Pregnancy & Parenting - 10 August 2006

Why are parents so afraid to put their foots down with little Festus or Festina today? I see so many little kids out there spitting, smacking, screaming and acting like they are demon posessed wherever we go, it amazes me. Maybe I'm old school or something but even as kids if we thought to act a fool in public my parents would take us to the restroom and give us what we had coming to us. My dad used to say "If you want to embarrass me I can return the favor" and we knew if we didn't stop we'd get a whack on the behind in front of everyone. God forbid our actions made them leave the store or wherever we were, we knew we'd get it when we got home. I'm the same way myself today, I'm not afraid to correct my child if they are acting up no matter who is around. They're my kids and my responsibility. I'm responsible for them growing up and becoming decent citizens and not juvenile delinquents. Thoughts?

2006-08-10 05:16:04 · 25 answers · asked by dixi 4 in Parenting

okay im 17 and pregnant my due date is next thursday!...i wanted to know is it ok to weigh 184pounds....and your org. weight was 135..and im only 5'3in...and i dont even look like i could weigh 184pounds...and i just look swollen not fat...and my stomach isnt big like a lot of other women....it looks like i am 6months still but im not..im 9months..and next week on thursday is my due date....and since my body feels all swollen will it go away after im pregnant like in a few days or somthing...?..and is it normal to gain 7pounds each week towards the end of my pregnancy..because this last month everytime i go to my doctors apoinment every week now i gain 7pounds!...and i dont eat that much!...and im afraid what there gonna say today because i have another apoinment....and im afraid of gaining anymore weight i seriously dont want to weigh 200pounds i think i would just die!...

2006-08-10 05:15:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

2006-08-10 05:14:58 · 27 answers · asked by maria p 1 in Pregnancy

He still uses Pampers but he always tells me after he pees. How can i teach him to tell me before he pees so i have enough time to sit him on his potty? Any advice??

2006-08-10 05:14:54 · 19 answers · asked by Sexy Mama 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

2006-08-10 05:12:41 · 12 answers · asked by epistle_to_dipsy 1 in Newborn & Baby

Jessica is my 6 year old daughter, who has a lot of angry feelings. She has been through severe neglect, by her father, foster care, returned to the same situation she was removed from, so I was forced to remove her from her fathers care. On top of that her brother was diagnosed with PDD-NOS. I feel that during her stay in foster care she was brushed aside, because of her brothers diagnoses. We are staying at a shelter for women and she seems to become angerier, and more resentfull everyday. She is begining therapy, and I do everything I can to help her but I am afraid that if I can't help her learn to deal with her anger soon she will rebell even more. So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

2006-08-10 05:07:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

My baby girl is to attached to me and i have to go back to work how do i get her to not cry when i leave?

2006-08-10 05:06:42 · 10 answers · asked by missteenqueen1996 2 in Newborn & Baby

I'm 17 weeks prego and I've gained 11 pounds... is this about right? I was kinda overweight before I got prego btw.

2006-08-10 05:05:50 · 12 answers · asked by nurseaidgirl07 2 in Pregnancy

After my pregnancy I gained a lot of wait. It will take me a while to loose it. In the mean time I don't have any jeans to wear. I would like to sell my jeans before my pregnancy so that I can use the profit to buy jeans that will fit me now. They are all in great shape. Some have only been worn once or twice.

2006-08-10 05:04:06 · 10 answers · asked by grimstress 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

I know this is kinda dumb to ask but what does crown to rump mean? Is it the head to butt? Or what? I read it in my pregnancy book.

2006-08-10 05:03:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

2006-08-10 05:03:11 · 16 answers · asked by Gregg B 1 in Newborn & Baby

2006-08-10 04:59:23 · 10 answers · asked by leslie_h0ttie 1 in Parenting

my last pregnancy i had my baby really early due to an incompitant cervix. i was told that if i were to become pregnant again they would stich my cervix. what happens when they do that?
do i still have a vaginal delivery?

2006-08-10 04:58:19 · 5 answers · asked by puppy love 6 in Pregnancy

My son is turning 2 today and I was just wondering how your child is doing developmentally. How many words, when did they start walking, talking, etc. Do they have any healthy problems?

2006-08-10 04:56:14 · 3 answers · asked by Ryan's mom 7 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2006-08-10 04:53:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

2006-08-10 04:49:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

My son will be 3 in a week. Last monday my husband's parent's called from L.A. And told us that they wanted to take him to the Sacramento Zoo and to spend the night in Sacramento. And then come home the next day.

