On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:50:31 -0400, "Stephanie" wrote: Nan wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:13:42 -0400, "Stephanie" wrote: Banty wrote: In article , Stephanie says...

My toddler's (3yo's) teacher at her montessori told me not to teach her anything academic at home meaning alpabets (even the phonetics) and numbers. She said kids that do academics at home come to school and want to play all day. They don't want to do academic work at school in addition to at home....

What do you listen to when you commute with kids? I have an hour and half total commute everyday with the kids in the car. I listen to the typical lite rock radio stations that are reasonably ok with what they say and what songs they play. Sometimes they casually say things I don't want the kids...

I have a 4-week old who is exclusively formula-fed. I've just learnt that infants up to six months should ideally not consume any fluoride in order to avoid fluorosis. We've been using Brita-filtered water to make up his formula until now, and occasionally Poland Spring bottled water. I can't...

well it's taken time, but VW are buying back our car under the lemon law and it goes back lunchtime on Monday. Rather oddly, a friend has been unable to sell a car for no apparent reason, we didn't even know for months, but it came up in conversation when she didn't know we were returning ours...

Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have my daughter immunized with the new (as opposed to the old, problematic one) vaccine. I've spoken to two different pediatricians about it, and they both feel its safe. Has anyone had their child vaccinated? On the one hand, I'm wary because its only been out...

Why can't parents who put up a child for adoption change their mind within a few weeks? People who adopt can change their mind can't they? On Jul 25, 1:23 pm, wrote: http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070725/NEWS... Charges against mother...

Sunday Telegraph YouTube row over social services baby threat Ben Leapman, Home Affairs Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 4:01am BST 20/08/2007 A heavily pregnant woman is at the centre of an extraordinary legal battle with social workers after she secretly recorded them threatening...

My wife and I (we both work 9 to 5 jobs) are lucky to have someone that is able to care for our child during the day, a very good friend that we have known for years. She's about to hit 50, never had a child of her own, and taking care of a 6 month old is tough for one person. So here are my...

My nine year old is going to have her tonsils out in a few weeks. Anyone have any advise to make this less traumatic. Anything you wish someone had told you or warned you about. Thanks, Barb

Okay, this came up in another thread but I think we can separate the two: how did you handle your son's first wet dreams? (And what age was this?) Someone else suggested their sons do their own laundry so they never knew, but that leads me to a different question: do your sons ever get an...

I just had my fourth baby a little more than a month ago. The other three, youngest to oldest are 13 months old, two years old and three years and two months old. The oldest, Sarah, was potty trained about six months ago and had been doing really well until Rachel first came home. With Rachel...

COcon28932 wrote: If anyone knows of a school online or correspondence courses that are free, please write. There is very little money, and our town does not really have anything for this! We do have a high school online here, but my daughter is too young for that. I'd search google. I...

In article dgXTa.15964$u51.5997@fed1read05, "Circe" says... I'm a bit perplexed over this one. Several family members have sent me "get well" cards (in response to my illness a few weeks back) and have included checks in them. I suppose they are probably sending them in lieu of...

I know this seems petty, but it's driving me nuts. I am desperately trying to get rid of 5 years of outgrown kids clothing. One would think this would be an easy task, but where I live there really aren't resale shops that take larger sizes (most focus only on babies stuff, which is long long...

Anyone have suggestions for store bought snacks for three to five year olds that are dairy free, wheat free and peanut free. We don't allow home cooked things in the school due to the licensing restrictions (too bad, but that is the way the Illinois laws are nowadays). Believe it or not, I have...

Abby is almost 15 months old now, and she still isn't walking! She took all of four steps the whole week.It is really starting to worry me. She can climb things, and crawl lighting fast, ride her little ride-on baby bikes and all. Did anyone else have any really late walkers?!?! Am I woring for...

Hi, My DS is 13 months. Until he was 12 months old I read to him sporadically, usually once per day, but sometimes skipping a day. About the time he turned one I realized that I could be shortchanging him by not reading to him every day, so to make it easier I have incorporated it into his bedtime...

I keep wondering if my child is the only toddler on earth who sleeps with not one but two rubber duckies. That also led me to wonder what goofy things other kids sleep with! DS also sleeps with a teddy bear, fwiw. But last night, I had to go search for "big ducky" since he had talked us into...

OK, this is stupid, but I really am curious about what those of you on "the human side" think of this, because I think it's absurd but what do I know about people's feet? At our local Gymboree Play and Music center, staff encourages the children (age 0-4 years) to run barefoot on the mats and...