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From: clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu)
Subject: Re: **NEW MOMMY NEEDS HELP!!**
Organization: Nynex Science and Technology
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 18:34:08 GMT

In article <sharon.725813973@starbase> sharon@starbase.mitre.org (Sharon J. Laskowski) writes:
>In <1992Dec30.172953.4801@memstvx1.memst.edu> mcsnewton@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
>
>
>>Hello Everybody!!!!
>
>>My husband and I will be expecting our first child February 18, 1993 (at least
>>that's what the doctors say).  Anyway, my husband grew up with a little sister
>>and he helped take care of her, while I on the other hand, have never had any
>>brothers or sisters and know NOTHING about taking care of a baby!! 
>>Needless to say, I'm scared SILLY!!  We start our childbirth classes next
>>week,so I guess that's a plus.  

  I'm like you.  I didn't even want to hold the baby right after delivery
  because I was afraid that I might drop him.  The nurse then handed him
  to my husband (who had pediatrics classes and knew how to hold babies).
>
  I also put on his first diaper backwards and had to ask the nurse how
  to change the diaper.   Then I never supported his head and held him
  like a puppy dog, until the doctor pointed out that he's lucky he has
  a strong neck for a newborn, since he was able to hold it steady.
  He was lifting his head the first day we brought him home, but I've
  heard that not all babies can do this, so you have to be sure to
  support their heads.

  For my next one, I'll be more careful.  She might not have the strong
  neck muscles my son has!

>When my husband and I had our first baby (we have 3 children now) we knew 
>absolutely nothing about babies--never babysat, never changed a diaper,
>hardly held one and didn't have a grandmother nearby to help.  
>After 1 week home with the newborn we were experts on these 
>things.  My advice is to read a few basic baby books, ask the nurses at
>the hospital questions (sometimes they give classes while you're there), 
>find a good pediatrician ahead of time and don't be afraid to ask questions,
>and ABOVE ALL love the baby, trust your own common sense, RELAX and ENJOY.
>You'll do just fine.

  That's the key.  Read the baby books and magazines they give you at the
  hospital.  Ask the nurse while you're in the hospital how to swaddle,
  and how to burp.  The nurse did a demonstration for me on burping.
  Watch through the window while they bathe the babies.
>
>
>>Rooming-In versus being separated right after birth 
>
>Spend as much initial time as you can with the baby--you won't want to 
>separated at all once you see her. Also see note on frequent breastfeeding

  Rooming-in is important if you're like me, inexperienced.  Especially
  good is if you have a roommate who has kids.  She can give you some
  pointers.  If you're separated right after birth, how can you get any
  practice while people are around that can show you?
>
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From: bert_al@pts.mot.com
Subject: test
Keywords: 
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Reply-To: bert_al@pts.mot.com
Organization: Paging and Wireless Data Group
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:22:57 GMT


Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: nelsonc@colossus.cs.rpi.edu (Chris Nelson)
Subject: Booooo, Tyco!
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:22:49 GMT

One of my daughter's aunts gave here a Tyco MagnaDoodle for Christmas.
She (Heather) was very happy with it and we were amazed at the fine
motor control she demonstrated in drawing closed figures ("I draw
circle!").

This weekend, we visited friends who we hadn't been able to get
togeher with over the holidays and _they_ gave Heather an _Ideal_
MagnaDoodle; a toy they had had around a couple of years for neices
and nephews, or some such.

Apparently, Tyco bough MagnaDoodle from Ideal (or bought Ideeal or
something) and proceeded to "cost reduce" MagnaDoodle.  This cost
reduction resulted in a SIGNIFICANT degradation in quality.  To wit:

   The Ideal toy came in a box with notched flaps which could be used 
   to put the toy away in.  The Tyco toy came in a box with glued ends.

   The pen on the Ideal toy is firmly attached with a cord which cannot
   come off.  The cord which attaches the Tyco toy has a knot on the end
   which slides into a notch in the pen tray.  There is nothing to keep
   it from sliding out of the notch and it has come out several times.

