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Since I seem to have the special ed folks attention (thankyou for all the great help so far!), and at least one has mentioned speech therapy, I have a question about that too. My daughter (6yo) might need speech therapy. She pronounces all sounds right but has a fluency issue where she pauses in...

Kevin Karplus wrote: In fact, if my child were going to a private school, I would be embarassed to ask the public schools to provide any services at all. If you are taking the child out of the public school system, and removing the per-child allotment from the...

Hi, are there any tips to wash DD’s (about 3yo) hair without her screaming throughout the whole process? In standing position, I have her head facing downward and hands covering face. Are there any better methods? Thanks in advance! Jean

(Crossposted to mkm) I haven't an inkling how to search for this on Amazon and I can't find anything locally in Israel... I'm looking for a simple book, suitable for a kindergartener, to help me introduce my daughter to the idea of personal safety. She starts school in the fall and for the first...

Hi folks, I'm thinking of Hypatia (after Hypatia of Alexandria) for my daughter's first name, and Artemis (after the Greek Goddess of the Hunt) for a second name. My parents are horrified, and think she'll be teased. I thought if she doesn't like Hypatia, she can use "Patty" for short. For...

Hi, For those with experience, at what age did you send your child to music and ballet class? Did she benefit from it or you think you could have waited for another year. Thanks. Regards Jo

Hello All, Please pardon me if this question has already been answered. My son is 15 months old. I would like to know when is the appropriate age (medically recommended) for putting him in a gym that would develop his muscles, height etc. Any link or info would be very much helpful Thank You in...

Hi, My 12 year old wants to "go steady" with a boy from her 7th grade class. I am interested in hearing about age appropriate activities other's have allowed their daughters, i.e., school events only, group activities with a parent/supervisor etc. Is there a road map out there that allows me to...

Lately our house has become the neighborhood hangout for my son's friends. While I LIKE that he has friends, they appear to have moved in. Morning, noon, and night they're here. Every figgin' day they're here. And I can't figure out why. I'm not particularly pleasant to them, I don't offer them...

My server keeps giving an error when I try to post this so I am trying to submit via email. Thanks. --begin article--- Newsgroups: misc.kids.moderated Subject: Inconsiderate drivers and kids who walk to school References:...

I am a parent of 2 little girls and I started finding and using free content on the Internet about 2 years ago, when the eldest was then 2 yrs. Of course, this was in a mediated format were my wife or myself came between the content and our children. I then posted a message to a mailing list that...

I am looking for a night light that will automatically shut off after about half an hour. My 2.5 yo always complains that it is "too dark" when we first put him to bed, but then doesn't mind the dark in the middle of the night. He shares a room with older brothers who don't share his...

Yet another chapter in the saga of the "typical" 8 YO boy and his PC mom. He wants to be Freddie. No, he has of course never seen that or any other similar movie, but he thinks Freddie is "cool". In general, I have learned to avoid fussing over his interest in violent and scary imagery, as he has...

Hi We have an 18 month who has worked out that she can climb out of her cot. We thought that it might happen soon, and even lowered the base below the manufacturer's lowest position. However this evening we heard an almightly bump as she fell onto the floor. Thankfully she seems to be fine,...

Has anyone purchased and use the Asian collectors edition of the Baby Einstein videos here in the US without problems? Any compatibility issues with the DVD players in the US? Apparently they come with Chinese sub-titles that can be suppressed. A set of 10 cds costs about $ 30!! Seems like a...

Hi. My son is 12 mo. old now and I am having an extremely hard time switching him over to big boy food. He ONLY wants baby food in jars. He'll eat crackers and peas, but that's about it. He screams hysterically when I show him the "big boy" food. When I say big boy food, I mean...

Ok, hopefully this makes sense. I am just writing wondering if any of you have seen your baby experience this. My seven month old daughter has this shiver she does. You know kinda what we have when we get a chill. She does it a couple of times a day. I am probably over reacting, but it just...

Our daughter is now almost seven months old. She is increasingly trying to communicate with us by utterances or gestures, which we usually don't understand. So we would like to start teaching her sign language. The question is - which one? We are both German but live in England. So for her it's...

(Also posted to misc.kids) My 11 yr old son had to have a Tetanus shot in order to enter school in the fall. It's a state requirement and they let me go all last year without the shot, but we were told in no uncertain terms that he HAD to have the vaccination before the first day of school this...

Hi all - This is a hard subject especially for my son, who has "always" had periodic bouts of bedwetting - dry for weeks/ months, then wet for a couple of days. It causes him loads of upset around camp/ school trips/ stay overs etc. He was dry when prescribed some medication from the doctor, but...