cabbey

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Husband and father of one (and only one if I have any say about it) darling little boy (born late summer 2007)

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Aug 25	comment	How can I get my primary-schooler to remember to turn off the light? I envy you. I'd like to figure out how to keep mine from turning it off when I'm still in the room working. :)
Aug 25	comment	What techniques can keep a reluctant pre-schooler on a morning schedule? +1 for the carrot. Our son had his first taste of having to be ready for the bus this summer. With an 8am pickup time he had to be out of bed way earlier than he was used to. The idea of being able to sit on the stoop and blow bubbles while waiting for the bus made a huge difference in his mood.
Aug 5	comment	How do we teach our toddler that it's okay to go on the potty? +1 for the modeling, that was a great success for us. (though I'm not sure I'd go with the "sitting on dad's lap" idea myself.) We did it by bringing in his kid sized potty to the bathroom, and whenever we took him in to go (every couple hours, if he said he had to or not) then we'd sit on the big potty and he'd sit on the little potty.
Aug 2	comment	How should I deal with my toddler's difficult behavior towards food? @repecmps because they're two very different answers.
Jul 18	comment	Do you use number of weeks or day of the month to determine an infant's birthday? Possibly because you were off by a day: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_24 and more importantly: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar Mind you, back then they added an entire 13th month, that day just came and went periodically.
Jul 18	comment	Why does my child eat so slowly? I would vote this up, except for that last line. :(
Jul 18	comment	What size schoolbag is good for a first-grader? Added benefit of a rolling backpack (trolley as you call 'em over there) is that once a kid is used to that they know how to handle a rolling suitcase in an airport. Our pre-K little one is so used to dealing with his at pre-school that he almost dealt with a much larger bag the whole way the last time we flew to grandma's. Kept him occupied and one less bag for me to fight with. Win-Win.
Jul 18	comment	Do you use number of weeks or day of the month to determine an infant's birthday? +1 date-nerdery for knowing the 25th is the leap day.
Jul 18	comment	Do you use number of weeks or day of the month to determine an infant's birthday? did you mean " Once the child is 8 weeks old, switch to counting months." ?
Jun 28	comment	How long is breastfeeding effective and worthwhile? Probably because it doesn't actually answer the question that was asked. (though it kinda sorta answered the old title.)
Jun 3	comment	Are there any allergic-friendly alternatives for peanut butter & jelly? Ah, I missed the age range, I suppose it makes more sense then.
Jun 1	comment	Are there any allergic-friendly alternatives for peanut butter & jelly? Wow, are they really telling you not to send peanuts because one other kid in the class has nut allergies? I'm kinda shocked.
Jun 1	comment	We're looking to get pregnant - what can we do to optimize our chances? There's one item on Technique that is missing here. Both partners need to orgasm, and he needs to be first. The muscle contractions of the woman's orgasm have been shown (literally, with fiber optic cameras inside the vagina) to help get more semen into the fallopian tubes to be exposed to the egg by way of more of it being picked up by the cervix and brought into the uterus.
Jun 1	comment	When should a toddler get out of the oral fascination? Very good thought, and one we considered as well but I forgot to mention. I'll update.
May 31	comment	When should a toddler get out of the oral fascination? Good thought, I'll ask his speech teacher (he already has one). And yeah, the gum idea is horrifying. We've tried a couple of alternatives he was allowed to chew on... they weren't preferable apparently.
May 24	comment	What are some ways to teach a child how to spit (after brushing their teeth)? I've been working on this very issue with my son lately... the problem doesn't seem to be knowing how to spit the toothpaste out when he's done, so much as not swallowing it constantly during the process so that there is something left to spit out.
May 24	comment	Is starting a small fire a good way to the explain dangers of flammability? +1 the BEST "don't play with matches" education I ever got in school was when we went on a field trip, ostensibly to a nearby zoo to see the baby owls, but it just happened the bus route went through a state forest that had been gutted by fire just a couple weeks prior. The bus driver slowed down so everyone could get a good look/smell, and one of the teachers gave a fire-and-brimstones lecture from the aisle. At the zoo, after seeing the owls, we also "got" to see the deer and bears that had been hurt by the fire.
May 21	comment	How do I deal with a child that refuses to do a chore or task? uh, yeah... you'll note I used the word "reward" right in the answer....
May 20	comment	How do I make sure I don't mix up identical twin newborns? While that is true, it takes a while to learn to tell the differences. Until then, the dab of nail polish is a great idea.
May 16	comment	How should a stepfather respond to “You are not my Father!”? Ignoring the above concerns, stooping to the boy's level is a poor choice, as the adults in the conversation we really should do better than that.