Parenting - October 2007

I am purely asking on a knowledge base I genuinely havnt a clue why it gets done
thanx

2007-10-26 04:00:24 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have some friends who have 4 kids. 3 are from the wife's previous relationship (father is not involved) and a newborn daughter together who is on a heart moniter and was tiny (4 pounds) at birth 3 weeks ago. They let her 6 year old sister and 4 year old brother feed the baby UNSUPERVISED.....I walked in to find (at 11pm) the 6 year old holding the bottle for baby in the carseat (needless to say I took the baby and made the 6 year old go to sleep) and they let the 4 year old brother feed her on the floor while dad laid on the couch out of view of the baby and mom was on the computer out of view of the baby while milk squirted out of the babies nose. I said something to them and they said they are trying to make the older 2 feel involved. How do I talk to them about all the dangers of this?

2007-10-26 03:31:33 · 11 answers · asked by NatrGrrl 4

2 weeks ago, my son had a slight fever with runny nose. it only lasted 2 days. I gave him some tylenol cold and he was ok. Since that time, he has had a runny nose and developed a slight cough this week. I have given him dimetapp everytime I see his symptoms come back, (which is once a day). The worst of his runny nose and cough seems to be when he wakes up in the morning, and right after his bath at night. During the day, the runny nose and coughing stops (pretty weird to me)

I dont want to give him anymore cold medicine, because I know it only makes him feel better, not cure the virus. The cold does not seem to bug him, except for his nose dripping. So, is it time I take him to the doctor? (I have taken him before and all they tell me to give him meds to make him feel better) or any other suggestions? Also, in your opinion, would you think he needs the flu shot?

2007-10-26 02:53:52 · 8 answers · asked by reena 1

2007-10-26 02:53:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im 25 years old and my two older brothers are 30 and 31. My father is now in his early 50s and remarried and has a four year old and one on the way. Growing up my father handled us very well. We were always well behaved in public and never acted out and had great manners or he disciplined us other wise. We knew better to talk back and yell. We respected our parents. My little brother is four and he acts like a complete spoiled brat and my father rarely disciplines him. It's almost hard to swallow. My brother is very smart but out of control. He throws major tantrums in public daily and even hits my dad and my father never really reacts. When I ask him why he allows this he say's "Im old now. Im too tired to chase kids down and argue. I did my share of spankings with you guys." WE were made to be respectful and now his younger son is out of freaking control b/c of lack of discipline. Has anyone ever expericed this? Is this normal? Thank you for all your kind answers!

2007-10-26 02:06:17 · 12 answers · asked by A little Southern Comfort 5

i work with kids at differant sporting events i see them sneak off and smoke a cig, and come back i stand there and listen to them say how there parents are dumb and dont know they smoke or drink where talking about over 150 kids here not just 3 or 4.just that some parents are so dumb.half of my daughters 8th grade class smoke and drink.i heard one parent say iam glad my child dont smoke and iam like ya right just last week i seen her smoking behind the football feild

2007-10-26 00:37:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it considered rape if a 16 year old girl has sex with a twenty-four year old but she did not fight back or say she did not want to have sex? If it is rape is it considered wrong just because the law says it is or is it overall just wrong and why?

2007-10-25 19:33:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wife and i change or daughters diaper about every two hrs but she will let us know or we can smell if she needs to change in between. A friend of ours just had a baby we were going out and we allways change her right before we leave so she has a fresh diaper before hand we asked her if she wanted her daughter changed. She said no she only changes her ever 4hrs because diaper are to expensive. Even if she has a poop she waits until it has been 4hrs. I think that is crazy and the baby will get diaper rash (my daughter has never had diaper rash in 16 months) She says we change our daughter to often. I think she is the weird one

2007-10-25 17:23:52 · 22 answers · asked by Big Daddy R 7

My sister in law gave birth 2 weeks ago, she doesn't breastfeed through choice. Ok, so it's not the way I'd do it either, I breastfed my son, but why do so many women act so horrified and shocked at this? It's personal choice, right?

