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From: sb3t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Shirl G. Grant)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Car Seats and Trucks
Date: 9 Sep 1992 10:01:34 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu
X-Unparseable-Date: Wed,  9 Sep 1992 10:59:55 -0400 (EDT)

>I have an '87 Ford Ranger with a bench seat, without an extended cab,
>and with a manual transmission.  Is there any chance of getting a car
>seat to fit this truck.  I doubt it.

???????

All of our car seats fit just fine in our Chevy Pickup.  I am confused
as to why they wouldn't fit in yours.

-Shirl
From: vrs0@bunny.gte.com (V. Stern)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Booster seats in aircraft
Date: 14 Sep 92 13:20:44 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: GTEL

In article <1992Sep12.012650.2209593@locus.com> judy@locus.com (Judy 
Leedom Tyrer) writes:
> In other words, you wanted to use a seat you didn't pay for to put your
> daughter in her car seat for the flight.  Are you really surprised that 
> they wouldn't let you?  If you wish to put your child in a carseat on the
> plane, you have to pay for the seat.  If you wish to have an under 2 fly
> free, you have to hold her on your lap.

No, this isn't quite true.  My aunt is a travel agent with her own 
business and, according to her, the general rule is that you do not have 
to buy a seat for a child under 2 and that the risk you run if you don't 
is that the flight will be sold out and you will have no choice but to 
hold the child on your lap.  If there are empty seats on the plane, there 
should be no problem in using the car seat as long as it is approved for 
use on airplanes.  We recently flew from Boston to Baltimore on USAir.  
The flight down was a piece of cake - the flight was not full and we had 
reserved a window and aisle with the hope that the middle seat would be 
the last to go.  At check-in, they just blacked that seat out so it 
wouldn't be assigned to anyone else (we had not bought a seat).  The 
flight back was a different story, but that was due to weather problems 
the previous day and a lot of stand-by passengers.  As someone else said, 
if I were going on a long flight, I would buy a seat just to avoid a 
potential nightmare.

Vanessa R. Stern
vrs0@bunny.gte.com
From: judy@locus.com (Judy Leedom Tyrer)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Mid Life Crisis
Date: 11 Sep 92 23:24:09 GMT
Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California

Help!  I think I'm having a mid life crisis.  I was very cavalier about 
turning 39, mostly because everyone is so shocked.  I look about 27 (with
my clothes on).  Most of the parents of kids the same age as mine are in
their late 20s and early 30s.  I mean, hey, 40, it's just a number, right?

But now that 40 is looming around the corner I find that I am becoming obsessed 
with age - with MIDDLE age - with mortality and not having an infinite amount 
of time left to do everything I've ever wanted and with an overwhelming sense 
of a wasted life.  (I mean, does the world really need another distributed
file system?)

Externally my life is really very good, but inside I am starting to feel like
an emotional blob of jello.  

So I was wondering if there are any other middle aged parents out there who
have the vaguest idea of what on earth I am talking about and who managed to
live through it?  Is there a mid-life crisis newsgroup?  


-- 
Judy Leedom Tyrer

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"	- William Blake
From: naomir1@vms.huji.ac.il
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Giving into a fad? When do you say no!
Date: 7 Sep 92 08:48:33 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hello, I have a small problem that I don't know how to deal with.
There is a new fad in our neiborhood, to wear a string around your neck
with a minute pacifier hanging on the end.  My five year old would like one of
these, but I don't feel like buying one just because every one else has one.
We are not talking serious money, but we are talking about giviing into a fad.
Today it is harmless (but pretty stupid if you ask me) but tommorrow it can be
more expensive or more dangerous.  I just wanted to know how other people dealt
with giving into fads.  Should I just buy it for her (or suggest she buy
it with her minute savings).  I know this sounds pretty stupid, but I was
taught you don't buy something just because everyone else has it.

What to do you think?


Thanks alot,

Naomi


















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From: tbachman@hamline.edu (Toni Bachman)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: FAQ Starting for ADD and ADHD
Summary: Request for your experience.
Date: 4 Sep 92 21:46:14 GMT
Organization: Hamline University, St. Paul, MN.