Now to make a long story short. My Mom-in-law left my son at 6 weeks old outside a store by himself in his stroller. And to this day she says she didn't do anything wrong. She disobeys anything I say & says she can do what she wants. And told me when we found out that we were pregnant with our 2nd child " Go and get an abortion" Because it wasn't planed. My sister in law has only seen him twice in his life. My father in law really doesn't care. The last time they saw him was 8 months ago in Jan. of this year.
He has never spent the night anywere with out us. And has only been babysat once when we went to a wedding in July and He couldn't come.
I think that he is way to young to be that far away ( Sacramento, CA is 3 hours away from Redding, CA) and to stay over

2006-08-10 04:49:42 · 32 answers · asked by LITTLE 1 :o) 6 in Parenting

cause i was 10

2006-08-10 04:48:29 · 47 answers · asked by giggles 2 in Adolescent

Ok, my best friend is having a problem and i want 2 help her out, she's been trying to wear a tampon and she just can't get it in, i've been trying 2 helper, she gets relax and everything and it just doesn't get in. I've been there with her and it's kind of frutrating, is she sick or what????????

2006-08-10 04:47:04 · 32 answers · asked by me 2 in Adolescent

He does not have any teeth yet.

2006-08-10 04:45:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

My bbt never rises above 2 tenths of a degree before ovulation...
This is my BBT so far. 96.9, 97.1, 97, 96.9, 97.1, 96.9. Is this odd?

2006-08-10 04:43:53 · 1 answers · asked by estephania2182 3 in Trying to Conceive

I have never had one and I never would but other women in my family have and I find myself always wondering what they would have been like, looked like etc. Why does it stay on my mind and they dont seem to think of it at all ? How do I forget about it?

2006-08-10 04:43:07 · 58 answers · asked by dreamgirl4myboy 4 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

okay. so i babysit this kid..and shes just plain anoying... she likes to fight with me and she thinks shes right and when i tell her she isnt she just gets sossy only she knows shes not right .. and shes a little spoiled. so she demands things and gets what she wants and if not she gets amd.. i tried a lot of things... like confronting her that shes not being nice and she says things like .. well its bugging me or.. well i want to or .. i should know , i dont know how to get this kid to stop its like she cant excpet the truth . she has to make things complicated by saying something so its her way, anyone know what i can do AND SHE DOESNT LISTEN TO A THING I SAY :| , but always says her friends dont listen to a thing she says.. shes bossy and she is a hypocrite.

2006-08-10 04:42:11 · 11 answers · asked by somethingcorporate<3 1 in Parenting

Is it possible for a condom to leak?? without breaking?

2006-08-10 04:41:59 · 15 answers · asked by Amanda 1 in Pregnancy

all these hormornes... i gotta do something LOL! But i'm not allowed to do anything. i have to take showers and not baths, no swimming, no nothing... ahhhh!

2006-08-10 04:41:21 · 10 answers · asked by chickie27 2 in Pregnancy

This last month I had skipped two birth control pills and I'm at a loss at too whats happening with my period. I started the day I was supposed to have a period for a day and then it began to lighten up.... stopped for a few hours and the whole next day it was a super super light flow to almost nothing. Is this the birth control messing with my system or could I be pregnant? Any comments would be extremely helpful!

2006-08-10 04:40:59 · 4 answers · asked by Naketa 2 in Pregnancy

my husband is in the army and i before we got married he cheated on me with her. He got so drunk that he doesnt know why he did it. But she texts him to tell him that shes 4 1/2 months and he hide it from me the whole time. We've been trying to have a baby for the past 5 months and nothing has happenend so im really confused. But now im so down and out i dont know what to do. i was supose to give him hes first child but now the one who done him so wrong is going to be the one to give him his first child. I love him with all my heart. I need some help advice on what is the best thing for me to do.

2006-08-10 04:39:15 · 24 answers · asked by scott m 1 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

Please suggest anything that can get rid of cradle cap, someone suggested Olive Oil but its useles.

2006-08-10 04:38:10 · 44 answers · asked by Annie M 6 in Newborn & Baby

my kids are 16 yrs old 15yrs old 13 yrs old and 7yrs old i am scared to have an abortion and scared to have the baby i was going to have surgery not to have anymore kids a week before my appointment i found out that i was 5 weeks pregant i cant sleep i cry a lot and my husband feels i am too old what if he does not want it he tells me is up too me but he wont talk to me about the pregancy he says he will be there what ever i decide i dont want to do the wrong thing it hurts to think of an abortion but what if is born and is sick because of my age i will be 38 when is born please help i need advise not critism
thank you

2006-08-10 04:36:55 · 29 answers · asked by justme 1 in Pregnancy

2006-08-10 04:35:08 · 50 answers · asked by doubleosixandahalf 1 in Parenting