Parenting - June 2007

I hear people complain about being a stay-at-home-mom ALL the time. It drives me nuts! They talk about not having enough sanity. They talk about not having time to do anything. They talk about never having a break. They talk about everything that is so hard.

If being a stay at home mom was SO hard then why are there SO many stay at home moms [who remember "don't get a break"] online at Y!A? You would've thought that if it were that hard then there would be no one on here.

Are these people just whiners by nature? LOL! This is seriously driving me crazy!

Do you think that being a stay at home mom is hard? If so, why? If not, why?

Thank you!

--Stay at home mother of two boys.--

2007-06-21 08:08:37 · 27 answers · asked by .vato. 6

I ust want to hear different opinion. By this I mean 12,13,14,15,16,17 having sex.

2007-06-21 07:47:54 · 26 answers · asked by user 3

2007-06-21 07:35:16 · 23 answers · asked by Proud mother! 6

My three year old is exhibiting some talent when it comes to baseball. He can whip that ball with incredible accuracy and distance. He can also hit the ball out of our yard over the fence. He is also showing signs of being ambidextrous like his dad.

How do we nurture this natural talent without making him feel pressure? Are there fun programs for kids at this age that would be appropriate?

At first I thought I was just being a proud mommy, but now strangers are coming up to us constantly to let us know that he has got something special.

2007-06-21 07:12:59 · 5 answers · asked by CHH 2

I am divorced and have 2 children, a boy who is 6 and girl who is 10. I have 50-50 custody with my ex-wife and we seem to be tangling on an issue. My daughter seems to "get into it" with my ex over her bed time so my ex decided to allow her to learn more responsibility by allowing my 10 yr old to decide when she goes to bed. At my house, the kids go to bed at 8:30 PM on school nights and 9:00 PM during the summer. For as much as I have tried to reason with my ex about being consistent in both homes, she allows my daughter to go to bed when she wants. I do not agree with this and am wondering what other parents have to say.

2007-06-21 06:59:18 · 61 answers · asked by Anonymous

Quick briefing my partner has an 11 year old little brother. He has stayed the night before but we never had him for more then 1 day we now have him for the hole weekend (next). I plan on putting him to work a bit as well but i'm looking for fun activities for all 3 of us my partner and I are in late 20's. No Video Games I would like to show this kid he can have fun with out the TV. We do have movie plans and there will be video game playing time but i don't want him to come over and be clued to that tv and yard work. I am looking for something education too!
the boy does need a break his parents are on a verge of seperation and I want this kid to for get all about that!
also it may help tune my parent skills for that one day if i have my own kids!
normally i can think of a hole bunch of stuff but I would love some ideas from you all!
Thanks!!!

2007-06-21 06:34:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any good quick ideas to get some energy? My kids are about to get up from there nap and i feel like poop! I need to get some energy quickly and coffie is not cutting it.

2007-06-21 06:31:19 · 27 answers · asked by dutchess20021 1

2007-06-21 02:40:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

For Christmas I gave her a framed picture of my daughter, a Mary Kay Satin Hands gift set, and a Willow Tree guardian angel figurine. I brought her back a T-shirt from our weekend vacation. What should I do for her birthday?

2007-06-21 02:36:21 · 11 answers · asked by mom to 1 1

hi all, how would you handle this? I have a sister in law that is the most anoying person in the world. I have 2 kids of my own and my husband and i live on our own my sister in law lives with her hubby and 2 kids at her parents house. Every time we call over to talk with my mother in law she is always there going ohhh were busy mom hang up and call them back later. It drives us nuts. Also anytime that we go over ( holidays ect..) her kids are so out of controll its not funny and they teach my kids bad behaviors. She doesnt diciplin them at all and if her mother sys anything to her children my sister in law gets in her face and tells her to mind her bisness. Its driving me nuts my husband has gotten in to it with his mom over this there is no nice way to deal with my sister in law. And the funny part is there are days when we will randomly get phone calls to go over because the kids want to play with mine and i just dred it. This is my husbands family so i dont want to look like the

2007-06-20 23:59:28 · 11 answers · asked by kitty81301 4

I have recently been asked by my in-laws to take my kids to Disney World for a week and half. My family and I have lived in Spain for the last 4 years and just recently returned to the states. The last time my in-laws saw my two eldest children was 2 years ago, when my daughter was 3 and my son was just 9 months old. My husband and I have two different opinions on this. I don't want my kids to go with them for several reasons and my husband sees nothing wrong. I understand that my in-laws are completely capable of taking care of my kids, but I'm a stay at home mom and has been since the birth of my daughter. I am a bit on the protective side, but nowadays I feel I have to be. My husband is making me feel like I'm a bad person for not wanting my in-laws to take them, but I also feel that for their first visit to Disney World...I would like to be there with them as well. I just want to know how others feel. Is it wrong for me to be like this? Please don't judge me, just opinons.

2007-06-20 17:53:19 · 24 answers · asked by AJ 1

i'm almost 17. biological father left when i was 2 then came back then left less than a yr to go stay with his 2 kids and wife. i'm the 1st child so he cheated on my mom. when i was 8 he bring me n my little sister out once in a while. we get along. but i won't forgive him for what he did. we're not that close.

now the girl who have the same mother as me is almost 14 and went to go live with the guy who left us. why would a girl want to live with a man who left us for a family he created by cheated on our mother????
our mother don't abuse her or w/e. she loves us. is it because he has more money and buys her and lets her do w/e?

2007-06-20 17:48:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Children and Behavioral Issues

2007-06-20 16:47:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know I've asked a lot of questions about spanking, but, like I've said, I want to spank the exact right way. Sometimes my daughters will get in trouble together and I will have to spank them together. That means one gets spanked first and another has to watch, then it's her turn. Should I spank the older ones last, so they get a feeling like they've acted below their age or should I spank them first, so the younger one dreads the future, making the punishment stick more? Any opinions (please, only parents or people who believe in spanking).

2007-06-20 16:43:26 · 15 answers · asked by stmotherer 1

do they work well I put one on my son it seems ok but I am so use to pampers

2007-06-20 16:41:35 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daddy says he is going to be traveling for work this fall, but the problem is it is to the Middle East because he works for an oil company. My daddy has made it EXTREMELY clear that I will not be allowed to stay at home alone, and my brother is going off to college. So he says I can stay with another family or we can find a boarding school. We don't have any relatives around here that I can stay with. Now when I stayed with best friend's family last Fall, things did not go well, and I am putting that MILDLY, with the crux of the problem being that there was a perception amongst this family that I was acting like I was EXTREMELY spoiled, with the end result being that my friend's mother banned her from associating with me for a few months. Her mother is willing to give me a second chance, but they are a little too strict for my taste. Daddy has told me to choose...stay with them, find another friend's family which may be HARD or go to boarding school. What should I do?

2007-06-20 15:51:33 · 16 answers · asked by Lori 5

My son's 6 months tomorrow and can't sit up by himself yet. I'll put him in a sitting position but he just falls forward like he's folded in half and then starts crying. He also doesn't push up and down with his arms like you see babys doing on their bellies like a push up. He just rests his weight on his forearms. He can lift his head really well and roll from back to front really easily. Should I be worried?????

2007-06-20 15:47:12 · 10 answers · asked by Melissa t 2

I feel so bad for this family.....their 5month old son Kelab has SBS "SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME", they thought they can trust a babysitter but it was a very bad tragic on 5/9/07.....please help and pray for this lil inocent child and his parents! what should they do to that horrible person that harm baby KELAB? if u have know idea what I am talking about...please fll free to check out the slide that one of their friends did for them....
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2035957312


and this was an update on how he did after surgery
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2035231746


So please help tis family!

2007-06-20 15:14:16 · 8 answers · asked by I love my angels 6

it's a nice day out. i got a two year old and a 6 month old. what would you suggest?

2007-06-20 14:20:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Last year I moved in with my partner who has four children. These kids are complete slobs. I know children make messes, don't get me wrong. But, these kids just don't care if they live in filth. My partner's house wasn't the cleanest when I moved in and cleanliness has never been pushed in the household. I am such a neat freak and I feel like I am constantly down their backs! I've tried chore charts, constant reminding, rewards, etc. but it is hard to keep up with that when there is 4 of them. They have gotten somewhat better over time, but I really feel like they have been raised this way for years and years and the "damage" has already been done. Any suggestions?

