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Help with Broken Microwave!
Asked by S.Z. from Minneapolis
on February 2, 2009
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Our 2 year old microwave is above the stove with the exhaust fan & light. My husband turn on the light that is below the microwave. There was a bluish light and poppin...
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- I recently had a similar experience. I think what happened in our case was that steam from boiling water on the stove condensed in the microwave and shorted it out (yo...
- I just had the exact same thing happen to my dishwasher. I saw the blue light and heard a pop. When we took the plate off the front it was a simple short. 2 wires were...
- It sounds like the motor on your microwave burned out. Wires may have been touching that shouldn't have been or it is just a cheap/bad motor that did not last long. Th...
Potty Timer
Asked by L.N. from Benton Harbor
on August 11, 2009
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Hi~
I've had my ups and downs with this site lately and come away feeling worse than when I sat down, but I really do have a question and thought I'd give it another ...
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- hello L. that is the same way i touhgt all five of my girls to potty and it is the same way i will do baby six and seven when they come in feb as far as them getting...
- I used the kitchen timer too with both of my kids and it worked. It helped remind me when I needed to remind them. If they went pee, then I would wait for 45min to 1...
- L., My boy is 3 1/2 and just recently has been consistent with using the potty and staying dry. I tried many different techniques in the past including using the ti...
6 Yr Old Dinner Battle
Asked by L.S. from San Francisco
on January 10, 2009
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My 6 yr old is a great kid, except for dinnertime....she eats plenty of things, BUT she has to have everything separated and nothing can be touching anything else..IE:...
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- My daughter can be picky at times too. She's 7. We make dinner. Dinner is what dinner is. If she doesn't like it, she can make herself a bowl of cereal. She doesn't kn...
- Here's what we do. We have a 12 yr old girl and 6 yr old twin boys. The kids eat whatever we serve for dinner. They are also required to take a 'thank you' bite of ...
- Food battles set up very negative dynamics and are bad for your relationship. She is trying to tell you something. Maybe she feels she is powerless in making any dec...
Potty Training Advice
Asked by A. from Phoenix
on January 17, 2007
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My sons potty training seems to be at a brick wall. He will sit on the potty and pee/poop without a problem and he loves his "Big Boy Undies" and wants nothing to do w...
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- I don't want to sound negative or skeptical, but man, you are lucky to be where you are with your son! I've had 4 babies, my youngest will be 3 years old in July and ...
- When I was potty training my daughter I had the same problem. What finally broke it was when I started to through away her big girl undies if she went poo in them. W...
- I think your son is doing great for how young he is, and I don't think you should put it off. Just keep up with what you are doing. I've been working in childcare fo...
Help with a Only Child for a WAHM Mom
Asked by R.S. from Denver
on July 2, 2009
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Moms: I love all the help and am hoping you can help me figure out what to do.
I have one child, a 7yr old boy(I am a late in life mom so one is all it's going to be)...
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- I work at home too, I have a 7 year old, a 3 year old and a 1 year old. Luckily they have each other to playwith but they still drive me nuts when I am trying to get ...
- I think you have had great advice - I work at home part time but I'm also a child psychologist. Your son needs some limit-setting. First, when you're working, he needs...
- play days, even if the kids are at your house they keep each other occupied. I have a much better time with my daughter when she has a friend over instead of the const...
Potty Training My 3 Year Old
Asked by S.W. from San Diego
on May 24, 2009
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Hello!
My son just turned 3 in April and we are taking this weekend to potty train him. We spent the day following the directions in the "Potty train your child in o...
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- Well my kids are teens know, but I potty trained them It was by puttingh glitter in the potty and asking them to make it move by aiming at the glitter. It helps them...
- Try catching the morning pee only for a few days. no breakfast till he goes. I put the little potty in front of the tv he sat their till he went. The first two days ar...
- Stay on it....be consistant. We told our son when he turned 3, that he didn't HAVE to wear diapers anymore. When he woke up on his birthday, we clapped and made it a...
Potty Training Boys
Asked by J. from St. Louis
on May 14, 2009
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I have a 14 week old and 3 year old boy. For the past several months we have been working on potty-training our 3 year old. We've done the timer set to 30 or 45 minu...
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- Hi J., I haven't read any of the other responses, but I've got advice that may help you. My husband and I are in the process of potty training our son,(who turn...
- If this boy is not waking up dry after naps and bedtime, you are going to have to scrap the plans of sending him to a regular preschool. No amount of bribing, or coac...
- With my kids instead of giving a prize for pottying, I had something fun to do on the potty, something that they can only use on the potty. Your attention might be as...
Microwave--Repair Or Replace...
Asked by M.M. from Chicago
on April 30, 2009
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The other day my nine year old set the 'timer' on the microwave for 15minutes, and after the time was up, we realized he ran the microwave (instead of using the timer)...
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- The cost of repairing it would be as much as just buying a new one. Replace it.
- Replace, definitely. I'm sure there is no way it could be fixed. Best Buy, Walmart and places like that have good buys on microwaves.
- Who learned the life lesson? You or the 9 year old? You need to replace the microwave and have an electrician check to be sure the child didn't short the wiring in the...
Daughter Takes 2 Hours to Eat Dinner
Asked by C.P. from Boston
on November 9, 2006
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My daughter will be 4 in January and about 2 weeks ago, she decided to start taking forever to eat dinner. It doesn't seem to matter what I'm serving. Even if it's m...
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- My 4 year old is the EXACT same way at dinner. He gets up every 30 seconds to pick something up, give hugs, whatever he can do. At first we fed him, but at some poin...
- maybe try again with the timer and tell her that when it goes off, if she is not finished, she loses her plate and that is it until the next meal. it sounds a little ...
- hey i feel for you. my daughter is 7 and she still takes forever to eat any meal.and i have tried everything. i had her eating alone in her room, but that didn't work....
First Time Instrument
Asked by K.J. from Los Angeles
on September 6, 2008
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My 9 year old son came home from school and announced that he wants to participate in orchestra. He's interested in the Saxophone because both of his cousins played S...
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- Hi K., Any instrument your child is interested in is the right one. Any instrument will be hard at first, whehter it's a wind or a string or even the drums. Also,...
- The important thing is he wants to play. That's great. Let him choose an instrument and try it out. Don't lose anything by trying, right? About the drums, you can alwa...
- Awesome!! I have 4 in high school band ( 1 senior, 1 jounior, and 2 freshman)this year and they have all been playing since 5th grade. The older 2 play trumpet and fl...
