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Organization: University of Central Florida--Computer Services
Date: Tuesday, 29 Sep 1992 13:43:10 EST
From: <ELDREDGE@UCF1VM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Washing Diapers with Tide
 <1992Sep28.220500.9234@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <66793@cup.portal.com>

In article <66793@cup.portal.com>, ctopp@cup.portal.com (Carol F Topp) says:
>
>I've always used vinegar
>as you would fabric softener

How much vinegar?  White or Cider?  Do you add it with the rinse or put it
into the softener dispenser?  I grew up in a house with very hard well water
and my mom, my sister, and I used vinegar rinses on our hair about once a
month or so to remove shampoo build-up, is this the same idea?

Cynthia Eldredge
James's mama (8 months)
From: alanj@endeavor18.tek.com (Alan Jeddeloh)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Heart Murmur in Infants
Date: 2 Oct 92 21:25:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: shaman.1896
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.

In article <1992Oct1.135853.15688@cs.brown.edu> mhn@cs.brown.edu (Marian H. Nodine) writes:
>My husband has (had?) a heart murmur --  otherwise known as a mitral
>valve prolapse.  Every time he goes to the dentist he has to take
>antibiotics, even to get his teeth cleaned.  So it is not just dental
>surgery.  Anyway, apparently the problem is that the teeth cleaning 
>dislodges bacteria from your teeth (I think it is staph bacteria, but
>I'm not at all sure).  Anyway, when a person has a mitral valve prolapse,
>these bacteria apparently can get into the heart more easily, where
>they can cause a (possibly) fatal infection.

I have a Congenital Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), which is a hole between
the two ventricles of my heart.  I also have to take antibiotics before
dental procedures.  Another thing I have to be careful of is strep throat.

The risk is for Bacterial Endocarditis, which is an infection of the inner
lining of the heart.  It is caused by strep, not staph.  Normally, strep
cannot get into the bloodstream, but it can if the linings of the mouth, nose,
or throat are breached.  This is the reason for taking care when having dental
work done or is a strep throat is suspected.

The reason people with heart murmers are at risk is because the inner lining
of the heart (the endocardium) is roughened.  This gives the bacteria a place
to lodge and multiply.  The blood flow rate inside the heart is so great that
the normal immune system elements (e.g. white blood cells) don't get a chance
to latch onto the bacteria to destroy them.

I got Bacterial Endocaritis about ten years ago.  I spent 30 days in the
hospital, on 24,000,000 units of penicillin a day (6 x 4,000,000 unit IV
bottles per day; one every four hours).  Twern't fun.  Penicillin *burns*
going in, like someone was stuffing a red-hot coat hanger wire up my arm.
I got them to lace it with a little lidocain (sp?), but it still hurt.

The major side effects of Bacterial Endocarditis are stoke and pulmonary
embolisms, both cause by the bacterial plaque braking loose from the heart
wall and plugging an artery elsewhere in the body.  The fatality rate for
Bacterial Endocaritis is about 25%.  (That rate is skewed by the fact that
most victims are elderly, with a history of heart disease, and cannot
withstand the strain of that much antibiotics on other organ systems, such
as the liver and kidneys.)

The moral of the story here is that, if your doctor says you or your child
should have antibiotics before dental work because of a heart murmer, DO IT.

--
    Alan Jeddeloh      W:(503) 685-2991  H:(503) 292-9740
    Tektronix, Inc.  D/S 60-850; PO Box 1000; Wilsonville, OR 97070
    Alan.Jeddeloh@tek.com          Let sleeping dogs^H^H^H^Hbabies lie
    You can put the children to bed, but you can't make them sleep!
From: campbellw@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Bill at Allen-Bradley in Cleveland)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: orthopedic pediatrician
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:14:46 GMT

In article <1992Sep28.131656.23435@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, lehr@futserv.austin.ibm.com writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Forgive if this appears twice.
> 
> It has been recommended that a toddler (20 months) wear
> leg braces to correct improper bone growth.   I have
> two questions regarding this:
> 
> 1) I'd like a second opinion.  If you know of an orthopedic
> pediatrician in the Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio area
> whom you would recommend, I would appreciate your message.
> 
> 2) I am interested in hearing experiences one may have had with
> young children who have had to wear leg/body braces.  Any form
> of experience you feel comfortable relating would be appreciated
> (including any arm chair psychological interpretions).  
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ted Lehr
> 
Hi Ted,

	When my daughter was about 3 or 4 of months old (I think) her
ped. suggested that she have a leg brace since her feet tended to
turn in. It was this contraption that went between her two feet
that turned her feet slightly outward. I really can't remeber
how log that she wore this, but it was for a couple of months.
It didn't bother her at all... but it did me! She has had no
problems with her legs (she's 13 now).

