Pregnancy & Parenting - 28 December 2007

Sometimes when the four year old boy that I watch asks me something, I get annoyed. Like when he asks me what I'm doing.
I like kids a lot, but sometimes when I'm tired I get annoyed. Then everytime I go to do something in the kitchen, he has to follow me and come and see what I'm doing, lol, and my apartment is not that big, it is also crowded with toys and things that I provide for the kids.
Sometimes when he asks to watch a movie or play a game I tell him no or I hold off on it, bc I may be on my computer playing a game or checking my email.
But him and his little brother have plenty of toys to play with. Is this mean?
I truly think that I'm really nice to them, I just get annoyed sometimes. Is it normal to get annoyed when babysitting kids??
Please take this question seriously, bc I would llike to know what I can do to improve.I have a 3 month old myself and I'm really patient with her, but it is harder to be patient with other people's children. How can I be better?
Thanks!

2007-12-28 01:47:21 · 15 answers · asked by Aneres 3 in Toddler & Preschooler

8 Months ago I watched my neighbor taken away in an ambulance bloody and beaten. And watched her loser boyfriend taken away in cuffs. He beat her with hammer and got her in the face and arms.
I tried to comfort her when she got back home but her stupidity made me want to aviod this dumb woman. All she talked about was how much she loved this loser and how sorry he was when he called collect from jail. To make this short she took him back.

Now she has 2 girls ( neither child is the abusers ) one is 8 the other is 11. They come to my house sometimes to play with my 3 year old son and visit. Occasionally I'll ask if everything is okay at home and if they are safe.

These poor girls watched their mom get hit with a hammer!!!

Yesterday the 11 year old came over and asked to talk to me. She proceeded to tell me her mom is getting beat again by her boyfriend.

Now i don't care about their mother I care about them. They don't need to see that abuse. Should I call CPS?

2007-12-28 01:45:24 · 19 answers · asked by USMCgrlandMommy 6 in Adolescent

2007-12-28 01:41:19 · 23 answers · asked by mary-kay 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

i am 36 weeks pregnant and im dialated 2 centimeters, is it ok to still have sex? my dr. didnt say to stop so i am assuming its ok but i wanted to see what everyone else had to say. my husband is starting to get worried about it. he doesnt want to hurt the baby

2007-12-28 01:38:28 · 26 answers · asked by Angelfish21 1 in Pregnancy

2007-12-28 01:38:20 · 19 answers · asked by SmEllY! 6 in Pregnancy

I was just wondering if anyone was familiar with genetic? I'm just curious as to how dominant blond hair is in genes. I'm 26 weeks with a girl. When I was born, I had light brown hair. I was light brown when I was a toddler as well. My husband, on the other hand, had almost white blond hair as a baby and as a toddler-all the way up to his teenage years and then it started to darken up. He's still dirty blond though. i would love it if my little girl had blond locks! We both have light eyes as well-mine green, his blue. I know we wont know for sure until she's here, but i'm just curious.
Thanks in advance!

2007-12-28 01:37:47 · 6 answers · asked by emmy 4 in Newborn & Baby

I babysit two kids, a 1 year old and a 4 year old. I like kids but sometimes I do get annoyed with them, like I'm sure a lot of people do. But anyways. The 4 year old, only drinks fruit punch/kool-aid, and that is all his mother gives him.
He does not drink water, or milk.he always brings over this big container of punch for him, every week. I only let him drink in the kitchen so that he won't spill it on my carpet, but he constantly is getting up and going in and out of the kitchen when he is thirsty....it is kind of crowded in my apartment, so i just want him to drink all of the kool-aid at once that is in his cup and come sit down.
My husband comes home from work , and he gets a cup of kool-aid and the 4 yar old sees him gets some, so then he asks me for some, and I say no, you already had enough kool-aid today. Then my friggin' husband barges in and says "The boy is thirsty let him have some kool-aid." He made me mad when he did that,bc for one i'm the babysitter....

