About 40 percent of infants watch TV About 40 percent of infants watch TV, DVDs or videos before they are 3 months old, according to new research. Frederick Zimmerman, the lead author of the study, said watching the tube takes time away from playing with an adult or imaginative toys such as...

I KNOW some of these top babies have been born. Please send me the name (if you want) and date and I'll be glad to move you to the proud mama and papas category... Future Mamas (and Papas): Please help me to get these to the proper name/deliver date status September 28, 2004 Andrea NOW...

After reading a thread called "Rude questions" I thought it might be funny to list the funniest/rudest/most outrageous comments or advice we have gotten while pg. Since it seems like everyone from family to the checkout woman at the store has something to say :) Today I got a comment that I...

Hope it's a lovely day for him :) -- Rob "Carpe Chocolate"

Ugh! I just found out a friend from out of town who is pregnant with twin boys and due in April, was put in the hospital recently and will have to stay there until she gives birth! All I know is, she was having contractions now. Her twins weight 2 pounds each currently. Anyway I...

hi, My wife is due... well, any day now... and while I feel perfectly confident to time her contractions with my wris****ch, I wonder if there isn't something better out there. I had an idea for a timer that would log the length of, say, 10 contractions in a row, so that I could measure progress....

Say "Hello" to: Fraser born February 5, 2004 to proud mama Aprill Kailey Flynn born February 5, 2004 to proud mama T Flynn Reagan Shea born February 9, 2004 to proud mama Melanie William born February 10, 2004 to proud mama Kat Isabella Zora born February 12, 2004 to proud mama Brigitte Grace...

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I'll be 18 weeks tomorrow and we're having our ultrasound. I know deep down that everything is fine, but I am sooo nervous. Hopefully I get a good report and even the gender as a bonus! -- JennP. mom to Matthew 10/11/00 EDD #2 10/24/04 remove "no........spam" to reply

I am planning on breastfeeding DD when she is born in Nov. and I need some help figuring out how to do it! I bf DS for about two months and I really wish I could have kept it up a little longer. I weaned him because at the time it was really what I felt was best for me and him. Bfing (for the most...

So at my appointment today, I asked my doctor what my options for medicinal pain relief during labour were. He told me: 1. Epidural (which I've had) 2. Demerol (which he didn't recommend) 3. Fentanyl (which he said is pretty good but I'd need an intervenous for) Any thoughts about the third...

Okay, the questions from me are going to start coming in more and more now that the baby is nearly there (due in mid-February)! I am interested in using a baby carrier like the Baby Bjorn as much as possible, and was wondering realistically how much I'll need a stroller and how soon. I find the...

Emily Rose, 9lb 4oz (4.21kg) born Thursday 28th April at 23.51. Will post birth story when I get time/energy back !! --=20 --=20 Karen DS 10th Aug 1986 - VB - 9lb 13oz

another question for ya's.......... since i went off bcp when my husband and i started ttc-ing, my complexion started to get pimply. so i've been using a medicated facial soap with 2% salicylic acid, which really helps. i've been surfing a little and it seems like its ok (although obviously never...

Are they accurate? I know people who swear by them, and say they are virtually 100% accurate in predicting the gender of their baby. I looked at it for fun, but get confused when it has me figuring "lunar age". If I did it right then it would be correct for my first child. What do you all...

How dangerous would it really be for me to cover up the grey in my hair right now? I'm 31 weeks pregnant and what I use is the Clairol Natural Instincts (it's Level 2 and supposedly washes out in about 24 shampoos.). It's bad enough being pregnant and swollen without having yucky roots too (not...

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I read the other day that when your child is able to eat solids, they should also drink from a cup. Morgan is going to be ready soon for solids, but has never used a bottle. Can you go directly to a sippy cup? Is that possible?? ~Carol Ann http://tinyurl.com/33uk7 ---Recent Pictures of Morgan...

BIBLICAL MEDICINE: DR. FLAMM HAS HIS PANTIES IN A BUNCH! "Skeptic" obstetrician Bruce Flamm, MD has his panties in a bunch because someone committed the dastardly fraud of claiming that prayer increased the rate of In Vitro Fertilization/IVF. See post forwarded below. Writes Flamm:

EFFORTLESS SQUATTING: For most adult humans on the planet effortless squatting is an activity of daily living/ADL. For most Westerners (except children) it's not. Is it possible to rehabilitate effortless squatting once lost? PREGNANT WOMEN: See the squatting-related BIRTH EMERGENCY in PS1...