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From: sgauch@ccs.northeastern.edu (Susan Gauch)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Why am I so big?
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:33:17 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Comp. Sci. @ NU

In article <1992Sep30.194641.20944@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> cma@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (christine.m.dakes) writes:
>Hmmmmmm...I am at 24 weeks and am having my gluclose test tomorrow!
>I think this is the only time I get tested for it.......so does this
>mean I could still develop GD later on?
>
>Christine
>mom-2-b in Jan. '93

For some reason (doctor's aren't sure why) the placenta/baby/hormones interfere
with the body's ability to use the insulin that is present in the bloodstream 
- hence gestational diabetes.  The larger the placenta, the more it can
interfere with insulin absorption.  In other words, the farther along
the pregnancy, the more likely GD.  However, if there is no sign of GD
at, say, 28 weeks it's unlikely to become a problem.  

In my case, I had GD with the first baby.  I was tested early with my
second pregnancy, which I passed.  So, I was tested again several weeks later 
(which I barely passed).  They took a fasting blood sample every 2 weeks
from the date of the second test until delivery just to be sure it
was still under control.  I think I had 14 needles with pregancy number 2.


-- 
Susan Gauch
sgauch@flora.ccs.northeastern.edu
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From: nadja@jetsun.weitek.COM (Nadja Adolf)
Newsgroups: misc.kids,junk
Subject: Re: Female "Circumcision"
Date: 30 Sep 92 23:37:26 GMT
Organization: WEITEK Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Sep30.102331.15298@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mpevans@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark Evans) writes:
>nadja@jetsun.weitek.COM (Nadja Adolf) writes:

>>In article <1992Sep28.180113.4039@nwnexus.WA.COM> elf@halcyon.com (Elf Sternberg) writes:

>>PLEASE - don't donate to UNICEF until they agree to stop performing this
>>procedure in their childrens' hospitals. By 'medicalizing' the practice,
>>it is given greater legitimacy. The operation is also frequent in the

>Which is exactly what the AMA did for male circumcision in the USA.

If male circumcision were to correspond to female circumcision, you'd 
have to remove at least the glans penis.

>>Phillipines. If you have ever watched an infibulated woman walk - she takes
>>narrow, tight little steps since the band of tissue grabs and pulls 
>>and causes pain with every long step. Watching the Egyptian women's 
>>karate team is a revelation - they use very short kicks. It isn't funny.

>Anyone know why UNICEF are doing this, suggest that they be had up
>for misuse of funds if they are?

UNICEF performs it in hospitals in order to prevent immediate complications
from septicemia, hemorrhage, etc. This only encourages the practice.
It does nothing to stop the long range complications - death in childbirth,
infections of the kidneys, bladder and uterus, etc.
 

-- 
The Earth Pig Bourne....

nadja@node.com (prefered email address)
nadja@weitek.com
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From: foy@aero.org (Richard Foy)
Newsgroups: misc.kids,soc.women
Subject: Re: Names (don't do this to your kids)
Date: 5 Oct 1992 18:28:27 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aerospace.aero.org

In article <1992Oct3.001407.18551@jetsun.weitek.COM> nadja@jetsun.weitek.COM (Nadja Adolf) writes:
>
>There is a greater temptation to give funny names to girls than to boys.
>My father's family followed an old German custom of giving girls horrid
>names so that they would marry promptly. I have two cousins (sisters)
>named Mona and Lisa. An aunt named Florinda. 
>
> 
>
>-- 
>The Earth Pig Bourne....
>
>nadja@node.com (prefered email address)
>nadja@weitek.com


I was told, by people who should know, that Bill Lear, founder of Lear Jet 
etc, named his daughter, Chystal Shanda!

Richard Foy  Redondo Beach, CA         Standard Disclaimer
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: klj@cbnews.cb.att.com (karen.l.carr)
Subject: Re: Why am I so big?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:38:12 GMT

In article <1992Sep29.174707.7164@colorado.edu>, mwalker@taimyr.Colorado.EDU (Marilyn Walker) writes:
> ....  None of my literature discusses this.  What is it, and what does it
> mean?  Is is just a fluke, or something to worry about?  Hubbie suggested a
> third possibility - a very big kid - but that seems excessive for this early.
> Or is it?  I have eaten healthfully and exercised throughout, so a somewhat
> large baby would not surprise me.  I passed my glucose test no problem, nor
> has there ever been sugar in my urine.  

