Pregnancy & Parenting - 8 August 2006

2006-08-08 06:00:42 · 19 answers · asked by Hot Stuff 1 in Newborn & Baby

My kids (ages 5 and 3) had a playdate yesterday with a 6-year-old friend. The kids had fun making mud pies and playing fort. Muddy toys ended up scattered all over the yard.

When it was time for the friend to go home, I gave the kids a 5 minute warning that it would be time to clean up and then friend would have to go home. In 5 minutes, I said it was time to clean up and gave specific directions of what kids should do to help clean up.

Kids kept playing. Despite several different approaches I took, kids did very little and complained a lot. The friend was the lead instigator of the complaints.

I got mad at my kids and scolded them. I walked the friend back across the street and told her that I expect her to help clean up when she comes to play, but did not force her to help finish the clean-up.

After friend was gone, I gave my kids a big scolding.

What do you do when kids' friends come over? Are they responsible to clean up at your house? What do you do with other people's kids

2006-08-08 05:57:22 · 12 answers · asked by warehaus 5 in Parenting

My husband and I are planning on conceiving soon. I will be 24 and a half when our first baby is born.

I work for a corporation where most of my female co-workers didn’t get married until their late 20’s.

All the women here had their first child in their 30’s. The youngest mom was 29 when she had her first child.

One woman told me I was crazy for thinking of having a baby at my age.

I am not the norm at my job because I am the only one having children in my 20’s.

How do I get over being an outcast at my job when everyone is an older mom?

2006-08-08 05:57:01 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

When I was four months in my mothers womb, my mothers water broke, and she thought that she had lost me,,, but when she felt the drop,, she also felt, pessure,,... When she got to the doctor he told her that her water had broken but there was another sack there stopping me,, and stopping her from losing me,,, miscarraging.. weird i know but,,, how or why???

2006-08-08 05:56:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2006-08-08 05:55:37 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

Ok so these 2 hot girls like me. One is going to be a freshmen at my school and the other one is my age and lives in massachusettes. I like both of them and am suppose to be going out wid the one goin to my school. I don't want to hurt either of them. I mean i don't want to go out wid the oen from school when i have feelings for her and the other one but i already told the one from school i'd go out wid her. What should i do?!?!?!?!?!

2006-08-08 05:54:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

2006-08-08 05:54:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

I’ve been on the pill for 6 years and want to come off it. Me & my husband want kids but not so soon. How long do I have to be off the pill before this to happen?

2006-08-08 05:53:47 · 12 answers · asked by Lisa 2 in Pregnancy

he is drinking 4 times of milk daily (7am,12 noon,6pm,11pm), n not wanting to eat much of the solid food that i've prepared.so far i have try cooking rice and porridge for him. any advise?

2006-08-08 05:52:38 · 10 answers · asked by shoe maniac 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

Married 19 year old female fell pregnant within first month of trying found out at six weeks its ectopic had surgery last week docters saved my tube so i still have too feeling down and hopeing youll cheer me up.Been told to wait 3 months bfore trying again o heres to hopeing

2006-08-08 05:52:23 · 7 answers · asked by Hayley 1 in Trying to Conceive

i m a wana be transexual and i wanted to know what kind of panties and bras do yall were

2006-08-08 05:52:15 · 3 answers · asked by jamie 1 in Adolescent

this is my first pregnancy so i am new at this kind of thing. I also have other pregnancy symptoms

2006-08-08 05:50:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

as i say my last period started on the 3rd june but i did not actualy conceive until period after 20th june until my missed period (so any time from 20th june to 2nd july)

i did the first positive pregnancy test after i was a week late (10th july)

i had my first ultrasound on 19th july and the nurse said i was too early to pick anything up (though it was 6 and a half weeks from my last period) the told me to return on 3rd august

on the second ultrasound on 3rd august they said they still could not see an embryo but could see the sack that it would grow in and from measuring this said i was a normal 5 and a half week pregnancy (though it was 9 and a half weeks from my last period)

i dont understand how i can be can be only 5 and a half weeks with the pregnancy being calculated from my last period?

could it be that they are calculating it from the actual day i concieved rather than my last period (they did tell me pregnancy is always calculated from the last period)

2006-08-08 05:50:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

...it was a bad break up...he didn't call me eversince then later he found out i was pregnant through a friend...i send him a text message saying i need to talk to him but he didn't call instead he responded a day after saying if we can fix things for the sake of the baby...i didn't respond at that time because i was still mad...that was a few months ago...i've never heard from him eversince...then later i found out that he already has a gf....if he is really concern about my condition and the baby...he should take the initiative and will find a way right? send a letter or send a friend or family member...even if i'm mad, if he calls i would definitely talk to him in a good way...but no calls, no messages....he is too scared to call me coz he is too guilty about the break up? what do u guys think?

