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Interior Decorator
Asked by T.D. from Raleigh
on August 27, 2009
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Good Evening,
I just purchased a new home.. I need some who can come in and decorate my new home and give it a nice classy elegant look for an affordable price. I h...
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- Congrats on your new home! I highly recommend Michele Nowak of Moving by Design. ###-###-####. She is a Home Staging and Redesign expert. If you think you need...
- Good Morning T., My name is L. K. and I am the sole owner/proprietor of DOMICILE here in Chapel Hill. I specialize in re-design and re-purposing what you already ha...
- I can highly recommend Lori Mirett of Drapery and Design Studio. She is located in Apex and can be reached at ###-###-#### or ____@____.com. Enjoy the new house.
Keloid Scarring
Asked by A.C. from Dallas
on June 22, 2008
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Hello, I have a 2 month old that was delivered by C-section. She is my second daughter and both have been C-sections... last time I got a big fat horrible keloid scar....
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- Hi A., Congrats on the new baby! I have one daughter by C-section, too. We have been using coconut oil for several issues, though scarring is not one. However,...
- I to delivered C-section. I used Mederma religiously rubbing and massaging it in. I did not develop any keloid scarring. I learned about Mederma because of a anothe...
- My OB suggested Curad Scar Therapy. They are gel pads that you put over the scar and they really minimize the scar. You could barely see my scar. I just had another...
Any Advise on Lasik
Asked by C. from Dallas
on March 18, 2006
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Hello Moms,
I am thinking about talking to some of the Lasik facilities in the area. Did anyone have a good or bad experience? I am a novice so all my research is ove...
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- I went to Dr. Boothe in Plano a year ago and had lasik done. I had a good experience with all of the doctors and nurses. Dr. Boothe is very strict with his nurses an...
- A friend of my went to Boothe eye care center to have this done and it was a disaster. She said it was standing room only in the waiting room...the equipment did not ...
- will you please let me know what you find out? thanks!
Swimming Lessons
Asked by M.D. from Washington DC
on March 23, 2012
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My friend teaches swimming lessons and has taught my kids in the past..
She has 3 sessions. My question is, do you think kids need more than one session? We will pu...
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- id say if u can afford it do another lesson.. is there a publis pool around by u that u can bring the kids to if u cant afford both and u can give them some lessons......
- Yes, absolutely worth the money to put them in lessons twice. They won't learn to swim in just one session, so the more opportunities you give them to get comfortable ...
- One session is not enough to be proficient in the water. It takes awhile to learn to be a good swimmer, and two weeks is just not enough time. I say do more than one ...
How to Teach Child to Ride Bike with No Training Wheels?
Asked by L.K. from Boise
on July 18, 2011
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Our dtr is almost 4.5 and she has a skuut and a bike with training wheels. My husband would like to the training wheels off but I'm not sure. How do you teach a child ...
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- How to: take the wheels off and run behind the bike until they feel confident and not wobbly then let go. Make sure they are watching where they are going. It took my...
- Here is the tired and true method that we did with our 3 kids and a ton of other kids on the block b/c their parents weren't active enough to run with them: 1) ra...
- I taught all three of my kids by holding the bike from behind and running along with them, then letting go. Boy was that exhausting!!! lol! One of my sons learned to ...
How Do You Respond to Ignorant People?
Asked by N.D. from Chicago
on July 25, 2007
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My daughter is small for her age, otherwise healthy and does everything a toddler is supposed to be doing.
Once a week we go to a music class, and this particular m...
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- Remember, what you say to other people and how you say it will leave an impression on your child if present. You want to child to feel positive about herself and her ...
- I understand 2 of my kids were always big for their age. I hated the "Wow they are big" and now my 3rd is tiny. I would ask her if she likes it when someone point...
- Try not to take it personally. I have a "big boy" and everyone comments about his size. I usually just smile and say "yes, he's just perfect". You could always comme...
Gifted child.....now What??
Asked by A.H. from Minneapolis
on March 30, 2008
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Hi all,
My son is in First grade, and was initially thought to have ADHD by his school teacher, so we took in him to be evaluated and the results were that he has...
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- I had 5 kids ages 3-7 when my oldest 3 started "slipping through the cracks" because of various degrees of giftedness and learning differences. We tried to work with t...
- Hi A., I understand what you are going through. I actually have a similiar problem with my 5 year old and he isn't old enough to be in Kindergarten yet. I am also h...
- I would start by researching your options. There is a book published by Free Spirit Publishing called "The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids." I assume there...
My 2 Year Old Has Extremely Dry Skin, Any Recommendations on a Good Lotion?
Asked by R.W. from Jacksonville
on November 20, 2008
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Hello,
My 2 year old has started getting dry patches all over, especially on his behind. He scratches so hard he draws blood. If I see him I always stop him, but he u...
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- Hi, R.. Well, until you find out what's irritating his skin, I think you're going to have to resort to a hydrocortisone cream. Don't worry, it won't hurt him, but keep...
- Hi R., Lotion is important if it's a safe lotion and most on the market have Quaternium-15 (Q-15) which is a known cancer causing agent. Even the FDA legal limit of...
- Try Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleaner for all skin types. A Dermatologist recommended that for me and it helped a lot.