Good Luck,
Bill
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From: lib@cbnews.cb.att.com (Lib)
Subject: Re: How to get daughter more career-minded?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 12:55:28 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.022855.27453@cs.brown.edu> mhn@cs.brown.edu (Marian H. Nodine) writes:
>My first response to this post is, what is wrong with a bright girl/woman
>being a wife and mother (and *only* a wife and mother)?  Why does a girl
>these days *have* to grow up being pushed to have a good career?  One
>of the (few) things I regret about my upbringing is that my parents
>clearly decided I was bright and *had* to have a career ... sometimes
>I would have preferred just being a kid :-(.

It's Little League Syndrome applied to girls. In the past fathers
hounded their sons to be baseball stars and cursed their coaches
if their own sons didn't get to play. Now mothers are pushing their
daughters into careers they don't want just to satisy the mothers.
If the girl is unhappy that's tough.
From: bsmith@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (ROBERT SMITH)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Cute Things They Say - almost 3 YO
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:44:52 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Stakeholder Relations, NCR Corp in Dayton,OH

Tyler was sitting on the toilet, urinating.  Mom was standing there waiting
for him to finish.  
        Tyler:  Daddy and I are going to buy you a present, Mommy!
        Mom:  That's nice -- what are you going to buy me [she expected him
        to say flowers, as he has said this several times recently]
        Tyler:  We're going to buy you [sounds like peanuts]
        Mom:  I like peanuts
        Tyler:  Not peanuts, penis (and points to appropriate organ)

-- 
Bob Smith
E-mail => Robert.D.Smith@daytonoh.ncr.com
From: arodgers@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Angus H Rodgers)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Episiotomy reference
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:36:03 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London

mwalker@taimyr.Colorado.EDU (Marilyn Walker) writes:

>I have heard in several places (perhaps here?) of a recent Canadian (?) study
>that seemed to rather conclusively demonstrate that episiotomies cause more
>problems than they solve.  Does anyone have the reference for this or other
>similar studies?

>Marilyn

This isn't the answer to your question, but I do have a newspaper article
at home which reports a Japanese (?) study which found benefits from using
sticky tape instead of stitches (assuming the worst has already happened
:-( ). I'll see if I can dig it up.
--
Angus H. Rodgers  (PhD student), | arodgers@dcs.qmw.ac.uk  
Dept. of Computer Science, Queen | [ +44 | 0 ] 71 975 5241   
Mary & Westfield College,  Mile  | This space has not been left blank,
End Rd., London E1 4NS, England  | intentionally or otherwise.
From: uttla@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Laura Utt)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: formula and feeding questions
Date: 30 Sep 92 00:53:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: leela.1992Sep30.005304.28787
Organization: Computer Science Outreach Services - Oregon State University


I've got a few questions about formula. I was told that for my baby
to gain weight she needed to drink x2 her current weight. Now that
she has started cereal and gerber baby foods, is this still true? 

Also, I've been told and read in a few places that you shouldn't
feed any used formula that is more than 2 hours old. Does anyone have
a different opinion than this? I did once give my daughter some "old"
formula, and she didn't "seem" to get sick from it.

Another is, since she has started foods, when is "ok" to give it
to her for lunch and dinner. Right now she gets cereal for breakfast,
and some fruit or vegie for lunch. Both accompanied by a bottle of
formula.

I would also like to get the net.opinion on the type of formula used.
From the time that I quit breast feeding her she had constipation 
problems.  So her doctor perscribed Soylac for her. She (her doc) said 
that it uses the whole soybean, instead of part like other soy formulas. 
My daughter still wasn't very regular. She would have a BM about every
3 days and it was a real struggle for her then. Since I started her
on baby food, she has had 2 BM a day, but I also had to buy a can of
Gerber Soy.

I know.. that is more than a few questions, but they have been building
up for a week or so.

