her. I know it's easy for me to say that, since I've never had judgmental family and friends -- or strangers -- question my every choice. But still, if it helps, it's none of their business and they need to back off.

*And, um, if you *are* raising her to be a tiny assassin, remember that I am 100% loyal to you alone.

Different inlaws. TCG's parents are divorced. These are the ones that don't hate me. Still, the come by every week to see ltc which is great except when I feel judged and criticized.

Noted, Teppy. She's is awfully sneaky. She grabbed my library things again when Mom had her yesterday and was very unhappy when I took back my Teen Wolf DVD.

I'm down with ltc being a tiny assassin (though, of course, I'm also 100% loyal to you), just so long as she's kind to animals.

My understanding was that it's less traumatic for you and her if she self-weans (assuming it doesn't take until Kindergarten), though IANA parent, so grain of salt, of course.

And I also feel that in-laws who make you feel judged instead of congratulated for bringing such an obviously superior human into this world can just go talk a long walk off a short pier.

Uh-oh. Maybe I should declare my loyalty to her and not you.

Declare loyalty to ltc and love for her mother for bringing such a wonderful - and deadly - being into existence.