[-]Want to buy a new set of dishes--any recommendations for dishes that won't chip? TIA
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[-]Instead of having holiday pics taken before the holidays, anyone have holiday photos taken DURING the holidays when all family/friends are in one place? Was thinking this might make a nice gift for grandparents.
1 reply [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Sounds nice but depends on how many little kids there are. Trying to take a group picture with lots of toddlers is not easy b/c it is very hard to get them to look at the camera and sit still. If it is all older kids then it should be fine. However, most places charge a sitting fee per person so make sure to take that into account when you total the cost.
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[-]How do you wean a 15 month old when he is loving the breast for comfort at bed time? He isn't getting much milk at this point. I want to be able to put him to bed without a boob pretty soon.
5 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I guess play the same music, give the same snack, read the same books...try to set up an atmosphere that he associates with feeling drowsy....maybe have a little sippy cup of warm water...not really the same thing, but hey.
[ Reply | Options ]I have heard others say to have dh handle the nighttime routine. He is old enough for a sippy cup of milk at night. DS knows that his father does not supply the milk so he will probably take the sippy from him more than from you.
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[-]Ideas; Advice. My 5 year old brother (yeah, I'm 27 years old, big gap, etc..) was recommended for a vanguard program going into 1st grade. He is taking the Stanford test in January...what score should I/we be expecting? I WILL be raising this kid in 15 years, so I want to knowwhat I'm in for. TIA!
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[-]I'm going Speyer. Done. I don't care what you guys say. It is the best for our family. AND I don't have to keep up with the Jones's.
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[-]Annual fund question: is it common for a school to send out different versions of the letter asking for donations? some got a letter asking for 500 dollars (not financial aid family) others 5000. how do they know how much money people have/want to give? does this seem right to you?
36 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Good fundraising mentions a specific amount. A good fundraiser knows what to ask for.
[ Reply | Options ]They know based on previous donations. It's common to have a targeted process and I don't really see a problem with it. I used to to fund raising for my college and it was the same in that we had people whom we called and asked for amounts based on what the giving history was.
[ Reply | Options ]Yep, fundraisers assess a lot of public info to draw conclusions about what a family might give (i.e. property values, what other orgs they give to, employer, etc.).
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I am sure we get googled if they are serious about a family. They do not want any embarrassing pasts.
[ Reply | Options ]Hijack: how much googling takes place? I mean, if my wonderful dh has major criminal conviction in his past (which you would find from some skillful Internet searching) then are we totally out of luck? Should I disclose to the school? (ps it's bad)
[ Reply | Options ]Maybe in the meantime he could become a major donor somewhere instead, to mitigate the bad stuff.
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np And if you're not getting FA, they'll call to see what you'll give. It's not complicated.
[ Reply | Options ]we got FA, and we still got the call. It was expected that everyone give something, and the amounts were not published, just whether you gave.
[ Reply | Options ]op: that's not what happened. they targeted different people for different amounts, without ever talking to us
[ Reply | Options ]the schools all have development offices and this is what they do for a living. they target people based on past giving history and if there is no history, they base it on whatever information they can find - addresses, jobs, publicly listed donations, etc. if you work at Goldman Sachs, they will target you for a different number than someone who is a lawyer at a non-profit.
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[-]Any women on here who actually LIKE The Big Lebowski? I'm not aware of a single woman who likes it, or a single man who has said he doesn't like it.
24 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]op: me neither. dh is watching it now... it's just as bad as I'd remembered! but he's enjoying it (and he generally has good taste in movies). i don't get it...
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Hate it. Don't even get me started on The Hudsucker Proxy (or No Country) If dh puts that movie on one more time . . . I do grudgingly admit to liking O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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[-]second year applying for ds at his sister's school. getting negative signals from admissions. if he doesn't get in, I'd like to pull her out and have them go somewhere together, but the public school we're zoned for doesn't have a preschool.
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[-]I did the post asking what you are most proud of, thinking of a big accomplishment that you worked hard to achieve. Now the opposite question: what single thing did you do as an adult/parent that you most regret or are most ashamed of? Some one thing you could go back and get a "redo" on if it were possible?
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Said really hurtful things to my dh early on in our marriage that still affect us today. I wish I would have kept my mouth shut about past relationships. I think he still resents things I've said.