It might not be this, but I also never passed sugar in my urine -- except
1x.  At 32 weeks, I went in because I really didn't feel good.  They
checked me out and I did pass sugar.  My blood pressure was up that day
also.  So, that was the big worry, even though they had scheduled me for
the 4 hour glucose test the next week (I had passed my glucose test with
flying colors).

I really thought the test was a waste of time -- one of those which was
unnecessary.  The sugar in my urine was nil.  My glucose test came back
with some of the highest scores the nutritionist had ever seen.  Surprise!
I developed gestational diabetes at 32 weeks -- not the 28 they test for.

Now, some of my size was because Alison just is a BIG girl.  With the GD
under control, I still grew 4 cm my 38th week.  I was induced my 39th week
(wed-fri, off sat & sun, mon -- 4 days in total), which failed and had a 
cesearian 2 days before my due date.  Alison was only 8 lbs, 15 oz (big, 
but not overly so).  Oh, her gestational age, though, was calculated at 
42 weeks.  [Realize, though, that GD did raise my risk from low to medium,
and with my under control, but problematic blood pressure, I was more like
medium-high risk.]

At 1 month she was 12 lbs; at 2 months 15 lbs; and now at 4.5 months she is
about 18 lbs (she was 17 lbs, 12 oz at her 4 month appt 2 weeks ago).  If
she had kept growing like this in utero, she would have been HUGE by the
time she was ready to be born (she was really high in my uterus which is
why the inducing didn't work).  Oh, and up until this last month, she was
only breastfed.

Sooooo.....Gestational diabetes doesn't just occur at 28 weeks -- it can
occur later in the pregnancy.  I would look into it.  Then again, it just
could be that you have a) a big baby, b) a baby who is very high up
[hanging on your rib cage ;) ], or c) both (like me!).

	Karen
From: das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: How to get daughter more career-minded?
Date: 2 Oct 92 23:30:45 GMT
Organization: Yet Another Graphics Project, Bellevue, WA

In article <1992Oct01.010505.2228089@locus.com> judy@locus.com (Judy Leedom Tyrer) writes:
>>
>Yes, chill out!  She's four years old for heaven's sake.  This week she'll
>want to be a Mommy, next week an astronaut, the week after a belly dancer.

Or maybe she'll turn out like a friend of mine, and be all three of the
above. (Well, okay, she's not an astronaut, she's a computer scientist,
but she's also a Mommy and a belly dancer.)  :-)
From: adf@cs.utexas.edu (Angela Dappert-Farquhar)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: places to live in the USA
Date: 5 Oct 1992 10:21:15 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: dimebox.cs.utexas.edu

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? 

Also, since I am German and my husband is American we will have to
decide in which country we would like to live. If any of you have
lived in both countries could you contrast your experiences with
respect to managing jobs and child rearing in the respective
environments? I cannot really evaluate this since I never raised kids
in Germany and I never had a job in the US and I never, yet, had both
at the same time anywhere.

  Thanks a lot and cheers,

    Angela

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Department of Computer Sciences                     (512) 471-9576
Taylor Hall 2.124
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
From: bets@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Beth Schwindt)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Names (don't do this to your kids)
Date: 5 Oct 1992 10:40:43 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

In <4310220@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> joanne@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Joanne Petersen) writes:

>I knew a fellow named Peter Toy.  That doesn't sound too bad until you
>think about all the ribbing he got when the school roll call was done,
>as it usually was done last name first..... :-(

How about this one:  Dr. Peter Beter.  Just heard of him in a post
over on sci.space (I believe).  


Beth


-- 
The brighest day in America will be when education has enough funding and
the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a new bomber....My history
teacher (from the Wireless catalog) bets@matt.ksu.ksu.edu, bets@ksuvm.ksu.edu
Newsgroups: misc.kids,alt.sex
From: isc40041@nusunix1.nus.sg (LOO KOK HOE)
Subject: Re: Female "Circumcision"
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 02:16:46 GMT

Elf Sternberg (elf@halcyon.com) wrote:
: 
:    "As part of traditional cultural practices, between 20 and 74
: MILLION African, Indonesian and Malaysian females, mostly young girls,
: go through some sort of gential mutilation every year."  -
: International Women and Health Resource Guide.

