Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / July 2006

Hmmmm.  Where to start.  The job.  New schedule.  M, Th & F 6:30am - 5:30pm.
Sat. 8:00am - 5:00pm.  Off Sun, Tues and Wed.  It sux.  Between my hours and
DH's we don't have one single full day together.  I am now an official
employee of the company instead of a temp.  DS.  He ...

K had dinner at a friends house. We seem to have become over run with
lettuces so I made lettuce soup for the first time (quite yum really)
and some garlic croutons (note to oneself - next time make herby
croutons as garlic is too strong for lettuce soup)

Just a note to those who were interested in the formation of the proposed
soc.support.vision-impaired group.  The third RFD was posted today by
Henrietta K Thomas.  Encourage folks you know who might be interested in the
formation of the group to vocalize their support on news ...

Hi to all the mommy's and dad's out there! I was worried about my son,
his already 14 months old now and he doesnt know how to walk yet. Is
this normal? they said mostly boys is too late to walk & there's
nothing to be worried, his goin to learn soon. I hope so soon. He even

Hi moms and dads -
My 5 year old son is a bright kid and likes to play board games and the
like. Lately he's only wanted to play "Payday" then today I turned him on to
"Monopoly". He was really into it but we had to cut it short after DD3 woke

What should we have for dinner? (In the low 80s today I think)
Have you all ever done something dumb.. like throw out your wic folder with
3 months worth of checks for 2 kids in it?
Anyone want to come clean my apartment?  We could call it clean sweep and

all this respect showing at work and then he comes home to his loving son
who is talking up a storm and the minute he sees jeff he yells out Momma.
Everyone is Momma... I did get him to say daddy the other day but I am
thinking Jeff may just be Not The Momma.

Well not quite, The Farnborough air show (huge international air show)
starts next week. Its practice week this week and it is going to be so
LOUD!!!  I absolutely love it :) I love all the different planes and the
noise and the atmosphere. We get a grandstand view from our house ...

   My now 6yo sister (can you believe it?) is going to have her tonsils and
adenoids removed this Thursday.
   It has all sort of been a whirlwind in that she had her physical last
week and her pediatrician heard her very loud breathing and recommended she

I'm not going to hold my breath for getting this parent governor
position I'm after. We all (all the parents) got our voting papers today
and I discovered there are 3 other candidates after the same post. We
all had to write election statements that went on the papers.  At least

Hi all :)
Katherine and I had a splendiferous time camping in the New Forest this
weekend :)
On thurs dh picked K up from school while I got the train with my bike.

We just got in from a 'day' at the Faire, the Renaissance Faire.  None of us
had been to one before and had little idea of what to expect other than
folks walking around in period dress.  Well, there were.  There was,
however, more than that.

One thing has led to another, which is often how things seem to happen
around here.  I started when we noticed that some of the lower branches in
our maple were not particularly healthy, and then there was this huge sucker
on the norwegian pine [a thirty-five footer at least] so we ...

The doctor is also worried about my son (who seems very behind and isn't talking or pointing) has refered him to a paediatrician specialising in autisum and a child psychologist.
Stephen is 17.5 mths old and I ran through the CHAT (checklist for autisum in toddlers) which the hv ...

As I wont be here tomorrow, I'm taking a moment to remember all those
who were affected by the bombings in London on 7/7. My thoughts and
prayers are with them all.