DS is 7 yo and he kicked his 5 yo friend who was visiting in our house. I was mortified. DS knows better to hit, and this child is so much smaller than he and for no real reason (he claims the other child made him drop his crackers). I immediately made him apologize and sent DS to his room...

I'm thinking leaving daylight savings for Halloween isn't working too well. I just answered the door to a very tired darth vader. It seems even the tiny tots wait until dark, and when dark is 7pm, well, by 7:30 bedtime they've only hit a few houses. So I was wondering, how did moving the...

I don't want my kids taught that homosexuality or transsexualism is normal. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDExZDE4MDIxZDhmODdkODE4ZjZmZDE1ZTFkYTNlODU= National Review Gender Jumble: California Student Civil Rights Act ends gendered education. By Jennifer Roback Morse The hyper-active...

My gran has asked if there is anywhere online she can deposit money, so that we can then choose some gifts for the kids. I'm guessing that the only mechanism for doing something like this would be to purchase a gift card to an online store, which is something we're unfamiliar with, can you do...

I buy organic milk because I don't like the idea of hormone-fed cows. However now I see in the stores that some of the regular "non-organic" milk marked as "no hormones". Does anyone know what the difference is between these two categories? We don't use other organic foods; just milk. Thanks.

Shoes and women are two combination of style and fashion. They are always be together in happy and sad. That's why never leave women in shoes store, they might buy any shoes they see. Eventhough, there are some women who are fussy about their shoes, and unsatisfied with shoes they have. There are...

My 4yr9mo son often flaps his hands when he is excited. Although flapping hands is a symptom of autism, we don't think he is autistic, since he does not exhibit other symptoms. We would like the reduce the frequency of his hand flapping over time. Any suggestions?

Alas, Banty isn't the only one with a mouse problem right now. We have a small mouse invasion in our basement, which not only is giving me the creeps, I'm getting worried both about the damage and germs. (Thank goodness we have conduit so I'm not worried about the wiring.) Anyhow, what's the...

It is just starting but he is congested. My supply really dropped unfortunatly. I even called the 1800# for LLL after explaining to DH that I am not pumping in vain but for the hopes that Xavier may yet latch on. Anyway X is having a hard time laying flat.. he was waking every 1/2 hour last night...

My 20 month old doesn't eat much. Her main source of food is dairy. Other than that and legumes, are there any "fun" sources of protein that I can make her eat? We eat vegetarian diet so there's less choice there. Can I give her peanut butter etc since we don't have nut allergy in the family? I...

I started working a full time job a few months ago and mornings have become a major issue. I really need to be out of the house by 7:30 in order to take DD#2 to daycare and then get to work by 8 a.m. This is totally not happening. None of the kids are morning people, but this is getting...

Mary wrote: my daughter and two grandsons live with us. My oldest grandson (8) eats only hotdogs and chicken nuggets. The problems lies in socializing him with other groups of kids due to his eating habits. His mother cannot send him anywhere without packing a lunch, he went to eat with...

This might be a long shot, but my daughter's are five years apart. Often the younger one finds it cool to do homework with the older one, and ask the older one for help. However, she's not happy asking me for help. What if your older daughter played spelling with her? "Sue"...

On 04 Dec 2003 14:03:10 GMT, (Fern5827) wrote: What The Plant is going to treat us to here folks, with her questions, is the same years long attempt by diversion, to call off the people that correctly identify child abusers, liars, and defenders of abusers. And from the mix in...

Jackson is ruining the adaptation of the book. I just got back from a screening, and instead of Smeago'l cutting off Frodo's finger and falling into Mount DOOM, they roll around and fight, both falling into Mount DOOM. At least he had the good sense to keep the Scouring in the movie. Rivendell has...

When is it best to start pointing out and teaching lower case letters? By age, skill or understanding level, or whatever. My only concern is trying to avoid confusion -- why there is both a "B" and a "b" for one letter, for example, and introducing something that could cause a setback. So what...

DS complained that mummy smokes cigarettes in bed. While I thought it an irresponsible fire risk I did't feel in a position to confront my ex on the issue... so I asked what the problem was. Apparently she smokes them in *his* bed and he has asthma. He is eight years old and she sleeps with...

I am truly grateful for my wonderful, very gifted, talented 12-year-old son. He is full of intellectual curiosity, wants to learn and try everything, etc. The bad news...I don't have 48 hours in the day to devote to his interests and questions, and he NEVER lets up!!! If he is interested in a...

My 17-month-old son _hates_ to brush his teeth. We've tried letting him do it, our doing it, letting him brush our teeth, normal toothbrushes, baby toothbrushes, electric toothbrushes... He hates it all. The only way we could possibly do it would be for one of us to hold his arms and the other to...

"Elana Kehoe" wrote in message ... ijustdontgetit wrote: We all come in contact with numerous parents of young chidren that regularly purchase disposable diapers. They are paying to much for ...