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My 4 Year Old Girl Queen Whinner.
On Independence Day we can celebrate freedom from control wherever that issue exists in our lives. No fear, no embarrassment, no pills - choose patience, ...
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- Let go of your embarrassment and fear of what other people will think and learn to detach from responding to her whining. If people stop attending to it she'll learn ...
- My 4 year old son is doing the same thing! (It must be something in the water at camp.) The baby talk just started and is very clingy!!! I've started taking things awa...
- I have a 4 year old as well and it seems like its going around, but like the others Im hoping she will soon grow out of it.I know its frustrating but just breath, caus...
Bi-polar Disorder
It was a very messy departure, and at the same time it was my personal Independence Day! I couldn't force him to take his meds or to put down the bottle of ...
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- My uncle is bipolar, and it is a very sad disease. There is medicine, but they often won't take it consistently. The fact that the state is willing to institutionalize...
- I seriously doubt that your uncle can be "permanently committed" to a psychiatric hospital. We have family friends whose son is so delusional and out of control I sim...
- Dear Kristi, I was married for 18 years to a man who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It was not a good time in my life. His behavior was irresponsible, with m...
When to Start Preschool?
It gave my children a boost of confidence and independence, but we were also coming from a state where full day kindergarten was mandatory (gone from 7am ...
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- Hi, J.. My name is J. and I'm a mom of two boys. We found this wonderful cooperative preschool for our boys and started our oldest at the age of 3 (he's now 7). I...
- I do think that preschool is good for kids. However I disagree with the previous poster that said that the academics part isn't important. My daughter went to presch...
- Personally, I think it is important for children as young as 3 to be in Preschool. They learn so much about life as other people have responded. It isn't an easy tas...
Halloween Baby and 1St Birthday Party
I don't have a Halloween baby, but I have an Independence Day baby. While it is cool that she was born on that day, I don't want her identity to be tied to ...
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- Hi T., Both of my children are October babies, 3 years apart though. My son on the 12th & my daughter on the 24th. I have bought tiny gourds to decorate the house ...
- First of all I think you're going way overboard for the child's 1st birthday. She's not going to remember it and going anywhere like a pumpkin patch is going to be to...
- My son is 4 and was born on Halloween. I love it. We have a library with a community room that we can rent for free. That is where we have had 3 of his parties. La...
My 9 Month Old Doesn't like Stuffed Animals!
Is this a stage where she is exerting her independence? ... gag to feel it) and to this day I can't stand to walk on dry soft beach sand that squeaks. ...
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- Can you blame her? They just sit there. All the other toys seem so much more interesting with the buttons and flashing lights and wheels. My son just recently started ...
- A., It's not uncommon... my son was the same way at 9 months. I think, developmentally, a 9-month old just doesn't get the stuffed animal thing nor does s/he inten...
- It is OK for her not to like stuffed animals. In fact maybe it is good, since they harbor so much dust and dust and other allergens! My two grandsons are soon to be ...
Help with Laundry Stains!
Jul 6, 2009 ... Happy Independence Day! 1 mom found this helpful. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share. L.C. answers from Raleigh on ...
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- "409" works wonders on all kinds of stains! It's a spray degreaser used for cleaning kitchens. Try it!
- I use the spray-n-wash stain stick to pretreat all stains every night as I take the clothes off my kids and myself for that matter till I wash then before I wash I go ...
- I swear by Prespot by Melaueca! It takes out everything, even if I don't treat it right as it happens. You will not be disappointed! You can prob find another mom on t...
Question on Home Daycare
Among the list of legitimate holidays (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas), she also has these "paid" days ...
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- You are absolutely not wrong in your thinking. I have a DCFS licensed home daycare and I do not run it that way. I have the obvious Holidays paid, like my parents do...
- I am also a daycare provider. I do not expect the parents to pay me the second list of "holidays". These are days I may or may not choose to take off. I believe if ...
- I agree with much of what has already been said. I am also a daycare provider. I take all major holidays off with pay. I do not take the second list of holidays, but i...
Help Weaning First and Last Feedings of Day
If you are like me, then the last feeding of the day was followed by going .... that they were each on their next adventure of reaching toward independence. ...
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- For mine, the evening feeding was the last to go, they seemed to need it for comfort. You didn't mention if you are using a sippy cup or bottle- If a cup, you can tra...
- R., I did the same with two of my kids. The way i did it was well, not so comfortable- but it may depend on the person, too. I started cutting down the feeding time at...
- R., I'm in the same boat as you right now, and looking for the same answer, so I will be paying attention to see what people write! I'm trying to wean my third chi...
Games for 60Th Birthday Party
My parents had a Texas Independence Day party one year where they played a game that was a real success. There were people there from three different facets ...
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- We did something really neat for my mom's 60th- we kids sort of came up with it together- We had a mini "this is your life" where we asked her questions about differen...
- Ok, I know this is silly but it was hillarious and will make everyone laugh. At my son's third birthday party we played a game. My parents(in their sixties) and gran...
- Trivia is always fun. Get questions from each of the past 6 decades. And also, name that tune, where you play music and try to get people to guess the songs.. Get t...
Vaccinations
Vaccinations - Independence, MO. I know vaccinations are a controversial .... However, since he did that, there is rarely a day that goes by when she is not ...
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- A., I did the scheduled vaccinations for both my daughters and will for my son, who is 20 days old. They only one I refused was the chicken pox vaccination. The r...
- This was one of my concerns also. My daughter has cerebral palsy and I was just worried about subjecting to something else. I had also just met a women who felt that t...
- A., Having had extensive personal experience with the vaccine controversy issue, I felt I had to weigh in. Firstly, allow me to point out that vaccines are not the...
