Parenting - September 2006

My son just turned 1. My doctor told me if I wanted to circumcise him to wait til hes about 1 for certain reasons. How many of u have had your baby circumcised and how many have not?

2006-09-08 14:10:41 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

my question is am I a worried mom? Or a good mom. My daughters class has 20 kids in it and it is a public school. But the thing is when I drop her off at school, all the other parents just leave there kids there, all alone, no adults!! They are alone for 10-15 minutes befor the bell rings. I am the only parent that sits with the kids. ( I live in Utah, and here we just had a 5 year old girl abducted and killed.) so this freeks me out. am I crazy or right?

2006-09-08 13:30:56 · 29 answers · asked by sr22racing 5

Here's the situation. My husband and I are very close to his grandmother. She lives alone, and we visit her often. The problem is she is kind of paranoid when it comes to our daughter. It's annoying to have answer the same old questions over and over.."When will her teeth come in?" (My baby is 7 months. She has been asking us since she was 4 months old) Is she sick? (After my daughter sneezes once at her house. His grandmother smokes in her garage which may be the problem, but I don't want to be rude and bring this up.) And, countless other things. Sometimes it seems like she is putting down are parenting skills.

How do I tell her to butt out in a nice way. I'm afraid that one day I'm going to blow up on her, and I don't want that to happen.

2006-09-08 13:12:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter just turned one. She is a very picky eater, she doesnt even like the normal stuff like mac and cheese, her daily diet is fruit loops,mixed veggies, beans and yogurt. i know that doesnt sound too bad, but she needs to put some weight on, shes in the 5th percentile for her weight. Any one have any ideas for me to try with her?

2006-09-08 13:01:23 · 14 answers · asked by krystal 6

Do we have enough research to know that time outs work. I mean it seems like a fairly new approach to parenting, I just haven't really met any young adults that say yes I turned out good because of time outs when I was younger all I hear is "my parents would beat my *** and I turned out fine...."

2006-09-08 12:58:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend told me that arizona tea is regular tea...we shared it and when it was all gone i saw that there was acohol in it! i didn't know...and im 12! my mom smelled it and im grounded for 2 months! i'm not pissed or anything its just i dont know how to tell her i didn't know there was any alcohol!

2006-09-08 12:20:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-08 11:32:42 · 17 answers · asked by pebble 2

get up at night when they are sleeping and go to the bathroom, so they don't wet the bed? My brother in law does with his kids. I do not! What are ur thoughts?

2006-09-08 11:04:35 · 18 answers · asked by LeeLynn 5

2006-09-08 10:38:32 · 12 answers · asked by arm f 1

My 2 year old daughter named Iris is severely disabilitated. She has Gran Mal seizures,sensory integration disorder,Tourettes Syndrome,is paralyzed from the knee down , and has Iron Defficiency Anemia. She rquires LOADS of attention and my 10 year old dauhgter named Analise gets extremely upset when I pay her no attention. I try SO HARD to but Iris is just so demanding of time and attention. How to go about this? Any advice?

2006-09-08 10:27:08 · 16 answers · asked by Candiedcherries123 1

how do i stop them from getting puffy when i wake up from a napp it feels funny when there puffy in the front like that

2006-09-08 10:15:37 · 19 answers · asked by marka7227 1

My wife and i are both white but our new born is black. she claims she has been faithfull. is that possible?

2006-09-08 10:05:50 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

now he has to wear cast on his legs.. I am 8 months pregnant .Just had one kid 8 months ago and I was wandering DOES ANYONE HAVE IT WORSE THAN ME?

2006-09-08 09:53:18 · 23 answers · asked by brittany s 1

This wonderful little boy just started pre-school.His race became an issue when the parent filled out his paperwork for school.This child is thought to be caucasion by the outside world because he's very light with blonde hair and blue eye's, but he has some african-american features that other african-americans recognize as being from their race.He also has a caucasion father now who has raised him from the age of 5 months and is thought to be the birth father.I guess what I'm really asking is how do get him to understand this and is it too early to approach this.The parents and friends fear that another child may inadvertantly say something and confuse him.This is a serious question so no haters please.

2006-09-08 09:37:53 · 29 answers · asked by hippiegirl672003 4

If you were to have 2 children only and money wasn't an issue (like having to wait longer between them to buy a house, etc.) how far apart would you have your children?

I would like to have two children that are 2.5-3 years apart.

What is the "perfect" age difference between two siblings?

2006-09-08 09:01:27 · 22 answers · asked by HappyHippo 1

The government is now pushing to have children 9 - 12 vaccinated against HPV, saying that it protects against cancer. Why not just tell the truth. Doesn't HPV come from being sexually active? And if you are not sexually active, you will not contract HPV? From the research I've read, it is a strickly STD. In life there are consequences to face when you break the rules. Why not insist that our children remain children and not have sex until they are married?

2006-09-08 08:50:34 · 13 answers · asked by Wise ol' owl 6

My bestfriend friend of 13 is a guy named Matt. His wife is really mean to me. I work three jobs, as a petite model, as a personal trainer, and a mom of 2. I am married as well. Matt's wife is a stay at home mom solely even though he can hardly afford it, she spends her entire day in sweats. Matt complains to me she has really let herself go. Our kids are in the same class and sometimes when I went to pick my daughter up, she came over to my 5 year old daughter and said " Do you know that your mom is a fat b****" right in front of my face. She calls me a horrible mother because I work 31 hours a week! I am very nice to her, I even offered to give her some free personal training sessions. I go out with Matt sometimes for drinks or dinner and she calls him like every two minutes to " check up on him", she also calls my husband and makes up lies up how I am sleeping with guys I meet at my job. I am not a bad mom, I love my kids to death and make sure that my family is happy and healthy.

2006-09-08 08:47:15 · 19 answers · asked by Isabelle F 1

2006-09-08 08:24:42 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2006-09-08 08:22:19 · 8 answers · asked by sara 1

My daughter is 13 years old.The problem is she studies all the time!Everything else is uninteresting for her.It's like this already 2 years!I'm going out with her and we go where all other kids go to play or meet each-other,but she is just not interested and always asks me to go home so she could study.She is bored of everything else.She doesn't go out with friends,just studies at home and doesn't want anyone to bother her while she reads student books.She is one of the best at school.I'm worried she misses her childhood.But that's really interesting for her.Has anyone else have such a problem?

2006-09-08 07:37:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do some people (so many!) believe this to be true?

I was talking to someone who told me that after years and years of study, a woman shouldn't "waste her education" to j"ust be at home and make babies" and stuff. Other people have made similar remarks before. WTF??? Do they not know that this is one of the hardest and most rewarding job ever? Why do most cultures make it look like it's a big loss for a woman to make such a choice? Why do they persist in these lies, knowing fully well they are wrong?

2006-09-08 07:23:32 · 44 answers · asked by rayhanna 5

I do, watch the video

2006-09-08 07:16:32 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. Lemons 4

When can my 13mth old have peanut butter? There are no food allergies in our family. There is so much confusion about when he can have it. I have heard from 1 to 3 years. Does anyone really know?

2006-09-08 06:58:11 · 17 answers · asked by rachely1 3

I'm a single mother of a bi-racial son, his dad is hardly ever around agencies around here are forcing me to choose his black race over his white should I raise him to view him self as a black man still knowing both sides of his heritage or what should I do. His dad is no help with this.

2006-09-08 06:55:51 · 17 answers · asked by jamie091904 2

I want to take professionally looking photos of my son at home. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for making great looking backgrounds or where I can get backgrounds cheap

2006-09-08 06:54:17 · 14 answers · asked by Christin 1

My son is 1 and does NOT like wearing his diaper. He walks around the house taking it off all day, I have to keep chasing him to put it on and he shakes his head no like he hates it. I have had to wake up several of times due to him taking it off. He ends up peeing on the floor and in his bed without it on. he has no rash, his diapers get changed all the time. anyone else have this problem? do they just like being naked?

2006-09-08 06:17:05 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it parental abuse or parental guidence designed in such a way

2006-09-08 06:04:18 · 20 answers · asked by rudhra_vikas 2

2006-09-08 05:11:24 · 23 answers · asked by Island Girl 5