   The tip of the pen on the Ideal toy has more magnet exposed and does
   a better job of drawing.

   The bottom of the holes where the drawing circles are stored on the
   Ideal toy has a small metal plate so that the drawing circles seat
   firmly and hold themselves in.  The sides of the holes on the Tyco
   toy have rather wimpy clips which don't really hold the drawing
   circles in very well.
   
There was another note on this group about a Tyco race track which
didn't work as advertised.  I think I'm getting ready to NOT buy Tyco
toys.  Any other comments?

                                  Chris

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From: bab2@nestor.cc.bellcore.com (barter,elizabeth)
Subject: Re: Pinata Control
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 19:02:10 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.181435.26282@ast.saic.com>, hyler@ast.saic.com (Buffy Hyler) writes:
> Now my problem, and maybe I am too influenced by my experiences from
> when I was a kid.  I remember pinatas as very negative things since I
> was somewhat shy and timid and the minute that thing broke kids were
> all over each other fighting and pushing and crying to get more than
> the other kids.  I would usually stay on the edge and pick up a few
> things and be very sad because I couldn't get more without getting into
> the middle of all the chaos.
> 
> One idea I had was to keep a certain amount of the goodies out of the
> pinata and after all the scrambling was over share this out to those
> who were unable to get as much as the others.  Another idea was to put
> some of the goodies in plastic bags with names and they would have to
> scramble to get the one with their name on it.  But that somewhat
> defeats the purpose of the pinata based on my experiences.
> 
My sister has an annual luau party that has become an institution
among family and friends.  Last year she had a parrot pinata for 
all the kids and had some of the same thoughts you are having.  

What she did was stand at the ready behind the crowd with a large 
bag of candy behind her back.  When the pinata broke and all the 
kids ran to grab the candy, she just added the contents of the bag 
to the area, esp. out along the fringes where some of the shy and/or 
younger kids were.  The kids never even noticed  - or they were too 
polite to say so :-)  They still had fun and felt they were participating.
Of course, one big advantage of this was that the parents were there 
too and watched to see if their child was being too aggressive or greedy.

Beth
From: cindy@berkp.uadv.uci.edu (Cindy Windham)
Subject: Birthday cupcakes - little or no sugar
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Organization: University Advancement, University of Calif., Irvine
Date: 8 Jan 93 23:26:45 GMT

Anyone have a good recipe for birthday cupcakes which have very little
or no sugar in them?
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Thursday, 7 Jan 1993 14:26:15 EST
From: Susan F. Riley <SFR@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Amoxicillin Rash?

I'd get another opinion!  My son developed hives all over his body the
second time he had amoxicillin (he was 9 months or so old), and when I
called the pediatrician to ask about it, they told me to immediately
stop giving it to him.  He had successfully taken a round of amoxicillin
a few months before with no problems.  Apparently an allergy doesn't
always show up immediately.  They prescribed a different medication.
Since then he has never been given any -cillin drugs and is considered
to be allergic to them.  When we moved a few years ago, I did
ask our new pediatrician about it and he said with all the alternative
medications, it was no big deal to have an allergy to the -cillin drugs.
From: oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re:  Age to be left alone (was: The Schoo Didn't Fit)
Date: 12 Jan 93 20:41:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1iv75uINNrbk@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, lauraf@classy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Laura Floom) writes...
>In article <1993Jan12.173456.23582@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> cma@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (christine.m.dakes) writes:
>>
> 
>The responsible one sounds like me at the same age. My brother and I were
>left alone a lot at a young age. It was more common back then, and we knew
>all our neighbors. They also knew we were alone, etc. Everything was a lot
>different then now, the dangers werent as great. Or were they? I did somethings
>that would probably give my mom sleepless night 30 years after the fact, if
>I would tell her. Anyway, everyone talked about how responsibble we were, well
>behaved, etc, but they really didnt know what was going on.
> 

I'm another one who was left home alone a lot at a young age.  
There were four of us.  My brother is one year older than I, my 
sister 3 years younger and my little brother 5 years younger.  
Unbelievable things would go on.  You name it.  I've heard about 
the same things happening in other homes with working parents.

