Pregnancy & Parenting - 12 September 2007

My son is 4mos old and the infants are all in their own playpens....the problem is my son is a stomach sleeper, I have tried putting him on his back but he rolls back to his tummy. He can hold his head up very well and can roll both ways....would you be concerned to have your child sleep in a room or would you like them in the daycare owners view?? She has ran it this way for years I guess....

2007-09-12 10:57:46 · 12 answers · asked by tiffteaz 1 in Newborn & Baby

If a family is financially and mentally stable...do you think having one more kid makes a big difference in quality of life//time/finances/etc...

I want to hear from experienced families...and people who grew up with a lot of siblings ONLY...

NO SILLY/STUPID COMMENTS PLEASE!

2007-09-12 10:55:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

i took a test it was neg.but thay told me to retake one in a week it might be to early to tell but today i started bleeding but its not a normal cycle its real light should i still test even if iam bleeding

2007-09-12 10:36:13 · 5 answers · asked by hilllizdante 1 in Pregnancy

if u had the chance to leave work and try and make a baby would u?

2007-09-12 10:33:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

Just because these people are obviously happy with their own good experiences doesn't make them qualified to judge others situations.
Also, I don't think anybody, adoptee or otherwise, is ever qualified to say that adoptive families are always best when possible.
I think a person being willing to keep their child makes a more suitable choice for a parent than a person willing to adopt
BTW, I'm an adoptee.

2007-09-12 10:24:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adoption

Can you still have 1 period and be pregnant. I had sex August 17th and 18th and had my normal period, so i thought everything was okay, but now im having ALOT of pregnancy symtoms. All i want to know is if you can 1 period. Dont tell me to take a test. Im hoping im not!

2007-09-12 10:23:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

Answer these questions:

1. How long does a twin pregnancy last?
2. When should you start to notice you have a little pooch with a twin pregnancy?
3. Do your hips get wider after having a vaginal birth?
4. Describe everything that goes on during labor to beginning to end.

2007-09-12 10:21:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

I sometimes notice white stuff on his tongue. I'm assuming it's either leftover milk or that he's got thrush. It gets lighter, but I can't tell if it ever completely goes away. But I have no symptoms, & I've had it before with my daughter, so I know what it feels like. But sometimes I notice the whiteness quite a while after he's nursed. Do I need to try to get him to take a drink of water to rinse his mouth to prevent thrush, if the milk is staying in his mouth that long? That's what my daughter's ped. recommended, but she was quite a bit older (maybe 8 or 9 months?) while my son is only 3 weeks old. Ideas?

2007-09-12 10:20:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

My son and i just bought a scale model of the space shuttel at the aeronautics show in Vegas last weekend. It's rated to carry a payload of 80 lbs and fly to about 3000', then deploy the cargo bay which comes back down by a parachute. It turns out my son fits perfectly into the cargo bay and only weighs 65 lbs so he's been bugging me to let him take a test flight. I've already tested the parachute and it works fine so i'm not worried about his safety from that standpoint. But it takes quite a bit of gasoline to get a full launch and they recommend adding a mixture of ethyl alcohol to boost the fuel mixture. They gave us a video of a test launch and what I'm concerned about is the big plume of smoke that envelopes the capsule for about 10 seconds before liftoff. He can hold his breath for about 2 minutes but it has me a little concerned. Is that exhaust toxic enough to worry about? It's really just the same thing that comes out of cars but it's just there's a whole lot of it. Thanks!

2007-09-12 10:00:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

On occassion I see a home with a swimming pool hang out a sign for daycare services.

Maybe I am being unfair, but it looks to me like the people are wanting to supplement their income and child safety is a secondary concern. I think residental daycares should not have swimming pools. What do you think?

2007-09-12 09:51:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

I am having a boy soon and i don't have a name! can you give me any ideas??

