Posts by kittykat2481

Quote: Originally Posted by Jessica1501 Thanks all of you guys. DD is 20 month. She hates milk, so milk time is long. I usually end up feeding her by spoon. But she has chewed better since last few days, so basically...

Once when DS was a baby he dropped his paci on the floor (no flames please) at church. Of course we were always prepared with several clean pacis just in case, and there were restrooms with sinks nearby, or I could have easily nursed him...

I always considered daycare basically babysitting, but with one or two teachers, and several children in a classroom. School, or preschool, I've considered to be more structured, with more planned activities. Going on a nature walk,...

I think when I was in elementary school, classes like Art, Music, and PE were graded by an E for excellent, I for needs improvement, etc. And I don't think individual pieces of art were ever graded - atleast not that I remember. I think...

DS (20 months) keeps pointing to his mouth and saying "mouth owwie," he's drooling buckets, has had very loose stools (could this be related?) and just today was biting his fingers way in the back of his mouth. So I assume he's...

DS is almost 21 months old, and started Montessori school a few weeks ago. Overall I'm very pleased, but of course I have my eye on a few things (like how tired and grumpy he is in the afternoons). I thought it would be interesting to...

A lot of great ideas have already been mentioned. The only thing I haven't seen mentioned yet is ears. I know this has been an ongoing problem, but does she have allergies? Could she have fluid in her ears (even if not infected)? I've...

The transition went much more smoothly than I thought it would. DS slept with DH and I until he was about 9 months old, and then one evening when we were trying to do something non-baby related (probably a TV show) he fell out of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by LynnS6 I voted other because mental illness is not being born 'bad'. I don't believe children are born bad. They can be born with a predisposition toward mental illness or more vulnerable to...

Quote: Originally Posted by LynnS6 Honestly, it sounds like it might be getting there for this child. Sometimes residential inpatient treatment, as hard as it is, CAN help. Usually the family is involved. So it's not...