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Baby/Toddler Chat (take 3)


I love shirts with saying on them!!!
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I don't mind shirts with sayings on them
  3% (1)
It depends on the saying on the shirt whether I like it or not
  71% (20)
I generally don't like or dislike shirts with sayings
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I dislike shirts with sayings of any kind on them
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I refuse to buy them for my kids, but will accept them as gifts
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We don't allow them to be worn even if they were given it by someone
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My favorite saying on a shirt is...______
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My least favorite saying on a shirt is..._____
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I have no opinion
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 8:30:04 AM   
firefightermama


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Status: online 		Oi, I'm so disappointed with our government right now, they are working on passing an anti-spanking law.
They say:
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"It is to send a signal, so that people who use violence in a repeated way will no longer feel protected," she said, according to Canwest News Service. "It is not to arrest everyone who gives their child a tap on the arm."


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the bill was amended to allow parents and caregivers to use force in very specific situations — such as when a caregiver wants to immediately stop a child who is about to do something dangerous that could cause serious harm.


But...

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Routine discipline and using spanking as premeditated punishment wouldn't be allowed.


(from here)



This is too much. I think they've gone over the line here.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 8:31:11 AM   
firefightermama


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ORIGINAL: EmilyAnn

David is 3 weeks old today!!

Would it be okay to take David to a fireworks show tonight or should we stay home?


Hmm, I don't know Emily. Would you be close enough that they would be really loud? Could you stay in the car or something?
The noise could scare him is all.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 8:34:14 AM   
Room2Grow


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Status: offline 		Toddler spanks- for us, we try to get the offending part with a "flick" of the fingers for the under 2 set- ie when Anna looks at me and screams in my face, I flick her cheek, touches something, flick the hand/fingers- that seems to make a little more sense to their little brains. Anna does get a swat on the bum here and there when she is all out crazy, but I always try to pick her up first to do it or turn her over an arm, and as they age they are *always* turned over a knee, bed, etc. to prevent any injury from falling/jarring the back (not that we swat hard, but especially toddlers have small frames that can't take a whole lot).

If Nathan doesn't respond, I would try two things- one, find a paddle (my dad will gladly make you one if you want)- like one of those wooden ones with the ball attached. They are light enough that they don't harm the child, but on a diaper, they make a very loud crack- perhaps the sound would work better for him. OR, he may be one of those stinkers that something else is better- I know one family that had a daughter that the only thing they could do (that was effective) was sit down, hold her still and not let her down for several minutes- spanking had no effect, but loss of mobility (in parents lap, time out didn't do it) worked great...

And on the toddler front- Anna slept 9 hours last night- maybe we are finally making progress

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 8:40:19 AM   
PrincessDonna


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Status: online 		I would take him and just be prepared to watch from the car if he doesn't care for them.

Levi gets some pretty hard swats at this point, when he does the same thing over and over. Yesterday, we fought the stay in your crib and go to sleep battle at nap time again. Mommy won, but good grief...I have some stubborn kids.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 8:48:31 AM   
firefightermama


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ORIGINAL: PrincessDonna

Mommy won, but good grief...I have some stubborn kids.



Where do they get that Donna?

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 8:56:47 AM   
PrincessDonna


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Status: online 		Welllllll...

Yeah, good point.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 8:59:30 AM   
firefightermama


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Status: online 		I'm just sayin' ....


If the kids are stubborn, but you still won, then who would be more stubborn??

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 9:10:32 AM   
PrincessDonna


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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 9:12:13 AM   
Georgia-Peach


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Would it be okay to take David to a fireworks show tonight or should we stay home?

We took Hunter to a rodeo when he was 5 weeks old and he was fine. I just held him the whole time so that people would be less likely to get close. If you have a wrap or sling that would be great too. Personally, Hunter was at church when he was 2 weeks old and we never did stay held up in the house just because we had a newborn. I know everyone is different though, but I say go and have fun!

Yolanda - That does stink! I know before long it will be happening here in the states as well. I wish we had more limited government than what we do, but I still feel blessed to live in the United States.