2007-09-12 09:46:54 · 39 answers · asked by BLONDI 2 in Baby Names

Choose the baby that you believe has the prettiest eyes. Even if it isn't my son Gavin. Go by the eyes not the cuteness! : )
http://www.topbabyphotos.com/CONTESTS/TopEyes.htm
thank you! The baby with the best eyes deserves to win..not the ones with red eye. : (
thanks for voting for the baby with the best eyes! even if it isn't my son! i know it's soo hard to choose, they are all really really cute! Tell your friends, and you can vote once every day!

2007-09-12 09:45:59 · 20 answers · asked by blank 4 in Baby Names

would the doctor be able to tell the difference in a 10 week fetus and a 14 week fetus?

2007-09-12 09:45:19 · 11 answers · asked by crazystrong22 1 in Pregnancy

my baby is 12 mos old today and i've been doing 1/2 cows milk and 1/2 formula.

when i was giving her 8 oz of formula she would get only 1/2 of the formula to water, so i was giving her 8oz of water to 2 scoops of formula.

also in every bottle she would have 2 tbls of prunes

this is because she could not pass a bowel movement otherwise. so now that i'm switching her i wasn't adding the prunes and she was very constipated and screaming when passing a bowel movement.

should i put prunes in every bottle still? when i go to all whole milk? or should she be ok?

or would rice or soy milk be better? are these less constipating then formula?

2007-09-12 09:44:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

What do you think of Addyson, Cammden, Brooklyn, Jaden, Sydney Savannah Leighla?

2007-09-12 09:42:09 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baby Names

I live in the state of Georgia and Im 16 and my Boyfriend is 18 years old. I just found out that i was pregnant and my mom is threating with sending my boyfriend to jail if i dont have an abortion. Is that true cna she really send him to jail for that??

2007-09-12 09:33:11 · 28 answers · asked by Mickey K 1 in Adolescent

I'm going for something unique. Something that you don't hear everyday, and won't hear it in every single classroom in the country. What do you think of these names?

For Girls:
Persephone Nepenthe (per-se-fo-nee napenth-ay)
Raven Nepenthe
Ivy Rayne
Ephemera Nepenthe
Ephemera Rayne

For Boys:
Vaughn Corvin
Rozio Kaine
Corvin Kaine
Kaine Orion

2007-09-12 09:30:03 · 18 answers · asked by Abby C 5 in Baby Names

So I'm 20 weeks pregnant and I don't really know if what I'm feeling is my baby moving or not. I've read on here about how people say it feels like a butterfly fluttering or a little fish swimming around but how else would you explain what your little one felt like moving around inside you?? Every now and then I feel these little weird hard to explain things below my belly button on my left and right side. I wouldn't say its painful or uncomfortable...just odd. Not like the feeling feels good or anything but it doesn't hurt...I don't know how to explain it :) This is my first pregnancy so I really have nothing to compare to either.

So....back tot he question....how would you explain what your baby felt like moving around inside you?

Thanks!!

2007-09-12 09:28:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

I'm in my third trimester and have been told that drinking red raspberry leaf tea, or taking the capsules would help smooth my uterine muscles which helps in the labour and delivery of the baby...
Out of all of you who took either the capsules or the tea... or both; when did you start taking it, did you go early or did it make a difference... what was your overall experience, and what would you recomend for me, and do the capsules work better than the tea??

2007-09-12 09:27:19 · 10 answers · asked by Happy Mommy 1 in Pregnancy

My husband cummed in me on the 4th day I was on my period, ever since I have been getting really bad cramps. Is this normal? When I used to get my period it never hurted. Now the pain is killing me...

2007-09-12 09:26:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

Leighton/Layton & Brynlie/Brynlee/Brinley/Brynli/Brynley

Erin/Aryn/Ayrn & Bryn/Brynn

Macielle & Delaney

Rylie & Brynlie

Middle names will be Sophia, Olivia, Alexia, Alexa, or Noah

Thanks!

2007-09-12 09:23:32 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baby Names

My cousin is having a baby. SH ethinks it is a girl but she doesn't mind if it's a boy.

These are the names, what do you think?

Elsie Mai (G)
Cameron David (B)

David is named after her dad....

