My oldest son is sixteen and has a girlfriend. How this happened, I have no idea. Didn’t I just bring that swaddled lump home from the hospital? Wasn’t it just yesterday that he was mooning over Blue’s Clues (and I was mooning over Steve Burns)? Was More
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My oldest son is sixteen and has a girlfriend. How this happened, I have no idea. Didn’t I just bring that swaddled lump home from the hospital? Wasn’t it just yesterday that he was mooning over Blue’s Clues (and I was mooning over Steve Burns)? Wasn’t it just recently that the most stressful speck on the horizon of his childhood was signing him up for t-ball?…More
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My 22month daughter still drinks from a bottle
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I. K. asks from Lenore - Hi ladies Ok,I need help takin the bottle away from my daughter....she started drinkin from a bottle when I stopped breastfeeding just when she turned one year n that was a smooth transition...now she wunt let go she loves her bottle so much that a sippy cup wunt do...iv...AD/HD meds question!
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B. W. asks from Seattle - My son who is in Kindergarten has AD/HD and mild PDD-NOS. He was placed in methylphenidate (Ritalin) IR 2x a day and it worked pretty well. The doctor switched him to the methylphenidate LA (formerly known as Ritalin LA) and it was horrible! He was overfocused and moody i...Do you know when your children have days off from school?
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M. G. asks from University Place - I feel as though I must be missing something. This week due to Memorial Day the children here have Friday and the following Monday off. I do after school care for a neighbor boy and just to make sure if I will/will not have him I asked both his father and his mother if he...What traditions from your childhood do you incorporate in your child’s bedtime?
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I’ve gone through different stages in my life when it comes to cooking. When I lived in my very first apartment, it was just to eat. So I’d boil the hell out of vegetables, over cook noodles, it was a disaster. And I didn’t care. Places to go, things to do….More
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My mom lived with me and my family for two years before she passed away. She was not only confined to a wheelchair, she also had dementia. Even though I loved my mom dearly, it wasn’t easy taking care of her….More
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