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Here's the situation: one bedroom urban apartment shared by two single mothers. We each have a 9-month-old, and I've got a cat. Both children are on the verge of walking. I don't find it too hard to distract my son from messing with the cat's food and water, but my roommate's daughter is...

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I've got a call in to my son's ped, but I thought I'd throw this out there... For the last couple of days, my 13-month-old son has been periodically bursting into tears and crying like he's in pain...cries for a minute or so, then subsides, and he's fine. Sunday morning he got his MMR...

Sprogly's been wanting to get at my computer stuff in the worst way, and last night he deliberately took a box I'd given him to play with, put it in front of the computer table, and climbed up on it to swat at the keyboards and whatnot. He's not even 11 months yet--I didn't think he'd be doing...

Who's tried it and what do you think of it? Is it something you can learn to do effectively on your own or do you recommend taking a 'workshop.' (eg: http://www.imaginationsigners.com/index.htm) TIA.

When the temperature is in the high 90's and heat index is 100-degrees plus, would you take your nine- or ten-month-old baby outside for walks and other activities? If so, for what's the longest you'd do so for and what precautions would you take (eg, clothing, hats, fluids)? If not, what's...

Hi, we have a 10-month-old little girl and she is still only able to eat smooth or pureed food. When she tries to eat anything with much texture or solid, she gags and usually throws up. We've tried introducing it to her in small amounts and giving foods with very little texture but it's still...

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I am the father of 4 children, divorced and remarried. The oldest is a girl, now almost 13, and we are having serious issues with lying. She obviously lies to avoid punishment - most are based on responsibility issues, i.e. losing things and making up a story about it, skipping school assignments...

I wonder if people have any suggestions for this situation. My son is 17. He's involved in a youth group that is regional. They have a number of events each year. One girl whom he's known for a few years who doesn't live in our town but who is also in this group has always been interested in him....

I realize most people here have much younger kids but maybe some of you have advice about my daughter, a high school senior. DD turns 18 next month. She has already been accepted to a good college.She seems to be slacking off a lot in her school work. All along she has been a very good student....

Hello - I haven't been posting to or reading misc.kids for years - my kids are teens. But now I could use suggestions. My son, age 15, has a classmate who for years now calls my son frequently to ask him what the homework is or how to do something. The boy just doesn't write down assignments and...

Hi! I need some tips on how washing & storing baby clothes. A couple of months back I took out some baby clothes from the bags they were stored in and noticed that some of them were covered in yellow stains. It looks like it's from the baby spitting up, though my older son didn't spit up all...

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