Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / September 2004

i have a xircom 33.6k modem card in my laptop that i use but is slow slow
slow. so i bought a 56k xircom one from ebay. it didn't come with a dongle
(cable) as i thought i would just use the one that was with the 33.6k. well,
i've been told that that ain't gonna work. i am feeling ...

Well it finally happened at 16 months and 6 days - Morgan took his first
steps without holding on today :0)
The most he has taken is about 6, and that was a big increase given he only
took his first one half an hour before!!

A slightly bigger child in my preschool's daycare is teasing her and
generally being cruel.  I have talked to her teacher but little has
changed.  I feel like approaching the child's parents but I'm afraid
that might make things worse for my daughter in the long wrong.  Any

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"Money is tight, and my husband's obsessed with doing
everything he can to make more of it. It's gotten so  bad
that he's lost interest in our daughter. He hardly spends

Well I may FINALLY be getting what I paid for~! Talk about taking thier
sweet time.
I have rung them so many times it's not funny. Monday I received a
replacement packed for the things they didnt send and still ended up 2 items

I took Ds to the Drs yesterday about his tummy bug and lumps I found on the
back of his neck...I don't know why I bothered, for $55 I was talked to like
an idiot, rushed in and out in a few mnutes and what he had to say was total
crap! For the life of me I cannot find a decent GP ...

Paid our rates this week. As I filed the account I saw that our yearly rates
have increased by $347 in only three years! No way has our house nearly
doubled in value. It's almost unsaleable until we replace the original 50s
kitchen and pull down the unsafe (read rotting) back ...

heres some pics for you... and anyone else that wants a look... just made it
quickly... his age range in the pics are from about 2.5 months to 4.5 months

hope you like them

Question 1:
Do you have a slow cooker? If yes, how often do you use it and what
brand is it?
Question 2:

Friends of ours have just adivsed us of the birth of their third child,
(first daughter) some time last night... 12 days overdue ( why would they
let her go that long???)
Anyway she was born 9 pound 10 ounces and 53 cm long.  They named her

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Tippy says...

If I live in Maryland, and the mother of my child and the baby live in NY,
what child support laws apply to me? Whic State?

I'm 13 wks pregnant with my first baby and have just started to think about
all the kit we'll need for our baby.  In particular, I've been looking into
what kind of pushchair/car seat to get & then heard about the 'Travel
Systems'.  I've heard mixed reviews from this newsgroup and ...

I'm having problems trying to get a non-babyish cot bed duvet cover.
The theme we have in James' room is stars/moons/rockets etc. and I'd be
quite happy with a plain blue one but they are all full of 'themes'  that we
haven't got the rest of the stuff for.