Regarding spanking - I try to avoid it at all cost, but if Hunter continues to disobey after repeated warnings, distractions, or removing from the situation I will spank. If he bites I automatically pop him on his leg to let him know I mean business and say no bite!

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 9:25:15 AM   
PrudentWife


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Now, if you (in the general sense) have a toddler who seems to not care about swats, and is still acting up no matter how consistent you are, when is a child old enough for a good butt-blistering spanking? Or can a toddler respond better to something else?


I think it depends. Reagan was ready for butt spankings at about 20 months. We've only done it a few times though. For repeated, purposeful defiance; and for hurting Lincoln.

I think most parents try to get their toddlers to respond to the 'something else' before spankings. Toddlers are just so active if all their nautiness was swatted or spanked, they'd be getting spanked 20 times per day. We do short time outs too. Sometimes not because I think it will work better than spanking, but because it's more convenient for me. I don't try to swat Reagan when I'm nursing anymore. I tell her to go to her room, and after a few minutes call her out. Our home is small enough she can hear me. Or if I'm cooking and have food on my hands, I'll just send her to her room for a bit.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 10:30:32 AM   
manda59


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quote:

ORIGINAL: EmilyAnn
David is 3 weeks old today!!

Would it be okay to take David to a fireworks show tonight or should we stay home?




How far away are the fireworks likely to be? Will there be any smoke? Would it be possible to watch from the car if he doesn't like them, or if it's smoky?

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 12:14:18 PM   
Mrs.Wifey


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My niece was 2 and she bit her dad hard. He was so mad he left the room to count to 10. Then he came back in and put her over his knee for a good walloping. I know you're supposed to punish immediately with toddlers, but believe me, it was a good thing he counted to ten first.


This was why my parents had an established system for spanking. Each offense warranted an amount of swats ranging from 2-5 at a time. Normally they were with a wooden spoon or a wooden paint stir, but if we were really bad then we would get the belt I only go5 swats with the belt once and that was when I purposefully hit my brother on the side of the head with a roller blade so it had to be pretty bad.

Anyway... I don't know when to start spanking Gabby. She is already understanding cause and effect but she isn't physically doing anything malicious. She just has a temper and doesn't mind yelling at us to make her opinion known. I don't think she is a child who is going to be very easy to discipline.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 12:40:59 PM   
firefightermama


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Status: online 		It's amazing how young they can learn what they're not supposed to do. Or how they learn to grin when I say "noooo"

My baby has the worst diaper rash The poor kid has been playing on his hands and knees all morning, he won't even sit on his bum. I've tried everything that i have here, and I just ran out to the pharmacy to get some buttocks paste. Has anyone heard of that?

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 12:43:59 PM   
Sideways


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Status: online 		Well, in their defense, this was their first child, and she was two. So, it's not like they had things as smoothly worked out as your parents with six. Besides, getting angry because someone caused you pain is an extremely understandable response. Feeling a sudden, unexpected pain does put a real shot of adrenaline into your body.

Besides, he did take the time to control himself first, and after that spanking, I don't think she ever bit again. Other times I've been around he's warned her she will receive a spanking if she repeats a certain action (and I believe his warnings are quite valid).

My dad was badly abused with the belt, so he always advised me never to use any instrument but my hand, because then I could physically feel how hard I was striking.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 1:19:14 PM   
BlessedMamaofmany


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Status: offline 		I have used a wooden spoon in the past. I actually spank better with it, it's kind of hard to explain why. I swatted myself with it...and it stings for sure. One light flick of my wrist with that spoon is more than enough...where as spanking with my hand sometimes results in nothing...
Haven't had to use the spoon in a long time though. I usually just have to say it, and they're all "We're cool Mom" LOL
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/4/2008 10:21:33 PM   
Sideways


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Status: online 		Grrrr, the neighborhood fireworks are disrupting my son's sleep. And by fireworks I mean private stashes, not a city display. At least an official display is no longer then 25 minutes; this has been going on and off for over an hour and is likely to continue.
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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 1:23:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		I feel ya on that, Ruth! Luckily this year my neighbor waited until only today to do his fireworks, not all week like last year.


So, my babies are getting hand, foot & mouth disease. My friend visited us all this week, and she called me the day before yesterday to let me know little D has it now. My kiddos have pretty high fevers, and Jimmy is just starting to get the sores around his mouth. Niether of them hardly ate a bite today, except Jimmy on the breast practically all day. We pretty much sat on the couch all day and read books and watched Elmo, VTs and Baby Einsteins. This may ound kind of messed up, but one of the nice things about Timmy being sick is the lack of trouble he gets into. It was nice to just snuggle them all day intead of keeping Timmy from running and throwing and him throwing tantrums every 10 minutes.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 2:07:07 AM   
paulsbride


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Status: offline 		Sorry Ruth!! I hope they did settle down eventually and that you were all able to get a GOOD nights sleep! Sleep is suddenly all the more loved when you're pregnant

We went out with the boys and a friend to see fireworks tonight downtown. I was dreading coming home as some neighborhood kid had been setting off noisy fireworks *all day long* and I was certain they would continue all night ... but it's 2 in the morning now and nothing has gone off since we got home!

Jeanie - I adore your instructions/encouragement how-to's that you post You are encouraging, gracious, knowledgeable and practical. You should write how - to books. I would read them

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 5:06:27 AM   
manda59


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ORIGINAL: Sideways
Grrrr, the neighborhood fireworks are disrupting my son's sleep. And by fireworks I mean private stashes, not a city display. At least an official display is no longer then 25 minutes; this has been going on and off for over an hour and is likely to continue.



I can empathise.

In the UK people do private displays at Halloween, Bonfire Night and New Year. It's got worse each year. My children are older now, but they've had to grow up with it since we lived here, rather than in the country (10 years).

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 8:44:44 AM   
Georgia-Peach


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Status: offline 		Ruth, I hope were able to finally get a good night sleep and Nathan too.

We had a few neighborhood fireworks going off, but they were not loud enough to wake Hunter thankfully. Our towns big display was far enough way to not be disturbance to us.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 9:36:00 AM   
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ORIGINAL: firefightermama

It's amazing how young they can learn what they're not supposed to do. Or how they learn to grin when I say "noooo"

My baby has the worst diaper rash The poor kid has been playing on his hands and knees all morning, he won't even sit on his bum. I've tried everything that i have here, and I just ran out to the pharmacy to get some buttocks paste. Has anyone heard of that?

Faultless starch......check their web site and see if you can find it in stores around you (it's nearly impossible to find in stores anymore). If you can't then you can order it from the company....I am not sure about shipping and such to Canada though (never checked on that). How long does shipping take usually? If not that long (few days?) I will send you some.
A good second alternative to that is regular corn starch (for cooking). It doesn't work as good or as fast, but it does work. Well, it does work on diaper rash.....are you sure that's what he has and not a YI?

fireworks are evil...EVIL I SAY!!!!! . Police who enforce city limit requirements and give out hefty fines are good

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 9:44:09 AM   
firefightermama


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Status: online 		I'm not sure Sarah, if it's a YI or a regular rash. I have a good picture of it, but I doubt I can post it.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 9:48:26 AM   
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I'm not sure Sarah, if it's a YI or a regular rash. I have a good picture of it, but I doubt I can post it.

I would try acidophilus capsules broken open on it first.....do you have any of those? If it is YI then anything for diaper rash is going to make it worse. If it isn't YI then the acidophilus isn't going to hurt the rash.

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 10:02:43 AM   
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Status: online 		I don't have any fresh acidophilus. I have a little bottle of capsules that I broke open last time he had a rash, and I've been giving him that, but I'm going to the pharmacy today, I'm going to get more cream and some acidophilus.

Could I give him something for pain too? Like Tylenol or Motrin?

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RE: Baby Chat (take 3) - 7/5/2008 10:11:49 AM   
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ORIGINAL: firefightermama

I don't have any fresh acidophilus. I have a little bottle of capsules that I broke open last time he had a rash, and I've been giving him that, but I'm going to the pharmacy today, I'm going to get more cream and some acidophilus.

Could I give him something for pain too? Like Tylenol or Motrin?

hmmm....I don't know. Do you have anything like dermaplast that would just be topical? (I am not big on medicating, so maybe I am not the one to ask)

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