2007-10-25 17:21:44 · 17 answers · asked by Weeme 2

i am 14 and i am at the age of when i like everything organized and clean. my mom is the complete opposite. every day i just want to come home to a clean house but i come home to a fithy one. i try to tell my mom how much this is rewuing my life because i cant even have friends over and she doesnt listen. i have even tryed to give her a list of things to do each day before i go to school and she still just doesnt do it. i have this little job of when i organized things for other people but now i dont want to do it because i just think why organize somone elses house when i want to organize mine. i have tried talking to her and i just need some ideas of what to do. please help!!! also if you have any organizing ideas for my house please tell me. thanks so much for taking your time to read this:)

2007-10-25 15:44:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-25 15:39:40 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

my kids had crocs without socks but i felt they were the only ones

2007-10-25 15:00:24 · 8 answers · asked by get it 1

My four-year-old has become a little hellion virtually overnight. We're having a very hard time finding the cause: he thinks it's funny, he's not going through any adjustment or changes that I can figure out, but he was doing really really good up to about two or three weeks ago, then has started having huge temper tantrums (something he never did before), telling his teachers "no", running away when they tell him to come over, etc.

Today, there was a note in his cubby that he was taking other kids' belongings and putting them in his cubby, covering them with his blanket and change of clothes.

We're doing the best we can to find a method of discipline that will effect him.

I'm not interested in hearing your opinions on how we should make it stop, your opinions about whether spanking is right or wrong, or anything like that.

I could just really use some encouragement right now. Do you know anyone who was awful as a preschooler and grew up to be kind and conviction-free?

2007-10-25 14:01:43 · 11 answers · asked by CrazyChick 7

My gf has major asthma attack and her mom wants me to pratice rescue breathing on my gf as she watches. I have seen her sister do it on her for about five minutes but then she had to stop as my gf needed to use her nebulizer and do a breathing treatment. Is it ok for me to do it on her??? Can i do it for five minutes??? has anyone else ever done rescue breathing on anyone??? Is her mom odd for asking me to do this???

2007-10-25 13:53:05 · 3 answers · asked by asthmaamy 1

I know, we all do some variation of the following: fruit, candy, socks, chonies, stickers, cars for boys, jewelry/makeup for girls, 99cent store trinkets. But I'm hoping to snag some truly unique ideas from you guys. YES I KNOW IT'S EARLY, but the Spirit starts early around here. So what's your best stocking stuffer idea? Thanks!

2007-10-25 12:29:46 · 12 answers · asked by ~Biz~ 6

i have a bad habit of swearing i wanna get rid of it how?

2007-10-25 12:29:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-25 12:21:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear a lot of parents say they have a favorite child.

So I'm just wondering...do you?

Thanks.

2007-10-25 12:00:14 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just wondering if any other new moms (or moms in general) go through this! Its not post partumn (I have talked to mine and his doctors about it). I am all around happy. Sometimes I just find myself worrying if I am doing a good job. And I worry about my child growing up in this world, and what I can do to help him be a good person. I also find myself lying awake at night with thoughts just running through my head. Has anyone else gone through this? How do you get your mind back on the postive track. I reall just want to make sure i am doing everything in his best interest. (new mom, can you tell, lol)

2007-10-25 11:56:44 · 7 answers · asked by Little_Miss_Chatterbox 2

i was wondering if i could introduce my son to any table foods.. he is almost 6 months but he has 3 teeth, sits by himself and crawls and he is showing some true signs to walking soon! (my bro walked at 6 months so i know its possible) Despite his age what are the signs he can start eating table foods?

2007-10-25 11:47:53 · 5 answers · asked by jacksgirl711 1

No ban on 'smacking'- but where does smacking end and more serious stuff begin?

