Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / February 2005

Bonnie will be 3 in 2 months.  Since she was born I have been looking up
curriculums/teaching ideas for 3 year olds.  FINALY last year I found this
program http://www.handsonhomeschooling.com/overview.htm when I found it I
decided not to get the 2 y/o curriculum but instantly ...

Notice to parents...
A free self defense program called SAVE International is being offered
around the United States. This program is owned and operated by a man
named Peter Letterese who is a CONVICTED CHILD ABUSER and alleged CON

This weekend, we are giving the 6yo a party in her honour.  It
is her first ever party for her friends: her birthday is in
August so the school holidays have always got in the way.
However, we want to do all the normal party things: ie games, a party

My (almost) 3-month-old son rarely likes to be held. He'll arch his
back and squirm and fuss and cry, but then when I put him in his
bouncy-chair he's happy as can be -- gurgling, smiling, etc. He loves
to look at me and have 'conversations', just not when I'm holding him.

I am sadly very experienced with domestic relations law in
Massachusetts. My ex-wife (able bodied, college educated) lives off of
child support which is supposed to be for the benefit of my son
(supplemented by her "full-time employement of $0.89 per hour"). *sigh*

Hi! I am a mom to 2,5 month old girl and it's still far till she will say
her first word, but I am already wondering in which language this word will
be. We are an international family - my husband is American and I am
Russian. So far I speak Russian to my daughter, and English when ...

which I forgot to ask yesterday.. A friend of mine has baby about a month
older than Caden (around 10 months)
She makes his ceral in the morning with normal cows milk... when I said that
your not supposed to give them cows milk until 12 months she said that

my fairlane back lol! After driving it today to do the grocery shoppig I
realised how much I like it! Point and go...thats it! no fighting the
gearbox or steering!

DS: mummy's sad
me: do you want to give me a kiss?
DS: yes
gives kiss

as bimbette said in another thread, can we please get update reports on your
bellies.

Bella is fascinated by the show on ABC kids that is just people's hands talking
and doing things...
She is running around the TV unit trying to find the bodies of the people..  She
has never really worried about the mechanics of the TV before..

I have a 16 month old who is caughing and sneezing
and is running a small temp. What can I do about that,
she wants nothing to do whith anybody, but her mommy. Her
sister and her Father have tried to hold her be with her and she wants

I just thought I should take DD to the library, we haven't been since we
moved because I lost a book, I'm bad!!! got a notice to bring it back or buy
a new one...but I know I must have it so don't want to buy it, trouble is I
haven't finished unpacking our study (a mammoth job)  ...

This has probably been asked numerous times, and I know it is
complicated, but...
In 6 months the private agreement my ex and I had about our CS (which
basically meant me paying a court-ordered $400 per month plus a