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  • Forum Post: Vaccines?

    Posted 05/18/2013 07:33:05 EDT

    If you claim a religious exemption to shots then your childcare center (and school) must accept you.  BUT if you have been getting shots, then if you are late with your shots, then your childcare cent more »

  • Forum Post: Baby names

    Posted 05/15/2013 11:30:00 EDT

    Speaking as someone with an unusual (but not weird, it's not Moonshine or Elephant ears, or Apple, or Sky Blu or whatever Beyonce named her poor baby), and whose name has a story behind it, I LOVED MY more »

  • Forum Post: Vaccines?

    Posted 05/15/2013 11:11:42 EDT

    A few nursing mothers have told me that they nurse their baby while their baby gets shots, that something about nursing helps the baby handle pain during the event and afterwards.  And it's not the sa more »

  • Forum Post: May 2013

    Posted 05/12/2013 10:12:55 EDT

    Liz, I actually think a fence would be a good thing for your dog and because you have a baby and are going to want a fence sooner than later.  And I'd agree not to do an electronic one because that wo more »

  • Forum Post: Baby names

    Posted 05/09/2013 12:39:58 EDT

    I think boys names are harder to agree on for some reason.  Of course, I've never gotten to name babies but my favorite boys names are Daniel, Alexander.  That's it.  I could list probably 5-6 girls n more »

  • Forum Post: May Infants and Toddlers

    Posted 05/07/2013 11:14:36 EDT

    In response to Trouble30's comment: Question for you all.  DS (21 months) has gotten really bad at pushing, hitting and hair pulling.  We do timeouts, but it doesn't seem to effect his behaviour.  Any more »

  • Forum Post: May 2013

    Posted 05/06/2013 09:47:49 EDT

    Kargiver, What about your husband going to his mother's on mother day by himself, so his brother can't get into a raging screaming fit for your benefit (he sounds like a real joy)?  I can't imagine yo more »

  • Forum Post: Biting???

    Posted 05/05/2013 12:23:35 EDT

    Most two year olds aren't able to be in time out - that whole "number of minutes per their age" tihng may be fine at 3 or 4 yrs old, but at 2 yrs old, most children don't have the self control to stay more »

  • Forum Post: May Infants and Toddlers

    Posted 05/05/2013 11:55:45 EDT

    I've been told (by whom I can't remember) that baby teeth have a certain "life expectancy" so those children who got teeth early will lose them earliest, those who got teeth late will lose them later more »

  • Forum Post: May 2013

    Posted 05/01/2013 10:19:36 EDT

    That's interesting (and scary) about apples that are non-organic taking longer to spoil.  I haven't noticed that, but I have noticed that our 1/2 gallon of organic milk lasts forever in our fridge!  W more »

  • Forum Post: May 2013

    Posted 05/01/2013 04:26:22 EDT

    Is it really true that farmers who grow 'organic' use organic soil?  I think they don't - as soil is soil for a farmer - that is, he/she has many miles of farmland and grows on it.  we are the ones wh more »

  • Forum Post: April Infants and Toddlers

    Posted 04/29/2013 10:38:16 EDT

    Remember that babies will gum their foods, even finger foods, so don't wait until they have a full mouth of teeth before you give them finger foods.  That full mouth of teeth isn't until 18 months of more »

  • Forum Post: April Infants and Toddlers

    Posted 04/26/2013 12:33:52 EDT

    Chiclet - many, many 3 yr olds just don't want to leave what they are doing to go potty.  So don't wait until she tells you she has to go - just say "when you are done with that puzzle it's time to go more »

  • Forum Post: April 2013

    Posted 04/18/2013 07:23:52 EDT

    Winter, I'm so sorry for your loss - I can see that something happened, and I am truly sorry.  I thought after reading other posts that all was well, but read here that it's not for your family/friend more »

  • Forum Post: Feeding Fussy Preschoolers

    Posted 04/17/2013 10:53:28 EDT

    Ah.... crunchy food vs. smooth fruit on bottom yogurt vs. all mixed together... nuts in brownies or not... Almost like old times on the wedding boards when the dreaded cash bar was discussed! On a mor more »

  • Forum Post: Biting???

    Posted 04/14/2013 09:07:48 EDT

    Honestly, the biting will stop eventually - either sooner or later - and it's probably related to the fact that you daughter's teeth HURT.  Yes, her brother's (the victim) teeth hurt, too, but some ch more »

  • Forum Post: Cooking with preschoolers

    Posted 04/10/2013 10:06:29 EDT

    what about taller step stool "stairs" that have really tall handles?  check these 2 out at Discount School Supply (one of the "secret" places that we shop at in the childcare biz) At $109 or $189 they more »

  • Forum Post: Feeding Fussy Preschoolers

    Posted 04/09/2013 07:15:03 EDT

    In response to misslily's comment:    I still prefer all these foods without the crunchy stuff. :)     Oh, yes, WHY do they put crunchy in smooth stuff?  Peanuts in peanut butter, no way! NUTS in brow more »

  • Forum Post: April 2013 Pregnancy

    Posted 04/08/2013 10:13:25 EDT

    Oh, a homemade cradle?  How special, that will be a family heirloom forever.

    more »

  • Forum Post: Feeding Fussy Preschoolers

    Posted 04/07/2013 06:49:53 EDT

    Many children don't like to dip things, and don't like things mixed.  When I was a child I didn't like the sauces from the chicken dish, or the juice from the steak, to touch my vegetables, rice or pa more »

  • Forum Post: Sleep training?

    Posted 04/07/2013 06:35:47 EDT

    Go to sleeplady.com and read that technique, it might really help you. Alternatively, or ALSO, you could hold her and rock her to 90% asleep, so she is droopy, then carefully put her in the crib, and more »

  • Forum Post: April 2013 Pregnancy

    Posted 04/05/2013 07:59:56 EDT

    In response to Chiclet831's comment:  Then I pulled my back and DH got into a car accident on the way home from work! He's fine but his car is in bad shape. Just what we needed 3ish weeks from our due more »

  • Forum Post: Feeding Fussy Preschoolers

    Posted 04/05/2013 07:54:03 EDT

    If camp or childcare center will have refrigeration, or you can send a thermos-y bag with an ice pack in it, you can also cut up chunks of chicken, turkey, or ham along with the cheese. sort of a brok more »

  • Forum Post: April 2013

    Posted 04/01/2013 05:49:48 EDT

    Winter, Use pea seeds, they could be climbing or non-climbing, but pea seeds will sprout and grow very quickly.  Then, yes, you probably should pre-wet the potting soil with WATER for all 3 (it comes more »

  • Forum Post: March 2013!

    Posted 03/27/2013 10:57:03 EDT

    Winter, the Spy Museum is wonderful!!!  For you, too, not just your son. You do need to pay, and it's a lot of money for those of us used to paying ZERO at the Smithsonian museums (which is the Zoo an more »