Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / June 2007

I have a little problem.  DD is 2.5 years old.  She's a sweet and
mostly well behaved little girl.  We have a neighbour whose son is
almost 3.  He's a pretty good kid.  I think my neighbour is much too
hard on her son.  She scolds and punishes him with "time out" for

Well we went to the allergist this morning.  It went pretty smoothly.
They wrote the numbers 1-5 on her back and then pressed five paddles on
her back.  There were eight things on each paddle.  They waited 15
minutes and then checked her.  She is allergic to dust mites, cat

AJ can you please resend your email.
DS blitzed pc and i cant answer you...
/wipes tear
/waves

My mom has these vines in her front yard with big leaves (think lily pad
size and bigger) with white flowers and neither of us know what it is!  I
know many of you have green thumbs, can you help identify this mystery?
Thanks!

ok, this grump mood needs to end.  got ear phones still on [someone is
learning to play a wind instrument here and let's say head phones are a good
idea some times] and renaissance live at carnegie hall is filling my ears.
but my version was a napster one and is missing large ...

Don't think I update from last hospital visit (just before camping)
where they said the retinas are still attached with no breaks.
Still very high risk for that but that risk should lessen somewhat in a
few weeks as I'm undergoing something called 'posterior vitreous

and bumped my head ...
I can't seem to remember how to eat healthy foods or go for long walks.
This past week my eating has been horrible.  Junk junk and more junk.
ugh, what do you do to get yourself back on track?

Well, today would have been my brother's 31 birthday.  It amazes me how fast
time really flies.  It has been five years since my brother took his own
life.  I sit and just think of all the good times we had together and the
trouble we got into together.  I just doesn't seem like ...

In the if it's not one thing, its another dept.....I could use some
suggestions on other things to check before going to the dr.
Problem:  for the last 4-6 weeks [or so] I've been having increasing amounts
of pain in my feet.  Started in my right foot and is still primarily that

I was just wondering if anyone here has had allergy testing?  DD(8) is
scheduled to go on Wednesday morning.  I'm a little surprised that he
ordered it.  He has always said that she had illness induced asthma.
Neither my husband or I have allergies  but he does have some in his

Boo likes to hear himself talk (i knew the speech therapy was a
bad idea <g>). this probably is pretty normal for a going-on-
7YO, but what he says tends to be highly repetitous & well, it's
getting really annoying... especially combined with his high

absolutely BURSTING with pride as my baby graduated from kindergarten today

he had a good year, made friends and learned alot...we love the environment
at his school and the staff has been great.

My sister is potty training my niece now and my niece won't tell her
when she has a poopy diaper. In fact, she will even lie and say she
doesn't when she does. She does this at home and at daycare. Any
suggestions on why and what can be done differently?

Katherine's first riding competition this afternoon. She has been
working hard learning her dressage routine. I've finally got her kitted
out - a new pair of jodphurs (thought her pink and purple ones wouldn't
be quite the thing!), white shirt and a tie (pink and purple lol!) and ...