Pregnancy & Parenting - 2 February 2007

i've tried the "reward" system, and the "guilt trip",and these do nt work

2007-02-02 12:36:57 · 4 answers · asked by john 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

I have a 3 year old girl that refuses to potty train.. it is quite frustrating.. any pointers?? we have tried everything.. she goes once in awhile but she is really stubborn and will still poop her self or stand in the middle of the living room look down and pee on the floor.. we have tried explaining but it seems useless.. I have a doctors apointment to discuss this with him but perhaps some pointer from parents that might have had the same issues might help as well.. all of your comments and pointer would be greatly appreciated.

2007-02-02 12:36:21 · 3 answers · asked by kat 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

ok question i had my son 61/2 months ago. i stopped breastfeeding when he was 3 months been having alot of pregnancy symptoms again and still have not recieved my period. alot of nausea, tiredness headaches discharge, mood swings, belly looks rounder. i did 2 pregnancy tests both came back negative. could i still be pregnant. i feel like i am pregnant and considering i was already pregnant once, i feel that maybe the tests again are inaccurate

2007-02-02 12:35:35 · 7 answers · asked by miraclebaby_2006 5 in Pregnancy

ok so i am 22 and my husband 21. we have been toghter 3 yrs and married 6 months.we both have good jobs in the filed that we plan to work for a long time and we own a house and 2 cars so ithink we are pretty stable.... we are wanting to start our family but some people areound us are not very supportive and are sayin that we are to young, why would we want to ruin our marriage and realtionship... it is very hurtfull that people you want to be supportive are saynig such horrible things when all we want is a lil support and prayers... i have pcos so it is going to take awhile to start our family,we are going to have to some more test and treaments before we are able to conceive. so if you think we are to young please tell me so and why you think that way.... if you dont think we are to young tell me why you think we are old enogh to havekids and how to tell them that we want their support through this...

2007-02-02 12:34:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

I am sick/scared of these granola tree hugging mommies who co-sleep , and instinctively parent while feeding their ( always dirty and unkempt) children unpasturized organic food products and refuse vaccinations so the rest of us can start worrying about Polio and Small Pox outbreaks again ! I think these people should all be investigated by CPS and forced to shave their arm pits and legs , and cover their gnarly toenails in closed toe shoes ....eeeww !

But , What do YOU think ?

2007-02-02 12:34:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

last weekend my fiance & i went to my moms vacation home with her(a 3hour drive) under the impression that the 3 of us would spend time together. well we get there on fri night, her boyfriend is there, fine ok no biggie, next morning we wake up at 11:30 boyfriend is still there, then he leaves around noon. great now i can spend time with mom. all is well until 5:30, i told her lets start dinner (im 29 weeks prego so i was HUNGRY!!) she wont make dinner, just snacks.i thought that was wierd, then at 7 she starts dinner then tells me her bf is coming for dinner. i told her you know what im just going to go home, i came here to spend time with you and not u & your bf this is the 1st time ive met her bf and i felt that she was pushing him on me & she tells me that it is her house and she can invite whoever she wants over for dinner. i told her that is true, but i can also decide who i want to be around, and i choose to leave if i cant spend my time with just u. so i left
was i wrong to go

2007-02-02 12:34:33 · 9 answers · asked by miss me! 4 in Parenting

My 1 week old baby seems to favor his ride side. When he is in his stroller or his car seat he always leans to the right. I try to correct his head and he just goes right back to the same position. Does anyone else have this issue or heard of this. Is it his neck muscles developing??? I'm concerned. I told the doctor but he said his spine is straight.

2007-02-02 12:32:39 · 6 answers · asked by jennifer m 2 in Newborn & Baby

He's 1 month old and he requires us to rock him to sleep at night. I don't know how the heck we got to this dang point. I just want to be able to put him down in his crib and he'll just fall asleep. I've tried just letting him cry it out but OMG! he never ends! he'll just cry and never fall alseep.

Any advise??

2007-02-02 12:32:23 · 19 answers · asked by La Chula 2 in Newborn & Baby

Alright, so the first thing i'm going to say is that i'm 14 years old and i live in a calm neighbor hood in florida. eventhoguht i'm that age my mom doesn't let me go out of my condominium while she is at work. So i wan tips on how to convince her to let me go out while she is at work. I alreasy tried telling her that i'll be responsible and things liek that but she says she is scared thati 'll get into drugs or fall abnd break something. So can someone help.

2007-02-02 12:32:07 · 8 answers · asked by skater 1 in Adolescent

2007-02-02 12:30:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

2007-02-02 12:30:27 · 4 answers · asked by Tiffany 3 in Parenting

We have many in the house and they are played with so I don't want to put them in storage just keep in something. I have seen people use bookcases, are there any other alternatives? What do you do?

Bookcase is too big for the available space and conventional toy boxes cannot hold them all!

2007-02-02 12:29:29 · 17 answers · asked by Maple Leaf 7 in Toddler & Preschooler

there really shouldnt be any such thing at (owning land) i want peace so bad becuase there are alot of helpless kids out there.:(((

2007-02-02 12:28:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

2007-02-02 12:28:14 · 11 answers · asked by Nicky 2 in Newborn & Baby

I think that we are having so many rights taken away it's disgusting. Now they want to tell us how to raise our own children ...they are going too far !

2007-02-02 12:25:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

why is it important????

2007-02-02 12:24:57 · 13 answers · asked by SiccMade 2 in Newborn & Baby

2007-02-02 12:23:45 · 19 answers · asked by Kila_lei 1 in Adolescent

I am really curious about this because the majority of prisoners have either been spanked or beaten by their parents.

