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I had to use a modified sleep approach with my son. He was waking up once a night, and would not go back to sleep without a bottle. At 15 months I had had enough!! (I was a single mommy at that time, and needed all the rest I could get). So, when he woke up for the bottle at 2, I let him cry himself back to sleep. It took 30 minutes or so, yes, I felt evil, but eventually, the sweet sound of silence. He woke up about two hours later, cried for about 5 minutes, and was out again. The second night he woke up once, cried for about five minutes, and TA DA! A little bug that sleeps through the night. If only I had done that at six months. He was moved into a "Big Boy" bed about two weeks ago, and let me tell you, there are a whole new series of challenges now. Like finding a little guy sitting at the kitchen table, very nonchalant at 10:30 pm sipping on his mommy's 32 oz mountain dew. That prompted a kid proof handle on the inside of his bedroom door, and SHUTTING his door for the first time ever. Now he jumps out of bed as soon as you put him in, runs to the door and screams "Momma, Momma, SNUGGLES!!" for about 30 minutes. And this will be repeated EACH time you put him back in bed. So my solution? Let him cry that out too. So far it is not working too well... I think he is sleeping on the floor in front of his door now.
 
ya I'm still here, busy as hell, congrats on the baby, glad he's doing well.

Congrats to everyone else on the continued derailement of this thread.

Now it's my turn. My friend has taken a new job where I work, he's been told he has 90 days to get his Utility Arborist Cert. has anyone taken the course or challenge the test recently? (In Ontario). Can you let me know what was involved and what is required for it, I was grandfathered in so I have no idea about it, but I'd like to help him as well, thanks.
 
I was grandfathered in too, but as far as I know the government is still screwing around with it however one of our guys is enrolled in the Utility Arborist course at Sir Sanford Fleming in Lindsay.

The challenge test shouldn't be very hard if he's been in the industry for a couple of years and has some experience with powerlines. I think it costs about $100 for the test at your local MTCU office. I am in the middle of going through the challenge test for crane operation after just completing the Arborist Apprenticeship with the challenge test.
 
I forgot he'll need a few thousand hours too, he can probably get a previous employer to write a letter stating that he has more than 5000 hrs (I think thats how many you need) and that in these hours he worked near power (there aren't many of us who don't).
 
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Thankfully we're past that stage but on to new challenges...

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It's almost like you predicted the emptying of the training potty into the sink.



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He needs just over 6000 hours of line work, ground work qualifies, and I can write the letter for him as I was his supervisor, he did bucket work and just graduated humbers ISA course, was hoping to find out what's on the test mostly.
 
Would someone please start a "Treebuzz kid chat?" LOL.

I guess I will bring the line some what back to work.

So my mom asked me around wednesday of last week to remove a limb over a powerline. I said "H3ll no, I am not qualified to do that, call the utility company" (Still a newbie, do not want to make cooked Jenn). So she did, and the crazies there said that they could not take care of the limb, but would lower the line for me to trim the tree. So I totally forget that today, Tuesday, I am supposed to go do this. My mom gives me a call this morning, asking if I was coming up there. I said sure, I will fix it after the utility company does their thing. So I pack extra clothes, change into climbing attire, pack the diaper bag, load the little guy into the car to make the one hour drive to my mom's, and realize that my saw and helmet are with my hubby. I tell my mom it is a No-Go, asking for the utility company to come tomorrow instead. She tells me that they are already on their way. She decides to have her husband cut down the whole tree instead. I tried to talk her out of it, but she does not listen. SIGH. Hope he does not drop it on his melon.
 
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Humber doesn't have an ISA course, but anyway I can't tell you whats exactly on the test, but its multiple choice and its designed so that somebody who works in the industry can pass it but somebody who has read books about it can't i.e. practical stuff.
 
Hope this doesn`t get me kicked off, but seeing as this thread has been derailed in so many different directions already.....

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Jenn, that was a three 'OH!' story. It just kept getting worse. Hope things worked out.

Ps. You can usually postpone a line drop by calling them or telling the lineman when he gets there. It may cost some money but it beats killing a healthy tree.

Around here the utility only clears high voltage. Secondary and service drops only get attention once they're down. Do an EHAP workshop if you haven't already so you can recognize which is what.


Now, about that sign... just how far is Constance Bay Business district from North Carolina?
 
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