Pregnancy & Parenting - 15 December 2007

and pain she went through,p.s. i am on a budget.

2007-12-15 05:55:06 · 16 answers · asked by amani G 1 in Trying to Conceive

I think I wanna get her some personolized gift (such as the coffee cups, soaps...) with a picture of my niece on it. Do you have any ideas and websites? Thanks!

2007-12-15 05:52:45 · 8 answers · asked by Pro90 1 in Newborn & Baby

my daughter is just shy of 5 months. she starts her day waking up around 8:30 or 9 yes that would be great but i do have a 4 yr old that gets up around 6:30am so i have to get up. i am breast feeding just to let you know. she takes her little 15 to 30 min cat nap around 11 and then at 2 and then at 5pm. and then she goes to sleep with a fight around 10:30 11pm. i know i should not let her take that nap at 5 but like i said it is a short one but she needs it because she is so tired and cranky i don't even know how to keep her up. she is attached to the boob and won't take a nap or go to sleep at night without it. when she is ready for bed she wants me to lay with her. and crys if i put her in the crib. i can not let her cry because like i said i have a four year old and they share a room. she is up 4 to 5 times in the night. the only way she will go back to sleep is if she has the boob. there is no point of putting her back in her crib because i just get up all the time.

2007-12-15 05:49:04 · 6 answers · asked by chocolate 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

2007-12-15 05:40:48 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

Hello! I am 8 weeks 5 days pregnant and since I took my first positive HPT, I have been taking about 1 a week (it feels so good to see that strong red positive line!) I was planning on taking 1 a week until I see my baby in the ultrasound this coming week.
The problem: all of my previous HPTs have shown a very strong test line (usually darker than the control line). But today the test line is light-- much lighter than usual. I did not use my 1st morning urine (but I didn't in all of the previous ones). I am of course kind of worried (I also had some very very slight brownish spotting/discharge last week- Dr. said it was probably Ok).
Has this happened to any of you? What is the reason for it? Is my baby OK?

2007-12-15 05:40:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

She eats 6-6oz bottles with 3 tablespoons of rice in each bottle every day. I don't know if she should eat rice/oatmeal/babyfood twice or three times a day. Do I just offer it , and see if she wants it?

2007-12-15 05:40:28 · 6 answers · asked by QHpaintedfire 1 in Newborn & Baby

what is wrong with their body? hormones, stress? what causes this?

I heard false positives are nearly impossible?

or could they of had a miscarriage?

2007-12-15 05:37:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

2007-12-15 05:34:43 · 7 answers · asked by msjonea 2 in Pregnancy

2007-12-15 05:31:21 · 43 answers · asked by Larry B 3 in Baby Names

I'm thirteen... so driving is out of the question

2007-12-15 05:31:05 · 8 answers · asked by Jessica L 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

Our daughter is 6 months old. We do not plan to mislead or lie to her and tell her Santa Claus is real. It's ok with me if she wants to pretend that there is a Santa, Easter Bunny, Sponge Bob, etc. But why would i tell her lies and make her think a fat man in a red suit brings presents that her mother and i actually buy?

2007-12-15 05:23:13 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

Are you parents out there being cautious about what you buy? Are you finding it hard to find toys made in America?
Or are you just buying the same ol' lead filled crap from Wal-Mart?

2007-12-15 05:22:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

How many oz of breast milk does a 1 week old baby drink? My daughter feed for about 10 min the my husband gave her a 2 oz bottle (of breastmilk) and she was still hungry and feed on my breast for another 20 min! We soothed her and try to make her sleepy but she still was awake and giving us the "fish look" looking for me.. why is she not getting full? i dont know what to do.. just keep feeding her?

2007-12-15 05:21:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

What would you let a 4 year old watch on TV. Some people say Disney Channel, but I think that the shows are for older kids. I need some advice on this topic. Also my daughter will be 5 the end of January.

2007-12-15 05:19:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

2007-12-15 05:16:43 · 11 answers · asked by gavin h 1 in Pregnancy

My husband and I are not sure what is appropriate and what's not. We don't want to seem greedy but want to give people options. I already had one person comment that we have too many items on our registry which made me feel kind of bad. We have 156 items on it, is that too many? What is the average amount?

2007-12-15 05:06:34 · 17 answers · asked by Jayme C 1 in Newborn & Baby

The dream felt so real. I can't be pregnant now because I haven't done anything with my boyfriend to be pregnant because I'm so far away. I going back in a few weeks. Does it mean I'm going to be pregnant soon. I'm so confused. It happened a few times b4 this

2007-12-15 05:01:47 · 11 answers · asked by J.B. 2 in Pregnancy

There are days where my 20 month old refuses to eat table foods except for 2 baby jars and some bread/veggies.

2007-12-15 04:57:04 · 9 answers · asked by Pie 3 in Toddler & Preschooler

If my hubby and I want to go on a date for 4/5 hours and bb-sitter is studying?

