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I have a 10yo son who struggles with bedwetting all his life. Until a couple of years ago, he wet every night and wore GoodNites, and didn't mind. Then he starts saying they wasn't comfortable and he wants to quit wearing them. So we got one of those bedwetting alarms, and it helped. He was dry...

My husband and I have recently decided (well, I decided and he is 75% there) that our dear daughter will be an only child. We are don't want her to become spoiled and I work very hard to set limits for her. there are days where the slightest thing will set her off on a screaming tangent for an...

There apparently is a lot of teasing going on on DD's bus ride home from middle school. I'm uneasily sure that DD isn't teasing, but she's not doing anything to stop it either, which I realize is a very difficult thing to do. The chief teasers I think are casual friends of DD -- people DD *could*...

I went to the library yesterday with the goal of picking up some picture books for my 2.5yo that are written in rhyme. Not books of poems, but books where the basic story is in rhyme (like Dr. Seuss). I was surprised by how hard it was to find them by just pulling likely-looking picture books off...

Jeff Utz wrote: I have also seen the consumer reports where they do bacterial or metallurgical analysis on bottled water. A good percentage of the time, the bottled water was not as pure or bacteria free as you would like. And some of the claims. I mean, oxygenated water? I oxygenate my...

"Penny Gaines" wrote in message ... Do all boys go through this stage? It may not just be boys. Rose definitely went through a Viking stage, where she ran around the house in a plastic breastplate and helmet. She removed the horns...

I need help getting my 15 month child to quit sucking on her first 2 fingers! Her skin is so raw and tears easily from being so soggy all the time. Any suggestions?

When preschool started this fall, I wasn't terribly thrilled about keeping my daughter in gymnastics. She wanted to continue, so we kept going. In the meantime, she has had some changes in teachers and has become less and less interested in paying attention and following directions. She has also...

Actually, I really hope you take this dare and help me out! DS is having his bivouac for his birthday. He has requested that we make a "camouflage" birthday cake. So far the only thing I can think of is making a marble cake and icing it with chocolate swirls mixed with vanilla swirls some of...

Does anyone have any suggestions for car seats. We have a two-year-old and we're expecting twins soon. We drive a Subaru Outback wagon. We'd like to put the toddler seat and two infant seats in the back seat, but we don't know which seats might fit in this arrangement. We'd prefer to find small...

Hi all, My wife and I recently purchased a 2001 Subaru Outback wagon. We have a dog and want to purchase the Subaru factory model pet barrier/divider for the rear cargo portion of the wagon. We have been advised that this model is the best shape and will fit the best for our wagon. However I have...

I am writing from Italy. I'm preparing some note to share with other parents about children caring in the Western countries I would like to know more about children caring in the USA. First of all I'd like to know if there exist in the USA kindergardens for children under 3, managed by Public...

Hello, Our school board seems to be changing from a schedule of 15 minute morning and afternoon recess plus 60 minute (30 minutes eating + 30 minutes outside for kids who stay at school) to one of two 40 minute "nutrition breaks" (20 minutes eating + 20 minutes outside). Does anyone have any...

Anyone been through this? My seventh grader found out yesterday that she's been assigned to a new teaching team. Our area has huge population growth, and they've hired two new seventh grade teachers (taking the school from 12 to 14 7th grade homerooms). They randomly chose the students to be...

I posted this question in the financial aid thread, but I'd really like to discuss it further. Could anyone please give me some input on this? If one can (potentially, maybe) pay for instate, public university education *OR* private school (especially at the critical middle-school level), how...

I'm working out the holiday book list for my kids, and I could use some advice on a chess book for my 7yo. Roger's in second grade, and he has been playing chess with a school club since last year. It's definitely more recreational than instructional; the kids get together and play games with one...

Hi - my two boys (2y 9m and 12m) have just broken out with chicken pox. Any advice? Also do you think my 12m boy will be okay, and do you think he'll get it again later on in life, or is this it? Thanks Wish me luck!!!

I remember as a small child my mother and father commenting to me that I was "double talking". By that I mean unconciously repeating phrases or spoken sentences. For example, I would say "I rode my bike like a rocket...I rode my bike like a rocket" Repeating the sentence without meaning to or even...

Dear all, Previously, DD (3yo) has been taken care by nanny, 7.30am to 7.30pm daily as I am working. Starting this month, DD has been going to a childcare centre for the morning session only. After lunch, the nanny will fetch her. I will pick DD from nanny's home in the evening. The problems I am...

I'm doing some work involving children who have asthma, and have come to develop great respect for those of you who live with this challenge day to day. One of the things I'm finding is that most of the materials are aimed at the parents, rather than the children themselves. This does make sense,...