Hi:

I have volunteered to keep a FAQ on ADD and/or ADHD, and I need your
stories, comments, experiences, etc.

Please consider the following questions when preparing your "story".

Has your child been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD?  If so, at what age was
this diagnosis made?  What was going on with your child that made you
think to have a diagnosis done?  Is your child on medication?  If so,
which medication?  Do you have any advice for parents who may be having
trouble with a child?  Do you have any tricks that help with behavior
that others may want to try?

These are just a few ideas, please feel free add any other details that 
could be helpful to someone else seeking information.


***********************************************************************
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Please e-mail your coments to:  tbachman@hamline.edu
***********************************************************************


Please include (on line one, if possible) whether or not you want your
name dropped from your story.  If not stated, your name and e-mail
address will be included.

If you have any questions, please contact me!!

Toni

tbachman@hamline.edu
From: lmn00@thundercd.amdahl.com (Linda Newell)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Caffeine during Pregnancy
Date: 10 Sep 92 17:35:59 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Sep10.154516.15089@src.honeywell.com>,
jgelhaus@src.honeywell.com (Jennifer Gelhaus) writes:
|> 
|> In article<51tp02EA21co01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
|> lmn00@thundercd.amdahl.com
|>   (Linda Newell) writes:
|> >...Also, my doctor said that nutra-sweet would not be a problem.
|> 
|> My source may not have been a reliable one, but I have heard that
|> nutra-sweet can cause the growth of the baby's limbs to be stunted
|> and heart problems in the baby. Any truth to this?
|> 
According to my doctor, it will not hurt the baby unless the baby 
has Phenylketonuria, which is a rare metabolic disorder.  If the
baby has this disorder, it is unable to metabolize certain amino
acids, and brain damage (at least) will result if they are
consumed.  In this case, innocuous things like milk and certain
fruits will also cause problems.  Since there are no known
phenylketonurics in my or my husband's family, there is little
chance that our baby will be one.

All that being said, I still try to avoid both caffeine and
artificial sweeteners as well as aspirin, tylenol, and other
medications.  I didn't even eat Tums for heartburn until the
doctor told me that they would also help stop my night time
leg cramps.  I am sure that plain water or skim milk is fine
for the baby and will quench my thirst as well as a diet coke.
Linda
From: amy@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Amy McNulty)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Caffeine during Pregnancy
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:42:15 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.131805.812@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>  
civl097@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:
> Here is a posting from Paul Hager which I extracted off the net a  
while back.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Watkinson and Fried ("Maternal caffeine use before, during, and
> after pregnancy and effects upon offspring", Neurobehavioral
> Toxicology and Teratology, 7(1):9-17, 1985) found that heavy caffeine
> use correlated with lowered birthweight and smaller head  
circumference
> and concluded that a daily intake of 300 mg or more can interfere
> with normal fetal development.


Well, I suppose it was predictable that someone would post this  
request, so here it is. Does anyone know the typical caffeine  
quantities (e.g., cup of coffee or tea, can of coke, etc.)?

______________________________________________________________
amy_mcnulty@vos.stratus.com  OR  amy@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
Amy McNulty -- Stratus Computer, Marlboro, MA
Stratus pays me to write, but not to write this!
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: grace@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Grace Chen-Ellis)
Subject: Re: Diaper Rash
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 20:45:53 GMT

In article <11SEP199213421427@trentu.ca> bwolfe@trentu.ca (BEN WOLFE) writes:
>Eric Quackenbush writes:
>
>When our kids have had a rash we've sometimes put them in training
>pants and/or track pants. It becomes *instantly* obvious when they
>need to be changed, so they're never wet for more than a minute.
>Meanwhile there's lots of air circulation to promote healing, and
>the house is at least a little bit protected. (Poop tends to be
>contained and less pee reaches the floor. :-) )
>

We put our daughter in huggies pull-up pants (which were too large)
for the same reason -- they were looser than diapers, very obvious
when she went and gave the house more protection than training pants.
grace
Xref: sparky misc.kids:23085 rec.arts.startrek.current:12919
From: vivier@hamal.crd.ge.com (Barbara Vivier)
Newsgroups: misc.kids,rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Names
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:13:42 GMT
Reply-To: vivier@hamal.crd.ge.com (Barbara Vivier)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center

