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From: xxaj547@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu (Carmen Rusu)
Subject: Antibiotics allergy, 2yo
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 15:52:33 GMT

My 2yo was prescribed Amoxil for one week. After that a red non bumpy rash
appeared progressively starting from the head to toes. It disappeared gradually
after 3-4 days.
Doctor doesnt know yet whether is a penicillyn allergy or just a viral rash.

Anybody out there with a similar experience ?

Also my 2yo sleeps very badly since I had to start her on Ceclor for ear
infection. She wakes up every 1-2h during the night and cries. Any solutions ?
So far I decided to cut her dose to 1/2, ie to give the medicine in the 
morning only. Also I hate to have to give her another drug to calm the side 
effects of Ceclor (a cefallosporine antibiotic)
Any suggestions/simpathy most welcome 8^)...


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From: chirlian@fieser.brynmawr.edu (L.E. Chirlian)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: hunger strike stories
Date: 11 Sep 1992 10:36:42 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


	Libby (11.5 months) has been refusing solid food for the past
few days.  She's drinking plenty (formula and juice) so I'm not
worried about it; it's probably either due to teething or because
she's getting over the coxsakie virus (hand, foot and mouth disease
but I always think of it as hoof and mouth:-)).
	She absolutely refuses to be spoon fed.  She clamps her mouth
shut and makes the cutest face, I just love it!  I've tried giving her
the spoon but that just makes a great projectile.  She will eat a few
pieces of cereal, crackers, bits of whatever I'm eating so I've just
been putting an assortment in front of her and she eats whatever she
wants.  Mostly she likes to play "bombs away" and I pick most of the
food off the floor.
	I am interested in hearing any stories from any of you out
there who have gone through similar things.  How long did it last for
you?  Is this just the start of the fussy toddler eating period that
I've read about?  Any finger foods that were sure winners with your
child?  
	Just for the record, this has been discussed with our
pediatrician who is also not worried, I'd just like to hear about
other experiences.  
	Thanks,
		Lisa 
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 Lisa Chirlian                                  chirlian@fieser.brynmawr.edu
 Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
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Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: jbrindle@halcyon.com (Jennifer Brindle)
Subject: Re: what do people pay for daycare?
Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 21:38:10 GMT

I've paid daycare in two geographical areas--Atlanta suburbs and Seattle 
suburbs--and paid about the same price:  around $100/week for a non-potty-
trained child.  Here in the Seattle suburbs, I pay $86/week for a potty-
trained child although he isn't.  The day care is close to home (6 blocks)
affiliated with a church (good and bad), has large, spacious, CLEAN rooms,
plenty of toys, activities, and other good stuff, a large, fenced play
yard with two wooden playsets (one for the younger kids), and two rooms
with play equipment for when it rains.  Plus, I get wonderful feedback
and assistance from his teachers.

and, Brian just LOVES it there.

Jennifer
From: tigger@satyr.Sylvan.COM (Grace Sylvan)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: "Missing out" (was. re:  Justin...)
Date: 8 Sep 92 06:08:21 GMT
Organization: Sylvan Associates

I have video of chunks of both my kid's labors. The whole pushing
stage and birth and time after birth - and pieces of the labor before,
and some footage afterwards. For my daughter, we forgot about the
video camera, and forgot to do her newborn exam. For my son, we have
his full newborn exam, too.

When I watch the tapes (every once and a while) I am almost
overwhelmed with love and memories. It is wonderful to see their live
newborn faces, and kinda fun to see all the stuff I missed while in
the middle of labor (and how calm I seem from the outside, not what I
was feeling on the inside!!)
-- 

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
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: staffan@ca.serum.kodak.com (Kenneth Staffan (x37507))
Subject: Videotaping tips (was Re: Videotaping birth)
Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:11:31 GMT

One thing that I try to do, is to videotape lots of the other friends
and family members, as well as my wife and myself (though our son is 
probably still the main subject).  The reason I do it is that I get a
great kick out of watching my parent's 8mm movies.  Not so much the
ones of us - but the one's of _them_ when they were in the same period
of life as we are now...