2007-12-28 01:37:06 · 15 answers · asked by Aneres 3 in Parenting

My daughter is 2years old now.I want to potty train her.But she likes to sit in the potty.But she does not do anything in the potty.
What should I do ?

2007-12-28 01:29:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Toddler & Preschooler

he is very calm,watching tv and sitting calmly

2007-12-28 01:29:16 · 9 answers · asked by freetowitnis2002 2 in Newborn & Baby

I have a 3-yr-old boy who has not taken well to potty training. I've noticed that when I put him on the potty chair he purposely holds himself, that is refuses to release his urine or poop. Finally after 30 or so minutes when I put his pull up on he will go in his pull up. My question is how do you handle a child who is refusing to release their waste. I've also tried putting him on the toilet and he does the same thing. Please help. Thank you.

2007-12-28 01:24:06 · 7 answers · asked by strawberriesilove 2 in Toddler & Preschooler

my daughter is still having a hard time adsjusting to her biological dad whom she hasn't seen since she was three and now she is six. she cries and screams and yells that she doesn't want to see them. i have to carry her to meet him because of a court order. she inisists that he hates her and i haven't had the heart to tell her that he has two boys and a wife. when she was three he was married and had one child but she doesn't remember anything from three years ago including him. he wants to meet her with his parents and wife.when i was pregnant with her for the first six months of her life he ignored her then he became a part of her life. when she was three we had a huge argument and i broke off contact with him and we moved out of the country don't live n the USit is my fault that she hasn't seen her dad. recently i was in court and the judge demanded that he be allowed to see her or i lose custody I am also afriad that we will end up arguing in front of her. we can't get along

2007-12-28 01:09:51 · 7 answers · asked by Hmmmmmm 3 in Toddler & Preschooler

Is it true that it is risky to have a baby at 38 years old? My mother is at her 4th month. What are the possible risks?

2007-12-28 01:06:46 · 13 answers · asked by Kyle J 6 in Pregnancy

what are some way to get prego faster

2007-12-28 00:55:54 · 6 answers · asked by krystal j 1 in Trying to Conceive

im 6dys overdue,had a membrane sweep and had regular contractions 8mins apart for hrs,midwife says its too early to break waters/do another sweep but im soo tired,i have 3 other children who went to their nans this morning as we thought bub was on his way and things seemed to have stopped,any advice?

2007-12-28 00:55:10 · 12 answers · asked by lisa k 2 in Pregnancy

My 15 week old wakes up (around) 2 am for a bottle of about 5-6 ounces. She tends to eat every 3-4 hours during the day, with sometimes 6 hour stretches at night. Every morning I offer her a bottle at 645 am before I go to work. She basically will gag when I offer it and fuss. When I take it away she smiles and babbles. Sometimes, and only sometimes, she will drink an ounce or so. When I drop her off at the sitters at 715 she is fussy and hungry! I hung out there today for a bit and she took the bottle from her and ate 6 ounces. She (the sitter) says this happens all the time...she is starving the minute I leave, but will refuse all food if I try prior to dropping her off. This ONLY happens at this time. I feel guilty dropping this "starving" child off in the morning...why do you think she does this?

2007-12-28 00:43:39 · 5 answers · asked by Kat 6 in Newborn & Baby

nant....how to prevent it we never used any contraceptive except of withdrawal?

2007-12-28 00:39:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

Been trying to conceive and last month, we tried everyday near ovulation and on ovulatin day. For about 5 days. Tried to lift up my hips also but was so disappointed that I did not conceive. Sperm still flows out after hours even if I been lying down. Can this be the reason why I am not pregnant?

2007-12-28 00:18:53 · 3 answers · asked by Ferris Wheel 1 in Trying to Conceive

me and my girlfriend did it for the first time the other week, we used a condom and i did not ejaculate in side her but she is a week late on her period dose this mean she pregnant? HELP!!!

2007-12-28 00:06:51 · 34 answers · asked by rennie234 1 in Pregnancy