In article <1992Sep8.230251.14756@newstand.syr.edu>,
kgatling@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Keith E Gatling) writes:
|>
|>My wife and I are expecting our first child in February.  If it's a girl,
|>we've decided to name her Devra Marie.  We haven't had many problems with
|>that one aside from the occasional "What an unusual name," or "But she won't
|>be able to get license plates off the rack in the store like other kids," or
|>"She'll spend her whole life correcting people when they call her
|>'Debbie'."  None of these bother me, since my sister's name is Jael, and
|>she's dealt with having to correct people for the past 34 years just fine.
|>
|>It's the boy's name that a few, and I'll admit it really is only a few,
|>people have given us some grief over.  As a result, Cheryl wanted me to poll
|>you people...on BOTH newsgroups...to see what you think.
|>
|>The name we've been considering is Geordie LeVar.

It's really your business what you name your kid.  If you truly like
the name and you feel confident that your child will not be horribly
hobbled by it, do it.

BUT: the fact that you've asked us for our opinion makes me wonder whether
you, in fact, do feel comfortable enough with the name.

My husband and I went back and forth on a name for our unborn child.
He was very enthused.  I kept trying to like the name.  I asked friends.
Their lack of enthusiasm was visible in spite of polite responses.  I decided
that I couldn't settle on a name that I didn't truly feel deeply happy with.

So, I gently suggest you evaluate your reasons for asking the net.

BTW, a little girl recently joined my son's day care class.  She has the
name that we were thrashing about.  1)  It turned out not to be as unusual
as we'd thought!  2) I'm still glad that we hadn't chosen that name.

Barbara
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: pfieland@citron.sw.stratus.com (Peggy Fieland)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Names
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:46:23 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering

In article <1992Sep11.231522.2209370@locus.com> judy@locus.com (Judy Leedom Tyrer) writes:
>And I'm really jealous of all of you who changed your names.  I HATE THE NAME
>JUDY!!!!  I've always wanted to be "Leigh".  What do you think?  Is 40 too late
>to change your name?  And is Leigh Tyrer a decent name?  And will it confuse
>my poor son who now refers to me as "Mommy Judy Tyrer"?


Go for it! Why go through the rest of your life with a name you hate.
People are living longer these days.  You could easily have another
thirty years ahead of you attached to the name Judy.

Peggy
From: skatz@bbn.com (Susan Katz)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Long Ambilical Cord??
Date: 15 Sep 92 12:19:50
Organization: BBN, Cambridge MA
Distribution: world
	<Sep.14.12.53.03.1992.18048@aramis.rutgers.edu>
	<1992Sep15.152254.14667@cs.brown.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: kariba.bbn.com
In-reply-to: mhn@cs.brown.edu's message of 15 Sep 92 15:22:54 GMT

Regarding what placentas are used for: Each hospital seems to have its
own policy.  My deliveries were at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.
We asked at each of my two deliveries what happened to the placentas.
For the first one (1989), the doctor said that some are "sent down to
pathology".  At the second delivery (1991), they said that they are
discarded (fear of AIDS).

Susan
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: judy@locus.com (Judy Leedom Tyrer)
Subject: Re: kid that wants to sleep in bed w/parents
Keywords: bed, sleep trouble
Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 20:53:31 GMT

In article <4079@novavax.UUCP> vaccaro@novavax.UUCP (N. Trafford Vaccaro) writes:
>
>The other night she was stirring and starting to cry, so I carried her
>around for a while and she went off to sleep. As soon as I began
>to lay her in the crib, she clung to me with her legs and started
>getting agitated. How she even knew where the heck she was, I'll never
>know! I gave up and brought her into our bed, and she went to sleep.
>(Hmmmm....maybe I should bring one of our "pheromonic" blankets to her
>crib). Well anyway, everyone says that I should just leave her in her
>crib and not pay attention to the crying. My wife wants to let her
>cry for ten minutes and gradually work it up to 20 minutes or so or
>until the baby just goes to sleep.

