| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| FAVORITES | 12/9/2008 | Stephanie |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: is it possible for a kid to favor one of their parents ...
A: Sorry, I thought I answered this question, but the system tells me you didn't get the message so I ...
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| LEAVE ME ALONE | 12/6/2008 | Stephanie |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: why does my parents not like me to go to adult shops, ...
A: I'm not sure why you posted this question to stay at home parenting... is it because you still live ...
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| LEAVE ME ALONE | 12/6/2008 | Jennifer |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: why does my parents not like me to go to adult shops, ...
A: Well, the answer is simple. They don't like it because they are your parents. Even though you are ...
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| Need help | 12/3/2008 | Stephanie |
Q: Could men be as good at fostering kids as females? I like kids and would want to be parent of one. ...
A: Did you receive my answer on this question? The system shows that you didn't which puzzles me ...
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| Need help | 12/3/2008 | Jennifer |
Q: Could men be as good at fostering kids as females? I like kids and would want to be parent of one. ...
A: Of course it is possible for you to care for a child. Does your future fiance' live with you? ...
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| potty training and eating habits | 12/3/2008 | Stephanie |
Q: My daughter is 13 months and I got a potty for her to start training her. When I find that she is ...
A: Hmm, well I'm not sure that you want to "discipline" a child to eat properly. The last thing you ...
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| potty training and eating habits | 12/2/2008 | Stephanie |
Q: My daughter is 13 months and I got a potty for her to start training her. When I find that she is ...
A: I think it's great you're starting your daughter on potty training.... many wait until their kids ...
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| Being a mom in the military | 11/22/2008 | Dena Marie |
Q: Just wondering if you were a mom while you were in the military and if so, how hard was it to ...
A: Jamie~ I was active duty NAVY while pregnant and after my daughter was born. As soon as my term ...
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| 2 kids | 10/22/2008 | Stephanie |
Q: I am a stay at home mom for our two children, 3 years and 10 months. My 3 year old goes to preschool ...
A: Well... you haven't told me whether you have access to playgroups... but in my experience, ...
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| Working ladies | 7/8/2008 | Dena Marie |
Q: I am a working lady, engineer by profession. Now I am 4 months pregnant want to quit my job after my ...
A: Bushra, I will have to say, the decision to stay home after you have your baby is not a ...
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| Some personal questions | 7/7/2008 | Dena Marie |
Q: "Great explanation of yourself. However, I would like to know how you juggle time to have you time? ...
A: WOW, you have many questions and I will do my very best to answer each one. So here goes: To be ...
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| Schedules/Activities for the day | 7/7/2008 | Dena Marie |
Q: I also am a stay at home mom and have two children (a daughter who is 3yrs and a son who is 19mos). ...
A: Connie, With your disability determining the amount of energy you may of may not have for the ...
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| Do you like being at home all the time? | 7/3/2008 | Dena Marie |
Q: I was wondering if you enjoyed staying at home all day until your kids come home. I mean, do you ...
A: What a great question! To answer your question...YES I like being at home waiting for my children to ...
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| 4 yr old daughter | 6/29/2008 | Dena Marie |
Q: Anastasia is our oldest of 3. She is very stong willed. She is often influenced by other kids' bad ...
A: I will have to say, I feel your pain. My youngest is 2 and is very rambunctious. They sound like ...
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| SEEN BETTER DAYS | 6/26/2008 | Dena Marie |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: when my mum retired from work and when I went out places ...
A: Well let me just say one thing...they love you. So, with that said try to understand that they only ...
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| SEEN BETTER DAYS | 6/26/2008 | Stephanie Rogers |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: when my mum retired from work and when I went out places ...
A: I am assuming that when your mother retired from her career, she did it with no regrets and looked ...
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| SEEN BETTER DAYS | 6/26/2008 | Stephanie |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: when my mum retired from work and when I went out places ...
A: How is this a question about parenting--do you mean how your parents parent you? I can't really ...
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| SEEN BETTER DAYS | 6/26/2008 | Dena Marie |
Q: I was wondering would you please tell me: when my mum retired from work and when I went out places ...
A: Cameron, I have seen this question answered before by another expert. I myself have given you what ...
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| Messy house! | 5/23/2008 | Jennifer |
Q: I have a 2.5 years and a 10 months old. I am finding very dificult to keep anything close to clean. ...
A: Boy can I relate! What I have found over the last 6 yrs of being a mom is that I have had to lower ...
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| SCHEDULE FOR ADOPTED 7 MONTH OLD | 3/3/2008 | Jessica Harrell |
Q: I adopted a boy and just brought home this week He is 7 months old and weight almost 13lbs. I ...
A: Elizabeth, I will be completely honest with you upfront. Schedules are going to serve you simply as ...
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| lots of kids, problems with discipline | 2/13/2008 | Stephanie |
Q: I'm a stay at home mom who also watches my niece and nephew, as well as a friend's child. I watch ...
