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My baby is 8 weeks old and weighs 12 1/2 lb. She started showing a fever 2 nights ago - 99 to 100 degrees in the ear. It hangs around for a few hours and is gone by morning. I took her to the dr for a reg. checkup yesterday morning and they tested her for RSV. She was negative, so they gave her...

I'm a younger single dad (27), whose recently acquired sole custody of my beautiful 19m.o. son. (he has been in my care for past 7 months). His mother has essentially abandoned any attempt at contact with him or I, since I got court order custody. What led to court: she had attempted to...

Lately, DD has taken to IM-img (Instant Messaging) her friends. In principle, I suppose, I have nothing against this, although I prefer it when she emails, at that leaves a virtual trail that is lacking with IM. I'm just curious what others' have done as far as restricting IM. DD has a friend...

My kid is, at 31 months, not yet saying /k/, /g/, or /x/. Should I worry? Michael Hamm AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis Fine print: http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ ... legal.html

My son is 7 years old, and has recently developed a strange habit. He'll say something, and then immediately afterwards he'll repeat what he just said in a whisper. Actually, I haven't heard him do it yet, but my daugther (10) was telling me about it in the car today. She says when she asks...

We are putting up a wooden swingset / play structure in our yard for our boys (ages 4-11yo). I'd be interested in hearing the pros and cons of various materials to put under the structure (to soften landings in case they fall off). Also, is there any safe way to discourage wasps from nesting...

I have two teenage boys, twins actually, age 14. Over the summer they have been responsible for cooking dinner for their siblings one a week (each). Unfortunately this experience has turned into a "how little can I do" exercise. I am looking for suggestions about how to get them to be...

My children go to medium sized elementary school, which has a very active PTA and parent participation is high. Two of the parents in my child's third grade class have formed very personal relationships with the teacher, one of the mother frequently socializes with the teacher outside of work...

I've never dealt with this before, and have no idea where else to go to ask, so I'm asking here! A baby squirrel seems to be doing it's best to adopt my 18 year old as it's mommie. It came out last night and climbed onto the laptop (she'd taken it outside to watch a DVD in relative coolness) then...

I have a circa 1980 baby crib that I've returned to my sister in the Orlando, Florida area. Unfortunately, a lot of the hardware was corroded or broken. Now I find out Simmons does not carry replacement parts for this crib any more. My sister is ready to stop speaking to me and make the whole...

I just did a home water test and it came up positive for lead (on the bright side, false positives do occur, and it was negative for everything else the kit tested, like bacteria and pesticides). I'm taking the kids in for blood draws next week. Anyone been through this? (And yes, my husband and I...

Hi, I will be having 14 adults and 6 kids (1.5 to 12 yo) for a coming birthday. What theme do you suggest? Am considering costume party but not sure if all adults will turn up as requested. Any suggestion welcome. Thanks!

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...

I just got email from CSU's pre-vet advisor. She said "I emailed one of the Associate Deans in the Veterinary Department. He has access to records dating back to the late 60's and told me that based on those records - we have admitted students from outside of CSU and Colorado. So, if it ever...

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...

I know, I know. I should just get a real newsreader. Anyway, I've noticed that us Googlers can't see our own posts through...well...Google. There is a thread out there that was started by a Googler and I can't see the original, plus I've posted myself, had the post accepted and I can't see the...

No horror stories here, just a question prompted by the Fifth Grade Girls thread: It is likely that we will be moving to a new area (new school) the summer before my son enters 5th grade (about one year from now). When I tell people I feel bad about taking my kids out of their existing school,...

My middle daughter has completed two rounds of prick tests for her allergies. What a trial. Surprisingly, she didn't test positive for many of the standard allergens. She came down with hives when she broke her arm in 2002. They changed the antibiotic, but forgot to change the IV tubes. The...

"Michael Hamm" wrote in message ... My car doesn't have LATCH, so I must affix my car seat to my car using the car's seatbelt. But every seatbelt in the car automatically extends on demand, even when...

Ok, I've taken all your suggestions into consideration, and I changed the game. Now the kids will each have a card with a picture of an animal or insect and the name of the animal taped to their backs, and they ask the other kids yes or no questions to try to figure out which animal they have. I...