Ken
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staffan@serum.kodak.com
From: kati@glnserv.UUCP (Lady Dragon)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Stitches
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 20:38:42 CDT
Organization: Vermi-net, Houston, Tx. 77098

> Moral:  BEFORE an emergency happens, find out where to take your children
> where they won't have to wait for hours.  Places do exist.
> --
> Judy Leedom Tyrer

Yes, but will they take your insurance?

* * email address: nuchat!xcluud!glnserv!kati * Houston, Texas, USA, Earth * *
From: riggle@adobe.com (Kathleen Riggle)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: reading list for dad-to-be
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:22:26 GMT
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated

In article <6SEP199222545171@trentu.ca> bwolfe@trentu.ca (BEN WOLFE) writes:
>In article <1992Sep7.011231.532@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, fod@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Frank O'Donnell) writes...
>>Would anyone have any suggestions for "must" reading for
>>a prospective first-time father-to-be whose partner has
>>just learned she is pregnant?
>
>Hello Frank, and congratulations to you both!
>
>For comic relief, there's always good old Dave Barry and his astutely
>titled _Babies and Other Hazards of Sex_.

Yes, but don't expect your wife to share your humor.  I usually love
Dave Bary, but for some reason the above-mentioned book was not funny
when I was pregnant.  I lost my sense of humor when I was pregnant.

Kathie

-- 
riggle@adobe.com
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: staffan@ca.serum.kodak.com (Kenneth Staffan (x37507))
Subject: Re: Warning kids about strangers?
Organization: Clinical Products Division, Eastman Kodak Company
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 17:34:38 GMT

>What is the appropriate age to start talking to children about
>strangers?

Our son is only 18 mos, but our friends have 4-yr-old twins.  Another thing
that they have done (besides talking with the kids) is make sure that they
can both recite their names, address, phone number (including area code!),
and parent's names.

Ken
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staffan@serum.kodak.com
From: haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Cornmeal for baby powder???
Date: 7 Sep 92 05:19:02 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: hobbes.ucsc.edu


Was it cornmeal or cornstarch?
-- 
haynes@cats.ucsc.edu
haynes@cats.bitnet

"Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an Art."
        Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: cma@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (christine.m.dakes)
Subject: Re: reading list for dad-to-be
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:23:52 GMT
Summary: "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book

> Would anyone have any suggestions for "must" reading for
> a prospective first-time father-to-be whose partner has
> just learned she is pregnant?
> 
> Material covering pregnancy, childbirth and early childhood
> parenting would be equally of interest.  In an evening at
> the bookstore I came up with "What to Expect When You're
> Expecting," which is a pretty good overall pregnancy guide,
> but was curious if there might be any real gems out there.
> 
> Frank
> frank@jplpost.jpl.nasa.gov


First, congrats.  I have the "What to Expect When You're Expecting"
book, the 2nd edition actually. I love this book, it "blows away"
the other books I have on pregnancy and childbirth.  And there is
a whole chapter for fathers-to-be.  I highly recommend this book.
You may buy it, or look for it at the library.  I think the 2nd
edition is the most current.  In fact, I think I read parts of this
book or consult this book almost daily.  It answered many questions,
and calmed many fears/concerns, and is reassuring to know that by
reading this book, I am not the only one that has certain feelings/fears.

Also, my local video place (Blockbuster) has 2 videos for fathers-to-be
if you are interested.  We've never rented them (yet), but have rented many
other pregnancy and childbirth videos there.  I've already seen videos
of childbirth, but my husband really had not, so they were great for him
to see.  

There are also childbirth/education classes you can attend with the
mother-to-be.  

Good luck, happy reading!

Christine
mom-2-b in Jan. '93

Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: minx@access.digex.com (minx)
Subject: Re: "Missing out" (was. re: Justin...)
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 18:00:52 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.024211.1933@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> lauraf@classy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Laura Floom) writes:
>Really? What that what he was saying? Well how very patronizing of him. If
>that is what he was saying then someone should tell Ben that we *were*
>discussing the issue on the net, and presumably, we were trying to become
>better informed! 
>
>Add me to the list of people who were offened by his post. I think he is a
>new poster to misc.kids, and probably doesnt realize that we are a pretty
>well informed group, and in the areas we are unsure of we ask the net. We
>dont need his type of mean-spirited lectures.