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i'm not a parent, but the two bad things i did were ruin my gpa by working too much. i didn't save any money like i should have, and it was not worth the drop in GPA. with my 2.7, I am having a really hard time applying to any grad school, even conditionally. I have a 1400 GRE score but everyone looks at my GPA. I'm unemployed, and I can't even get a job as a grocery store bagger...sometimes I wish I chose a more 'vocational' field. I don't really care about being 'well rounded' when I don't have money to pursue any interests at all
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[-]Is it true that Columbia Grammar cancelled their camp for this summer?
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[-]Help. 3yo son is starting to hit a lot - his sister, the cat, me. Separated from dh for almost a year now, but I think it's just sinking in for him.He is so broken hearted when I scold him, but I feel that I cannot allow the hitting. I think I do a good job of getting him to tell me when he is sad and misses his daddy, but it's just becoming really hard. I'm trying to make plans for him to see DH outside of the alternative weekends, but DH is either unavailable or can't commit until last minute.
10 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]You need to discipline when he hits. I know he may be angry but he needs to learn that it's not okay. I am sure he is upset/angry about it but it will continue if you don't try to stop the behavior. He is old enough to understand that you don't hit.
[ Reply | Options ]op: I will - but how long is it going to take to sink in? And time outs don't work because he just runs away - what works? I don't know how much more the cat can take ... also just hard to see my little baby boy changing into someone that hits, he was never like this.
[ Reply | Options ]Time outs work if you can put up with a few days of consistency. Every time he runs away you put him back. Do this as many times as it takes. It once took me about 20 times before she gave up and sat there and accepted it, once had a friend that had to do it about 40 times. Stay right there and when he sits up sit him back down right away. Be sure not to spend any time lecturing b/c it is suppose to be a punishment. Now all I have to do is say the word 'time-out' and my dd doesn't bother with whatever she was doing. Any men in your family (brothers or anything) that would get a little more involved so your son has some male interaction?
[ Reply | Options ]op: brother lives out of state. and I work full-time, so i have to cram all of this into evenings and every other weekend. but i hear you - and i will do it. he only does this when he is with me.
[ Reply | Options ]why not try praising good behavior such as if you don't hit for the whole entire day I will take you to toys r us instead of punishing which doesn't seem to be getting the desired results. also some alone time with just you and him would probably work wonders.
[ Reply | Options ]That only works for one day, unless he gets a new toy everyday that he doesn't hit. You shouldn't have to offer rewards for good behavior. While I do believe in positive reinforcement I don't think bribing a kid is a good thing. All he does is start up again and then stop, in order to get a new toy. Totally ineffective. Bad behavior that is harmful to others (like hitting) needs to be disciplined and saying positive things when he doesn't hit is also good. Give him lots of positive reinforcement when he doesn't hit and punish when he does, pretty sure he will realize he likes the attention more than the punishment.
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Get him a giant inflatable boppy cushion. Tell him to go hit that instead. He needs to take it out on something.
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[-]My 11 yr old dd was assaulted by a woman in the street--she was waiting for a traffic light and a woman came up to her and scratched her back with a key or similar--she has a 3 inch long reddened scratch on her back, and it was through several layers of clothing. The woman ran away before my dd or the adult she was with could do anything--would you follow this up with police? I know this is a relatively mild incident, but I'm concerned about anyone wandering around hurting children. This was a block or so from our apt in what I consider to be a very safe neighborhood.
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[-]Warning! Please do not use the AMBY Baby bed - at least three babies have suffocated to death in this bed as far as is currently known. Now, the company has suddently disappeared from the US, all of its websites are down and phone numbers disconnected. Please be careful if you have this bed.
1 reply [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I was able to find active websites for this product - the hammocks right??? http://www.babyhammocks.com/
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[-]Looking up some old posts about preschools in westchester - particularly Elmwood in White Plains. Most seem very favorable but a while back someone called Elmwood a "Pressure cooker". What does that mean and does anyone know how it is now?
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[-]for those of you who are divorced and have joint custody... do you not see your dcs for several days at a time (or even a week) and how do you deal with that? I don't think I could! I wouldn't necessarily mind missing them every other weekend, but longer than that would be very difficult.
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