OK folks, who has some ideas for what to put in DS's bag if he has to spend the night with relatives? Bones the Dog (his lovey) Toothbrush Brush Pyjamas, dressing gown, slippers Change of clothes and extra undies Few nappies (he uses them for poos and overnight) A few books and toys

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I've just become a new member of this message group in the last week or two. Can someone help me to understand the acronyms that everyone seems to be using, particularly when referring to their partners' or children. It seems to be more than just their initials??? Not a terribly pressing issue,...

http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=782 "Vitamin C May Cut Pregnant Smoking Risks", Washington Post, May 2, 2005, Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/02/AR2005050200345.html Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have...

PREGNANT WOMEN: OBs are closing birth canals up to 30%. It is easy to allow your birth canal to OPEN the "extra" up to 30%. See THE SOLUTION below. THE PASSION OF MOTHERS Enola G. Aird, JD is the convener of the Mothers' Council...

well I did get it checked out and the doc thought it seemed like gall bladder pain, so the next step would be to get that area scanned, by the time I'd waited and seen the doc it was out of office hours, so I was told that the scan department would call me in the next couple of days (this was on...

Amy writes: : Hello all, : What are your thoughts on cross country (US) travel during the third : trimester? Well, how can you fly cross contry? I though you lived in Texas, and that's in the middle. You could only get halfway across on any given trip!

I feel horrible for having these feelings, but I wonder if anyone else feels this way. I feel so disconnected with this pregnancy. I don't know what it is, I didn't really feel this way with the boys. It just doesn't feel real, and I don't feel like I'm bonding with this baby, no matter how much I...

BIRTH DANGER: CAL CHIRO BOARD: SIMPLE QUESTION: Does Rule 302 (or any other rule) prohibit California licensed DCs from informing pregnant women that OBs are closing birth canals up to 30% and gruesomely manipulating most babies' spines? See Rule 302 discussion below.

Jen, any update on Shiny's situation? Have their been any published case studies about her deletion? How's nursing? -- Dagny

Child writes: : question on another group about cord clamping - : whats your wisdom on this? How long should the cord remain unclamped? There have been a number of answers here already that you should wait until it stops pulsating, and you asked "how long is that?" I...

emilymr emily@xxxxxx writes: OK. From the follow-ups and your responses, I get it that you are renting, and that you do not own the house. : Am I being too paranoid? Well, yes. At least about the rat attacking the baby. A rat is pretty small by comparison, and will avoid anything larger.

Mothers alliance decries challenge of pop culture Most mothers, regardless of whether they work or stay at home, are dedicated to their children but fear popular culture is undermining their efforts to raise children with "positive values," according to a new study of more than 2,000 mothers. at...

My daughter goes in tomorrow for her two month vaccinations. I hadn't been too worried about this until my dad mentioned today that one of my siblings cried for about twenty-four hours straight after getting shots (I'm not sure how much of an exaggeration this might be). I know some fussiness is...

Nothing new to report. Still measuring ahead (now at 38 weeks), but BP is perfect (unlike last time where at this point I was having PIH), baby's heartbeat is perfect (145), and doc seems to think baby would weigh about 5 lbs if born now...using my calculations, if he grows at .5 lbs a week,...

Hi folks, I had a bad dream last night in which I lost this baby :( Something to do with being given medication for a condition which I thought was acute, and then stopping the meds once the symptoms went, though I was supposed to continue them. The odd thing was that the delivery (or m/c) itself...

TIME magazine's recent pro-fluoridation article by Leon Jaroff was horrible. (It's in the April 27 issue.) Fortunately Jaroff's horrible article served the purpose of generating this excellent response by JEAN McCONE (which came to me via Paul Connett's FAN Campaign Bulletin #221)... Jean McCone...

BIRTH DANGER PREGNANT WOMEN: OBs are closing birth canals up to 30%. It is easy to allow your birth canal to OPEN the "extra" up to 30%. See THE SOLUTION below.

I need people's help here. We're all adults,so although i'm trying to use as few explicit words as poss,if i have to i will censor them.this seems to be the best group to put it in,but if webmasters disagree please feel free to move it. I don't know what to do and my head's spinning in circles....

Hmm. I generally don't like to give contraversial opinions on stuff like this, I would rather find a way to make a rational compromise, but... I am not the nanny, but if I were, and someone came to me out of the blue with this list of complaints I would get very angry. Larry