Pregnancy & Parenting - 3 January 2007

ok, I have a 19 month little girl... how do I know when she is ready to train? any helpful hints that may work to make this transition easier for the both of us? when you trained your little girl (if this applies) what worked for you or what didn't work? and web sites you would reccomend to me to further help me with this?

2007-01-03 01:39:45 · 17 answers · asked by A W 3 in Toddler & Preschooler

And what jobs around the house can they be expected to do to earn it?

2007-01-03 01:34:40 · 131 answers · asked by Goofy Goofer Goof Goof Goof ! 6 in Adolescent

MY CHILD IS IN THE 1ST GRADE BUT CAN NOT READ. I HAVE TRIED TO HELP BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP AT ALL.

2007-01-03 01:30:15 · 15 answers · asked by Heaven 2 in Grade-Schooler

She woke up at 1:00 AM with contractions, has had them for over 8 hours, and they are way stronger then they usually are. She is 35 weeks pregnant. We called the Dr. who told her to wait and see if we get to every 5 minutes for 1 minute long contractions. She is feeling them in her back, has been moving around, and took a bath, but they are still there. Is this real labor, and if not can Braxton Hicks last for 8 hours consistently?

2007-01-03 01:30:09 · 6 answers · asked by thedeiningers 2 in Pregnancy

2007-01-03 01:26:37 · 2 answers · asked by yennyfer 2 in Parenting

im just wondering i just want ur opinions.

2007-01-03 01:24:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

I am at my wits end my 3 year old the last couple of nights keeps waking up screaming like someone is trying to kill him. The only way me or my husband can calm him down is by rocking him back and forth if we do anything else he starts screaming even harder. Does these sounds like night terrors if they are what do I do?

2007-01-03 01:21:26 · 12 answers · asked by millie&brandon L 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

I'm flying home from Okinawa, Japan to California next weekend, and if a horrible fear of flying weren't enough, I'll be alone with my 20 month daughter for a roughly 13 hour flight. She's at that age where she wants to be running around and playing, and I don't know how to keep her busy and reasonably quiet on the plane. Besides a portable dvd player (only enough batt power for about 3 hours) and a couple toys, any ideas??

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2007-01-03 01:20:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

Yesterday was my first day back to work after being off work for a week. I was tired but laid down for about 30 mins to rest and then all of the sudden I got this HUGE burst of energy and went to the grocery store (by myself, not usual) and came home with two bags of groceries (carried in my myself, not usual either) and cooked dinner, then I made my lunch for my husband and I for today and then I made a cake!! The last hour or so I started getting terrible lower back paint that wraps around the front of my abdomen (kinda like menstrual cramsp), I'm 38 weeks pregnant and 3 cm dilated, my doc said I'm effaced but don't know how much, baby has dropped and is jammed down there(for about a month now). Welp, this morning still woke with same symptoms, and with a sensation to go poop. When I get up and walk around I feel like my uterus is going to fall out (lol). Last night, I even took some Tylenol because I thought maybe I just had a sore back. Should I wait? No water break, no blood.

2007-01-03 01:18:02 · 14 answers · asked by VeeCheer 2 in Pregnancy

I don't want to do the usual diet/work-out as a my New Year's Resolution this year. I'm 6 mos. pregnant. Any suggestions?

2007-01-03 01:17:14 · 9 answers · asked by fromthebrook 2 in Pregnancy

my really good friends has a baby! he's a two weeks old by now. what could be a good present for him? maybe something funny? or better something useful? clothes, toys, anything else? please advise me:) the parents already has the necessary things like little bed, perambulator etc. what could i present for them?

2007-01-03 01:15:49 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

how much time do yall think someone should wait to have another baby. I have a 6 month old son and plan on haveing more. what age should my son be. i allways thought I`d wait til he was 4 so he could understand alittle better... I don`t want them too close together and i don`t want them too far apart. I want my son old enough to under stand how to be careful and how babies don`t play at first and how to stick up for the baby. I don`t want him to be old enough to actualy understand "Where" babies come from.or how to make a baby... so what do yall think? how old should the first be? when is to soon? when is it too much time between children? what is the perfect age difference.

2007-01-03 01:15:46 · 13 answers · asked by hannah h 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

Is it possible to feel pregnancy symptoms like Dizzy and naseua If you just had your period dec 15th, 2006 and had intercourse And been trying to get pregnant since then, is it to early to feel anything? And When The Earlyies Time I Can Take the Test

2007-01-03 01:12:22 · 8 answers · asked by lil_one_penny 2 in Trying to Conceive

2007-01-03 01:11:06 · 31 answers · asked by lisa c 3 in Pregnancy

2007-01-03 01:08:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

hi i am preg and have just noticed 3 little bumps and some swelling of the vulva and surrounding areas of the vagina has anyone else had these and do you know what it is

2007-01-03 01:08:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

after 4 weeks of life my baby is having a major crisis of "suckiling last night i couldn't sleep because i had to get up every minuter to put the pacifier in his mounth, i gave him a pacifier last night because i was absolutely desperate, i think that if he got this far without it why give it to him now, but this past days he wouldn not stop crying until i gave it to him, anyadvice please mother help me tell me what i can do to try to make him fall asleep with out the pacifier, or if this may be a transitional crave for suckling thank you !!!