Isn't it the discipline that matters, not the act of spanking? You can spank your kids all day but unless you take the time to teach them right from wrong you aren't helping them learn the skills they need to stay out of trouble.

2007-02-02 12:21:47 · 21 answers · asked by wendysorangeblossoms 5 in Parenting

2007-02-02 12:20:44 · 7 answers · asked by VERONICA F 1 in Newborn & Baby

If your kid has a kid why don't you make them be responsible. I know parents who end up being their grandchilds parent. While there kid goes movies and the mall and gets to have regular life. While i know others who make them own up to their resposiblity as a parent. They decided to have sex and have a baby. They need to get a job and if they are to young they need to go to school and come home and take care of their child. You don't get free babysitting and still get to hang out. You are no longer a child. If you want me to watch your child i will charge you like a babysitter would and as soon as you are able to work you will and help pay for the expense. I Also know one parent who kept her daughter child while she went a way to college. While another parent that made her daughter take her twins or she wasn't going to go. She did and worked and got her degree while caring for her kids because they are her not her mothers. So why don't more parents do this

2007-02-02 12:20:34 · 6 answers · asked by Big Daddy R 7 in Parenting

Im 41 weeks pregnant & had my membrane sweep today @ 11:30am. I had a show last night @ 9pm and then another one today at 8pm. Ive had period like pains but nothings happening! my midwife said im 2cm dilated. I cannot stand being pregnant anymore and dont know what to do to kick start labour!! can anyone help! i dont think this membrane sweep has helped!

2007-02-02 12:19:51 · 12 answers · asked by pus_in_boots_100 1 in Pregnancy

I'm going into my 36th week, and my doctor just called and left me a message that I need to have a "stress test" at my next appointment to make sure that blood flow is getting to the baby because I have a history of high blood pressure.

We're healthy and its just a precaution, but what is this test like? I've never had one before. Are there needles? Does it hurt?

2007-02-02 12:15:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

Just want some opinions on this girls name for our baby girl.

Presley Nicole

2007-02-02 12:13:37 · 6 answers · asked by Nicki08 2 in Newborn & Baby

2007-02-02 12:13:22 · 8 answers · asked by fabulousone 1 in Pregnancy

I'm 37 weeks pregnant and have had my mother in law staying with my fiance,self and 2 yr old daughter for about two weeks. She came up from Fl. to witness the birth of our expected little boy. Things have been fine except she's leaving every chance she can to stay with family that lives 45 minutes away. Last week wasn't bad because nothing labor wise was happening. However tonight my contractions have been getting started and I think it might be the first stage of labor. When I got out of the shower around 6pm I made the announcement that contractions were starting and no more than 15 minutes later she was on the phone making plans for the rest of the weekend, and she was wanting my fiance to drive her the trip's entire distance, which is an hour and a half, there and back. I was shocked! If she just has to leave so be it, no big loss, but she had no respect to the fact that I can't drive myself to the birthing center if things really get going. What should I say when she get's back?

2007-02-02 12:12:33 · 12 answers · asked by reincarnated/beauty 2 in Pregnancy

It's my sons 2nd birthday this month and iam trying to pick a theme he really loves mickey mouse clubhouse and blues clues which one would you choose and what kind of ideas do you have for the party ?it's mostly adults and a couple other kids his age does anyone have any creative ideas i really want it to be special for him!cake ideas,decorations, party favors etc....so who ever comes up w/ the best ideas gets best anwser thanks for the help!!!

2007-02-02 12:10:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

Does it matter whether you go bed at say, 2 or 3am or 11, or 12 am. As LONG as you get the 8-10 hours sleep a night? Does it matter what time you go to bed, IF your trying to grow?

2007-02-02 12:09:51 · 10 answers · asked by Karla M 1 in Adolescent

Me and my girlfriend where making love and after we finished we realized the condom which I had bought the day before, had broken (Trojan-ENZ). So I had to take her to planned parenthood and buy her the Plan-B pill which cost me 30$, I was wondering why it broke so I decide to open one of the condoms from the same box, It smelled really foul, and felt stiff, I read the expiration date and it read " EXP 03-20110606" I'm not very sure if it's expired or what but there was definitely something wrong with it. If it was expired, is there something I can do because they sold it to me after it expired? Maybe get my money back or the money I had to spend on the pill? Or maybe any legal actions I can take towards the retailer? Thanks.

2007-02-02 12:07:08 · 4 answers · asked by some guy 1 in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

my 4 month old sleeps most of the night, but he wakes a lot. not because he is hungry but it is somthing else. i cannot fugure out what he wants. he sleeps in our room in his own bed with a pacifier and music pplays somtimes. i try to keep him awake during the day but somhow he wont sleep at night. he screams so much if we jsut try to ignore the grunting. i try cuddling him and he just thinks its time to play. i dont like taking him out of the crib because of that very reason. he eats a formula that has rice cereal in it already adn plus it dosent help the lenght of wakings. he wakes every hour or so. hwat can i do? should i just let him cry to sleep or what? what would you do? any suggestions...?

2007-02-02 12:06:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

The mom is my best friend and she is in her early twenties. I want to get her something that isn't so baby related (trust me I will be spoiling the kid rotten!). After all moms deserve a little spoiling too! She just gave birth yesterday!!!! :-D :-D

2007-02-02 12:05:45 · 37 answers · asked by jlk235 2 in Newborn & Baby