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Is It Normal?
... to our local support group meeting for newexpectant parents was always a ..... he is the frienddad Who arranges doctor and dentist visits school play ...
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- I have 4 kids. A whole range of ages. After my fourth was born, I felt the same. I was irritated and tired, which is completely understandable. I also had irregular pe...
- I have a 2.5 year old and an 8 month old, and there are days when I really would lose it, if I could. I'm staying home with the kids for now, and, while my husband sor...
- Hi SL, YES!!! I can relate~ The things that have helped me and my relationship is to get Mommy Alone Time. Schedule it with your husband where you can go and do any...
What Is a Good Resource (i.e. Book) to Help a Little One Understand Cancer?
So often, that expectant mother needs to have that baby in her arms .... The night before we left I had a talk with my Dad, I brought the kids down with me. ...
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- My heart is with you. You have some great advices here. I agree, don't tell her too much, just enough. Meanwhile make sure you have lots of videos of me-ma singing, re...
- I'm SO sorry to hear that your mom's cancer has returned. I think Marda has great advice about telling your daughter just enough so she knows what's going on at the mo...
- Greetings, I am very sorry to hear about the struggles your family is going through. I am a elementary school counselor and have many resources you could look at. B...
20 Month Old Crawling Out of Crib and Twins on the Way...
Not really what any expectant mother wants for advice. ..... We had snow and then freezing rain the night before - during my dad's Christmas breakfast grace ...
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- I made the crib to toddler bed transition with each of my four kids between 20 and 22 months. They did great. It took a couple weeks for them to understand that they...
- I agree that moving him out of the crib is probably your best bet. We moved my oldest at 19 months because he was climbing out. He sleeps in a twin bed without the f...
- I just went through this with my 17-month-old! We chose to avoid any potential accidents that might happen crawling out of the crib and let him sleep on a mattress on...
Baby Shower Gift Ideas
New moms and dad's don't have kids books usually :) I tried to go with some ... Hi, I am expecting too. I know that the little things add up when your ...
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- Honestly I would get something off the person's registry. It's nice to get themed gifts if they are from a more personal nature or have sentimental value. Otherwise......
- I like to give things that they hadn't necessarily thought of needing because they won't need them right away like sippy cups and plates and bowls and some of those co...
- Hi Jen, When my daughter in law had her shower she commented to me she wished someone would give her a new nightgown and shower gel for the hospital stay and I tho...
Baby Shower
The expectant mom and all the guests will have a fantastic time of ... Half of the money would go to mom and dad to help with expenses and half would go to ...
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- At my shower we did a 50/50 drawing and something similar to football squares but with baby length and weight. Half of the money would go to mom and dad to help with ...
- I was just at a baby shower wherer we used fabric markers to decorate onsies of different sizes. And we passed around a book to write advice for the new parents. Goo...
- A simple non-game thing you could do it put the baby name on the bottom of someone's chair & give out a prize for that. Or on the bottom of desert plates. I have seen...
New Baby on the Way
Oct 6, 2009 ... to explain to kids why some classmate might have 2 dads or 2 moms where babies came ... How to Prepare a 4 Year Old on an Expectant Baby ...
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- At 3, I would simply tell her that babies start out very tiny inside their mommy's body, and have to grow a long time inside her before they are big enough to be born....
- Congratulations! I always told the kids "God made a special place inside my tummy for the baby to grow" andt hat seemed like enough information. There are tons of bo...
- I would keep it very very simple, and even then she probably wont get it until your stomach is bigger. I have just said the baby is in mommy's tummy. And when they a...
Is It Wrong to Want a Baby Shower for Your Second Pregnancy?
The pending arrival of twins puts a new spin on things, but Mom and Dad ..... My neighbors threw a babyshower for me when I was expecting my third daughter. ...
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- Your Aunt is a stick in the mud! Why not celebrate each and every blessing that enters this world?! I say go for it and let her (your Aunt) choose what kind of Aunt sh...
- I don't think it's wrong at all. I could maybe see if her baby is only 9mo old or something, but even then I still think it's ok- you get things at baby showers that ...
- I'm kind of in the middle on this because I never believed in second baby showers, but then got pregnant with twins on my second and friends decided to throw a shower ...
Cord Blood Banking
... the medical community really should brief expectant mothers on what that .... I put my step dad in charge of collecting it back and making the phone ...
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- WE used CBR as they were better known, been around a long time. I had 2 c-sections and we still have the cord blood. The process is super easy.
- I'm not responding about the cord blood banking but about the artificial route you want to go to have a girl. If you know when you ovulate you have to get together wit...
- Cord blood banking is not something you should be talked into... it is a luxury, and is like a very expensive insurance policy that you will probably never use... much...
How to Prepare a 4 Year Old on an Expectant Baby.
congrats! one extra step we took when expecting the second child was to bring ..... as possible about his daily routine and special times with Mom and Dad. ...
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- Children are so adaptable! I am a military wife so change is something we do often. My 5 year old was born in Germany till almost 2 then North Carolina for one year th...
- Congratulations!! My daughter was also 4 when we found out that we were expecting our 2nd baby. We were worried about how it would affect her, being used to having all...
- Congrats! You have received a lot of great advice. My son was 4 when we had our 2nd son and as in your other comments we remained extremely positive. We would always ...
Cry It Out for Naps
Sep 23, 2009 ... Child enough I buy it for all my expectant friends It has become a ... left after weeks of not I got her dad to do her bedtime routine ...
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- Greetings M.: I have not read any of your responses, I am sure that they are all well voiced. I just wanted to add some of my experiances as a mother of 5 and the fos...
- You must be exhausted! My son has never been a good sleeper either (didn't sleep through the night uninterrupted until a couple of months after he turned 2). We mo...
- Sounds tough! I'm sorry it is so hard, but I agree with ou that you need to bite the bullet and do this sooner rather than later. It will just get harder as he gets o...