2007-12-15 04:42:19 · 7 answers · asked by Yuppy 2 in Parenting

1. Do you like snow? Does it snow where you live?
2. Were you named after anyone?
3. Do you like your handwriting?
4. Do you have kids?
5. If you were another person would you be friends with you?
6. Do you still have your tonsils ?
7. Would you bungee jump?
8. What is your favorite cereal?
9. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
10. What is the first thing you notice about people?
11. Red or pink?
12. What is the least favorite thing about yourself?
13. Who do you miss the most?
14. What are you listening to right now?
15. Favorite smells?
16. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
17. Hair color? Eye color?
18. Scary movies or happy endings?
19. Summer or winter?
20. Last movie you watched?
21. Favorite dessert?
22. What book are you reading now?
23. What is the farthest you have been from home?
24. What time is it now?

Have Fun. =)

2007-12-15 04:29:30 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

2007-12-15 04:20:50 · 5 answers · asked by CATWOMAN 6 in Grade-Schooler

I think my daughter had acid reflux. Everytime she eats she spits up a little and then crys hysterically. I'm taking her to the Dr on monday but I was wondering from parents who have children with the same problem how the Dr diagnoses this.

2007-12-15 04:20:28 · 6 answers · asked by FaerieWhings 7 in Newborn & Baby

I'm having a little baby boy! I love the name Zaden but what would a good middle name be? I kinda thought maybe Riley? But i want some more choices.

2007-12-15 04:13:46 · 17 answers · asked by Andrea S 1 in Baby Names

is this a sign of adhd?

2007-12-15 04:12:41 · 8 answers · asked by justmyopinion 4 in Toddler & Preschooler

My name is Molly-Sue and I have a husband named Chris. We have 4 children, Claire who is 6, Brent who is 4, Sasha who is 2, and I just had Ryan who is 2 months old. I am now starting to feel sick again in the morning, I am tired more often than I usually am, and I am starting to eat a lot more. Could I be pregnant again? I mean Ryan is just 2 months, is it possible?

2007-12-15 04:09:23 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

I lost my temper today and slapped him. He cries non-stop over everything that doesnt go his way, we were baking cookies together last night and I told him to go wash his hands before we start, but he couldnt get his sleeves rolled up, so he proceeds to throw a huge tantrum, today I took him and my son to a playground, and another kid got a ball he wanted to play with (not his ball) and he started screaming and crying, throwing stuff, yelling, etc. I dont know what to do, I hate that kid, he truly believes the world revolved around him and him only. I make a rule, he goes behind my back to get his dad to break it, w/out saying he already spoke to me about it. Every mealtime, every outing turns into a nightmare because he throws a fit. This is going to break up our marriage. Dad takes his side and defends him, all I want is peace and for that kid to stop being a baby. He is in trouble at school all the time.

2007-12-15 04:09:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Grade-Schooler

My boyfriend is 18 and my parents really dont like him. Their taking him to court for statutory rape and are trying to prevent me from seeing him in any way. I just want to know what my rights are for myself and my child. They say it is their decision because they are paying for my medical care.Is it up to them if my boyfriend sees myself and the baby and is in the delivery room or is this up to me?

2007-12-15 03:58:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

New step son, never had a father figure before in his life until now. Trying to teach him manors as well as doing what he is told. He is becoming very rude and back talking when he doesn't like what we tell him, or he doesn't get his way.

2007-12-15 03:55:23 · 16 answers · asked by Conga Mac 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

Why has is all of a sudden become the practice to clamp the cord immediately after birth, rather than wait for it to quit pulsating?

My feeling on this, is that by doing so you are robbing the baby of half of it's blood, which has been squeezed back in to the placenta when the baby passed through the birth canal.

Why are they not waiting until the cord stops pulsating so that the blood from the placenta can return to the baby??? Has the mindset changed to you think the placenta is robbing the baby of blood??? Or is there an ulterior motive here, about getting that cord blood for research purposes???

I just witnessed a baby almost die on Discovery health because they clamped the cord immediately after birth, harvested a pint, A PINT, of blood from the cord, and the baby went in to respiratory distress. I think they robbed that baby of his blood, and if they would have waited to clamp the cord, and allowed the blood to go back in to the baby, he would have been fine.

2007-12-15 03:54:32 · 3 answers · asked by CSmom 5 in Newborn & Baby

my little boy is 3 weeks tomorrow and he is already guzzling down 5 ozs at each feed, i breast feed, bottle feed breast milk and give him formula (SMA gold).

is it right for him to want so much, he is sometimes only going 2 1/2 hours between feeds and if he had a 5 oz bottle he will follow this 2 hours later with a 4 oz or at least just over 3 ozs.

i did try the SMA white but found it made him a little constipated after just 1 bottle.

has anyone else had similar situation?

if so what did you do?

thanks

2007-12-15 03:30:16 · 6 answers · asked by unichick_06 2 in Newborn & Baby