cmhjjh

@cmhjjh (98)

United States • Age 44

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What project are you working on?

cmhjjh @cmhjjh (98) • United States 5 Feb 10

I am currently working on the largest cross stitch pattern I have done a 9"x12" for my grandma. It seems to be taking forever but I am hoping to have it done in a couple months I have been making myself work on it a little...

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Birthday money

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 20 Jan 10

When your kids get Birthday or Holiday money what do you do with it? Do you allow them to spend a portion of it? Put it all in the bank? Give some to Church? My kids get a few $ for their b-days. I usually put it in their piggy...

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cmhjjh we have done what you have also we keep it until we get to the bank to put it in their savings account. I do see some peoples points that people may have wanted the kid to get something they really wanted with the money but kids these days have soooooo many...

20 Jan 10

Pregnancy.... First Time Mothers... How to deal with it?

sparklingpink @sparklingpink (41) 19 Jan 10

hello. i just got married last december. looking forward of having a baby soon. but im just wondering how is it to be pregnant? the feeling beyond having a baby for the first time in your womb. how do you feel while seeing your...

pregnancy

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cmhjjh I am now a mother of 2 but remember very much the fear of the unknown about being pregnant. It is weird at first because you find out your pregnant but your boby really hasn't changed much. I had the morning sickness though and very tired so I felt different...

19 Jan 10

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First tooth!!

magrylouyu @magrylouyu (1627) • United States 19 Jan 10

My baby girl is only 6 1/2 months. My two older girls were late with everything but turned out perfect. My little girl cut her first tooth yesterday morning. I was so excited and just kept telling Dakota all about it. Then this...

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cmhjjh How each child is do different. My oldest son didnt' walk until after 1 and barely crawled he was around 7 months with his first tooth and didn't really talk much until 2 1/2. My 2nd a girl didn't have any teeth until 1, she was crawling at 6 months, and is...

19 Jan 10

What does your child want to be when they get older?

cmhjjh @cmhjjh (98) • United States 18 Jan 10

Last night after my son's bedtime story we turned off the lights and were looking at his glow in the dark solar system. Now we have done this many times and he has told me many times he wants to fly to Saturn. Well last night I...

dreams

future

kids

Do you let your son play with dolls?

tanniebabe78 @tanniebabe78 (2934) • United States 17 Jan 10

Why or why not? Call me ancient, but I kind of find it a little disconcerting to see a boy playing with dolls. I know it is common these days and even encouraged because it teaches them baby care for when they are older, but I...

boys

dolls

play

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cmhjjh I have 2 kids a 4 year old son and a 1 year old daughter. Before my daughter was around my son didn't even know what a doll was. But now we have a girl and she has a couple dolls and he does like to play with them a little but not so much that it makes me...

18 Jan 10

Do your kids drive you crazy?

tanniebabe78 @tanniebabe78 (2934) • United States 17 Jan 10

I know this is a taboo subject and I will probably get virtual tomatoes thrown at me, but mine do! I have always been one of those people that gets along with kids part time. I'm the best babysitter ever, but my own kids drive me...

attitudes

behavior

kids

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cmhjjh I don't think that you are alone with the kids driving you crazy. Every normal mom has that feeling now and then and if they don't I want to know their secret. I love my kids sooooooooooooooooo much but everyday at least once a day they drive me nuts it may...

18 Jan 10

do all dads want thier sons to be football players???

beutfulmama6701 @beutfulmama6701 (1718) • United States 17 Jan 10

OK i have 3 children, the youngest a boy, our only boy.He's 2 and boy is he fast! hes tall and skinny.. he can throw a ball really good for his age too! I say SWEET hes going to be the next derek jeter!! ( me yankees fan----...

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cmhjjh My husband and I have a son and I he doesn't want him to be a football player so no not all dad's want their son to be football players. It's a good thing he doesn't want him to be a football player because my 4 year old son told us he is goin to fly to Saturn...

18 Jan 10

How do I discipline my child

evans_33ke @evans_33ke (125) • United States 17 Jan 10

Hallo everyone. I came from an African country sometime in December to settle in the United States of America. I have a two and a half years old son. At times he defies what he is told and does very weired things. Talking to him...

discipline

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cmhjjh i have a 1 1/2 yr old daughter that is a spit fire if she doesn't get what she wants she will just scream and scream the biggest thing is not to give in and give it to them when they do this because then they will learn that if they scream enough they will get...

