Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / January 2006

Priceless.
The most precious Christmas gift I got this year was from my adult daughter
who gave me a framed picture of me and her "dancing" together when she was
less than 6 months old.  She said I didn't have enough pictures of the two

I have 19 month twins and I am expecting another baby in Febuary.  I am
currently using the Britax Marathons for my twins and I have a graco
infant seat which I was intending to use for the new baby.  But I'm not
going to be able to fit all three car seats into my volvo 240DL.  I am

My one year old requires either walking or rocking to sleep and with a
pacifier.
I was trying to get her out of this habit and was trying to keep her
down on the bed for few minutes so that she can sleep on her own(after

My 32 mo DD is borderline anaemic according to the blood test. Her ped
wants her to take polyvisol drops. She takes gummy bear vitamins once a
day. I don't mind giving her polyvisol. Knowing her, she will throw a
fit to take them. I was wondering if there's an alternative to

My 40+ year old neighbor decided to get his very own basball pitching
machine and wack balls directly into my yard where my 2 and 4 year olds
play regularly. The machine pitches 50 - 60 mph semi-hard balls. I need
opinions or ideas on how to stop this ignorant person.

Both my kids are rather bad sleepers. The little one is a bit better
but she's still nursing. They are almost 3 and almost 1.5 yo. I want to
buy the Ferber book to see if it can help me.
Does Ferber method address kids of this age?

2 weeks old baby. I started pumping milk today due to pain in my
breast from breast feeding, and I am concerned that I am not making
enough milk. How can I increase my mik production capacity. Thanks, sue

My daughter has a few hundred dollars of Christmas and birthday money, and
she really doesn't need anything (we get a TON of clothes passed down, and
she has more than enough toys), so I was considering buying some stock for
her now. I don't want to do the oneshare.com thing because ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Court of Appeals is upholding a judge's
refusal to dismiss a sexual abuse allegation against a 13-year-old
Ogden girl who became pregnant by her 12-year-old boyfriend.
The appeals court on Friday ruled that the law's "rigorous protections"

We are in a small 3 bed house. The 3rd bedroom is tiny-can only just fit a
junior bed in. Downstairs we only have a kitchen and lounge-diner.
It is time to move #2 (age 2) into #1's (age 5) junior bed. At some point we
would like a third child, so at some point the girls will ...

DD has several animal shaped bath toys that suck up water that you can
then squirt out.  I noticed that several of them are growing mould
inside.  Should I clean them out with bleach and continue to let her
play with them?  Or should I just toss them?  Do all water squeeze toys

Steve is throwing a celebration.  Lots of "Free Mumia" T-shirts to be
handed out.  Door prize to be handed-out to the winner of the Ruth
Bader-Ginsburg look alike contest.
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My children go to medium sized elementary school, which has a very
active PTA and parent participation is high.
Two of the parents in my child's third grade class have formed very
personal relationships with the teacher, one of the mother frequently

A paternal pheromone is the cure for criminal, delinquent, runaway, and
borderline behavior.  For sale on eBay (current price is $1.00 to
charity).  Easy, quick, sure cure for this.  Fret no more, your
problems are solved.  Buy the paternal pheromone chewing gum for your

Bought my 6-year-old daughter a Baby Annabell for Christmas.  She was so
thrilled with it that she insisted taking it with her (us) to the January
Sales today.  Well, M&S at Shoreham was chock-a-block, and she lost the
dummy off the doll.