-Laura (14 days 'til Elizabeth's 6 month B-day) Utt
From: edf003@marshall.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Tilted Uterus Problem
Date: 25 Sep 92 19:34:55 GMT
Organization: Marshall University

I have a friend who's uterus is tilted and she has tried to get pregnant for
about a year now.  Do any of you know of any way how she may use a procedure to
help her get pregnant.  

Any help with this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, 



Sandy Hutchison
Mother of Kaygan (16 mos.)
From: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Experiments
Date: 5 Oct 1992 23:26:34 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


     If you have some sort of a diamond-like piece of glass, and hold it up
to the sun, at a certain angle it will cast a prism onto the floor, depicting
the wayin which light can be separated into numerous colors. (i.e.: a rainbow.)
It need not be a gem, either.
     Another way to do this is to take the hose out on a sunny day and
turn it on, moving it back and forth really fast.  This is because the water
acts the same way as the glass in the above experiment.  What you're really
seeing there, I think, is the light being reflected back up.
     Did you ever notice how, if you hold a magnifying glass at arm's length,
the picture is upside-down?  I forget why that is, but Matthew was showing
me this the last time my cousins were down.
     Here is a good way to show a 5YO (the age in the original post, I
believe) how air exists, even when you can't see it.  Spray a little perfume
in a balloon before blowing it up.  As it slowly goes down over several
days, the air in the room will smell a little more like the perfume.
     One more simple one - fill a pan with water.  Dip something in to create
ripples right in the center.  The ripples are just like sound and light
waves.  Now, dip that some object - preferrably something small, like a
pencil point - and steadily guide it toward the edge.  Notice the waves
are shorter and getting to your edge faster.  It's this shifting that causes
a car to sound louder as it approaches and softer as it decreases, and also
causes a shift in a star's spectrum as it moves away from the Earth.
-- 
Doug Fowler: dxf12@po.CWRU.edu      :    "Every baby born into the world is
Real home: Canton, Ohio             :  finer than the last."--Charles Dickens
 Trying to follow in the path of our :     "A baby is an inestimable
Lord;anything close will be a success:  blessing and bother."--Mark Twain
From: lm3a+@andrew.cmu.edu (Laura McGinnis)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: places to live in the USA
Date: 6 Oct 92 05:11:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.ceoN1dC00iUy01FGJz
	<ld0nbbINNfse@dimebox.cs.utexas.edu>
Organization: Administrative Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

On 05-Oct-92 in Re: places to live in the USA
user A. Dappert-Farquhar@cs.u writes:
>In article <1992Oct5.112657.35@otago.ac.nz> prevmary@otago.ac.nz writes:
>>
>>I'd like some idea from the group of good places to work and bring up kids in
>>the USA, Canada or Aus. It is very impt for us to get good jobs but it
is also
>>very impt to have a good life style for us as a family.
> 
> 
>Well, I just meant to post a similar question. (My husband, too, is
>looking for a new job.) Every year one sees newspaper articles about
>the top ten towns/cities in the US that are regarded to have the
>highest living quality for families. Does anybody know the source for
>those statistics? What are the criteria they use in order to come up
>with their scores? Does anybody have the current list, if not the
>source? 

I sent a personal reply to Mary Jane (the original poster) singing the
praises of my adopted town, Pittsburgh, PA, which has been rated in the
top 10 cities for the past 5 years or so, and she asked me for the
source, as well as the current list.

I don't have the source handy (we usually learn the rating from the
local media, when they are posted), but the source is Rand-McNally's
"Places Rated Almanac".  I think it's published every 3-5 years, with
updated rankings.  The latest edition would have the current rankings. 
If I get a chance to check our on-line library, I'll see what I can find.

Hope this helps.

Laura

(BTW, Pittsburgh surpassed Atlanta, Georgia the first time we were rated
"most liveable city", but I think Atlanta is still in the top 10;
Seattle, Washington & Portland, Oregon [not Portland, Maine - too cold!]
are also rated highly.)
From: hackney@boston.sinet.slb.com (Kirsten Werne)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Question about differences in pregnancies...
Date: 28 Sep 92 19:59:33 GMT
Reply-To: hackney@boston.sinet.slb.com (Kirsten Werne)
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies CAD/CAM Division


First off, I AM PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!  Yeah!!  This will be our second child...to
be born Aprilish (due date is April 9).  Anyway, I have been scared to death
to even tell people that we are expecting.  The reason being, my first
pregnancy was totally different from this one (I am not complaining!!).