1.  When is this "Guide" dated ?
2.  Is there a breakdown of figure BETWEEN "million"
of African, Indonesian & Malaysian?  How many are actually 
Malaysian & Indonesian ?
3.  Can u give  me an reference for this guide ? Such as
the ISDN number .....

: 
:    "In some sections of Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia and among certain
: Muslim groups, removal of the clitoral hood or, more extremely, the
: entire clitoris, is still performed today, usually a a part of the
: ritual passage into womanhood." - Khattab, A. A.  "Anti-Female
: Circumcision," (editorial) _Sexuality Today_, volume 6, pgs 1-3.

1. In some sections ? Any actual figure ?  If I find ten persons in
an  XXX  country doing it , can I conclude that " In some sections
of  XXX country, removal of the ..... "  ?
2.  What is the actual date of the "today" mentioned in the passage ?
3.  WHo is this "Khattab" ? An african, Indonesian or Malaysian ?

: 
:    Just thought I should make this clear.
: 
:          Elf !!!
:

Well, u are still not very clear !


George ( from Singapore ) 

ps Do  U  know where are Indonesia & Malaysia ?????

8)
 
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Subject: Re: How to get daughter more career-minded?
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:23:26 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories

Getting upset because a four-year-old girl doesn't want a job when she grows
up is, I agree, a bit much.  On the other hand, I very much doubt that
there's any one environmental stimulus that leads a child to choose one
path or the other.  Rather, it's her entire life experience, as it were,
that bends her in one direction or another.  And, whether we like it or
not, there are strong social pressures towards -- well, let's call it
it the traditional mother track; I really don't want to restart the
Mommy wars.

Anyway, my point is simple.  If we have a strong opinion on the matter --
as is clearly the case here -- it is incumbent on us as parents to supply
some input.  *Something* is going to happen; if you don't do anything,
you're accepting the random winds of culture.  (Not, of course, that
there are any guarantees that you'll get the outcome you want.  Nor am
I saying that one should pressure the child on a matter like this.  Provide
role models, yes.  Provide examples, yes.  Compell her, no.)

		--Steve Bellovin
From: sgauch@ccs.northeastern.edu (Susan Gauch)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Constipation and Feeding problems
Date: 25 Sep 92 13:57:28 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. @ NU

In article <19tcp8INNp9l@gap.caltech.edu> thogek@cco.caltech.edu (Thomas G. Kiefer) writes:
>
>Commonly-known dietary fact, particularly with infants: too much iron
>causes constipation.  How much is "too much" depends on the baby, but

While this is a "commonly-known" fact, it may be an old wives tale.
Parenting magazine had an article a year ago that said there was
no proven link between iron and constipation (or I believe it might
have been no link between iron and "digestive problems").  Anyone
willing to search the literature?  Ask sci.med?

>I've known at least one (who was on Enfamil With Iron) who was *quite*
>constipated.  That baby was *much* happier after she switched to
>Enfamil LOW Iron, and didn't even care if the bottle was warm or cold.
>
>Oh, and I think the baby who'd become anemic just for using a low-iron
>formula is rare.  (If it made them all so readily anemic, you think
>there'd be so much of it still on the store shelves?)  The baby

The risk of anemia is real.  You can't see mild anemia, the only way
to tell is with a blood test.  Most infants don't get one until
much older.
The American Pediatric Association (or some similar group) has lobbied
to try to remove "Low-IRON" formulas from the shelves, without success.

>mentioned above never had any signs of anemia.  My little girl's on
>Enfamil Low Iron, and having no such problems -or constipation- at all.
>
>(Note: We've asked some doctors/nurses why iron causes constipation,
>and none of them seemed to know.  I would GUESS (offhand), that, since

Perhaps because it doesn't?

>iron just *loves* to combine with stuff like oxygen (which is how oxygen
>is transported in human blood -- and how iron metal rusts), too much
>iron might have the effect of pulling oxygen out of the water in feces,
>leaving drier, less malleable feces (thus, constipation) and gas.
>Can anyone else comment on this?)

