Holiday Visits
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How Do You Handle the Holidays Splitting Time with Family??
Asked by 3.B. from Cleveland
on September 2, 2010
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I know the holidays are a ways off, but I start stressing months ahead every year lol.
Both my and my husbands families are local. Every year for thanksgiving we s...
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- I go as many places as I can and fit in what I can and then what's done is done. Not everyone can be happy and I did the best I can so that makes me...not so happy eit...
- For Christmas day we rotate families each year. My husbands family gets the even years and my family gets the odd years. When we have X-mas day with my husbands side...
- Wow! Do I understand your pain. We used to have this same problem every year. Finally, 3 years ago I put my foot down and my husband went along with the plan. We do...
Moving the Family Parties to My House, Not My Moms
Asked by F.H. from Phoenix
on September 21, 2010
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Hi Moms, Some background: I'm an only child, my mom is my only immediate family (besides hubby and kids) that is still living. When I was growing up, we all went to m...
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- First of all, I have definately been there! You started a bad tradition because it wasn't realistic to keep it going so you will have a tougher time breaking the cycl...
- Go there for xmas eve. to open a couple of presents from her and tell her that you will be celebrating xmas at home, as well and she can come if she wants too or somet...
- Been there. We decided that we weren't going to make my son leave the house on Christmas, so we now have Christmas day at our house, and they are welcome to come. We...
Seeking a Great Family Practitioner!
Asked by A.C. from Boston
on June 2, 2010
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Before I began please do not respond to this post if you are going to scrutinize or criticize my family for the choices that we have made. This is not a debate over wh...
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- This is actually in response to Monica's reply. Monica, There may in fact be mom's "judging" other mom's but there may also be others who speak from first hand kno...
- Good Luck! Don't have an answer for you. A Naturopathic doctor might. S.
- I have a ped/family pract. in Davis Square in Somerville. (Davis Square Family Practice) Dr. Bershel has been open to my vaccination schedule for my 18 month old sinc...
Lopsided Family Representation
Asked by E.S. from New York
on January 2, 2013
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This isn't a crisis or anything but I'm more putting out feelers as to others who might be in the same situation.
First and foremost, Happy New Year. It was a wild ...
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- i wonder how long you've been married....just curious. it sounds like this is something you haven't accustomed yourself to yet. when i first was with my husband i l...
- I have a big family, but they're all over the place. So none of us get together for the holidays. My mom lives an hour away. My husband has a big family, and they...
- You do not have to attend everything and/ or stay the whole time.. it is nice sometimes to have some down time.. by yourself.. Let your husband take your daughter.. or...
Special Holiday Traditions
Asked by K.S. from Boston
on October 4, 2009
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Hi Mommies,
With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up I have started thinking about special family traditions for our family. My husband and I have a little boy who...
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- hi! one thing that we started with our boys (ages 3, 1 1/2) last year was the elf on the shelf...not religious, just a cute little elf with a story, the elf moves eve...
- We are in a similar situation with our little one. Based on some past experiences, I'm thinking about trying to find things that will engage our son's senses -- sig...
- We host Thanksgiving for the rest of the family and do the usual turkey thing. I like to entertain. We watch the classic White Christmas on Thanksgiving night. That's ...
Husbands Family = My Worst Nightmare.
Asked by H.S. from Cincinnati
on November 30, 2011
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I'm not a snob. I am average normal mom and wife who lives in a middle class life. I don't ask for much and I rather easy to please. I say all of this because I don't ...
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- It is time for you and your husband to discuss the negative effects this visit is probably having on your impressionable children, and just what is appropriate to expo...
- Wow - scarey first and second, who wants to spend Christmas with that....that being said, it's hard to say we won't stop by...any chance you can tell them you are just...
- Wha...? Just because they are family, doesn't mean you have to subject your kids to that... or sit in their smoke. The tasing thing... I can't even address. It sounds ...
Family and Foul Language
Asked by K.E. from Phoenix
on December 22, 2007
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The holidays are approaching and I have a bit of an issue. I was raised in a household that did not use foul language so the children learned by example that bad words...
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- i wouldnt apporach it before it happens because you are going to put everyone on the defensive from the start. what i did id when i heard something i just pulled th...
- I don't cuss either, but you want to be careful about coming off as self-righteous and damaging the relationship. As far as your house goes, you call the shots and do...
- Hi K., This is so easy. Advise your friend that for every cuss word spoken a dollar $ will be paid in penalty fines for disrespecting your house rules. Have a cuss...
Bf's Family and My Daughter Being Left Out
Asked by J.M. from Philadelphia
on April 11, 2012
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So I've been dating my bf for a year and a 1/2 and we live together and he treats her as if she's his own even though her dad is involved in her life (he's with her 75...
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- I can usually understand relatives making a distinction between grandkids and kids belonging to a child's girl or boyfriend, but to do something so blatant in front of...
- I thinnk his mom is a piece of work. Innocent kids should NEVER be put in the middle of adult issues. His mom is horrible for doing that.
- You're stronger than M. because if that would have happened to my daughter, I would have turned right back around and left the house! We dont have step kids in our fam...
Family Prctice Better than Peds??
Asked by D.A. from Boston
on December 5, 2008
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Hey mamas
I have been taking some issue with our Peds office pretty month since my 10 month old has been born. I have been thinking about switching to a family prac...
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- That is aweful!! We go to a great family practice in Swansea MA on rt 6. Dr. Sarah Shreeter at Mount Hope Health Center. She does it all and is a firm believer in holi...
- I don't think it matters about the practice, it's the staff that matters. When you call to ask about your childs health they should have you speak to a nurseimmediatel...
- our pediatricians are wonderful (Crown Colony Pediatrics in Quincy) - we call and someone (either a nurse or one of the doctors) will answer these types of questions r...
Yet Another Exclusion from My Own Family....
Asked by N.H. from Harrisburg
on July 30, 2012
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So I drop by my mother's to visit my brother and sister in law and neice who just moved here from out of state and are staying with her. No one was home. So I stop b...
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- If I've said it once I've said it a million times... DNA does not make family, and that includes in-laws. We're raised and taught one way or another that "family" come...
- I would cut my losses now. Make your friends your immediate family and put the family in the rearview mirror. If they were strangers you wouldn't put up with this. ...
- From your last post, it seems like you and your mother had some communication regarding her leaving your daughter out of a trip to the pool, and it was worked out. No...
