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Big Girl Bed in New Room Transition
Sunday, she napped and went to bed in her big girl room and again, .... Lots of families I worked with found that having a "cozy nest" set up in the ...
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- She is already going through a HUGE transition with having a new brother! I wouldn't put her through any more transitions now. I know this isn't what you are asking, b...
- I had to put a bedrail on the side of the bed. This stopped alot of the crying, but I still had to sit with her. She too would play when first put to bed, and I woul...
- Hi L., From my observations with kids I've taken care of, the answer to your question is "Maybe". Maybe, for some kids, the double transition is too much, for some ...
Help!
In my personal opinion it is better on everyone in the family to have the .... than the baby I thought adding a child to our family was a big transition but ...
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- Hi M., It is very possible that your 2 1/2 y/o is phasing out the naps herself. If you notice that on days she does take a nap that it disturbs her sleep at night th...
- Hi M., I am a mother of a 3 year old daughter with our next baby due any time between now and the next two weeks. In response to your first question I wouldn't pus...
- I thought going from 1 to 2 was more difficult than having the first, and I was a single mom the first time around! I felt HUGELY guilty about having a new baby and ta...
One Income Only
What are other families doing to keep mom at home for the kids...and still .... Dishwashers and dryers are big energy drains. I hope you can use some of ...
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- First, you can be eligible for food stamps without filing for TANF. That's for single mom's who aren't getting child support like they should. For our family of five...
- I think sherry gave u the best advice, sometimes extra cash period is hard to come by so the next best thing is manage the money you do have.
- R.... I know exactly what you mean by "chase" your husband for child support, if you tell dfcs about you two together, they wont want to give you almost anything, and...
Looking for Graduation Party Ideas
family members in 3 answersGet as many family members involved as you can ... from where the majority of your guests live Your family knows how big a deal ...
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- Instead of having a reception type party after the graduation, how about having a "share the celebration" party a week or so later? Then it's more of you wanting ever...
- HI C.. I was an event planner before I had my dd, so I can maybe give you some tips. For something like a graduation party, it's completely fine to invite people who c...
- My first piece of advice for you is to get someone reliable to help you! Don't try to do/plan everything yourself! It's okay to have 2 separate parties if that's what ...
HELP With the Family...
I was thinking about planning a family night between Thanksgiving and Christmas; having a buffet, playing games (we are a big game family), having fun. ...
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- K., I had it lucky. My mothe-in-law always did Thanksgiving early. My family always did it later in the day. So we were able to do both. Unfortunately my children n...
- Well, one suggestion would be to have a family holiday on a different day or weekend. A lot of times big families will have one big party during that month, but a cho...
- My cousins' memories of holidays were of dragging around to both grandparents homes and not even getting time at their own home. Now that they have kids they have deci...
Need Help with Menu for 1 Year Old Birthday Party
... you have mostly adults in Dec you could make a big pot of chilli with small .... We have a large family and so we have done a "buffet" for my daughter's ...
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- I don't know if anyone suggested spaghetti but I think it works well - you can offer sauce with or without meat and it is easy to make in large quantities. (I buy Byer...
- My son just turned a year and for his party we did sloppy joe. We just fed him the meat so there wouldn't be a huge mess. Throw in some chips, pretzels, and for my 3...
- We have a large family and so we have done a "buffet" for my daughter's Birthdays. Pizza breads, veggie pizza, dips, chips, mini hot-dogs, shrimp, taco salad; and wha...
Desperatly Seeking a Vacation
We are a family of 6. My kids range from ages 6 to 3. ... Hi Our family went 2 places I would recommend for large families One is in Punta Cana called Melia ...
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- not sure if an owner of a swimming pool business would want to swim on vacation or not, but Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg is fun. it's a water park/hotel/spa...eve...
- Hi! Our family went 2 places I would recommend for large families. One is in Punta Cana called Melia Caribe Tropicale. When you speak with the travel agent, tell hi...
- I highly recommend the Beaches family resort in the Turks & Caicos. There are a few in Jamaica but I'm not familiar with them. We took our then 10 month old son to t...
Holiday Tradition
I think that personal family time alone at xmas is very important. Sometimes the big family time can be overhelming and crazy so small family time is nice. ...
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- I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my mom on Xmas eve 4 years ago. I miss her greatly. We just carry on and I just remember how much she loved gift giving and watching ev...
- Some family traditions we have developed for Christmas Eve and Day include: Hot Chocolate with crushed cand canes added to drink while out looking at Christmas Lig...
- I think it's really wonderful you want to start some family traditions. :-) We have different traditions for different dates, some just happened and others we planned ...
Parent's 50Th Wedding Anniversary
Don't you just love big families? Anyway, my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2000. For their anniversary I put together a book of ...
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- What about some kind of decoupage collage? I plan on making my mom one of all of us kids and grandkids for X-mas. With the computer, you can scan in whatever pics yo...
- What everyone always loves to get is a CD to music and pictures of their 50 years together. You can have a nice dinner you and your siblings plan and then play it for ...
- Could you make them a scrapbook with photos from the past 50 years? Or a quilt? There are places that can take pictures and make them into blankets or quilts. S...
When Is It Time to Switch to a "Big Girl Bed"?
Take the crib down in the morning, set up a "party" and do some big girl activites, invite friends/family over to celebrate. Perhaps get one of those indoor ...
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- R., Each child is unique...I would try to make her "big girl bed" really special. Place her bed in her room and let her nap in it with her nursery blankets or som...
- If she wants to sleep in her crib, let her. Move the Dora bed out of her room and tell her it will be moved back when she is ready. When she is "ready", take the...
- When they climb out of their crib. My oldest was in a bed at a year because he was climbing out of his crib. People these days are in such a hurry for their kids to ...