Hey, now wait a minute!  I've been following this thread for quite some
time and have been pretty quiet until now.  If I remember right, someone
posted that epidurals have no effect on the baby.  Ben posted something
that disagreed with that.  Then Mikki Barry posted something that also
disagreed with that.  Yet lots of people are pouncing on Ben and saying he
was being mean spirited and lecturing.  Could it be because Ben is male?

I chose pain medication too.  I chose to take demerol because I didn't know
what effect it might have on my labor and on my baby.  I was doing just fine
without it.  If I had known what might happen, I never would have taken it.
I'm glad that people are informing us of what can happen because my doctor
sure didn't.

Minx
From: skatz@bbn.com (Susan Katz)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Skin problems during/after pregnancy
Date: 14 Sep 92 23:07:56 GMT
Organization: BBN, Cambridge MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: kariba.bbn.com

There has been some mention recently about skin changes during and
after pregnancy.  I had several different minor skin changes, and I
was wondering if anyone else experienced these.  During pregnancy I
developed very small blisters (pinhead-size) on my hands and fingers.
I would get one every two-three weeks.  This didn't happen before and
hasn't happened since.  I went to a dermatologist (see problem #2 below)
who never heard of anything like this.  My OB/GYN had never
heard of this either.  This problem only occurred during my second
pregnancy.

The second problem I had was that I developed one plantars wart during
each of my two pregnancies.  Those were the only one's I've ever gotten.

After pregnancy, I developed "contact dermatitis".  I developed
cracked and chapped skin on the top of my hands (not the palm).  I
showed it to my OB/GYN who thought it might be an allergy to a baby
product.  It cleared up after a while.  One year later, I was talking
to a friend of mine who developed the exact same thing.  She said that
her OB/GYN sees this problem all the time at the 6 week postpartum
visit.  It is from washing your hands many more times a day than your
hands were used to.  She just used a good mosturizer, and it cleared
up!
Susan
From: tigger@satyr.Sylvan.COM (Grace Sylvan)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Family Bed
Date: 9 Sep 92 23:12:03 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Sylvan Associates

We have a king sized bed. Kathy slept with us until she was about 1.5,
then we moved her to her own bed in our room (we'd lift her after
she'd fallen asleep on our bed, initially) because of my medical
problem - I was bleeding with pregnancy, and I needed as much space as
possible to try and lay in a way to minimize the bleeding. We sleep
the baby next to Mommy, with a mesh kid guard on that side of the bed
to keep the baby on the bed!

Kathy used to stay in her bed through the night, coming into our bed
for an early morning nursing and then stay with us. Over time, she
came in less and less, although she does still climb onto our bed when
it's 'waking up time!' and visit with us for a few minutes before we
start our day. Robin is now on the king sized bed next to us, and he's
a bit more of a mover than Kathy way - he loves to squirm over until
he is laying right next to me. I just push him back when it bothers
me. But I love being able to nurse only 1/2 awake in a relaxed
position. It took a couple months for us to be able to do it, but it's
nice now that we can.

We've discussed how to make a huge family bed area, but haven't taken
any steps to do it yet (we might make one small bedroom all
mattresses).  I like having us all sleeping in one bedroom. We have a
thick cotton mattress protector under our sheets on the big bed, and I
just change and wash the whole thing if there's an accident (hasn't
been 1 for months). For the person who said they don't like sleeping
with the plastic mattress protector, I suggest putting a mattress
protector OVER the plastic, so sleep is more comfortable, although it
is one more piece to wash if there is an accident.
-- 

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
From: skejriwa@donald.WichitaKS.NCR.COM (Sangita Kejriwal)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: "Missing out" (was. re:  Justin...)
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:23:37 GMT
Organization: NCR Corporation Wichita, KS

<1992Sep3.140415.21359@ohrd.uucp>
Reply-To: skejriwa@donald.WichitaKS.NCR.COM (Sangita Kejriwal)
Followup-To: 
Distribution: 
Organization: NCR Corporation Wichita, KS
Keywords: 

