Parenting - January 2007

My daughter has been acting very suspicious lately, she has been shutting me out. The other day i noticed that her profile was up and she had weird words under her "my interests" column. i tried to search them but i couldnt find anything..shes been hanging out with new people, and acting differently. i hate to say that i want to snoop around her room, but what sort of things would clue me into that she was doing any kind of drugs? please help i need to get to the bottom of this.

2007-01-29 13:10:32 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Oops, our 3 year old caught us having sex!! Will it affect him? Does he knows what it means? He scolded me for having my pants off..."mommy why are you now wearing your underwear/pants?" He didn't say nothing to his dad. Why do I get the sole finger pointed at me by our 3 year old. Felt soo embarassed.

2007-01-29 12:33:17 · 15 answers · asked by FIT-GAL 1

what ever happned to these families that gave birth to like 7 and 8 kids. i dont rember there names but one of them was black the other was white... i think the with family was Makacly or somehting liek that the black family had 8 kids one died... just wonder what happned to these familes

2007-01-29 12:24:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I found out that I have a disease that prohibits me from having a child without fertility drugs. My husband and I are wanting to adopt. I've always wanted to adopt, but I figured it would be after my husband and I had kids and were in our like 40s, I'm 21 (22 in June) so this is a bit of a shock. I want to learn about the process before we start on this journey. And how do we go about adopting children from out of South Carolina or even out of the United States? Please help me.

2007-01-29 12:22:18 · 4 answers · asked by Melissa Breazeale 2

does the school call you?

I have a daughter in first grade. She had a doctors app't last week for a check up - I planned on bringing her to school after her appt'. Anyway, the doctors office was so busy and we were there much longer than planned. So after the app't we just came home (there was only like 2 hours left of school). Anyway, later that evening I realized I never called the school to let them know she wasn't going to be in. And then I was concerned that the school didn't call me to let me she wasn't there. I always remember when I was in school, that if I was absent, they would call home to check.

What is your schools policy (if you know)? My concern is that if she really went to school and for some horrible reason, didn't how up, I wouldn't know until I was waiting for her at the bus stop - you know what I mean.

Thanks for your answers!!

2007-01-29 12:09:36 · 17 answers · asked by hotmomma 4

My father was in my life until i was 14. then he was in and out of my life until i was 19 when he disappeared completely. i havent seen him since (im 23). the last words he said to me were "i dont owe you anything im done raising you".
should i tell my child he's dead? i would never consider letting him back in my life. (not that he would try). i am still close to my father's mother and sisters but i only see them like once a yr.

also my boyfriend's father is a deadbeat but his father still calls him. he doesnt want to tell him he has a child, he wants to tell our child he is dead. i told him thats ridiculous. at least his father calls him. and he does pop up a few times a decade. it wont be possible.

i just dont know what to say if she were to ask where my daddy was.

2007-01-29 11:58:41 · 19 answers · asked by jean grey 6

how often do you change and clean your childs sheets?? crib sheets?

2007-01-29 11:35:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother died a year ago today!!! she was 64 years old and died very suddenly...she was having a #2 problem for 8 hours straight...started to be in pain so my dad took her to the hospital...2 hours later she was in surgery and they found out she had an infected colon so they removed it and put a bag there instead and to make a long story short...basically cuz she was a smoker...and she was on a breathing machine 50 percent of the time when she was at home...her body could not handle the surgery..she came out in critical condition..a day later, she had a massive stroke and died 12 hours later.....my son was born 5 days later so he is turning a year old on feb 3rd, 2007 and i really am not that intrested in celebrating. I am going too but i feel bad for my son as he gets older cause i am never going to be happy when his birthday rolls around. it's suppose to be a happy time and to me it's not. anybody ever been in a similar situation?

2007-01-29 11:29:51 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

He lies to me, his step dad, his teacher...How can I stop this before it escalates in to worse bahavior?

2007-01-29 11:09:15 · 11 answers · asked by kmoc123 5

2007-01-29 11:04:14 · 10 answers · asked by Melissa H 3

I used to get them all the time. I got a serious spanking when I hit my kindergardten teacher.

2007-01-29 10:34:29 · 31 answers · asked by The Zunester 5

my g/f and i have been dating for about 4 and a half yrs, she's 29, im 22 and a half. About 2 weeks ago she informed me that she was preg and will be keeping the baby. she was on the pill the whole time we were dating (allegedly) so i never used a condom or any other type of birth control. i have a few reasons why i think she got preg on purpose the main one being that i ran into a friend of hers yesterday who congratulated me and said she was happy for us b/c "she knew how much my g/f wanted a baby" which was news to me! i just graduated from college and have a good job now and my g/f has been out of college for 7 yrs so financially this isnt a problem, i just am in no way ready to be a dad b/c of the huge change that bringing a child into the world will have on someone's life. just a few month ago she and i were talking about how neither one of us is ready for marriage yet so that isnt an option. on top of this, my mom is gonna kill me! any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanx.

2007-01-29 10:32:04 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a stay at home mother of two. People seem to think that I am available 7 days 24 hours a day to them. They call me and when they don't reach me, they catch an attitude and say "I called you, where were you, and what were you doing!" They act like I have nothing to do and my life should be dedicated to them. Most of the time I don't have time to be chasing the telephone around the the house when I'm managing a 2 yr old and 5 mo old. I usually turn the ringer off so it doesn't wake the kids during nap time, and when I do get a quick break to myself the last thing I want to hear is the phone ring. Does anyone else have this problem?

2007-01-29 10:08:44 · 21 answers · asked by MamaLady 2

i have stepkids and my husband normally disciplines them, but he's going to iraq. what do i do ? my stepkids are a 7 yr. old girl and then two 13 yr. old boys and i'm 20 so the only one who listens to me is the 7 yr. old

2007-01-29 10:06:51 · 10 answers · asked by the sun should burn out tommorow 1

Ok, my children live with me full time. There father lives with his mother and they live in a small camper trailer so my kids cant go there to visit him. I allow him to come and stay at my place every other weekend so he can see the kids. Well While i am gone for the week he lets the kids break all the rules. They are ages 3, 5, and 7. So they do know the rules. I have also gone over the rules with him. And to top it off, he lets them eat all the lunch food. I support them with out any help from him so it makes me so mad because i cant afford that. I know there are alot of people who would say dont let him see the kids, this and that but they need to have there father in there life. Any advise on what is best?

2007-01-29 10:06:03 · 14 answers · asked by Randa 3

My daughter is 7 and in second grade. THis is her first year being into boys, now she had a boyfrien. Is this two young?

2007-01-29 09:54:06 · 14 answers · asked by Randa 3

! have two children ages 10 months to 27 months. I have been really busy with my daughter, because we have to go to physical therapy every week for a problem she has, I'm trying to potty train my son, I always have two dogs also, and one is 8 months old and not potty trained. In the winter the dog stays in at night in our laundry room. Every time I wake up, there is four or five craps in the room and pee everywhere! We just resuced this dog. I can't potty train it. My routine is waking up around 7:30 am and cleaning from that point on. My son makes small spills and I am constantly cleaning up, my son tries to help, but makes the mess worse. It's okay as long as he is helping. My husband changes 3 times a day and throws the clothes everywhere. He is always mad that he doesn't have clothes. I can't maintain a life with my kids and clean constantly like he wants. What should I do? He is like a hurricane when he comes home, he goes to work and I have to clean his mess over and over again

2007-01-29 09:50:33 · 3 answers · asked by fourcheeks4 5

and if so why?

2007-01-29 09:27:26 · 8 answers · asked by crct2004 6

I don't undrestand why there is so much criticizum toward parents who have to work, my husband started a buisness two weeks before I was due to have my baby, I was devistated, as I had trusted him to care for us during the time I would be on maternity leave as he had a full time job that I had bugeted for. This still rips my heart out as I was forced to go back to work early. We structured our work as best we could so he spends three days in day care, I wanted him at home more than what he is in care. This is still an issue for me, I have to try not to dwell on this as it has nearly ended my marriage but I have a son to think about and I do love my husband very much. So when you people decide to judge working parents, think about in an ideal world us parents would be able to stay with our little ones and care for them as we'd like to. Our morgage is no more than $150,000.00, and we do not live extravagently. We work to stay off the dole and to give our children a better life!

2007-01-29 09:14:12 · 12 answers · asked by brolgs 1

I am not homophobic or saying a loving gay couple could not bring love to a child but the norm is that a woman is the mother and the man is the father, biologically. Nature is subtle in the sexes. There are things that a man will never understand about a woman and vice versa. This is not about Adam and Eve. This is about Nature. Just as much as we fight for the right of the planet we must fight for the right of nature. A woman is the mother and the man is the father.
If in doubt, it should be down to the child and what THEY want.

2007-01-29 09:12:43 · 17 answers · asked by Jason 2

My boy is going to be 3 on April and I am trying to teach him how to potty train but it is realy fustrating since he never tells me when he has to go. I take him everytime I think he needs to go and he does but sometimes if I dont' take him he goes on his pants.

2007-01-29 09:12:07 · 9 answers · asked by Irma R 1

I have two children ages 10 months to 27 months. I have been really busy with my daughter, because we have to go to physical therapy every week for a problem she has, I'm trying to potty train my son, I always have two dogs also, and one is 8 months old and not potty trained. In the winter the dog stays in at night in our laundry room. Every time I wake up, there is four or five craps in the room and pee everywhere! We just resuced this dog. I can't potty train it. My routine is waking up around 7:30 am and cleaning from that point on. My son makes small spills and I am constantly cleaning up, my son tries to help, but makes the mess worse. It's okay as long as he is helping. My husband changes 3 times a day and throws the clothes everywhere. He is always mad that he doesn't have clothes. I can't maintain a life with my kids and clean constantly like he wants. What should I do? He is like a hurricane when he comes home, he goes to work and I have to clean his mess over and over again.

2007-01-29 09:09:47 · 1 answers · asked by fourcheeks4 5

I am a single parent who has worked 2 jobs most of my life to make sure my children had what they wanted and needed. After 9 years of trying to get my ex spouse to do any kind of reasonably paying work, we divorced. There wasn't any of me in the relationship. Just someone who worked to provided. I couldn't take the reality that this man wasn't going to do anything. The children are all teens and preteens now and frequently play mom and dad against one another. They are typical American kids who expect everything to be given to them such as a car to drive, a college education, etc. I provided all these things for myself and tried to instill values in the kids that they needed to contribute something. A year ago I met someone special who wants me to go overseas with him (He is European). My heart is telling me to go with him and give the custody to their dad, yet at the same time I am being forced to feel guilty that my kids don't come first. Am I the only one out there?

2007-01-29 08:55:17 · 17 answers · asked by Deborah S 2

I am so overprotective of my daughter that I wont let her do anything. She is 4 years old and, I wont let her go outside and make friends. The only outside socialization that she gets is from her pre-k class. She is literally a miracle baby. I never thought that I would be able to have children because of my seizures.
I can't drive at all. Therefore I can't just take her to the B-Day parties that she is invited to from her class peers. And I just cant take her anywhere on a whim.
My entire family works during the day, so I have no one to rely on during the day. Not until about 5pm.
Why am I so overprotective? What am I doing to her?

2007-01-29 08:43:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

how many words should she be saying

2007-01-29 08:32:04 · 6 answers · asked by jessica 2

I uesd to beable to hold him in the air and he loved it, now just resantly if I do it he gets scared and will cry. Also if i hold him and I let him down he will none stop cry also. He doesnt want his dad and only me. What should I think or do. Some times whan I hold him he crys as well and i just fead him and he just woke up from a nap. It seams like he never did take a nap. When I say stop it or no he crys as well

Please help

2007-01-29 08:21:58 · 13 answers · asked by Amy 1

At what age did you put your toddler in a toddler bed?

2007-01-29 07:59:47 · 18 answers · asked by MamaLady 2

Does anybody know or have any advice for a single mom on ways to cut costs/programs for single mothers/ways to save/financial advice. I work full-time and have a almost 3 year old son. I've found this to be a wonderful place for advice..any is welcome.

2007-01-29 07:59:09 · 9 answers · asked by Burn to Shine 2

I am maybe moving to manchester with my 5 year old son. what is a good are to bring up kids in?

2007-01-29 07:47:17 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-29 07:39:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous