What to Expect When You're Expecting: Child
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Need Help Explaining How Baby's Come Out to My 6 Year Old.
Asked by K.L. from Houston
on August 26, 2008
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I am 4 months pregnant and my 6 year old daughter is fascinated with the pregnancy. She has asked me several times how babies come out of the mommy's tummy. I told h...
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- Kids love honesty! I had the same situation, my daughter was 5 when our son was born. I was honest and told her the absolute truth. She didn't seemed that shocked o...
- My oldest is now 4 and expecting his 2nd sibling in the next few weeks. When I was pregnant with #2, my midwife gave me a movie to watch, so I popped it in and we sat ...
- If your child is curious about the process, it is a more than opportune time to give her a brief intro to where babies come from. My son could care less when I was pre...
Creative Ways to Announce You're Expecting.
Asked by M.B. from Salt Lake City
on February 4, 2008
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I was wondering if you have any creative ideas on how to tell your husband and family you are expecting.
Thanks!
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- You can get a photo frame that has two photo spaces. In one you can put a cute photo of your son. In the other space you can write something like "coming to a family ...
- Like LeAnn, I made a shirt for my son that said, "Big Brother March 2005" in pink and blue writing. When my husband came home, my son was wearing the shirt and I had h...
- My husband and I just had our first baby last year. I found out we were expecting the Saturday before Valentine's day. It just so happened I already had a special di...
Looking for Books While Expecting #2
Asked by A.L. from Los Angeles
on May 19, 2008
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Hey ladies! I just found out that I'm expecting a second child (DD is 15 months old) and would like some suggestions for books to read, for myself and for her. Thanks!
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- When I was pregnant the pregnancy bible, so to speak, was What to Expect When You're Expecting. I don't know if you have already read it, but it covers just about ever...
- My all time favorite PG book (for me) was "Christ Centered Childbirth." Even if you're not a Christian, it has the best, most complete info about pregnancy, labor and ...
- The Thinking Womans Giude to Childbirth - Hency Goer Ina Mae's Guide to Guide to Childbirth - Ina Mae Gasking Pregnancy, Childbirth & the Newborn - Penny Simkin t...
Ungrateful 5 Year Old
Asked by H.B. from Charlotte
on February 14, 2010
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The light of my 5 year old daughter's life is her grandfather. She absolutely loves him, which is why I was heartbroken by what she did. He bought her this beautiful...
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- I'm sorry that happened. I agree that you should talk to her about how she hurt grandpa's feelings. Also mention how sad you feel. Kids seem to respond when we say ...
- Well thank heavens she is only 5. You do still have time to turn this around. It is good that you are seeing the reality that you may have created this situation. I...
- the basic rule in our house is presents are for holidays and birthdays. yes there are special occasions, but not very often! she is old enough to do chores, hope you'r...
5 Year Old Distracted at School
Asked by L.M. from Wichita
on May 13, 2010
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I have 5 year old daughter who is almost finished with preschool.. Her teacher calls me today to say that she is having problem with her being distracted and not wanti...
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- Gee whiz! Pre-school is not even manditory. Can it really affect her up coming entry into Kindergarten? Is this a private school system she is in? Maybe she is hav...
- you will be amazed at how much she will pick up during the summer break. Keep encouraging her to write and do the things she hasn't learned yet and she will do fine, ...
- Homework in Pre K? Gee wiz.. My son didn't go to preschool, he is now in kindergarten and is doing just fine. I say do no worry. If there was a problem since Christmas...
Homework with My 5 Year Old
Asked by J.V. from Las Vegas
on August 31, 2011
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It's the third day of kindergarten for my son and he has homework tonight. It was practicing writing his name. Now I have had him do the ABC's by tracing them in a boo...
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- I've seen this work several times: "walk" each letter on the floor. You basically "draw" the path that later goes into writing. It's fun and kids learn the strokes eas...
- I suggest you talk with his teacher. I doubt that the homework is so important that you have to push him to do it. It also sounds like the homework was only to pract...
- just another thought - but don't kids need their names on just about everything for school? why not have him practice on his own items? "we know this coloring book i...
When Is It Reasonable to Expect a Child to Sit down for Dinner?
Asked by S.J. from Charlottesville
on April 22, 2009
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I have a soon to be 16 month old who has a horrible time sitting still long enough to eat dinner. I know that she just discovered walking and is all over the place, b...
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- Yes it is reasonable. Now is he time to try and start talking about manners. Rudeness is a super pet peeve with me, so when my son started doing things, like leave t...
- My kids are both go-go-go types. My daughter is 14 mo and what I did for her was give her a "snack" while I'm making dinner for the rest, then she'll actually sit with...
- I only read a few of the responses, but it looks like you have a variety of opinions here... So I'll add mine... ;) I believe what you have on your hands is a grazer....
Notice Attention Issues with 5-Year-old Boy
Asked by D.R. from Omaha
on November 27, 2007
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I need assistance getting my 5 year old son ready for kindergarten. He is a polite, smart, and outgoing child. But when it is time to do his lesson he zones out duri...
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- At 5 years old, I doubt there is anything wrong with your son, except that he wants to be 5 and run and play and do all that stuff. Our kids start school so early in ...
- He will probably be fine. It is very common for children to zone out if you are trying to get them to complete something. When I had been trying to help my daughter pr...
- As a teacher of a preschool in the past, and a secondary educator now, my first question for you is how is his television watching? Despite the media pushes for "educa...
Do You Get Annoyed When People Expect a Donation?
Asked by A.G. from Detroit
on November 17, 2011
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I feel like I am a fairly generous person. A couple years ago we had a pretty big Christmas, almost embarrassing. It was our first Christmas as a "dual income" family ...
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- Charities don't EXPECT a donation. They need them to do the business they do, so they ASK. I work for a charity. I ask people for donations. But I don't expect people ...
- Oh yeah. The year we had our son it seemed like donation requests were coming out of the woodwork. Considering the timing of the donation notice, I'd have no qualms ...
- This way of doing things was totally wrong in my book. And you can't tell me they didn't do it purposely. I think it's fine if they want to ask for donations, God kn...
What to Expect When Adding Child #3 to Family
Asked by J.F. from Medford
on April 1, 2008
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I'm a SAHM in the second month of my third pregnancy. I have two kids (a girl age 3 1/2 and a boy age 2). This pregnancy was quite a surprise for us! I'd always wanted...
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- I'm new at this #3 thing... my 3rd is just 6 weeks old! I found to my surprise that going from 2 to 3 was not nearly has hard as going from 1 to 2. The only thing that...
- Congratulations! We had four children in four years, and so life has been busy for us, but I love being a mom. The transition from 1-2 was harder than 2-3, and 3-4 wa...
- Your kdis are young so it will be a little bit of a challenge. The hard part was dealing with the sleep depervation and the other two kids. It is not like you can na...