Anyway, my first pregnancy, I was sicksicksick...thought I was going to die
before the "all-day sickness" ended.  I would have been over joyed if it had
only been in the morning.  What a misnomer, but that is another topic.  Anyway,
I have been queasy on and off, but not deadly ill.  Also, this time my lower
back bothers me quite a bit (I am 13 weeks).  This could have something to
do with carrying a 26+ pound 15 month old around.  So, what is the consensus?
Were your pregnancies drastically different???  Should I be worrying so much
(alright, I can answer this myself.  NO, I should not be worrying, but it is
hard not to.  I want this baby!).  Anyway, an inquiring prego wants to know!

Kirsten

Mom to Alexander 15 months and ??? due 4/9/93 (yeah!).
Newsgroups: misc.kids,misc.education,k12.chat.teacher,sci.med,chi.general
From: aidler@sanjuan.UVic.CA (E Alan Idler)
Subject: Re: Attention Deficit Disorder Resources
Organization: University of Victoria
Date:  6 Oct 92 00:04:05 GMT

yasu@ll.mit.edu (Alan Yasutovich) writes:

>In article <1992Oct5.071027.25468@spdcc.com> dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:

>>>For families with less resources (time) to contain one of 
>>>these children, perhaps Ritalin is more appropriate treatment.
>>
>>And undoubtedly more effective.  I pity your son and your family, and what
>>you've put them all though with your doctrinaire rigidity based on
>>self-satisfied know-nothing ignorance.  You're no better than Christian
>>Scientists who fail to take their child to a doctor when he or she has
>>a bowel obstruction.  "Naturopaths", "allergies" and "inoculations",
>>indeed.  Feh!


>	And you're nothing more than a "take a pill as the cure"
>	person.  

In the past year in B.C. we have endured strikes by school teachers,
nurses, doctors, and hospital workers all claiming to be acting
in "our" (the public's) interest.
As soon as the government found some more money for them (except
the doctors who still haven't settled), they decided the "system"
was all better.

A IDLER

>-- 
>	Alan Yasutovich
>	"inquiring  (and nosey) minds WANT TO KNOW!!!"
>	I can remember when "safe sex" meant having a padded headboard!!
>	Tick Tock.....Tick Tock......Tick Tock .....Tick Tock......
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From: marshab@apex.com (Marsha Bates)
Subject: Looking for a Day Care/Babysitter
Organization: Apex Computer Company
Distribution: regional
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:46:35 GMT

I am looking for a daycare or private sitter in either
Bellevue (where I work) or Ballard (where I live).

I would prefer a home daycare, or nanny type that only
watches a few children.  The children are 2 and 4.

If anyone know someone that is accepting children, 
please have them call me at (206) 784-9431 or send
their name and phone number via email.

Thanks.
From: pburch@bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Mail Order Maternity Clothes
Date: 5 Oct 1992 15:26:05 GMT
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: pburch@bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch)
NNTP-Posting-Host: roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu
Originator: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu


In article <1992Oct2.173724.6415@newstand.syr.edu>, wefreema@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Wendy E. Freeman) writes:
|> I'm sorry if this is a frequently asked question but...
|> 
|> Does anyone out there know if a mail order maternity clothes company
|> exists, and if so, what is their address and phone number?

My best maternity clothes were sold as regular clothes by the Deva
company in Burkittsville, Maryland. They were beautiful, all-
cotton, washable, didn't need ironing, had pockets, are still 
useful after pregnancy if you tuck in the shirts or cinch up the 
drawstring waists, and accommodated the huge size I became much better 
than the clothes labeled maternity wear ever did.

They have some dresses made in India that have a drawstring waist 
which converts from a blouson style that looks fine on the non-pregnant 
to a drop waist style that worked even when I had a 52" waist. They're 
covered with embroidery, tie-die, quilting, etc. There are also smock 
shirts that work and look much better than what the maternity stores 
have to offer. Oh, one more thing: maternity stores charge the earth 
for shoddy items because they've got you over a barrel. The Deva clothes 
are more reasonably priced.