In article <1992Sep3.140415.21359@ohrd.uucp> ohrd!crobshaw@cs.toronto.edu
(Catharine Robshaw) writes:
>choi@wk59.nas.nasa.gov (Diana Choi) writes:
>: (Diane Lin) writes:
>: 
>: Yep me too, notes ...but now I wish we had videotaped the whole thing
>: because right now, (7 months later) I would just LOVE to watch it.  
>: (And before I always thought videoptaping a birth was weird).
>
>
>I also wish I had videotaped the whole thing.  Is there anyone out
>there who has?  I have yet to meet anyone who has done this.
>
>Catharine
> 

We videotaped the birth event of both our boys...
Everytime I see these videos, it feels like the day
the birth actually happened ( & I always cry when
my babies made the appearance in this world & screamed
their lungs out!!!).  If we have another child,
we will DEFINITELTY videotape the event again!
                        Sangita.
-- 

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****************     Sangita.Kejriwal@WichitaKs.NCR.COM     ****************
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From: alison@husky.informix (Alison Suggs)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: what do people pay for daycare?
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:16:35 GMT
Reply-To: alison@husky.informix
Organization: Informix Software


Around here (East Bay, SF Bay area), daycare in a center, for infants,
is between $115 - 135 a week.  I didn't think those were outrageous.

Also, I'm astonished that people find those rates too expensive.  For
a 45-hour week, that's not even minimum wage.  How can we expect to 
receive outstanding child care for our children when we do not show 
the caretakers how much we value them by paying them a living wage?

Alison
From: sweeney@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Peggy Sweeney)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Names - nicknames
Summary: A resounding ME TOO!
Date: 11 Sep 92 21:28:46 GMT

In article <BuFKEH.794@acsu.buffalo.edu>, oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown) writes:
> In article <1992Sep11.155824.7041@electro.electro.com>, carlo@electro.electro.com (Carlo Sgro) writes...
> >In article <3548@master.CNA.TEK.COM> judyd@aspen.CNA.TEK.COM (Judy E. Drake) writes:
> > 
> >>4) Can't be shortened to a nickname.  I've never liked having a name
> >>(Judith) that's never used except for on forms.
> 
> 
> I can relate to that!  I was named Margaret Mary-Theresa Brown, 
> but my parents decided to call me Peggy even before I was born.
> I've always thought this was silly.  Since they wanted to call me 
> Peggy, I wish they would have just named me Peggy, even though 
> there is no St. Peggy (Catholics often name kids after saints).
> I never use my "real" name except for on forms and legal 
> documents.
> 
> This is a pain, especially because Peggy sounds nothing like 
> Margaret and many people *not* of Irish descent, do not know that 
> Peggy is a nickname for Margaret.
> 
> - Peggy -

YES! In fact, the Margaret/Peggy confusion is the reason that we named
our kids Kim and Kate -- not Kimberly or Kathleen or Katherine -- just
Kim and Kate -- with no middle names! 

I'm Peggy everywhere except my passport and drivers license -- and often,
when paying by check (imprinted with "Peggy") and producing a drivers  
license for verification (issued to Margaret), I have to explain that
Peggy is a nickname for Margaret. 

The kicker is that my parents (now dead) used Peggy in their wills, 
leading the lawyer to comment that it's a good thing I have a good relationship with my sister!  

Oh -- and to add to it, my husband, Edward Joseph, has always been known
as "Joe" to distinguish him from his father who went by Ed. So he too
was all for giving our kids simple names. 

Peggy Sweeney
From: janem@hpfcdc.fc.hp.com (Jane Marcus)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: toddler carseats
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:27:59 GMT
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.

We have a Gerry booster seat for our 4 year old.  In general, it has
worked out fine and our daughter appreciates being able to see more
out of the car.  The only problem was during a 6 day car trip during
the summer.  Emily complained that the booster seat made her stomach
hot (ie. the part of the booster seat that comes across her lap fits
close in to her stomach, and that made her hot).  I don't know 
if all booster seats are close fitting or not (BTW, my daughter is thin,
and a less thin kid would have it even closer fitting).  So you may
want to check out the design of a booster seat with this in mind.

Jane Marcus
jane@apollo.hp.com
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: salvaggi@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Nanette Salvaggio)
Subject: Re: Ultrasound in the delivery room vs fetal monitoring
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 17:27:17 GMT

In article <1992Sep04.020636.12465@news.mentorg.com>, alainew@gypsy.mentorg.com (Alaine Warfield) writes:
|> Why isn't ultrasound used more routinely in the delivery room
|> to check fetal position?  
|> 
|> Since my experience of having the doctor "discover" that my baby
|> was breech after 15 hours of labor, I have heard from several other
|> women who had the same experience.  I also know of people who ended
|> up with C - births after many long hours when it was discovered that
|> the baby's head was in the wrong position.  It took only 5 seconds for
|> the sonogram to show my baby's position -- it could have saved the
|> hospital 8 hours worth of caring for me (it's an HMO, so they have
|> to pay for their own mistakes).  The labor floor has to have an
|> ultrasound machine available -- why don't they use it more?
|> 
|> After the surgery, they told me that Kayla's cord was wrapped such
|> that she couldn't descend -- had they showed me this on the sonogram
|> before I agreed to have the surgery (like they let me have a choice!!) 
|> I would have been much less reluctant about "giving in" to the knife.
|> 


I agree.  After 25 hours of intense back labor and 2.5 hours of pushing
they "discovered my son was facing sideways" and vacuum extracted him.
If a two minute ultrasound could hae avoided this I would have been
very grateful. The vaccum extraction causes much pain and tearing.

Nanette (Philip's mom)
salvaggi@alnitak.kodak.com
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: day_kevran@tandem.tandem.com (Kevran Day )
Subject: Re: Names
Followup-To: misc.kids,rec.arts.startrek.current
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:23:10 GMT

In article <STEVES.92Sep10095156@kuwait.gdfwc3>, steves@gdfwc3 (Steve
Strauss) wrote:
> 
>  You mentioned that your sister has
> had "to correct people for the past 34 years".  Do you really want
> your child to have to do this?  Maybe I'm way off here, but I wouldn't
> put anyone through the possible teasing and confusion that an unusual
> name would cause.
====================================================================
> Steve Strauss                     gdfwc3!kuwait!steves@central.sun.com

As the possessor of an unusual (okay maybe I'm the only one) name, I 
never cared much about having to correct people or getting teased 
about my name.  I've been called everything imaginableably (is that a
word? is now ;-)close to my name, including Chevron, Caravan, Kervin,
ad nauseum.  

My favorite is when people say,  "What an unusual name, I've never
heard that before!".  And I respond with, "Strange, I've heard it all 
my life!".  ;-) ;-) ;-)

I've always tried to have fun iwth the fact that my name is different
from everyone else's.

Kevran (mom to Jason - 2YO and ??? due in Oct.)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: rdb1@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (ronald.j.deblock..jr)
Subject: Re: Names - nicknames
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:17:48 GMT

In article <56082@olivea.atc.olivetti.com> sweeney@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Peggy Sweeney) writes:
>
>YES! In fact, the Margaret/Peggy confusion is the reason that we named
>our kids Kim and Kate -- not Kimberly or Kathleen or Katherine -- just
>Kim and Kate -- with no middle names! 
>
>Peggy Sweeney
>

My brother's friend was named Chris at birth.  Not Christopher, just Chris.
Nearly every government agency/school/bank/whatever insisted on expanding
to to Christopher, even though he only wrote Chris on the forms.

This caused him major problems, especially when applying for a student
loan.  Because Christopher had not registerd with Selective Service, 
Chris could not get a loan.  Never mind that Christopher did not exist.

Out of frustration, he took the easy way out by having his name legally
changed to Christopher.

-- 
Ron DeBlock  rdb1@cbnewsj.att.com  (that's a number 1 in rdb1, not letter l)
AT&T Bell Labs   Somerset, NJ  USA
From: erik@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Erik Lode)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 18:04:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Understanding men (was: differences between boys and girls)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA