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How to Cook a Turkey
You can safely defrost a turkey in its package in the kitchen sink in cold water ... that you can leave in the turkey thigh (don't trust the pop-up timers). ...
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- Check out www.butterball.com they have great information for 1st timmers! I've used the bags they are great! GL! Let us all know how it went!
- Hey J. you might try a smoked turkey- that means its already been cooked you just have to make sure its heated through out and they are really juicy and tasty, (thats ...
- Hi J.! Hope your turkey turned out great. Just for kicks, this is what we did, for the first time this year... Took two 5' strips of heavy duty tin foil and figured...
Having a Hard Time Getting My 10 Year Old to Stay in Bed at Bedtime
... She would literally come out to the kitchen 2 minutes after being tucked in ... started this I would set the small kitchen timer and put it in my pocket ...
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- This sounds a lot like my 5-year-old daughter. She would literally come out to the kitchen 2 minutes after being tucked in to tell me she can't sleep. Sometimes she'...
- I've had this problem with all three of my older children. The rule is: you can stay up all night if you want but you must stay in the bed. You get a one time pass for...
- Dear H., Tell you daughter that each time she gets out of bed from now on (without your permission), sports, school activities, tv and play dates will be eliminated...
Mother's Day Gift Bags
Go to your local Dollar Tree and get a kitchen timer for each mom. You really can't have enough of these. The ones at our store have a magnet on the back so ...
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- Go to your local Dollar Tree and get a kitchen timer for each mom. You really can't have enough of these. The ones at our store have a magnet on the back so they sti...
- I agree, hit a dollar store. Some ideas: --Those medium-sized canvas sacks that stuff really small into their own little bag for storage. --a good sample-si...
- Great idea! Small bottle of hand sanitizer, note pads, chapstick, mints
3 Year Old Potty Training Challenges - Help?!
1 I used apottytimer and set a kitchen timer for 1 hour and every time it went off we went to the potty Even ifhe saidI dont have to go we still took him ...
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- Totally back off! You can cause so many long-term potty problems by trying to force training before she's ready. She's still pretty young---wait a few mos., then get s...
- M., Whatever you do don't go back. It will send her mixed messages. I potty trained my son by 3 and used several different things to encourage him along. 1. I used ...
- Hi There! My daughter took what seemed like forever to potty train. She is still in a pull-up at night and she is 5. She still has accidents. Her 3 year old brot...
Slow Eater
Otherwise let him know how long he has, set the timer, and when it's out it's out. ... but I know we all need to get the kitchen clean up done. ...
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- Give him at least 30 min. and after that say it's time for you to clean up, and let him sit alone. If it's quality time he needs, give him more with a book before bedt...
- Why don't you try "helping" him. Like you feed him one bit he feeds one bite!? It may work?
- The Italians take at least 2 hours to eat and look how healthy they are! Where's the fire? I agree with DJ.
Help with Potty Training a 6-Year Old with down Syndrome
We set a kitchen timer, starting out at around 30 min. When the timer goes off then its time to go potty. I have found that kids have problems wanting to ...
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- I don't have a child with Downs either but I do have an aunt with Downs and my best friend's sister has Downs. I think that a reward system might work just as it might...
- S., Hey it's been a few months since your request and I wondered how things went? I know it takes longer sometimes to see things happen for kids with labels, but I ...
- I have a 6 year old boy with Downs. I used the reward system of giving him his favorite ice cream only when using the potty. If he had an "accident" I made him stay in...
Need Help Getting 3 Year Old to Go to Bed?
... how ever many you choose for her) from her bookshelf, she gets to turn on her little lamp on her night stand and I set a kitchen timer for 15 minutes. ...
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- You may be missing her "window". She may be overtired at 8:30-9:00 and unable to soothe enough for sleeping. Try earlier, like 7-7:30. When my daughter was 3 she wo...
- My almost-three-year-old is the same way. Try letting her have a night light and a couple toys to take to bed to play with til she falls asleep. As long as my daughter...
- S., your best bet is to have a routine and stick to it. I found that having a CD or tape that runs for 20 - 30 minutes is perfect. Go into your daughter's room and e...
Homework Frustration
SET THE KITCHEN TIMER. I usually get a book or do a quiet chore nearby while he works. He'll love it -- my son has never been beaten by the timer, ...
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- T., Have the both of you sit down and write a after-school schedule. He is used to a schedule at school. If he participates in the construction of the schedule, h...
- I've been there! Talk to him a bit about it the night before you try any new tactic. Tell him you're proud of how well he's doing in school. Then, express concern t...
- T., I'll bet by now you can tell that there is not one fix for the homework issue - or any other issue for that matter. I have three boys - all diagnosed with ADD an...
How to Get My 8 Yr. Old to Focus More on His Homework
... I set a kitchen timer for 60 minutesI give him a 20 minute leeway and he starts his homework When he feels he's finished I stop the timer and review his ...
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- I had this same problem with my oldest, now 17 years old, when she was about this age. The things that worked with her were: chewing gum while doing homework, stacking...
- Math is difficult for many. I work with kids at the elementary school age and I do have a 9 year old too. My daughter (now 14) did struggle in math and we had to mak...
- I have the same challenge with my daughter. Here are some strategies I've used at different times: 1)she takes a 5 minutes break between each problem 2)she sets a time...
Setting Limits on Tv/video Games
We used popsicle sticks and a kitchen timer. Each stick was worth 15 minutes ( you decide how many) and put them all in a cup. He was only allowed to play ...
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- "My husband and I both hate video games and grew up playing outside until dark, and were both very active in sports etc. anyway...most kids today seem to have video ga...
- I have a 4 year old son. We began to set some very real limits the past few months when we started to notice him vegging out more and more in front of the tv. We don't...
- He may be a little young for this, but my best friend makes her daughter "buy" media time with reading time. For every minute that she reads, she gets a minute of comp...