I'd say - add 1 - 2 teaspoons of corn syrup to each bottle, (formula is
already 30% corn syrup, a little extra can't hurt).  Use some prune juice
or, if on solids, try peaches or prunes each day.  Much safer - baby
isn't constipated and he/she still gets the iron.
-- 
Susan Gauch
sgauch@flora.ccs.northeastern.edu
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From: waseems@sco.COM (Waseem Siddiqi)
Newsgroups: misc.kids,alt.sex
Subject: Re: Female "Circumcision"
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:45:41 GMT
Organization: SCO Canada, Inc.

In article <1992Sep28.180113.4039@nwnexus.WA.COM> elf@halcyon.com (Elf Sternberg) writes:
>
>   "As part of traditional cultural practices, between 20 and 74
>MILLION African, Indonesian and Malaysian females, mostly young girls,
>go through some sort of gential mutilation every year."  -
>International Women and Health Resource Guide.
>
>   "In some sections of Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia and among certain
>Muslim groups, removal of the clitoral hood or, more extremely, the
>entire clitoris, is still performed today, usually a a part of the
>ritual passage into womanhood." - Khattab, A. A.  "Anti-Female
>Circumcision," (editorial) _Sexuality Today_, volume 6, pgs 1-3.
>
>   Just thought I should make this clear.
>
>         Elf !!!

No such operations are performed in Malaysia. They may have done in the old
times but not anymore. Though I have heard of it being performed in Africa
as part of cultural practices and not religious practice.

waseem

-- 
Waseem A. Siddiqi                                 Tel:   (416) 922 1937 
SCO Canada                                        email: waseems@sco.com 
Toronto, Canada                                          utcsri!scocan!waseems
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: sasdvp@unx.sas.com (David V. Phillips)
Subject: Re: Playground rubber mat?
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:46:48 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:

>In article <gmJ2RB1w161w@cdthq.UUCP> gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston) writes:
>>mma@bellcore.com (Mary M. Lau) writes:
>>
>>> I am looking for soft and durable to put under
>>> my daughter's outdoor swing set.

>All quotes from "Home Playgrounds", Merilyn Mohr, Camden House/Harrowsmith.

>Safe fall heights:

>10" masonry sand		11'2"
>8" natural pea stone		11'2"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You can ask any skydiver what it's like to land in pea gravel.  While
the new ram-air parachutes let us land extremely softly when we want
to, when attempting high accuracy landings we generally sacrifice the
soft landings in mad attempts to land dead center (ie. < 1 cm) from
our target.  The target is usually in a large bed of pea gravel.  The
pea gravel makes the landing quite tolerable.  

If you want to surround a playset with pea gravel, I'd just recommend
that you use some type of border to help hold it in and out of any
lawn.
--
David Phillips         sasdvp@unx.sas.com
Cthulu for President - Why choose the lesser of two evils?
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: jcbarthe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John C. Barthelmes)
Subject: Child Abuse
Originator: jcbarthe@rodan.acs.syr.edu
Keywords: Ideas, thoughts, experiences,...totally confidential 
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 17:54:20 EDT

Hi...
	Im doing research for a college paper and I need your
help.  The topic of the paper is Child Abuse and how different
people talk about it. (Its a writing class on rhetoric.)
	What I need is input from you! What I could use is:
*  Articles, news clippings, court rulings, factual stories, or
      ANYTHING that talks about Child Abuse.
*  References to other news groups that might be more helpful.
*  Your opinions and thoughts about Child Abuse.
*  Your experiences would be greately helpful. All names and sources
   will be kept totally anonymous. 

   What I need are your reactions, your thoughts, your feelings, 
   your experiences, your stories, anything you might think would
   help.  **Remember... this is about how different people talk
   about this delicate topic.  This is about your children.
   Immediate response by email, posting, or phone call (if local),
   would be greatly appreciated.
   All names and facts WILL be kept ANONYMOUS! All information that comes
   from you will be mentioned as this newsgroup being the source.
   I realize this is a strong and delicate topic. Please help
   in any way you think you can.
	Thanks in advance. Im waiting to hear from you!
					John C. Barthelmes
					jcbarthe@rodan.acs.syr.edu
        (phone # for local calls only, I cant afford collect...)
	       (315)443-6656           
-- 
|* John C. Barthelmes                | The meaning of life is       *|
|* jcbarthe@rodan.acs.syr.edu        |  to be happy...              *|
|* jcbarthe@syredu.bitnet            |  try not to hurt people...   *|
|* barthelm@jane.cs.fredonia.edu     |  and hope you fall in love!  *|
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: tina@bnr.ca (Tina Ley P015)
Subject: Re: 3 Month old cries when fed
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, BNR-RTP 
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 16:29:41 GMT

In article <25761@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, dsegelho@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Diane Segelhorst) writes:
|> For the last four days or so, my daughter Carrie (3.5 months) has been 
|> crying, screaming, arching her back and generally being distraught when 
|> being fed.  I KNOW she is hungry, but she doesn't seem to want to suck.  

|> Jane (daycare provider) has tried holding her snuggled close and tight 
|> for the bottle, holding her loosely and more sitting upright, and putting 
|> her in an infant seat.  Nothing seems to make much of a difference.
|> 
|> Carrie also has not been sleeping as much as normal during the day, 
|> (wakes up after 45 minutes or so) but sleeps all night without waking.
|> If the reason she is waking after only a short nap is her ears, I would
|> think she wouldn't be sleeping well at night either.
|
My little girl did the same thing at the same age. It turned out to be two
 things. First thing was she was getting gas at this age(for the first time)
and I was eating leafy veggies. That only compounded the problem.

Second was her teeth were starting to move at about that age (not coming throughbut moving under the gum) and it was uncomfortable to suck. It passes after
 about two weeks or so.


Tina Ley ... Megan's Mom (6months)
From: ramon@convex.com (Ramon Dominguez)
Newsgroups: misc.kids
Subject: Re: Names (don't do this to your kids)
Date: 2 Oct 92 18:36:08 GMT
Organization: The Arts Babblative and Scribblative
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

In article <BvI688.En5@acsu.buffalo.edu> oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown) writes:
=>I knew a man named Harry Peter.  He supervised a large clerical 
=>staff and was not well-liked, so making fun of his name was a 
=>common giggle.
=>
=>- Peggy -

I went to school for a year (he graduated after my freshman year) whose name
was Timber Dick.  No kidding.

-- 
Ramon Dominguez             | "Work is the curse of the drinking class"       
Convex Computer Corporation |                            --Oscar Wilde
ramon@convex.com            | "Ceci n'est pas une .signature file"
Newsgroups: misc.kids
From: day_kevran@tandem.com (Kevran Day )
Subject: Re: maternity clothes...L'eggs Maternity hose...
Followup-To: misc.kids
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:56:22 GMT

I found the catalog for the maternity hose, so I thought 
I'd pass the info along.

Showcase of Savings

Sheer Energy Maternity, Style No. 269OJ, 
Sizes A B or Q
Color No. Suntan(64), Nude(89),Taupe (16),
                Off Black(74), OffWhite (04)

In 3 pair Packs

1 pack           $  7.02
2 packs         $14.04
4 packs         $28.08    - $2.34  per pair

Phone 919-744-1170 24hrs per day, 7days per wk.


*** I have no connection with these folks!****

Kevran (mom to Jason - 2YO and ??? due in Oct.)
day_kevran@tandem.com
From: janem@hpfcdc.fc.hp.com (Jane Marcus)
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:12:15 GMT
Subject: Re: How to get daughter more career-minded?
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
Newsgroups: misc.kids

My 4 year old essentially wants to be just like me.  (Of course, I
realize that this is just a passing phase :-).  She wants to be a
computer engineer, because, as she says, "that's what women do".  
BTW, this isn't what I've taught her, it's what she extrapolated.
I think 4 year olds are busy trying to classify male and female
roles.  If a kid picks up on the fact that a woman she knows got
married and had babies, she may figure that this is a good thing for
her to do.  So what's the big deal?  It's just a phase IMHO, and she 
may or may not grow up wanting a traditional lifestyle.  The important 
thing is to show kids all sorts of role models so that they can feel 
free to pick their own career choice.

Jane Marcus
jane@apollo.hp.com
From: evelyn@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Evelyn James)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 19:30:03 GMT
Subject: Too Many NO's at Daycare
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA