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Medical Consent for Kids While Parents Are Out of the Country
Read all 9 responses: "Does anyone have any free resources for medical release forms we can use as we are traveling to Italy without our kids who are ...
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- My daughter just went to the VIrgin Islands by herself to spend time with my sister who lives there. I couldn't find a medical release form, so I typed out a letter gi...
- We always just write a note with kids names and birthdates and other necessary information (allergies, etc.). We've never had it notarized and we've never had a probl...
- Hi A., My husband and actually traveled to Europe back in May without out children. We left them at our house with their grandparents. What we did was printed out...
Book Suggestions for Activities with Newborn
Very easy, fun, interesting and informative read for parents and professionals. ... My intention in the book is to give parents connecting activities that ...
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- I good place to start is to get the following CD’s: “Lullaby Themes for Sleepy Dreams” and “Classic Nursery Rhymes” by Susie Tallman. We have practically wor...
- I loved dancing with my little guy, and he loved it too. I recommend the Putumayo CDs ,especially African playground. It's upbeat and exposes your little one to music ...
- The SuperConfitelligent Child: Loving to Learn through Movement and Play by D. C. Hornbeak. My son’s picture is on the cover of the book! It was just released Janu...
Suggestions for Getting 7 Month Old to Drink to Formula?
Have you heard of the on-line support group for Parents Of Food Allergic Kids? ... There would be many experienced parents there that could give you advice ...
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- I tried the mixing of the breastmilk with formula, too. I actually had my husband feed my boys with a blanket that smelled like me so the transition would be easier. ...
- Since your daughter has an allergy to milk, in the long run she would be much better off breastfeeding. It will be difficult considering your situation, but you will ...
- I had my kids back to back just like you! My boy is the oldest and my girl is the youngest. Just be patient with her and the all the fuss. If she is hunger she wil...
Should Parents Help Kids Decide How to Spend Their Money?
Read all 10 responses: "My 7-year old stepdaughter received $100 for a birthday gift last year. She kept it in her wallet and instead of working with her to ...
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- I agree that as a parent, step or not, we have the job to make sure a child is guided to the best of our abilities. My kids never got to hold thier money in thier wal...
- If it was just $5, that would be fine, but $100 is alot of money, especially for a young child! I would open a savings account for her, any money she recieves goes di...
- my parents always made us bank half of any money gifts as a child. i hated it at the time on occasion, but now i see what they were up to -- teaching me about managing...
Parenting Books.
I see it time and time again--the "parents" who never read a book about parenting. ... A really good magazine is "Parents." The subscription isn't very much ...
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- I read the book about The Ferber Sleeping Method and it was a HUGE help. Some parents agree some dissagree. I don't think I would have stayed sane without it!!
- Hey K., If your looking for a good parenting book just pick up a Doctor Seuss or some other childrens book. The best book to ready for your child, are the ones th...
- Hey! This is such a coincidence. Yesterday I wrote a request on here that talked all about a parenting book that I love, but at the very end I saw that they don't al...
Adoptive Parents
Read all 9 responses: "My husband and I adopted two children at birth from Social Services (full siblings born 16 months apart). We have limited information ...
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- Hi N.. I don't know what parents are doing now, I can share with you that my parents adopted me when I was 3 months old. My mother always told me the truth that I was ...
- Hi N., We adopted two children also. Our children's favorite bedtime story when they were young was their own story. I would tell each child the story of a couple w...
- Hi - I am adopted and my parents told me a bed time story that they made up about how two parents wanted a children so badly and they waited... and they waited.... and...
How to Tell the "New Grandparents" the Good News!!
It was Christmas and we had our parents open gifts that were ornaments that ... For my parents we wrapped a baby bottle that I had placed the pregnancy test ...
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- My SIL had a pretty sign printed up that said We're Pregnant. They held the sign up and posed for a beautiful black and white picture of them kissing and them smiling...
- Hi S., When we got pregnant with our first child, we waited until around 12 weeks to tell anyone, the way we did it was fun, but didn't go exactly as I planned! We to...
- Both of our moms collect angel figurines. We found two different angel figurines holding babies, wrapped them up, and gave them to our moms. When they wondered why t...
Holiday Gift "Rules"??
Nov 18, 2009 ... I agree that giving the kids gifts might make parents feel the pressure ... How about helping the kids make a nice gift for their parents. ...
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- I agree that giving the kids gifts might make parents feel the pressure to reciprocate, and you don't know their situations, especially in difficult economic times. If...
- How about helping the kids make a nice gift for their parents. Maybe get the hand casting kit, I believe it is about $5 at Michaels, and then paint it. Or have the k...
- Everyone does the holidays different. I have a party with Santa (my husband) and presents every year. It is the one time out of the year all the parents are able to ge...
Right Handed Parents Tring to Teach a Left Handed Child to Write
Read all 12 responses: "My son is 3 years old is trying to learn to write. My husband and I have came to the conclusion that he is probably going to be ...
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- J. Everyone in my family is right handed except for one cousin who is left handed...everytime her mom and dad or any of us tried to teach her something we had to do...
- You have some great responses here. I'm a right handed mom of 2 Leftys (ages 20 and 9) and having your child trace letters as well as placing your right hand over his...
- My mom is a lefty and so are 2 of my other siblings and myself. Left handed scissors are great!!! Just make sure your son does indeed cut with his left hand and make ...
Creative Ways to Tell Parents "We're Pregnant"
Read all 38 responses: "My husband and I are pregnant for the first time and we' re looking for a creative way to share the news with our parents that 'we're ...
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- If you or your hubby's bday is coming up I had my local grocery store make a cake with my ultrasound pic on it (it was my hubby's 40th bday party) and has them put Bab...
- I would give them somthing that says grandma & grandpa on it, like a coffee mug or something like that.
- We gave my MIL a frame that said something like "a baby is a blessing" and stuck a picture of our first ultrasound in it. When she opened her gift, she thanked me for...