2007-09-12 09:20:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baby Names

i am 41 weeks and a day and i think i lost my mucous plug today.. was kinda icky.... and ive been cramping up all day and my lower back is killing me.... this was after last night when i felt like someone was sticking a knife up my gina and poking me...... how long do you think until labor?? i need advice or opinions.... anyone have this happen>?

2007-09-12 09:19:43 · 19 answers · asked by nikki marie 1 in Pregnancy

When i sleep i can't sleep on my stomach or back (for obvious reasons, when i sleep on my stomach it hurts, and when i sleep on my back the weight of my stomach hurts like crazy too) So that leaves my hips. I sleep with a pillow under my stomach, but if i have a pillow between my knees it makes it worse. I wake up every two hours with my hip (that i'm laying on) hurting like crazy! THen i roll over and have to wake up an hour to two hours later to roll over again. Is this normal? I wake up aching every single morning.

2007-09-12 09:17:44 · 11 answers · asked by justkiddingu 2 in Pregnancy

I like Jovie and Abigail (Abby) for girls and Riley for a boy... I need more boy names though because, when I start having kids, I want 5 :o)

2007-09-12 09:16:37 · 40 answers · asked by Go Bears! 6 in Baby Names

Today at school when I went to the bathroom I noticed that I was spotting a little bit. This was about 2 hours ago. I am 6 weeks pregnant. Is it normal to spot this early in the pregnancy? I had a appt yesterday and when he did the ultrasound he said everything looks absolutely normal. What is causing this? I have called him but he was busy and the nurse said to call back later to talk to him because when someone calls in about that we have to talk to the dr. So any help now would be nice but I will talk to my dr so dont even tell me to call my dr.

2007-09-12 09:13:16 · 4 answers · asked by נєѕѕι¢α (ανα'ѕ мσмму) 5 in Pregnancy

I know it sounds absolutely aweful, but to me, only a select few babies actually look cute. (sigh) It seems so strange to me how all the other women my age crowed around a mother's newborn and say, "oh she/he's soooooo cute!" when it looks puffy, unhappy, and hungry. Am I the only one out there with a skeptical baby analyzing complex??

2007-09-12 09:12:14 · 19 answers · asked by justkiddingu 2 in Newborn & Baby

You have to rethink music selections while being a parent.

2007-09-12 09:09:39 · 12 answers · asked by acctm_couture 1 in Parenting

My daughter is 1 and slept through the night from the time she was 2 months until she started crawling. Since then she has not slept through the night and wakes up to 3 times to be fed. we feed her right before she sleeps(usually oatmeal and veggies) and she gets a bottle. She wakes at 10:30, 1am and sometimes 3:30. Any ideas to help ween her from the bottle and to help her sleep throught the night? She usually goes right back to sleep after a feeding. We have never used a pacifier and the only thing that seems to work to quiet her is the bottle. This has been going on for 5 months and we are getting very sleep deprived. Thank you!

2007-09-12 09:07:37 · 6 answers · asked by Ginger B 2 in Newborn & Baby

My 20 month old just got a Dorah the Explorer toddler bed and when we picked it out she LOVED it. That night she slept very well, which was a suprise to me, because I expected her to miss her crib, which was passed down to her 2 month old sis.

Well for the past few nights she's been either getting out of bed or screaming her head off. I tried putting gaurd rails on her bed so she couldn't climb out, but for some, odd reason she got out! I need advice. I've tried to keep on putting her in bed and do it whenever she gets out until she is tired, but it's hard. Expecially when my 2 month old needs a chaning. She'll get out of bed and then run to me and try to get in her sister's crib! Yesterday I came home and my soon-to-be-MIL was watching my kids and she was cradling my sleeping 2 month old. I went upstairs to find my daughter in the crib! I tried to explain to her she's not a baby she's a big girl and she said "Me no wanna be big-girl. Me wanna be baby! WAHH! WAHH!" HELP PLEASE!

2007-09-12 09:07:25 · 9 answers · asked by Jasmine 4 in Toddler & Preschooler