From at least 6th grade on (how old are you in 6th grade?) I would
have to watch the younger two after school.  (My older brother 
would usually take off and play with his friends.)  They never 
behaved, or paid any attention to me, so it was a real headache.  I also 
had to make dinner, do the breakfast dishes, make everyone's 
lunch for the next day, throw in the laundry, pick up, dust and 
run the vacuum, plus take my turn at dishes.  So basically I 
would get home from school and work until my parents got home.

I hated it.  I still resent it.  I would never do that to one of 
my kids.

- Peggy -
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From: jackie8@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (Jackie Brady)
Subject: Re: Vivonex/Tolerex as an infant formula
Organization: Bellcore - Piscataway, NJ
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 20:07:26 GMT

In article <1ishmbINNbra@male.EBay.Sun.COM> valjorge@leapyear.EBay.Sun.COM (Valerie Jorge) writes:
>How did you figure out the % calories from fat?  I just started
>my son on Alimentum (our doctor said choose Nutramigen, Pregestimil or
>Alimentum - whichever was available at the store - could only
>find Alimentum).  It contains 5.54g of fat per 100 calories.
>So, do you multiply 5.54 x 9 (9 calories/gram of fat?) to get
>almost 50% calories from fat?  

Take the #of grams, multiply by 9, then divide that number by the
number of calories. To move the decimal point, multiply that last
number by 100.  Your particular example just happens to work
out by only multiplying grams x 9 because it comes out both ways.
This is what you would do: 5.54 x 9 = 49.86; 49.86 divx 100 (number of
calories) = .4986.  Because your calories are 100, it happens to
work this way.

Another example: 5 grams of fat, 175 calories total.  5x9=45
45 div by 175=.25; .25 x 100 to get rid of decimal pt if you need
to.... 25% of the calories come from fat.

---
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I don't speak for anyone but me, and even then, who listens to *me*???
From: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Earrings (WAS: Re: A few facts about circumcision)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 15:23:21 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
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Originator: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu


kgatling@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Keith E Gatling) writes:
> strom@Watson.Ibm.Com (Rob Strom) writes:
>    > But clip-on versions of such ear-rings are also offered for
>    > sale, so even that rationale seems not to exist.  As far as I
>    > can tell, it's a tribal identification ritual not essentially
>    > different from our (Jewish) one.
> 
> Well...as one whose mother and sister are pierced, and whose wife isn't, I
> can tell you that the default mode for earrings is pierced.  Every now and
> then you might be able to find clip ons in the same style as that nice
> pierced pair you saw in the store, but it's not really likely.
> 
> Basically, if you want any kind of a choice in earrings, you've gotta go for
> pierced.  For some reason, clip ons, in earrings and in ties, just don't
> give you the wide choice that "the real things" do.

That's because clip-on and screw-on earrings, unlike pierced earrings,
are terribly painful for most (but not all) people to wear.

Which is stranger--a moment of pain and then painless pierced earrings,
or continual pain for as long as earrings are worn? You decide.
Obviously the current fashion is to choose the shorter pain.

Why people are willing to undergo pain for beauty is a whole other topic,
but the pain of wearing high heeled shoes is more significant than
either sort of earrings, and rather less voluntary in many jobs.

Paula Burch
pburch@bcm.tmc.edu
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: CREECH@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Teresa Creech)
Subject: Re:  Braxton-Hicks Contractions
Organization: StorageTek SW Engineering
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 01:25:32 GMT

In article <1if0j9INNg83@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch) writes:
 
