I wish every seller eBay or website could read this whole posting. I plan in my future to sell plumeria and I'm reading and understanding what is being said here! Good Lessons, respect, ethics and care. Either your in it because you are passionate about what you do or it becomes "Old Hat"...."It's a Job" mentality. If I grow a cutting and intend to sell it as a rooted cutting, it must spend more than 10 months in a pot and hopefully a year to establish good root growth. Sounds like they might be forcing them to root fast to sell? Also it could be possible that a mix in cuttings before the sale was offered on eBay ( Still no excuse! ) Reputation and Customer Relations is so very important especially when it comes to selling something so unique as plumeria and tropical flowering plants! As a Seller (of plumeria) you must remember: #1 Your Plumeria are always remembered where they came from long after the purchase! *Especially if it came from Hawaii for Pete Sake!!! #2 Build a reputation that increases sales to a level you can maintain. ( Ship exactly what you are selling ) #3 Take Pride build a relationship become a mentor of your passion. ( Look for ways to help your buyer become more knowledgeable about their purchase ) #4 Photograph current flowers from the plant the cutting came from ( I'm so appreciative seeing a photo of the cutting before it is shipped!!!) #5 Respond to all calls / emails! ( Listen to your Customers ) From everyone's responses to this post, it sounds like the seller has been at it for years and has lost some of their passion for what made them into who and what they are today. Customers will always find a better place to shop! Thank you all very much! I mean that! Stuart @ Tropic7Plumeria

Seems like this is mostly a drink thread... but, if I may, I'd like to talk about my G'mas teacakes. They were little cookies that had the flackiness of pie crust. Just a little tougher (or more together, if you will - like a cookie). They didn't puff in the oven, were delicately crisp, very thin, slightly sweet, sprinkled with sugar, and shaped like hearts. The recipe died with her, unfortunately. In any case, everyone she ever gave the recipe to swore that she left something out. None ever turned out like hers. I was not a recipient of the recipe, btw. Let that be a lesson to stingy cooks. You may be the only one with the golden dish, but when you die it goes with you. Better to share, in my opinion, and be remembered that way. :) They were the best "sugar cookies" I've ever eaten. I really wish she would have shared. If any of you have something that resembles that description, I'd love it if you would post it. I've never encountered anything like it anywhere - be it home, bakery, or restaurant. G'ma was originally from Georgia. Her father from Ireland, and not sure where her mom came from - I think it was Georgia, as well.

I started the weaning process at 10 1/2 months, and we stopped nursing at one year. At 10 1/2 months I started to introduce a small amount of cows milk (whole milk) with the expressed breastmilk that she got while at the sitters. I would still nurse her at home first thing in the morning, dinner time and at bedtime. Weekends I was nursing her for all feedings. So I also gradually got her to all sippy cup feedings during the day on the weekends so I was just nursing the morning, dinnertime, and bedtime, for all 7 days of the week. I then eliminated the dinnertime nursing, because that was the one she was not really nursing anyway. She was getting more and more playful. So that one was easy. Meanwhile, I was gradually increasing the ratio of cows milk in her sippy, while decreasing the amount of breastmilk until it was all cows milk. I then eliminated the morning nursing, and the bedtime nursing was the last to go. I thought she was going to freak about that one, but she was TOTALLY fine with it. It was ME that was freaked out!! (LOL) We just made sure we adjusted her routines so she would not miss it. For instance, at bedtime we replaced the nursing with a bedtime snack, and extra bedtime stories. I also did not have an engorgement problem when I stopped nursing, I believe because we did it so gradually. To specifically answer your question about should you worry about how much formula he is getting - I would say no. At that age, they are taking in less and less breastmilk/formula and taking in more and more food. Hope this helps. If any of my rambling did not make sense, just let me know. I would be glad to answer more questions about how it all worked for me.

momj47 has a point. We work with our DS and DIL on questions about or GD's diet. And "disgusting packages" wouldn't be a good foot to start the discussion on. And I think that description is a bit strong even though we didn't use packaged baby food other than some baby cereal at the very start. But by 13 months, it is time to be transitioning to real foods and the baby should be ready for it. Once our GD started getting real food at about 10 mo, she lost interest in even the home-made pureed stuff pretty quickly. The parents are in charge - but the day care giver has the choice to say "sorry but if those are the rules I can't do this." Hopefully, the discussion can stay far from that territory. The need to include the parents applies especially strongly to health issues like how cautious to be about introducing the foods that are more allergy producing foods where opinions differ so strongly. And the parent who is taking care of the child in the evening needs to be aware of what has been introduced in case there is a reaction. I also meant to mention that for many toddlers appetite can vary a lot from day to day. Some days our GD is really into eating and others she has what my husband calls "a low calorie day" when she isn't as interested in it. As long as she has normal energy levels and is staying on track for growth, we try not to stress about the ups and downs of toddler appetite.