Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / December 2003

My son slept a miraculous 8hrs before his 12th week.  No Ferber method, no nothing.
He started doing this regularly and would get up around 2am.  Then he'd want some
milk and sleep again for a few more hours.
Of course I screwed this up :(  I took him out of his crib and he slept ...

I posted this question in the financial aid thread, but I'd really like to
discuss it further. Could anyone please give me some input on this?
<< If one can (potentially, maybe) pay for instate, public university education
*OR* private school (especially at the critical ...

What do you do with a carseat that is in perfect condition, that you
don't need anymore?  My seat has stamped into it that it is good until
December 2007.  "They" say not to use second hand carseats, so that
would mean I shouldn't give it to anyone, but it seems a complete waste

I'm at my wit's end. My 10 year old wets his pants every day. He
doesn't wet the bed at night, just during the day. We've taken our son
to a urologist, his regular doctor too - they claim nothing is wrong
with him physically.  We've tried having him go on a regular basis,

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History:    My fiancé and I are both Non-custodial parents.  The children are 11, 10, & 9.  We have been together for 6 years and we have all three of them every other weekend.  Every X-mas and birthday we have bought them almost whatever they have wanted because the custodial ...

You are all so knowledeable here that I hope someone can clarify this
for us:
If the CP has the child on Medicaid, but the NCP has been carrying
medical insurance for the child for the past 2 years and the CP

I'm a writer doing a magazine article on parents yelling at kids. I
would like to speak to parents around the country who have yelled at
their kids on any occasion. I am interested in hearing from parents
who do this regularly as well as those who do not feel they have a

My 9 week old son will not nap during the day and will sleep no more
than 2 hours at a time at night.  He wakes up multiple times a night
*starving* as if he hasnt been fed in weeks.  We've tried increasing
his formula intake and that has not helped. We've also tried to just

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Jaden is growing like a weed and I'm going to have to stop using the
infant carseat/carrier this week.  I haven't switched to the convertible
carseat yet mainly because I can't figure out how to do a couple of
things without the carrier, like grocery shopping.  He's only three

Due to our need to get out of the house for a week or so, we are taking a
short trip interstate to visit family. However no-one was able to organise a
highchair where we are going. I've been keeping my eye out for a booster
chair on ebay but wasn't organised enough and now there's ...

for the last 3 or 4 months, Chris will go thru periods of major fussiness
and screaming.  all the signs have pointed towards teething.  this seemed
confirmed when in early sept. we saw a tiny, hard white spot on his lower
gum--the beginning of a tooth.  the frustrating part is that, ...

We have a 15 month old that has started hitting (slapping) when he gets
angry.
We try to redirect him, or physically take his hand and show him gentle
stroking

Am I missing something? (Don't answer that...)
Every year we have the flu. Right?  And every year people are told to get flu
shots if they are at high risk. And most of the rest of us, by and large, don't
bother.