I don't have their phone # handy, but it's an 800 number so calling 
800-555-1212 information should get you the number. Call and ask for 
a catalog. ("Deva" is pronounced "Day-va.") I have no connection with 
Deva.

There ought to be a maternity clothes FAQ. Has anyone started one? Anyone 
want to? Maybe this should go into the mail-order catalogs FAQ.

Paula Burch
pburch@bcm.tmc.edu
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:39:10 EDT
From: Michelle Schott <MBS4@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Motiv Sports phone number?

The header says it all.  I would like to order the baby jogger from them, but
I've lost their phone number.  Does anyone have any experience ordering from
them?  They don't have an 800 number.  do they accept credit cards?  Thanks.
Any info will be greatly appreciated.
                                     Michelle Schott
From: salvaggi@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Nanette Salvaggio)
Subject: What to do for eczema?
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 12:58:10 GMT

Help,

My son is developing eczema.  He is 11 months old.  Nothing has changed
in his routine as far as food goes for at least 2 months.  I have not
changed soaps since his birth, Tide for laundry, No More Tears Shampoo,
and baby bath with aloe for washing.  This started three weeks ago with
a vary bad rash on his leg.  It was bumpy, red and warm.  We visited the 
doctor after a week, the rash was quickly speading to cover his entire
chubby thigh.  The doc said hydrocotizone 3 times a day.  The rash was gone
in a week.  But now his back is developing dry patches all over.  I have
been putting baby lotion on him, does not seem to be doing any good.  My
husband has told me that he had this problem as a child.  What can I do to
help my son,  He has his one year appointment in a couple of weeks so we
will ask the doctor then, but in the mean time, I was wondering what the 
net experience is in this area.  With winter coming I guess this will only 
get worse. Is there an FAQ file on skin care.  I would be willing to maintain
it if anyone is interested.  Thanks for the help

Nanette ( mom to Philip)
salvaggi@alnitak.kodak.com
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: kayvan@satyr.Rational.COM (Kayvan Sylvan)
Subject: Re: How to get son more career-minded? :-) :-)
Organization: Rational, Santa Clara, CA
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 21:32:24 GMT

In article <BvCqFx.JpK@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> af5@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Wendy Lin) writes:

   My seven year old son told me the other morning when he was going out of
   the door for school that "I am going to stay home with my children when
   I grow up."  I asked him "Who is going to make money then?"  He replied
   "My wife."

She's going to be the president of the United States. (I can hope!!
Maybe a woman president will set the right priorities...)

   I think he said that because he wanted me to stay home with him and his
   brother.  A couple his other "when I grow up" lines are "I'm going to
   buy one Nintendo each for my children." and "I'm going to let my
   children eat all the candy they want."

   So far his most serious career goal was to become a computer game writer.

I know someone who stays home with his child and writes software for a
living that he publishes. I want to do the same thing, actually.

			---Kayvan
--
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Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: pat@odin.icd.ab.com (Pat A. Checkel)
Subject: Re: camping with a baby
Organization: Allen-Bradley Company, Inc.
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:25:45 GMT

In article <15109@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> pburch@bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch) writes:
>
>I have some questions about camping that I haven't seen addressed so 
>far--I'd love to get input from the more experienced.
>
>Sleeping bags:
>-------- ----

When we camp with the kids we put them in sleeper blankets.
Vary the number depending on how cold.
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: d85-hga@dront.nada.kth.se (Hillevi Gavel)
Subject: Re: Drugs in Labor (was Re: "Missing out")
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 09:36:02 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.160206.8407@informix.com> alison@husky.informix writes:
>.....
>On a side note, when people say they had a "70-hour" or a "12-hour" labor,
>what are they counting as the begining of labor?  I generally say my labor
>was 10 hours long, since that is how long I had to use breathing to get 
>through the contractions.  If I count from when I started having regular
>contractions, it was more like 60 hours.

I start counting from the moment I realized what was going on. That
makes 16 hours for Alvin. I'm a little worried, as my mother, using
the same definition, tells that _I_ took 2 hours! (My older sister 20,
and then she did get something to speed it up at the end). I'm
expecting my second sometimes this week, and will probably have to get
a baby-sitter here, and hubby from work, when things start! 


-- 
Hillevi Gavel		"The child may not be subject to corporal punishment 
Stockholm		or other abusive treatment" 
Sweden			-- Swedish law
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