Forum: General
October 23rd 08, 03:31 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,613
DD wants her "boyfriend" at her birthday party
I really wouldn't worry about it, just invite him and cross your
fingers, DS has been to slightly girly parties and boyish parties where
the guests were fairly mixed, so I really wouldn't worry....
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Forum: General
October 22nd 08, 07:56 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,997
Traveling with kids...
We don't travel that much, so having kids hasn't interrupted it, though
with international moves we've done more than we expected.
We took DS to Cyprus (from the UK) aged 10 months, it was no more...
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Forum: Pregnancy
October 6th 08, 04:12 AM Posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,542
OT women's question
Since then I've also had a couple of migraines with aura which mean I'm not
advised to use them anyway.
I wasn't aware of that link, which makes it a no go for me, I'm actually
in my longest...
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Forum: Pregnancy
October 3rd 08, 10:41 PM Posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,542
OT women's question
not pregnancy just women's stuff, but I really need to ask about this
and my brain just isn't functioning well for me to work if out from scratch.
I've always suffered from something premenstural,...
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Forum: General
September 27th 08, 05:35 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,431
how much to pay a babysitter
What are people paying these days, I suspect there is going to be a
difference dependent on age and experience, but a ball park figure would
be helpful, I want to avoid insulting someone!
How...
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Forum: Pregnancy
September 27th 08, 12:43 AM Posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,013
Painful sneezing/coughing?
It sounds familiar to me for one pregnancy. Particularly putting my
leg up before a cough, or holding my side that hurts. I don't
remember it being really painful, but certainly painful enough...
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Forum: Pregnancy
September 27th 08, 12:33 AM Posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,013
Painful sneezing/coughing?
Kat wrote:
Is this normal??
It seems that many times that I sneeze or cough, it really hurts. I find
it's in my lower belly, often on the right side (but not limited to that
side) It's...
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Forum: General
September 26th 08, 10:13 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,322
OPC... Other People's Children
My family was close friends with a family of 3 girls. the older 2 did a lot
of different things and stuck to them. But the youngest would take something
up, decide it was too much work and...
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Forum: General
September 26th 08, 10:04 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,276
Private school vs SAHM?
Here's one way to look at it, during the olympics there was an article
on one of the news sites about the cost of raising an olympian. I'd put
money on there being many potential olympians out...
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Forum: General
September 26th 08, 09:42 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,460
After school activities for 6yr old
Beth Kevles wrote:
Hi --
Is it too much? It depends.
1. Is he happy taking the lessons?
2. Are YOU finding yourself stressed by his afterschool activities?
(Ie, too much driving...
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Forum: General
September 25th 08, 02:21 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,322
OPC... Other People's Children
Chookie, sounds like a tricky situation, you have my sympathies.
I was curious about the fact parents were there, because I think that
always creates a difficult environment for the teacher and the...
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Forum: Pregnancy
September 7th 08, 09:58 PM Posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,789
My concerns
Do you mean for the signing off appointment you don't get a HV? Cause round
here you take them to be weighed at the clinic which is done by the HV any
age up to school age (and beyond if...
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Forum: General
September 6th 08, 06:21 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
Oh, and BTW, I don't put up with the "I'm the teacher and I said so"
attitude, either. Just because you sent home a letter demanding I WILL
volunteer for a party for a holiday, doesn't mean...
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Forum: General
September 6th 08, 06:13 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
It's not very challenging at all. A good while before
the activity requiring the supplies you send home a note that
says the class is collecting pizza boxes for a project and
asking...
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Forum: General
September 6th 08, 05:59 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
I certainly relate to the dance stories, but in my
opinion, it ought to be self-evident that pretty much any
activity has stuff you need to know if you're going to pursue
it seriously,...
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Forum: General
September 6th 08, 12:31 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
What is it with shoeboxes anyway? Last year we had the teacher telling
the kids on monday that they need a shoebox on wednesday for an art
project. Well, there isn't even a shoe shop where I...
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Forum: General
September 6th 08, 12:25 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
Hear Hear! My school is very reasonable on costs and projects etc. I
don't really have complaints about it but this one is very difficult
sometimes. And to echo one of your other posts our...
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Forum: General
September 6th 08, 12:19 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
So, not that these are big huge deals that I ever complained to the teacher
about. But sometimes I don't think teachers and the like realize what a parent
has to do to scramble up some...
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Forum: General
September 6th 08, 12:10 AM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
Timing is definitely an issue, but I think some of it
just comes down to the fact that some people will trade money
for convenience and others will trade convenience for money.
Some would...
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Forum: General
September 5th 08, 11:47 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
If the school is in an area where the majority of students couldn't
afford such a trip, then that's when you have to start appealing to
local companies etc. not expecting the few that can...
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Forum: General
September 5th 08, 11:39 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
You know the interest rate, if it's fixed or not, the term, and whether or not
you can prepay, I hope. Do you?
Yup, those things at least are quite similar to the UK, not what they
typically...
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Forum: General
September 5th 08, 11:33 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
I don't either - and I'm not giving her a hard time. I'm also not
talking about asking a work colleague or neighbor. But if a person
(especially someone from another country) asks an...
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Forum: General
September 5th 08, 11:17 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
NL wrote:
Rosalie B. schrieb:
Anne Rogers wrote:
You also have the pressure of being expected to understand, it isn't
always acceptable for adults to ask "silly"...
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Forum: Pregnancy
September 5th 08, 02:35 AM Posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,789
My concerns
Hi Lucy, I wondered if you have ever had counselling? It really sounds
like you need someone who you can talk through some of these things with
as you do have a lot of things coming up and they...
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Forum: General
September 4th 08, 11:09 PM Posted to misc.kids
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Replies: 146
Views: 11,154
school supplies!
Nope. Abundantly clear it's not a fundraiser.
Only if you read it, I do try to be quite diligent, but the number of
things that do come home as fundraisers that I'm not interested in, I...
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