I think your problem is the crib.  I know that once Erin became mobile, she
viewed her crib as a prison.  We bought a mattress and put it on the floor
for her.  She slept there immediately and there was no more waking up in
the middle of the night screaming.  Of course, if she woke up in the middle
of the night she'd come into our room.  But, believe me, this is far more
pleasant than having to get out of bed to comfort a screaming child.  You
just roll over, bring her into bed, and go back to sleep.  Then your husband
wakes up, takes her back to her room. 

I think that a lot of children don't like being confined.  They also don't
need to sleep with you as much as the reassurance that you're still there.
I moved both my kids into beds shortly after their first birthdays and it
was a big bonus for us.  
>
>Somehow, I am not comfortable with that idea either, just letting her
>cry her eyes out. It doesn't seem right. My wife doesn't think so,
>either. I asked the lady at work (she's from the West Indies) and
>she says she just lets her kid(s) sleep in the same room. What's wrong
>with that? Different cultures have different ways of doing things,
>right? I asked an RN why after zillions of years that kids need their
>own rooms (and $50 dollar shoes, for that matter), and did not receive
>a favorable answer. She said the cave dads probably threw the kid
>out of the cave.
>
>Any hints? Maybe a nice thin book dedicated to the subject? Thanks!
>
>
>Nick


-- 
Judy Leedom Tyrer

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"	- William Blake
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: ken@dakota (Kenny Chaffin)
Subject: Re: Puppy Surprise
Organization: U S WEST Advanced Technologies
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:12:38 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.201254.10112@watson.ibm.com> rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin) writes:
>We recently bought my 5YO daughter the "Puppy Surprise" doll from Hasbro.  
>The gimmick with this doll is that you buy a dog not knowing how many 
>puppies are inside the stomach (it claims to be 3, 4 or 5).  You're supposed 
>to find this out when you get home and open up the package (and the velcro 
>holding the dog's belly closed).  Anyway, my daughter wanted the pink one, 
>and when we got home we found that there were only 3 puppies.  She didn't 
>seem all that disappointed, but I felt as though I was ripped off.  We 
>figured that they put the small number of dogs in the popular colors, and 
>the 5 in something that no one else would buy.  

	God this sort of whining makes me crazy! Bill, you knew when you 
bought it there might only be 3 puppies inside. Now you're whining about it.
What's your problem. This is just like the people who buy a house under the
flight path of the airport cause it is such a good deal and the bitch and
moan about it!
	Then you go on to presume that the company is intentionally ripping
you off by cleaver psychological tricks. Well they might be, but why should
they. You knew what you were buying when you bought it and why should they
send you two more puppies for free--hell for all they know you've already
got five of 'em.

	Quit whining!

KAC
From: edavis@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Ellen Davis)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: need UPC symbols
Date: 11 Sep 92 13:31:46 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati


	First I want to say how much I have enjoyed reading
this group.  I have been a lurker for a few years now.
I have thought about posting my views a few times, but it
seems that someone else always says it way better than I
could have.

	I hope what I am going to propose is not considered
improper use of the net.  You see, I am trying to collect
40 UPC symbols from Kraft Macarroni and Cheese in order to
send away for a walkie-talkie.  Although my kids love
Mac & Cheese, I don't think we will eat 40 boxes by Dec 1992.
(If there were more time I wouldn't bother posting, I want to
send away for the walkie-talkies in time to have time for Christams)  
I have asked my co-workers and family to save the UPC symbols for me.
I only have about 5 now.  So, if anyone eats Mac & Cheese and
is not saving the UPC symbols, could you please send them to:

	Ellen Davis
	4104 St. Martin's Place
	Cincinnati, OH
		45211

Maybe we could start a coupon exchange?

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Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Tuesday, 15 Sep 1992 13:38:08 MST
From: <ICKAD@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Funny Things They Say (2.75 YO)

Last Saturday, we got a late start going grocery shopping and Jamie, who was
used to napping far earlier than he did that day, started to get fussy and
ornery.  From his seat in the grocery cart he started to kick my purse, which
was dangling from my shoulder.  I told him to stop, and he said, "But I don't
WANT to!!!"  I told him that if he wanted to kick a purse, he could get his
own.  He said he didn't have a purse, and I thought I'd playfully distract him
(or aggravate him :-)  by asking him the question he always asks me:

                  "How come?"

