Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / August 2005

Hi, folks!
I am off to bring the suitcases to the airport and DS to his
grandfather, where he'll stay for the night. Afterwards we'll enjoy a
very short evening and a few hours sleep and tomorrow we'll have to

Why is it some people just seem to switch off their brains on holiday?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=3592
89&in_page_id=1770
Maybe its because I live near the sea, and the fact that I work in the
building trade, so I'm more likely to be ...

hi girls and boys
we are going to a function with the dress code being a touch of BLING.  any
thoughts?
i was trying to get a toy chihuaha to put in a handbag.  i dont have much

At the risk of coming across as a doom and gloom monger:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/newscomment.html?in_page_id=
1787&in_article_id=359187
At first you might think 'Well if she is slow, the kids need a good a
enviroment etc;", but if the children are well ...

This is a vent, it is only a vent, and that is all.
I just need to vent about the ridiculous cost of gas and heating oil in the
US. It continues to rise steadily, often taking nine cent leaps from morning
to afternoon.  Every so often the news reports that the price per barrel of

Today i was cleaning the kitchen and my step daughter came in the room
where i was and had something all over her hand well i got her hand and
looked at it and then seen that it was poop from her pull-up we have
been working with her and she does good at times but she came in there

I FOUND OUT THIS MORNING,  WE HAVE NAMED HER MATTIE LEE.

Since you are a webtv person, you might want to visit
this website that talks about usenet for webtvers, if
you haven't see it already  It's a bit out of date as it
talks about deja news instead of google groups, but

started this last wednesday.
What a joy though.  I was thrilled that both my dd's were up at the crack of
dawn almost as if it was Christmas to go to their first day (2nd day I had
to wake them both).  Little one started pre-k.  She had a new  wardrobe (2

This time around I have an eager potty-learner I think. She wants to be
naked all the time and initiates sitting on the toilet but has never
produced anything. She likes to wipe, flush and celebrate but I am not sure
if she understands the purpose of it all!! She's a little over ...

Today I booked a weeklong vacation in Fethiye, Turkey. I will be flying
there with my DD and I am absolutely thrilled!
I've last been on vacation in 1999, highly pregnant with my DS then.
I've never been to Turkey, so I am looking forward to it, and will enjoy

I enjoyed this article.
The Ranger
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Posted on Sun, Aug. 14, 2005

Has anyone seen that penguin movie that's currently playing in theaters?
It's like the movie that would never go to video! No one I know has seen
it but it's been extended at the local theater!
And, yes, all three daughter-units are hot to see it...

Hi,  I'm kinda new here but my sister told me that everyone in this group is
very helpful.  I hope she's right because I could really use some good
advice.
My daughter is 3.5 and still refuses to potty train.  She knows how, she

I have a 6 month old baby.  My mother lives far away so she hasn't been
there to help.  How do I know that my child is healthy and most
importantly happy.  She seems to be very advanced, started teething at
3 months, crawls a little and the other night we discovered that she