I was trying to get up to help DH and the kids with something in the other room, and I smacked my knee quite soundly. I yelped and sat down and rubbed it, and - this is the delightful part - my almost 4 year old son came right over and gave me a hug and two kisses: one kiss on each knee. Wow, he...

so i was driving Pooh Bear home from preschool and playing the opposites game with her. me: what's the opposite of red light? pb: green light!! me: what's the opposite of up? pb: down! me: what's the opposite of on? pb: umm, i don't know! me: well, let's think about this. if the light isn't on,...

I have decided on the Baby Trend Latch Loc as the infant car seat I want to buy for the baby I am expecting. But I can't find one for sale on the internet. My local selection is miniscule. Does anyone know where this car seat might be available for sale? (All I can turn up is Amazon.com, and...

My 4.5 year old loves cream cheese. He is painfully picky and cream cheese isn't really all that healthy, so I was wondering if maybe I could find him a better quality cream cheese than is available locally. I checked the ingredients and nutrient breakdown of the cheapest (ALDI brand) and most...

my second born turns two next week. personally, i think she hung the moon, along with her big brother, but i'm her ima - i'm supposed to. while my parents were visiting over mother's day though, my mom couldn't stop exclaiming about how incredibly smart my little ladybug is. indeed, she speaks a...

Argh! In searching for a Jewish name with a "z" in it I discovered the author Anzia Yezierska (1885-1970). I like the name Anzia but I simply cannot find out the meaning and derivation of it. Can anyone here help me? I am thinking it is probably Russian or Polish but I can't seem to prove that...

My 4 yr old son has been in a grumpy, oppositional phase lately. (Think terrible 2's, terrible 3's.) He tends to disagree with much of what he is told, and then declares the opposite. I say "please get down off the chair", he says "no! get up off the chair!" That sort of thing. His Abba just...

http://www.badads.org/teachers.shtml if you teach (classroom, homeschool, whatever) you might want to check out some education ideas at this anti advertising site. sorry if this is really old newas and i just missed it. :) -- -- Vicki Married DH May 21, 1995 Ima shel DS, born 11/16/99; and DD,...

Well I did it again! I signed my kids up for soccer and my son is having a brilliant time of it. My daughter not so much. She had asked to play and we went over it saying she needs to try her best and not quit, she agreed. Uhhhh, not turning out good at all. In another NG group we were speaking...

Hey, My son is invited to his cousin's sleepover. Cousin lives convieniently right down the street. He is balking on going. He gets along well with his cousin, and a mutual close friend of our family and theirs will be going. Someone he likes very much. It is a couple other invitees he has...

Hey, I wanted to see where any of you all stand on this subject. I am constantly wavering back and forth on whether to believe a dentist telling me my kids need work on their baby teeth. Whenever they go to their 6mth cleaning, and the dentist comes in, there is always some *borderline cavities*...

Hello all, Hope you all can come up with some good advice on this one. My 9 year old has had a friendship with a troubled girl since Kindergarten. This little girl's family is a mess and has now reached a pivotal point for me. In kindergarten, my child and this friend became close, and it was...

Hey guys It has been awhile since I posted. Anyway I have to say I am way stressed. My 5 year old daughter is going through some kind of crazy kid phase. It is doing a number on me and my relationship with my husband. She is acting up, crying, tantrum throwing. An example would be

At the risk of sounding like a commercial, I wanted to share my experience with Discovery Toys because I wish I had learned about them earlier. Since I have met quite a few moms who feel the same way I thought I'd post (okay, plug too). My kids got a few Discovery Toys as gifts and they are...

He rented this documentary called "Children Underground" about street kids living in a subway station in Romania's capital, Bucharest. Of course it was sad to see 8, 9 and 10 year olds hooked on paint fumes, living like rats, etc. Their lives were very violent and full of despair. Apparently the...

Jay accidentally put a size three diaper on Kurt overnight, which is much too small for him. He's my sensitive skin boy, and he woke up with his inner thighs rubbed painfully by the too tight diaper. I've been trying all day to get the irritation to ease up for him, rubbing creams on it,...

(x-posted to test group misc.kids.family-life) I'm trying to get to a few articles on PubMed, or find them online elsewhere. I can't seem to get around to the articles themselves, though. I'm specifically looking for articles on Autism and Broader Autism Phenotype. Is anyone here with access to...

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