After a short pause, he replied, "Well, I don't have nipples, either!"
(*Well, he does, but they're decorative. :-)
--Jamie's Mommy (Karen Davis)
From: dsegelho@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Diane Segelhorst)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Skin problems during/after pregnancy
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:00:58 GMT
Reply-To: dsegelho@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Diane Segelhorst)
Organization: Annapolis Detachment, CDNSWC

Someone wrote (I think the attributes were messed up, so I deleted them)
>>> There has been some mention recently about skin changes during and
>>> after pregnancy.  

After each of my children were born, I developed a dermititus on my
upper arms, buttocks and thighs.  It looked sort of like little whiteheads
or pimples everywhere. It was so bad the first time I went to a dermatologist. 
She said it was nodules of extremely dry skin around each hair follicle.  
Apparently it was due to some reaction to the medication used in the 
epidural for my surgery.  The first time it took about 6-8 months to 
go away - I guess long enough to totally replace the skin layer.  This 
time it is worse - it is also on my lower arms and calves. After three 
months, some of the hard lumps are working their way to the surface, 
but I'm sure it will be several more months before it's gone.

Interestingly enough, I've never read about this as a possible side
effect.  Four other women I know who also had c-sections around the 
time Brad was born told me they had the same thing, though. 

Diane Segelhorst
dsegelho@oasys.dt.navy.mil
Mom to Brad, 2.1 years, and Carrie, 3 months
From: tigger@satyr.Sylvan.COM (Grace Sylvan)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Puppy Surprise
Date: 12 Sep 92 07:01:12 GMT
	<1992Sep11.151208.20292@ttinews.tti.com>
Distribution: na
Organization: Sylvan Associates


   In article <1992Sep10.201254.10112@watson.ibm.com> rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin) writes:

   [complaints about only getting 3 puppies in a toy that promised 3-5
   puppies in it deleted]

   >Needless 
   >to say we didn't buy any.  These folks could certainly learn something about 
   >customer satisfaction from Little Tykes and other toy manufacturers who will 
   >send you almost anything you ask for.  

I assume you mean that Little Tykes will replace parts that are BROKEN
to their products for free? There was nothing broken or missing from
your dog with puppies. They aren't making a profit shipping you the
puppies for $2 each.

In article <1992Sep11.151208.20292@ttinews.tti.com> reid@metis.tti.com (Reid Kneeland) writes:

   Christ, EVERYBODY expects something for nothing!  EVERYBODY wants somebody
   else to bear the responsibility for their own actions (like Mr. EuStress)!
   No wonder this country's in the shape it's in.

Well, sometimes things are free, sometimes they aren't. My car infant
seat had a recall, they sent out longer screws to install. When I
mentioned my complaint that the cover I had didn't stay on well, it
turned out that they had redone the covers, and they sent me a new one
free, too.

But just recently I called Evenflo to get my high chair fixed - I'd
fallen down and caught myself on the chair, and the mechanisms holding
the tray on both snapped. It's costing me $6 to get the two mechanisms
shipped out to me. It's really not bad - many mail order companies
start shipping and handling charges at $4.

Even if most of the 'Puppy Suprise' dogs only have 3 puppies, that's
fair and reasonable, they only promise you'll get at least 3 puppies!
It wouldn't be a suprise if they all had 5, now would it?  Hasbro is
actually being quite nice/fair in their willingness to ship you more
puppies at cost. Believe me, if they sold extra puppies in the store,
I bet they wouldn't cost $2 each! [I haven't seen the puppies, or
commercials for it, I just know how little $2 buys these days]

-- 

Tigger (Grace Sylvan)                Mom of Katherine Yelena, 8/8/89 &
tigger@satyr.sylvan.com              Robin Gregory born 2/28/92

 "It seems to me that our large goal is to find the ways to help our
 children become humane and strong."
 
              - Dr Haim Ginott quoted by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
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