>
>In article <1993Jan5.170744.5907@nynexst.com>, clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu) writes:
>>
>>   I'm about 28-weeks pregnant and have unexplained contractions
>>   that don't hurt whenever I walk around, stand-up from sitting,
>>   pick up my son, etc.  I wonder if they're Braxton-Hicks
>>   or something worse.  I've quit the fitness center since there
>>   is no purpose in running on the treadmill if I can't even
>>   walk down the hall without tightening.  I didn't get this
>>   in my last pregnancy, so I'm wondering if it is normal
>>   and that other people also have frequent painless tightening
>>   (or contractions) at this stage.  Thanks!
>
>Usually it's normal, sometimes it's painless preterm labor, and
>there's no way to tell, short of getting monitored. I've read
>articles saying that knowing about the harmlessness of Braxton-Hicks
>contractions has reassured women who were actually in preterm labor and
>would have been much better off not being reassured. So ask your doctor
>or midwife!
>
>Don't worry, because it's extremely likely to be normal, but also make
>sure that there's nothing to worry about.
>
>I went to be monitored when I was 28 weeks along and having stomach cramps
>from some illness. It was so nice to find out that everything was okay,
>and not much trouble at all--just an hour in L&D at the hospital, getting
>familiar with the place. My doctor was not about to reassure me without
>knowing for sure that it was okay--she's delivered too many preemies.
>
>One woman I knew assured me that I'd *know* if I was in labor. Idiot.
>That's true in most cases, but pre-term labor can be painless, and
>you want to be sure about that sort of thing before it's too late.
>
>Paula Burch
>pburch@bcm.tmc.edu
 
Paula is right!  My preterm labor was entirely painless.  In fact,
I didn't often even notice the contractions.  This was my third pregnancy,
so I knew first hand what contractions feel like.  If you feel uneasy,
talk to your dr.  It's better to be safe than sorry.
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: M17257@mwvm.mitre.org
Subject: Re: Diaper question.
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:52:18 GMT

In article <1i8q13INNdi3@gap.caltech.edu>
prnott@cco.caltech.edu (Prabhu R. Nott) writes:
 
>
>Folks:
>        Has anybody experimented with the Ultratrim variety of Huggies
>or any other brand of diapers?  They are much more compact than the
>regular diapers, but I am wondering if that is at the expense of their
>absorbence.  Has any body tried it out?  Thanks,
>
>Prabhu
 
I personnally do not like the newer huggies, not sure if they're the
ultrtrim variety, but they're the steps or phases kind.  They do not
hold as much as there old style did, nor are they as absorbent as
Luvs and Pampers.  The tapes on the waistband also do not unfasten as
easily as L or P's or as easily as their old style did.
 
just MHO. Not affiliated with any of them
 
Ellie Blackwell
From: vnoronha@dagwood.intel.com (Valerie Noronha)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Parents Magazine confuses on circumcision
Keywords: circ
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:43:44 GMT
Reply-To: vnoronha@dagwood.intel.com (Valerie Noronha)
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA


In article <1993Jan6.234443.23315@news.eng.convex.com>, ramon@convex.com
(Ramon Dominguez) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan6.194547.11278@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
lauraf@classy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Laura Floom) writes:
|> =>In article <gdavis.726346857@griffin> gdavis@griffin.uvm.edu (Gary
Davis) writes:
|> =>> Although PARENTS magazine is in general a "party line"
|> =>>Yuppie(Jewish) magazine,they could have done parents a better service
|> =>        ??????
|> =>
|> =>(I just checked with my non-Jewish office partner to see if I was being
|> =>oversensitve. She assures me I am not)
|> =>
|> =>WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??? ARE YUPPIES JEWISH. ARE ALL JEWS YUPPIE?
|> =>ARE YOU ANTI-SEMETIC? 
|> =>
|> =>sheesh! I cant beleive we have to read this sort of crap on the net.
|> =>
|> =>Laura Floom
|> =>
|> =>
|> 
|> If you had read the entire article, you would have realized that Gary was
|> saying that the publisher of this magazine is Jewish.  He is talking about
|> Jewish yuppies.  Some yuppies are Jews, some Jews are yuppies.  What is
|> your problem anyway?  You don't have to read *anything* on the net, by the
|> way.  You don't have to post anything either, I certainly won't miss it.

I don't see why the fact that the publisher is Jewish had to do with the
article mentioned.  It is my understanding that Jews are circumcised to
reflect a covent with God.  They have never been out to convert anyone so
I don't see why they would care one way or the other if a non-Jewish male
is circumcised.  As I didn't read the original article I cannot say whether
or not it was biased or factually correct but I really doubt it had much
to do with Judiasm.  I also felt that the posting was anti-semetic.  If
the poster felt the article was incorrect he should have stated it and
left it at that.