2006-08-08 05:50:36 · 16 answers · asked by Irish C 1 in Pregnancy

please help!! i overheard my 4 year old daughter and my fiance's 5 year old son talking about playing a game that involved "privates". i, of course, freaked out and yelled at my daughter and had my fiance have a talk with his son. after finally settling down and talking about this situation with my daughter i found my fiance's son didn't actually see my daughter's private area but was close enough and the game was definitely inappropriate. i don't know what to do. of course i told her to never do this again and it's never ok to show someone her privates but i'm still concerned. does she need therapy or is this normal behavior? i guess i'm so upset cause i thought the kids were being supervised well enough to not do something like this. i'm distraught, please help!!

2006-08-08 05:47:51 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

i am 39 weeks, i have period type cramps in my lower abdomin.....and have had a couple of short sharp pains in my vagina.....is it labour and do you think its worth rining my midwife?

2006-08-08 05:47:09 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

But I don't know what sounds good as a middle name?
Brooke______ Hendricks
Any ideas

2006-08-08 05:44:35 · 28 answers · asked by momie_2bee 5 in Pregnancy

Apparently, I am threatening my husband in my sleep, and cussing him out, is this normal, and how can I stop this from continuing or escalating to something worse?

2006-08-08 05:42:55 · 10 answers · asked by jenniklog 2 in Pregnancy

My friends mother constantly beats her daughter with a belt as a form of discipline. I think its rather stupid, why? because her daughter took the time to clean and wash and polish the bathrooms of her house, then what happens? she gets beat with a belt and yelled inappropriate things, the reason? her mother says " you ****** did it all wrong". her mother, is a very nice lady, she lets her daughter go to the movies, she pays for it, they go shopping and everything. but then, her mother gets sudden mood swings and starts yelling and hitting her with metal spoons, belts, sandals, sticks, cell phone chargers, and one time she almost through a laptop at her when her daughter was only 9!!!!! All her life she's treaten her daughter since she was 8 like an adult, saying really rude things and hitting her. she says its a form of discipline, i think not because it is against the law and is considered " physical abuse". she also suffers lots of emotional abuse (the daughter) and....

2006-08-08 05:42:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

2006-08-08 05:40:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2006-08-08 05:39:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

i live in an apartment building and there is a boy the same age as me. we talk occasionally but rarely. he has a dog and comes outside to walk it . when he comes outside he always looks where i hang out. some1 told me he is always looking for me. whenever he sees me he smiles and tries to get my attention. i dont know if he knows how i feel about him but his bff knows. he is a very shy kid and i dont know how to approach the situation. i want to know if he likes me and what do i do???????

2006-08-08 05:34:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

by dna, is she mine and if is, what will happen to me in court

2006-08-08 05:31:25 · 9 answers · asked by somebody like me 1 in Pregnancy

2006-08-08 05:28:44 · 18 answers · asked by Niceyguy 2 in Newborn & Baby

i am a man 5'10 and i like to wear bras and panties i love to crossdress and hang out with the girls

2006-08-08 05:27:46 · 30 answers · asked by jamie 1 in Adolescent

2006-08-08 05:26:38 · 14 answers · asked by Lisa 2 in Pregnancy

and when does these cravings start im 7 weeks and started bolking at my food but havnt had any cravings yet

2006-08-08 05:23:22 · 40 answers · asked by very proud mummy :) 5 in Pregnancy

2006-08-08 05:22:59 · 38 answers · asked by merscea 1 in Newborn & Baby

I have heard of reports many times of sonograms where the baby is seen crying in the womb and has all the characteristics of a cry, when the doctor tests the baby with noise or some type of disturbance. Sometimes I can feel what I know is not a kick, not hiccups (they are more different), but a light rhythmic movement in my belly where her head is and it feels as though she is crying. I pat my belly lightly and let her hear my voice and it calms down. Is this possible?

2006-08-08 05:18:55 · 12 answers · asked by Twiggy 2 in Pregnancy

I'm 22 and I think I may be pregnant. What are ways that me and my fiance can deal with this unexpected surprise? We're not financially or emotionally ready for it. Was your unexpected baby a burden or a miracle?

2006-08-08 05:14:50 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy