Parenting - August 2007

what is having several children close together (ex. 2 years apart) like when they are babies - and what is it like when they are older?
are you happy you had them close together?

2007-08-30 06:14:30 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been married for 7 years to a really great guy who was diagnosed with acute myloid leukaemia a few years back.Thankfully he survived and we're considering having a baby but I'm terrified of it coming back and not only losing my husband but the father of my child.It's something we both really want but the risk just seems too high since leukaemia is one of those cancers that people rarely survive a second time around.

2007-08-30 04:50:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-30 04:28:07 · 30 answers · asked by happy_god_love 1

or so the doctor says, i think its alergies but whatever!

they gave me a paste like antibiotic to put on her eyes but she won't stay still .. what should i do?

2007-08-30 04:10:27 · 17 answers · asked by Cole Marie' 3

I am from the old school and i will beat the hell out of you first, and then ask questions later! Kids today who do they think they are. In my house there is no negiotaion, if i tell a child to do something i expect them to do it then in there!

2007-08-30 04:01:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need advice on a career choise...what would be the best thing to do if you had to explain to a baby what a baby wants?
^^.............................................

2007-08-30 03:59:30 · 9 answers · asked by darwin 2

2007-08-29 18:11:16 · 24 answers · asked by schwaz 1

2007-08-29 18:09:23 · 12 answers · asked by strange-artist 7

... not to run to a man, but to find a woman, preferably a pregnant one? Is anyone else bothered by the flagrant assumptions about men that this new idea is based on?

2007-08-29 15:39:33 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm just wondering for those moms who stay at home with their kids, when your husbands/boyfriends come home from work, do they help out with the kids at all?? I know my husband works extremely hard to provide for his family, but should he not have to do anything at all when he comes home from work? Sometimes I'll ask him to give our daughter a bath and he says its my job to do that b/c he has worked all day. I don't make him do anything around the house except clean the shower b/c he is a mechanic and the shower can get really dirty due to his work so that is the only thing I ask of him. I'm just wondering if it is fair that just b/c he works outside the home, he shouldn't help out with the kids as far as bathing them, brushing teeth, putting them too bed, etc.

2007-08-29 14:50:07 · 32 answers · asked by Mommy of 2 2

2007-08-29 13:31:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yesterday, My mother's boyfriend made me pain the fence with thinner to proect the surface. I said I was done, he looked it over and there was alot of little tiny specs missed, he kept telling me to redo it, and after the 3rd time he smacked relatively hard across the face and I said he can paint it himself and left.

I phoned my older brother who is 23, (I keep in touch with my brother). He always said he would kick his mothers boyfriend's *** if he had to). He is one of those agressive types my brother, bodybuilding for over 6 years and boxing for 4. He came to his work and broke his nose, and gave him 2 black eyes.

I knew my brother would do something, I was quite happy about it to teach my mom's boyfriend to ever hit me again.

Was this the proper way my brother should have dealt with this?

2007-08-29 13:25:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Accidents Or A Bad Diaper Change

2007-08-29 12:50:43 · 10 answers · asked by Kopkilen 1

2007-08-29 11:57:39 · 12 answers · asked by magen_bales 1

love life,that is

2007-08-29 09:44:44 · 11 answers · asked by princesstinachan 1

2007-08-29 08:43:45 · 239 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not trying to start a war on whether they should or should not (we can all make our own minds up there), and I'm not talking about people who do non-religious ceremonies to welcome children into the world. I am simply asking why so many people who do not believe in and/or practice any religion themselves have their children baptized (or the equivalent). I started to wonder this after many parents in my playgroup had their children baptized although they don't follow the religion themselves, but I thought it might be rude to ask them in person.

Thanks.

2007-08-29 08:33:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean actually beat them. Not spanking, but beating. Then the kids grow up thinking it is okay and the cycle continues. *sighs*

2007-08-29 08:16:09 · 14 answers · asked by Okay.... 3

Tell your kids personal stuff? I mean like what age would you concider old enough to tell your kids the truth when they ask you where babies come from? I never asked my mom and so I didn't know for a long time. Obviously I do now, but you know. Like I have this friend and she said that she asked her mom when she was eight and her mom told her everything about sex.

2007-08-29 08:01:58 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently read an article stating that parents should tell their kids the truth about their past: the example they had was to come clean to their kids and tell them if they had smoked pot when they were young. 'Experts' say that it will help with communication between parent and child about drugs. What do you guys think? Would you tell your kids you smoked pot, or whatever other things you might have done? Just curious. I'm not sure, I think there are good things and bad things about coming clean... would love to hear some opinions. Thanks.

2007-08-29 07:54:54 · 45 answers · asked by Edith 4

2007-08-29 06:41:54 · 15 answers · asked by Sabine 6

I really need opinions from people who will read this and think about if prior to answering. Please, no off the wall answers, as they may change affect the results.


Do you think/feel that the child of an unmarried couple should have the mother's or the father's last name
(Assuming he was there for the mother and the child throughout the pregnancy and during labor and delivery and was financially and emotionally attatched and supportive)...

If they have broken up at time of birth?

If they are together at time of birth?

2007-08-29 06:09:17 · 22 answers · asked by Baby8Grl2000 3

My conservative in-laws think kids need to "cry it out." And, I'm not talking about the "Ferber" method. They think a child should cry, and cry even if he/she cries for 2 hours straight.

I'm more inclined to NOT have the children cry. I'm of the belief that it's not good for kids to cry themselves to sleep.

What are you opinions on this subject?

Also, cause I'm trying to find a correlation, what are your political leanings?

2007-08-29 05:51:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Specifically in regard to fostered children, if you have any ideas? Thanks!

2007-08-29 05:46:14 · 2 answers · asked by ♥♥Mum to Superkids Baby on board♥♥ 6

Don't have a lot of money.
It will just be me and him - no friends or family to join b/c it's a weekday and my husband has to work 2nd shift.

2007-08-29 05:40:47 · 9 answers · asked by EM 2

Would you allow your child to live in a house where there was habitual, blatant pot smoking going on?

2007-08-29 05:38:54 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

First of all I am throwing his actually party on saturday, so that most of the family can make it. So do I have him open some of his presents tomorrow and some on saturday? I am having cupcakes on saturday... so do I also have cake or cupcakes tomorrow?? I am just not sure how to go about celebrating it for both days... plus the following monday we have dinner with his other grandparents with presents and cake.. I have a few ideas but any other suggestions would be helpful.♥

2007-08-29 05:32:32 · 6 answers · asked by sweetme 3

2007-08-29 04:26:08 · 28 answers · asked by itstight38@sbcglobal.net 4

i just started babysitting for 7 year old twins it was for 2 and a half hours i got 30 dollers and the twins loved me do you think that's too much money ?it was my first time babysitting and i'm 11(turn 12 in september) sorry this might be in wrong catergory

2007-08-29 04:15:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son just turned 16 and just started high school (10th grade)
Well I know that boys mature slower that girls but my son is still watching japanese cartoons that my 4yr old wont watch and would wear the clothes and shoes with the characters on them if they had his size. He plays J.V. football and keeps have thse dramatic injuries on the football fiel when he ends up just fine. He is going to be driving soon and I'm worried that he is not mature enough to be doing all the things hes doing. I also want to know how get over the imbarrassment of my sons academy award roles that hes been playing on the football field.

2007-08-29 04:14:14 · 11 answers · asked by lori l 1