2007-01-03 01:06:40 · 18 answers · asked by yennyfer 2 in Parenting

2007-01-03 01:05:20 · 11 answers · asked by vickina i 2 in Pregnancy

we just bought our 4 year old and 9 year old wooden bunk beds- are they really safe to stack? i worry that the top baed could fal down on the lower- all the top mattress has for support are a few slabs of wood - are they safe to stack?

2007-01-03 01:04:27 · 14 answers · asked by DENISE 2 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

2007-01-03 01:02:19 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Grade-Schooler

I started loosing what I THINK is my mucus plug lastnight (this is my second pregnancy).. I go though a period where I loose this bloody thing, and then I'm fine, then I loose what looks to the same thing, AGAIN a couple hours later.. It's quite a bit of fusiah/pink blood, that turns to brown, mixed with a yellow goo of sorts. I've been having pains in my back and lower belly- however, it doesn't get stronger. Also, when the baby moves I experience a LOT of pain "DOWN THERE (I assume this is pressure)." I didn't go though this with my son. I also just got out of the hospital (After being there 2 months) for pre-term labor- but I'm now 37 weeks. I've had 2 doese of steriods, and been on mag twice.. Just a little paranoid... Help?

2007-01-03 01:01:37 · 17 answers · asked by danni_smile 1 in Pregnancy

I had a baby in 2000 and the father and I lived together. When she was 10 months old, he took off and moved states away. The birth father moved on to be with another girl and talked to our daughter sometimes. We have not hindered them from a relationship, but the father signed over parental rights to my husband in 2005.
He doesnt pay childsupport and for now is just a weekly phone call. The calls are always initiated on our side. 2 months ago he stopped answering his calls and I just found out that his gf is 10 weeks pregnant.

He couldn't be bothered to take care of his own child and now his gf is trying to get my daughter all excited about being a "Big Sister" I don't want to impede on my daughter's relationship with her birth father but this makes me feel wierd. My husband has been a father to my daugher in every sense of the word.
Do you think I should keep my daughter away from them or should I just keep quiet and let her find the truth out when she is older? Any advice

2007-01-03 01:01:33 · 13 answers · asked by TrixyLoo 5 in Parenting

My dating scan appointment has come through but its not til i'm nearly 15 weeks? Will this be ok?

2007-01-03 00:56:48 · 13 answers · asked by Louise R 1 in Pregnancy

i am 13 weeks where would i begin to "feel" it, the book i have says it is the size of a peach and its just above my pelvic bone, well i can't feel it, have you been able to?? and how do i know? thanks sorry i just get nervous when i cant do things the book says i should.

2007-01-03 00:56:22 · 8 answers · asked by puppy love 6 in Pregnancy

I just recently found out I was pregnat by taking a hpt test. I am expectin my period on Jan 6. I have cramps that feel like period cramps. Is that normal. I dont go see the doctor till the 10 he wanted to wait till i missed my period before the appointment. Just curious if it was normal to have period like cramps in early pregnacy.

2007-01-03 00:56:08 · 4 answers · asked by Just hanging around 1 in Pregnancy

ted a week more and it was positive again can any one explain what went on. Iam 13 weeks now and everythings fine i had a 6 week scan just wondering how this is possible?

2007-01-03 00:55:40 · 4 answers · asked by ? 3 in Pregnancy

I never show any differance between them, but I know in my mind that I am partiaol to my son. This is really bothering me. I can not have anymore children, and my hubby says that I feel this way b/c our son is younger. I do tend to "baby talk" with him. I just can not seem to let him grow up. Please help me understand how this has happened.

2007-01-03 00:52:55 · 12 answers · asked by kerbear7703 3 in Parenting

misscarried, I am two months along. What kind of test do they do when you get there, could I request a ultrasound first before any of the test, and a couple of weeks ago there was this pink-skin like tissue floating in my toilet the thing is it only happend once, and I have had no bleeding at, sometimes mild cramps.Whats wrong with me! Did anyone experience the same thing as I did

2007-01-03 00:45:50 · 5 answers · asked by Tia B 1 in Pregnancy

i carred my first baby to term and now i have a little girl unfoutunatly my second miscarried and also my third, iam 13 weeks now into my 4th so i was wondering will i feel the baby move earler cause iam sure i felt it move at 12 and a half weeks.

2007-01-03 00:41:28 · 4 answers · asked by ? 3 in Pregnancy

Hey guys
I was spotting 2 times(brownish) after my last month period that ended on Dec 16th. I thought that was weird as that never happen before and more weird because i am on the pill and never missed any that i know of. My period is a week away for this month but decided to do a pregnancy test this morning anyway knowing it might be to early. I took a shower and looked at the test afterwards and there was an extremely faint light positive line.I think it was before 10 min I do have unprotected sex with my husband but i am kinda shock cos i am on the pill. which test is the best out there i think i used accuclear, but maybe u know of really good test.Thanks for the advise i appreciate it and happy new years to all.

2007-01-03 00:36:52 · 13 answers · asked by bcb 1 in Pregnancy