A pretty baby question? Please someone help.?




There is this girl name moekitten I saw on yahoo answers and I was wondering if people would go onto register-herald.com and help vote for her pretty child. It’s #40 name Patricia, I’m gonna vote for her as soon as my pay check comes in. I just found out the money is for a good cause for babies who don’t have food, clothes, dipers, ect. So if anyone has a heart please vot for this baby, her picture looks like it could be on the Dec part of the calendar. She looks like she is looking at the star of bethlehem or praying. I couldn’t help but notice how cute that looks and I hope there is someone who has a heart to vote for her and her mother acts like she is desprate, so how about some good people out there pitch in and help. I love helping those who are in need like the bible says. I hope you’ll help.




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Has anyone ever used the Summer Infant Heart-to-Heart Prenatal Listening System from Wal Mart. I read the reviews and they are so different from one another.. I am 16 weeks at the moment and was wondering if anyone has had any luck with it or not! Please Share Stories.




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I by no means want to upset him, but I’m so sick of cleaning up after him, our toddler and our pets day in and day out. Let me explain..He does cook dinner sometimes, and will give our son a bath if I ask him to. But..He doesn’t clean up after himself at all, doesn’t pick up his dirty clothes, food wrappers, plates or anything, and has left cups in his office until they molded. He doesn’t do laundry, and if he does, he only washes his clothes that he needs for the next day. If I have clothes in the washer or dryer when he needs to use them, he’ll empty the dryer on our diningroom table, and he’ll put a washer full of wet clothes in a basket and leave them there. I recently got over being sick and unable to clean up, and I’m appalled at my house. All the dirty clothes the family had accumulated were strewn all over the laundry room and our bedroom, the sink was full of food-covered dishes (and we have a dishwasher!) and the floors and counters were filthy. He doesn’t pick up his own food wrappers or dishes, and has even left things that were dangerous to our child within his reach. How can I talk to him about this without upsetting him. He has a temper and gets really upset when I ask him about these things.
He doesn’t like the way I cook, so that’s why he cooks sometimes, not really out of the goodness of his heart, LOL. I’m just getting sick of not being able to invite people over because of our house. It’s embarassing. I can work non-stop all day and as soon as my husband gets home, it all goes to pot. He sits down at the computer or his Xbox, and gets mad if anyone interferes. He’s got his own nasty "nest" around his Xbox too.
I can’t just refuse to stop cleaning to prove a point. He’d rather kick trash and dirty clothes out of his way than pick them up, and has no problem living that way (although he does complain that the house is never clean enough)
What should I do?
I do praise him when he helps out and I don’t dare blow up on him about the things he doesn’t do because he WILL blow up right back. If he does make me upset over something, I mention it to him quietly or pose it in a way that is as neutral as possible, he still gets defensive and upset.




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I am a single mom to a 7 month old. I have been staying home with some assistance from the father, but the assistance has run out and now I only have a child support payment that is able to cover my bills and that is it. It breaks my heart to leave my son to go to work but would it be best in the long run to start my career so I can provide for us in the future? I have also thought about trying to start a freelance design business (I have a graphic design degree) but it is difficult to find time with a new baby. I never wanted to be a single mom, I had always envisioned being a SAHM until my kids went to school. Thanks for the input!




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Hi guys! My boyfriend speaks English but not enough to understand something this complex. The other day he wants to know why i won’t wear a bikini- he thinks I have a nice body- and I want to explain better to him… Thanks!!

Baby,
I want to try and explain to you why I am insecure about my body. I do not know how to explain earlier, but now I am trying. You told me alot about your life the other night, so I am going to try and let my guard down and tell you more.

When I was younger – maybe 16,17, 18, I am very confident girl with my body. I was the first one to get sent home from school for a dress too short, I loved skirts and bikins or anything. Then, I loved my body. I was the vuluptous girl that matured early and I got alot of attention for it. When I was 19, I met a man that promised me the world, money, houses, expensive gifts, just everything. I know I not in love, but I listen to my dad, and he told me, Christina, you are beautiful girl and there is no reason for you to marry a poor man. Beautiful women should be taken care of. I am young, and even though my heart says no, I listen to my dad and get engaged. Well to make a long story short, in the end the man is a fraud, he is nothing he said he was. Not his name, not his age, what he does for a living, nothing. I am engaged to a lie. He had maybe 30,000 from when his dad died and he spent it all on me to play the big man. But when the money ran out, his lies are exposed. He was mentally ill. Maybe 5 years later I saw him with another really young girl at a resturant and he told his name is different and all kinds of lies. I tried to warn her. Anyways, it really messed me up and I start to have weird things happen, like my hands and head would go numb, and would have panic attacks. So my mom took me to the doctor and they gave me medicine for anxiety. I am young, I have no idea what anxiety is or why I feel this way, so I take it. I gained 50 pounds in 5 months and it gave me stretch marks. The medicine is off the market now for keeping peoples body from burning fat. Anyways, I loose it all and the stretch marks are not really that bad anymore. I can tan and you can’t see them. Maybe two years later I hate them, I want them to go away, so I try something where you exfoliate your skin. Well, big mistake. It made the
500 times worse. It brought out new ones everywhere, Made my skin look wrinkley and I am really angry. They used to be almost invisible, and I feel I have ruined myself. I can tan but you can see them now. I have them on my thighs, my ass, my hips, everwhere. I feel like a zebra! I laid in bed for two days and cried because instead of excepting my small flaws, I want to be perfect and I messed myself up. It is a hard one to swallow when you do it to yourself. So after that then I never want to wear skirts, shorts or anything. I am no longer the confident person I used to be. For years I feel restrained from being who I feel inside. I still do. I love clothes, I love short dresses, I love skirts, bit I do no wear because I hate my stretch marks. I struggled with this for alot of years. I would glady pay any price if there was a way to get rid of them and be myself again but there isn’t. The last couple years, I am older, I see friends my age die, and I am more mature. I realize I am just happy to be alive and my flaws are not the most important thong anymore. But still, I do no wear what I want, and I am always wear jeans. It sucks, but that I why. Maybe now you understand. To alot of people it is stupid, bit to me it is a big deal, it makes me feel uncomfortable, so I just never do what I want. And you thought you had problems, haha!!




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Should I call child protective services?




This might turn out to be a little long with details… My husbands sister in law (my husbands brothers wife) Is neglecting her 3 year old daughter. My husbands brother is a hard worker and is at work for most the day and usually the childs mother watches her until recently she got a job because shes SO money hungry and I actually think she cares more about herself and money than her own daughter. I some times think she has mental problems because she also isn’t too bright but I’m not sure. Once she started her job she lets her mother watch the child and her brother who has been in and out of jail. Her mother is elderly and chain smokes as well as her brother. When the child comes home she is FILTHY with dry snot all over her nose and sticky black stuff all over her face. She has really lost a lot of weight since she started staying there also. She also used to have a lot of energy but now seems tired all the time. I also see her wear the same dirty clothes shes been wearing for a week
I pretty much know for a fact that she isn’t fed while she is there and also doesn’t take a shower the whole day. I’m really worried about her because I love her so much. The childs mother really doesn’t take care of her either…I’ve seen her feeding the child cookies and just throwing them on the ground for her to eat. Is this reasonable cause to report her to CPS? and also can I remain anonymous? It really breaks my heart to see a child being treated like this…she is one of the most loveable and caring kids I know. PLEASE HELP!




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How bad is it to use old Similac Infant formula?




My grandparents have had a can of Similac Infant Formula with Iron and my daughter hasn’t been over very much lately. The can was opened like 2-3 months ago (maybe longer). It is a little cakey but it seems fine when it is mixed with water. That was before we found out about the only good for 1 month after opening. I don’t have the heart to tell them that they have to throw it away when they bought it thinking that they would be watching her alot.




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My mind gives me various reasons to have an abortion or give the baby up for adoption. However, my heart says keep the baby even if the father isn’t supportive. (He doesn’t know yet.)
*price of daycare, diapers, formula, bottles, clothes, baby equipment, and stuff.
*the energy that is involved.

*i have a 12 yr old and a 8 yr old.. it has been awhile since i cared for an infant.

recently divorced. pregnant by someone i recently met (6 months ago)




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For the past year and a half I’ve felt like our pediatrician is not fully checking the health of our child. For our visits about the only thing he checks is his weight and the motion of his legs. I thought a doctors visit was supposed to be checking the eyes, ears, throat, heart and etc as well. This is not checked for my child. So what does a pediatricians non-sick visit usually consist of for an infant/toddler?




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What was your baby’s heart beat during five to nine weeks of pregnancy? I wanted to know b/c this week I’m going for a ultrasound at seven weeks, and the doctor is going to check the heart beat. I’m just scared, last five months ago, I had a miscarriage due to low heart beat. I measured 6 weeks and five days and the heart beat was 92. I hope this time its much higher than that.




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