2007-10-25 11:30:58 · 18 answers · asked by Buzzard 7

Ok, my parents gave away my dress I got from my girlfriend. I am a boy that does wear girl clothes but I am not gay. I'm really pissed because it was pretty special to me and she spent alot of money on it! My parents said that they'll keep giving away all of the girl clothes until I stop and even than they'll give the clothes to my cousin. So what if I wear girl clothes?! That's the whole reason i'm so popular in school is because I went across the border line and I did what I wanted to do even if I would get riddiculed!
What should I do??!!

2007-10-25 11:07:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

My better half insists it is ok for her daughter to sleep in bed with us. At what age does this become inappropriate? Is this normal?

2007-10-25 11:06:40 · 26 answers · asked by chodepa 1

2007-10-25 10:24:45 · 24 answers · asked by It's the hair 5

My daughter is almost to preschool age. I am just wondering if it's still like it was when I was in school (I graduated 6 years ago), do the clothes you wear, the brand and the "in" clothes still determine a kids popularity in school? Has it gotten worse? I remember that when I was in school, if you didn't wear the right clothes, then you were an outcast pretty much. Luckily, I had older cousins who gave me their clothes when they outgrew them and they were all designer labels, and when I turned 15, I started working full time to afford my own clothes. I'm just worried about my daughter not fitting in. I don't want her wardrobe to be the cause of her not having friends in school - I 'm worried because I know that my husband and I could never afford name brand clothes for our kids (walmart & target is more our price range...lol). So parents out there of kids (elementary, junior high) do clothes still determine a child's popularity? Thanks!

2007-10-25 09:42:06 · 57 answers · asked by ~*Mrs. GM2*~ 5

No one has been in her life since her dad left a couple of years ago. She has never seen anyone with her mum since then and possibly cant remember her dad since she was only two when he left. I get on really well with the child, and vise versa, but my girlfriend could use some advice on how to approach the subject!

Any help with this would be most apreciated.

2007-10-25 09:15:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-25 09:10:01 · 10 answers · asked by miss_ruby_topaz 4

I'm 17 years old, female, 5'5 and I weigh 115lbs

When school started in September I weighed 135lbs. Two weeks ago the doctor weighed me and I was 124lbs. I haven't tried to lose weight and I don't want to lose any more weight but I'm simply not hungry. I'm exhausted all the time and can sleep for 12-18hrs a day every night/day when before I could only sleep 8hrs a night.

I'm not depressed, in fact I'm happier right now than I have been for awhile and I'm still very social. I've only made three changes since the summer, I've started eating meat again, I quit smoking cigarettes and I dont smoke weed very often anymore.

I'm very weak and haven't been exercising very much because I don't have the energy to. I have next to no appetite anymore, I can eat an apple and be full for the entire day.

My mom doesn't believe me that I'm just not hungry and is always yelling at me. She interogated me last night and I had no idea how to respond. How can I get my mom to believe me?

2007-10-25 08:30:43 · 37 answers · asked by *~*C*~* 2

I have a friend who continually leaves her nine year old girl home alone so she can work. Her husband has a steady first shift job and she works three jobs...she's a realtor (new to the business so the pay hasn't really taken off yet and she only gets commission), another job that calls her when she needs her during the day, and she works part-time nights four days a week. I don't know how she does it, but her daughter gets left in the dust.

Anyway...there's teacher's convention today and tomorrow and her Grandma was supposed to come and get her this morning. An hour and a half later, she texts me and says that she's "really scared...Grandma isn't here yet....I hate bening home alone". I asked her if she could call her Grandma to see if she's on her way. She told me "No, Mom and Dad only have cell phones so I can't call anyone." God...what if something serious happened and she needed to dial 911?? I'm tempted to report my friend as I really feel for her daughter.

2007-10-25 08:24:14 · 16 answers · asked by Mom of One in Wisconsin 6

by shouting at my kids at 7 am this morning! I said sorry! However after talking to him i realised i wasn't even awake at 7 am this morning, let alone shouting at my kids!??
Should I say something or just forget it!?

2007-10-25 08:08:38 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous