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Need Self Soothing/weaning Ideas for 14 Month Old
Asked by J.P. from Grand Junction
on July 25, 2009
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Hi! I have a fourteen month old daughter. She is still breast feeding and also eating a wide variety of table foods. I am very ready to wean her and have made some p...
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- Honey, my personal opinion is that you're asking too much of your little one. Too many changes for her are happening right now, she's on the move without her normal su...
- AFTER your trip, start eating things that will make the milk taste funny, like garlic or parsley (which, by the way, will dry up your milk), and she will want to stop ...
- I can really relate to your experiences! It is a long and sometimes difficult process to wean a toddler. I tried the "don't offer but don't refuse approach" with som...
Aetna or United Health Care?
Asked by D.W. from Phoenix
on October 25, 2012
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Hello! My company is dropping my current health insurance company so we will have to pick one of the two choices now available: Aetna or United Health Care.
My payr...
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- I've had one experience with Aetna, and they are awful. (I was on Aetna for about a year). They won't ever pay a claim without a hassle. I had to keep a binder of E...
- I would check to see which one allows you to contiue with your current doctors
- They are both A+ rated companies, so you can't really go wrong with either. We've had both and honestly, couldn't tell a difference at all. They are all gonna be c...
Bad Experience with a Foreign Exchange Student??
Asked by L.O. from Detroit
on September 28, 2011
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A friend of mine has a foreign exchange student. He is 15 and has been here about a month. They are planning on sending him back to his country next week.. The boy w...
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- Culture shock can be HUGE! And the first time being away from everyone you know can just shake you to your core. A friend of mine in high school went to Japan for a ...
- I have never had an experience with this but Maggies advice seems pretty right on. Give him time, there are lots of people that wet the bed due to the trama of change...
- A friend of mine hosted a student. A student that came from a LOT of money. He hated them, their house, the school--EVERYTHING. After six months he settled in and ...
Why Do I Always Make It a Pi$$ing Match?
Asked by J.M. from Philadelphia
on May 21, 2012
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For some reason I have certain triggers in getting frustrated and debating. Does anyone else have these? Don't get M. wrong I'm in debate mode 75% of the time in a fr...
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- Well, sounds like you have fairly well analyzed the situation and figured out the reason why this one subject actually does upset you inside. You said at the top of y...
- I get it. He says this was a bad dad and you're thinking - cry M. a freakin river, they don't know what "bad dad" means! I used to need to play the bad childhood car...
- Your Boyfriend J. is venting about this. Everyone has things, that they may talk about repeatedly... because it bothers them or they think about it a lot or need to et...
Flying and Time Zone Changes with an 8 Month Old
Asked by L.O. from New York
on October 27, 2010
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Next month I will be taking my 8 month old on his first flight and vacation away. I feel like I should start preparing now!
We are going to Chicago so I want to br...
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- Okay, stuff! Check any carseats/strollers, don't take them to the plane. Do you really need a stroller or can you get away with a front carrier? I guess it depends ...
- I've flown with my son across time zones, and usually try to keep him on his "at home" schedule, rather than trying to get him used to the new zone - totally worth it ...
- Do curbside checkin so you can leave the baby with whoever is dropping you off at the airport. Check the carseat through at curbside. Put the baby in the stroller and ...
Jet Lag and Infant
Asked by N.N. from Fresno
on September 29, 2008
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I am planning a trip to the other side of the US in one week. I have a 5 month old daughter. I have been reading all the important travel recommendations from other mo...
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- When we traveled to the east coast with an infant we tried to keep my son's feeding schedule as close to normal as possible. We were only there for 6 days and it was ...
- We live in CA and when we spent last Christmas in Wisconsin to visit my husband's family we kept our son (then 15 months) on PST (West Coast time). All of his meals an...
- It will take a few days to adjust. If you are feeding her on the plane, count that as the feeding time and them count ahead to the number of hours between meals. We...
Weening off Pull Ups
Asked by M.H. from Nashville
on April 14, 2008
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My soon to be 3 year old has been completely potty trained for a couple of months now. However, she still sleeps in Pull Ups. She has not had an accident overnight i...
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- Why would you keep buying pullups when she's dry? Even if she wet the bed once a month, it wouldn't be that big a deal. Save your money and let her keep her panties.
- Hi M.. If she has not had an accident overnight in at least a year, I would go ahead and let her wear underwear to bed.
- I would have long gotten her out of those expensive things!! However, I learned a little trick when I used to babysit (& have used it for my little girl). I use (down)...
13 Year Old Step-son Complains and Is Home Sick
Asked by B.W. from Seattle
on September 8, 2008
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My husbands ex wife called him this summer and said they were having problems with their 13 year old and that he has even failed the school year. The idea was to send ...
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- Now that it's sinking in that he's with you guys for at least the year and is not getting away with everything he did at his mom's, it's natural for him to complain. T...
- Teens are hard to deal with no matter what. He is going to have some resentment no matter who he lives with. I would stick to my guns for the most part. Teens need ...
- Growing up as a "step child" I would have to say that, he made the decision to come and live with you and his father, this is a life lesson that the grass is not alway...
Strongly Dislike Daughters Friend
Asked by C.C. from Raleigh
on August 6, 2012
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Hi Moms,
I really need some input on this. My daughter (11 yrs) has had this friend since last year and she has been a hand full! At first they were good friends ...
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- And then F11 hits D11 battleship! Crash!!!!
- I always wonder where kids learn this sort of behavior. Seriously. I know teen and pre-teen girls can be catty and all that. But I don't remember associating with AN...
- My youngest had a friend like that...BAN the child from your realm of existance!! And whatever you do don't back down. These girls are control freeks and sooner or l...
International Flights with an Infant
Asked by M.W. from Cincinnati
on November 15, 2006
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I'm considering an international trip over the next year so my baby and her father can see his side of the family - we would go to India and/or Hong Kong. Has anyone ...
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- I see you will now be traveling with a 22month old in the future.......here's a bit more advise. I just travelled alone with my 27 month old boy and I was stressed be...
- In the magazine called first steps they sell a lot of items for flying with young children. My mom flew with my brother and I when we were 2 and 9 months old to Austr...
- Hello M., Travelling by yourself is a daunting experience and having a child in tow...wow! I travelled with my now 4 yr old when she was 9 months old to Beirut. It w...