2007-06-20 12:45:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son is 5 months old and he is my entire world. But the days go by so slow. I feel very unfulfilled. Often times I wish I had more adult interaction, and could drive to work in the morning jamming to my favorite music, and enjoy an hour lunch break in peace. Do any other SAHM's feel this way? Do you think it would be selfish of me to work, since we can afford for me to stay home? I'm sure the guilt would eat me up.

2007-06-20 10:32:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok this friend of mine is divorced and has 2 sons. They are much younger than both of my children. I know that she needs help with them for a few days and has asked me to keep them. The problem is #1, her children have destroyed several of my older sons expensive toys. She does not know it and if she did, she could not replace them. #2, she thinks her sons would just have a blast with my son even through he is a teenager and they are 4th and 1st grade. She does not want to spend time with them because they are so destructive. #3, I now have a pool and I don't want that liablility without her being here to watch her own children. Frankly I do not work full time so that I can stay with my own children and watch them without that worry of who will keep them. It is only by grace and God's blessing I am able to do that and I feel badly that is not her situation but still I don't want to keep them. Also there is no pay involved. What would you do?

2007-06-20 10:11:12 · 7 answers · asked by I love the flipflops 5

Would you be ok with it? if it was out of love, no money or bribes involved.

2007-06-20 07:56:10 · 21 answers · asked by Strawberrieswild 2

I have a friend who isnt very well educated and i want to help her go back to school after 2nd baby?she is 17 and dropped out when she got pregnant. there is free daycare available in our area for teen mothers and there is programs to help her such as kvcap. how do i suggest things without being offending. i just want to help her so in the long run she and her children will have a better life

2007-06-20 07:49:49 · 24 answers · asked by bamf 2

coming to your house, if you've smoked in the last half hour, they will refuse to come into your home. well i am a smoker so is my hubby, so tell me?, when the gas/electricity meter reader comes to my home, do i let him in if we have smoked in the last half hour?. or is it only the public sector employees, whos lives are more important. well sorry next time any one comes to read my meter and i've had a cigerette, i will tell them. "sorry i cannot allow you to enter, smoke in the air,and whats bad for social/council workers is bad for you to, ask your company to make an appointment,"no offence meter reader, but your just as important as the next man". discrimination is what i call it. is there such a thing a job/careerism?

2007-06-20 07:20:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 34 years old, my husband is 30. We got married three years ago. In the past year or more he is making it clear he wants to be a parent, even though I have expressed my objections to having kids.

I don't hate kids, I love my sibling's kids, and I love to visit and buy gifts. However I don't have patience when I am around them for real long periods of time. I don't want to carry a child (I have just lost 70+ pounds and am starting to enjoy my new body), or really take care of one. They are also extremely expensive to care for.

I like our lives the way it is. We can afford to go out to eat and buy new toys now and again. If we have any children our income will be extremely stressed. I don't think he really realizes this.

He has also not wanted or initiated real intimate moments for a long time, and when he says he does, he specifically says, I want kids, which is a real turnoff for me. I have suggested counseling, but he refuses to go, saying he doesn't have a problem.

2007-06-20 06:56:01 · 12 answers · asked by TMChen 2

It's for an opinion paper in my child development (psychology) class. There is no right or wrong answer...and everyone has different opinions. Let's try to respect others feelings in our responses. I'm hoping to find some responses that I had not thought of, or I had thought of but had trouble expressing the opinion in a clear way. The answer that best assists me in my preparation for the paper gets "Best Answer"!-- Whether you agree with me or not (part of the reason I'm not stating where I stand). Feel free to list both pros and cons!
And thanks in advance for you help!

2007-06-20 06:49:33 · 18 answers · asked by birdgirl94 2

I've always heard that it is bad to send a baby to bed with his bottle-bad for teeth and mouth (?) development. My husband swears it's okay. Anyone have any insight into this?

2007-06-20 03:55:09 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-20 03:23:53 · 45 answers · asked by eagan_babe2005 1

Does anyone else see parents driving around with no car seats? I saw a van full of kids from about 3 months to 6 years and not one was in a car seat!! I called 911! What the hell is wrong with people! You don't have to buy a $300.00 Britax, just buy an effin car seat! I'm trying to talk to my congressman about stiff penalties for breaking this law. What do you think?

2007-06-20 02:52:01 · 13 answers · asked by Brooke M 1