A: You have a classic problem... as you said, lots of kids, and only two hands! In one way you're ...
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| Breast feeding and routines | 7/25/2007 | Stephanie |
Q: ny times should i breastfeed him once I do start? When he wakes up in the morning should I should I ...
A: The groups I've been associated with (ASAC, La Leche League) would advocate continuing with ...
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| potty training | 6/13/2007 | Jennifer |
Q: i'm a stay at home mom of a 2 year old daughter..she does pretty great with going #1 in the potty ...
A: Is she doing both #1 and #2 in her undies? After you put her undies on for the day are you giving ...
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| socialization | 6/13/2007 | Stephanie Rogers |
Q: i have a 2 year old daughter who doesn't get a lot of time around other children and i'm noticing ...
A: This is an expert site but with questions like these all I can offer is my opinion. I would not put ...
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| Discipling my 14 months old | 5/28/2007 | Jessica Harrell |
Q: i'm a 21 year old mother. I'm going insane trying to get my 14 months old daughter to grow up the ...
A: I am SOOOO sorry that I haven't emailed you sooner. For some reason, hotmail keeps filtering my ...
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| tips for managing kids close in age | 5/16/2007 | Stephanie |
Q: , Well I'll just jump right into it... I am a married 22 year old stay at home mom of a 17 month ...
A: Well, you have some pluses and minuses there. Your husband can't help much... which can be really ...
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| schedule | 5/14/2007 | Stephanie |
Q: ineed arough idea what type of schedule ishould follow for my 3 yr old
A: Assuming you don't have any older childen or part-time jobs to deal with, I would say a good ...
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| Parenting web site | 5/2/2007 | Dena Marie |
Q: I've just created a new web site, www.lisajacobsathome.com for young parents, I too am stay at home. ...
A: I went to your site and it looks great! I think you have done a fine job with it. I actually ...
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| babies close in age | 1/2/2007 | Cheri |
Q: I have a six year old daughter and a 4 and a half month old daughter and just found out I am ...
A: Congratulations! Try not to stress too much....it really isn't that bad. Now twins....that would ...
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| Books | 12/12/2006 | Jennifer |
Q: This is a question for you. With all the books out there today about being amother and a women. What ...
A: I am so sorry that it took me so long to answer your question. My computer has been down and I am ...
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| feeding my 8 month old | 12/4/2006 | Jessica Harrell |
Q: i was just wondering what i can feed him ( from the table ) and what i cant feed it! i am so scared ...
A: Laura, I am SOOO sorry this is getting to you this late. I never received your question and ...
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| potty nightmare | 12/1/2006 | Stephanie Rogers |
Q: pleaseeee help. i have two beautiful daughters of age 6months and 2 and a half years. my two and a ...
A: I truly feel for you. With five children I have tried everything and I am sorry to say there is no ...
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| Potty-training | 7/31/2006 | Stephanie |
Q: I was jus wondering if you could tell me why my 3 yr old boy wont use the potty at home but he will ...
A: Yes, things are different nowadays. Both our kids finished pottytraining around the age of two but ...
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| Potty Training | 7/20/2006 | Stephanie |
Q: When is a good age to start potty training? I have trained my daugher to use pull ups but she still ...
A: I was just reading Supernanny's book and she says it's best to start around the age of two when ...
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| Weaning from brestfeeding | 7/18/2006 | Stephanie |
Q: My daughter is 8 1/2 months old. I am trying to wean her but she will not drink from a bottle/sippy ...
A: We went through something similar when our first baby was much younger: only about 6 weeks old. I ...
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| potty training | 6/1/2006 | Stephanie |
Q: I have a 4 1/2 year old son. Our problem is having bowel movements in the potty. He is supposed to ...
A: It sounds like you have made some progress and at 4 1/2 he is probably aware of his bowel movements ...
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| sweet problem | 1/13/2006 | Cheri |
Q: ok this isnt directly about parenting but i thought you may be better qualified to answer than any ...
A: Not exactly my field of expertise........but if it was something my kids had on their clothing and ...
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| discipline | 11/5/2005 | Stephanie |
Q: I have a 4 yr old girl that whines and argues alot. What do you think would be a good discipline ...
A: It's tough when kids whine and argue. You want to deal with the problem, but sometimes it gets on ...
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| breastfeeding and tooth decay | 10/15/2005 | Stephanie |
Q: How common is tooth decay in children who get to nurse as they want/need to? My 2.5 year old still ...
A: I have heard answers on this question both from breastfeeding advocates (who deny that breastfeeding ...
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| weaning | 6/13/2005 | Stephanie |
Q: I am a mother of a ten month old girl who has been exclusively breastfed. I want to stop nursing at ...
A: I think the thing to do is to start feeding her age-appropriate food and get her used to the sippy ...
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