Valerie Noronha
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From: jbrindle@halcyon.com (Jennifer Brindle)
Subject: Re: How to protect your family from the State
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:04:06 GMT

In article <1ia98sINNs55@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> pburch@bcm.tmc.edu writes:
>
>In article <dlhanson.26.726174156@nap.amoco.com>, dlhanson@nap.amoco.com 
>(David L. Hanson) writes:
>> This was posted to the home-ed-politics mailing list a few weeks ago (not
>> by me). I believe that it contains valuable information to help all parents
>> to protect their family from the State. 
>
>[amazing work of paranoia omitted]
>
>*WHAT* is this guy trying to hide? What is he *doing* to his kids, that he's 
>so uptight about the idea of allowing any outsiders to see what goes on in 
>his home? Come on, normal folks don't worry so much about being caught that
>they write (or copy) many paragraphs on the subject!
>
>It makes you wonder, doesn't it?

No, it doesn't.  I have nothing to hide, but I DO believe in EXERCISING MY 
RIGHTS.  I found this information to be very valuable, not paranoic.  I have 
found that the "authorities" do in fact LIE when
they think they need to "prove" their point.  I think the less involvement we
have with any government figure, the better.

I am one of those people who do not believe in giving up my rights, or waiving
them, just to show that I have "nothing to hide".  One is not "hiding" behind
the fourth, or any amendment, when one exercises his rights.  That person is
being VERY SMART.

What makes me wonder, is YOUR attitude and response to him.  Do you 
automatically
assume that one who exercises his constitutional rights is HIDING?  Why?

Jennifer
From: hide@unl.edu (harry ide)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: A few Questions
Date: 11 Jan 1993 15:37:52 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
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millerj@belize.crd.ge.com (Julia K. Miller) writes:

>	In regards to night clothing versus day clothing, the night time clothes
>are all supposed to be treated for fire retartent aren't they? Hopefully, I
>won't have a fire, but ...

My understanding is that they're not ffire_ retardent, but _flame_ 
retardent. This matters because even though the clothes aren't in 
flames, they may still be giving off chemicals that will kill the 
child. I've even read that the flame-retardent treatments _increase_ 
the possibility of poisonous emissions (I can't recall whether by 
decreasing the temperature at which the emissions occur or by 
increasing the chemicals available to be emitted).

--
Harry A. Ide                      |  `It's better to play dice with  
(Dad to Andrew, born 4.iv.1991)   |  children than to play politics 
                                  |  with you.' (Heraclitus)
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From: dudding@sallyride.crd.ge.com (Kate Dudding)
Subject: Re: New Sleep Question: Please Help
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:55:27 GMT
From: ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Question - what's the word for ...
Date: 12 Jan 1993 20:21:18 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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In article <1993Jan12.184705.842@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> bab2@nestor.cc.bellcore.com (barter,elizabeth) writes:
>I'm looking for the word that means/describes kids substituting
>some words for others.  Not because they have hearing or speech 
>problems, but because the word is too big for them to get their 
>mouths around it.  The Pledge of Allegiance is often used as an
>example.   Another one is when a relative said said his name was 
>"William IwishIwas Kelly" instead of William Aloysius Kelly.

Perhaps you're thinking of "malapropism." The term comes from the name
of a Sheridan character, Mrs. Malaprop. 

malapropism (mal a prop ism; mal <x2> <en> prop <en> iz <y1> <x2> m) n. 
1 n.
        act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion
        of words that are similar in sound.
2 n.
        an instance of this, as in ``Lead the way and we'll precede.''
Etymology:
        MALAPROP <u6> - ISM

Malaprop (Mal a prop ; mal <x2> <en> prop <y1> ) n. 
1 n. 
        Mrs., a character in Sheridan's The Rivals(1775), noted for her
        misapplication of words. 

-- 
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        the ease with which such crazed rumors could spread.
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