Pregnancy & Parenting - 11 October 2006

I'm a first time mom to a 4 month old. She's getting too big for the bassinet that she is in (in our bedroom). Any suggestions on how to transition baby to the crib in her room? Is waiting until 5 months a better idea? I've read that the earlier the better, but during the first three months, she would cry the moment she was in a crib. She did become accustomed finally to the bassinet, but I think that's only because it is in our room. I am not really a big fan of co sleeping, though I did it at first when she was a newborn to make feeding easier (she's breastfed). Also, any practical bedtime routines for her age group? She is too young for story reading to lull her to drowsiness, a bath every day is overkill. Basically our routine is change diaper/change into onesie, sleeper/nurse --> gets her drowsy and sometimes asleep. Thank you.

2006-10-11 06:32:57 · 14 answers · asked by MomofOneSpnkyGrl 2 in Newborn & Baby

when she started walking she started getting out of her babybed and getting into our bed. we would wake and she would be beside us .i used to rock her or dance her to sleep everynight but i work a fulltime job and somedays i dont feel like dancing or rocking . HELP ME

2006-10-11 06:31:44 · 6 answers · asked by steph 3 in Toddler & Preschooler

i babysit this 3 year little boy who cant talk, is not potty trained, doesnt understand anything you say to him, and he just whines all day long. he is being raised by his father who tells me his problem is he just wants my husband to stop and pick him up he wieghs like 80 pounds he to big to sit aand be held. i have tried lots of things to stop the whining but he just keeps on. if you punish him for it he cries louder , you try to feed him he puts his head down and whines, you tell him to go play with the toys he whines, he just wants to follow me around all day my 1 year old doesnt get held all day and she plays by herself alot. i just dont know what to do i feel like he needs real help but like i said i have a one year old and im seven months pregnant i cant devote all my time to him. to me this is a matter his father needs to handle o the little boy will continue to suffer cuz noone understands him.

2006-10-11 06:30:05 · 17 answers · asked by msmom_02 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

2006-10-11 06:29:41 · 12 answers · asked by Tiffy Poo 1 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

For the past week I've had stomach aches that I just chalked up to be too much gas..cuz thats exactly what it feels like...it feels like I have loads of trapped gas in my stomach and its moving all around and giving me a stomach ache..but I'm not constipated and I don't have diahrea

At other times it doesnt feel like gas it jus feels like a stoamch ache you get when you don't eat or if you eat to much..that bloated feeling or sometimes even an empty stomach feeling...and I've been eating just fine the same way I've always eaten

Are these contractions?? What have some of your contractions felt like??

Also how do you tell when a contraction ends and begins(how do you time them?)

I'm confused because it all felt like was one big pain...it wasnt any "intervals" or "breaks" between the pain..it just plain ol hurt...

HELP!!!!

Goin 4 my 37wk appt tmr & I'll ask my doc...last checked @ 35 wk I was dilated a finger tip & there was no effacement and my cervix was still long @ 3.8cm..help

2006-10-11 06:26:32 · 20 answers · asked by Chocolate Model Intellect 2 in Pregnancy

because he want's to pay for school?!?

2006-10-11 06:17:05 · 24 answers · asked by krittybomkritkrit 2 in Trying to Conceive

me and my boyfriend are trying for a baby last week we had sex about 5 times and on sunday we had sex 3 times but alot of his sperm came back out of me?! also on sunday i came on my period on the first day it jst looked lyk implantation blood the second day i was quite heavy and now i have completly stoppd could i be pregnant if not what is going on?

2006-10-11 06:12:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

I know when ovulation is occuring for me because my mucus change I see the clear creamy but after that I dry up but I want to know what can I do to increase this because I suppose to be seeing slippery and wet right?

2006-10-11 06:07:01 · 4 answers · asked by I wish I could......... 4 in Trying to Conceive

2006-10-11 06:04:50 · 11 answers · asked by kees 1 in Pregnancy

I have a friend that may have a child w/ autism, she is so depressed and I fear she doesn't have enough information on how to care for her son's special needs. Is there anything out there that she can read or maybe a support group that she can join? Any information that you can pass my way would be a help.

2006-10-11 06:03:32 · 11 answers · asked by traci s 4 in Parenting

I am 19 weeks 5 days.... yesterday I had my ultrasound and the Dr. said everything looked fine and that my baby was healthy. Well of course they gave me a copy of the ultrsound pic but the more I look at it today the more questions I have..... particularly the forehead. It looks really big. It didn't look that way when I was looking at the screen but on the picture it does. I have spoken to other expecting moms who say that their baby's ultrasound pic in 2D looked that way but when the baby came out everything was perfect. Has anyone else experienced this? Could it be that 2D's are not very clear or is it normal for this age and it is still developing. Oh yeah... neither me nor my husband have that forehead.

2006-10-11 06:02:42 · 16 answers · asked by karma1 1 in Pregnancy

Has anyone had nipple rings and then decided to breastfeed? Is everything the same? Can I leave my rings in while using a pump? Any info will help, I never considered breatfeeding unitl I heard about all the calories you can burn and all the good stuff for the baby... thanks

2006-10-11 06:00:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

is it bad when your period comes on and you is still pregnant

2006-10-11 05:57:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

my friends mom walks around the house in the buff, even if im there. shes hot but its still wierd, i asked her about it and she said its her house she can do what she wants. she does everything in the buff, tanning, cleaning, cooking, watching tv, getting mail, i have never seen her dressed, ever. shes been divorced for 2 years, that might be why, what should i do

2006-10-11 05:57:08 · 28 answers · asked by Master C 1 in Parenting

I am a stay at home mom of a 1 year old little guy. I am currently looking for a job and he will start day care soon. The only problem is that we have been together for 24 hours a day for the last 1 year and he is very attached to me, well i'm attcahed to him too. I don't know if I can deal with not knowing what he is doing at every moment of the day. I am suffering from seperation anxiety too. I really need to get a job, because we had everything planned out that I would care for him for a year and then I would go back to work, amd I don't want to mess anything up, financially. Is there anything I could do to help me with the transition?

2006-10-11 05:56:47 · 16 answers · asked by Pinky Dinky Doo 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

I have read some things about clomid on yahoo answers and it seems some people may be on it longterm. Does this mean they take it every day or just a few days per month? also, how does that improve fertlity?

2006-10-11 05:55:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

After having my baby girl. I got a rash now not everywhere just my arms and legs. It's like white heads and sometime it itches. My neice told me it was Pupps my family doc. never heard of it. My neice said it should go away in a year. What the heck is it and how can I get rid of it? It's been now 8 months and I still have it. Can anyone help?

2006-10-11 05:52:56 · 9 answers · asked by aimstir31 5 in Pregnancy

My boy insisted that i was prego. He released himself on me during the week when i was ovulating. He insisted that i'm prego so much that i started to believe it myself. On monday i got this really bad cramp pain that only lasted a brief moment. I took the test one week before my missed period. i couldn't wait....so i took a test. I'm negative but is there still a chance the test could be wrong? The pain i felt i've never had before. I get cramps on the day of my period and not before. They usually last a very long time till i get an advil or something. The pain i felt it only lasted a brief moment and it happen twice about 2 hrs a part from eachother. Should i not worry and take the negative as the answer?

2006-10-11 05:52:52 · 17 answers · asked by dodgergirl 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2006-10-11 05:51:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

it is concerned with paediatrics .

2006-10-11 05:50:55 · 6 answers · asked by pankaj t 2 in Newborn & Baby

well i would like to know what you people think before doing something about it.Well it started yesturday in the morning when i wokeup to side pains on the lower side. And now today in the 4:40 i can't sleep i got it again but it hurts mosty on my right side but feel some on the left now its starting to feel like my peroid is comething in away its weird? i don't know whats going on what do you think>?thanks

oh and it can't be my period i got that 3weeks ago it was a weird one too! also me and my boyfriend been haveing sex alot and hes been pulling out so idk

2006-10-11 05:50:36 · 10 answers · asked by roxie 1 in Pregnancy

2006-10-11 05:49:38 · 34 answers · asked by ROSA S 1 in Pregnancy

2006-10-11 05:47:03 · 11 answers · asked by BooSha 3 in Pregnancy

ive only been bleeding for 3 days and its not heavy at all...is there a chance it was a false positive? or is it possible to still bleed and be pregnant

2006-10-11 05:45:19 · 14 answers · asked by autym 1 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2006-10-11 05:45:18 · 19 answers · asked by jules 1 in Pregnancy

Are they dangerous ? Which ones do you recommed to a baby 5 months old.My wife says thet are dangerous

2006-10-11 05:44:16 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

uhmm.. see.. there's this girl i reallly like.. but i feel that she doesn't like me.. and i don't want to be close to her because i feel that i'm just forcing her to like me.. but still, i really, really like her.. help..:(

2006-10-11 05:41:17 · 17 answers · asked by ninja 1 in Adolescent

I'm 13 weeks pregnant and for some reason i cant sleep throu the night is that normal??? and what can i do about it??

2006-10-11 05:40:29 · 11 answers · asked by devoe442004 2 in Pregnancy

2006-10-11 05:40:29 · 31 answers · asked by jules 1 in Pregnancy

so i had my period on the sep 4th week and then again on the 18th week (i stopped taking the pills) so since i am waiting for my period...when should i be getting my next period...and when would i be ovulating now?? or when was i this month and sep?

2006-10-11 05:40:06 · 4 answers · asked by namibunnie 3 in Trying to Conceive