18 Jan 10

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Ear infections.... are they contagious

beutfulmama6701 @beutfulmama6701 (1718) • United States 17 Jan 10

OK two weeks ago i took my son to the doctors he has a really bad ear infection and it turned out that he punctured his ear drum. They put him on an antibiotic and told me to keep his ear clvered to prevent any toxins from...

ear infections

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cmhjjh As Jae said the ear infection itself is not contagious but the cold that they most likely had before the ear infection is and if the other child picks up the cold and is unable to get over fast can have it settle into an ear infection also.

18 Jan 10

Children's lack of interest in Reading or Education in general..

GADHISUNU @GADHISUNU (2162) • India 17 Jan 10

The one thing that worries me is the present generation by and large is not truly interested in Learning. TV and other Visual Media(Computer Games, Movies) are to blame primarily. Somehow they(the kids of today) seem to have no...

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cmhjjh I think this problem starts very early on when kids are born if the parents don't read to kids and help them get in a learning attitude as a young child then that will carry over to school ages. My son is in 3 yr old preschool and we always ask him what he did...

18 Jan 10

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Silly can be a blast!

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 17 Jan 10

My adult daughter and I had a day out yesterday. We went to eat at our favorite place then we went to the mall. We had so much fun. It's great when your kids turn out so good! We were at the mall and had this spontaneous moment of...

glasses

hats

mother daughter day

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cmhjjh My mom and I have not always been really close but we have always been able to be silly together even when our relationship wasn't the strongest. I come from a musical family my mom sings as do I and when I was a teenager my mom and I sang this song as a duet...

18 Jan 10

What do you do to make your children love reading/book?

Zhizho @Zhizho (1350) • Indonesia 17 Jan 10

I love reading especially read book or fairy tale for my kid.I want he love book and reading too. He still two years old but he love book and need to hear fairy tale before sleep.I love to carry him to book shop.How about you?...

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cmhjjh I had always tried reading to my kids but my son wasn't really into it until recently he is now 4 but I am glad that he came around we read daily now and I cant' wait until this summer to get books at rummage sales. My daughter is 1 and she still won't sit...

18 Jan 10

Socialization and Children

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 16 Jan 10

I've been involved in a local playgroup with my children since my daughter was almost four and my son was a month old. This has been great for both of them socially. They are better around their peers than children who are never...

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cmhjjh Well my kids have never had to go to daycare so they never got a lot of socialization unless we had playdates or something I tried to do something at least once a week to help my son get use to be around other kids but we didn't really know anyone with a boy...

18 Jan 10

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When do you start teaching your kids on financial planning?

Lee Ka @kaka135 (14970) • Malaysia 16 Jan 10

I just read an article about teaching kids how to do financial planning, we can start teaching them when they are preschoolers. I suppose it's 4 years old and above. We can give them 3 piggy banks, for them to separate the money...

financial education

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cmhjjh I think this is a question many parents struggle with and what the parents does probably is very much affected by how well they finance their own money. My oldest is 4 and we have put any money that we has gotten up to this point in his savings but we have...

18 Jan 10

do you hate your parents?

rosey19 @rosey19 (951) • Philippines 16 Jan 10

One of the commandment of God is to "Honor your father and mother". Parents are not perfect. Some parents are so brutal when disciplining their children. Some are fighting, yelling in front of their children. Some are so strict...

hatred

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cmhjjh my mom and I were talking about this the other day. She has a friend that when her kids were teenagers they would tell her that they hated her. While me and my siblings had our fair share of arguements with our parents one thing we never did was tell them that...

18 Jan 10

What the Church means to you...

Avinigav @Avinigav (238) • Indonesia 18 Jan 10

Church... a place for somebody to find God, pray to God, or just seeking for calmness. For me, church is a place for gather together and worship God. Do some church srvice. When I was in church, it feels so calm. I love to be...

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cmhjjh For me church is not only a place to be able to worship and renewed but a place to build relationships with other Christians that will help keep me accountable through out the week and my life.

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Fight with bedtime?

cmhjjh @cmhjjh (98) • United States 15 Jan 10

My 4 year old son doesn't take naps anymore for the most part. Days he doesn't nap betime is fine but from about 4:30ish to bedtime he is a bear. Days he does take a nap bedtime is usually drawn out to about 10ish. What to do? I...

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If BMW had to discountie one of it's models what do you think it should be?

cmhjjh @cmhjjh (98) • United States 15 Jan 10

My husband loves BMW we own a 2001 740i and we also had a 525i at one time but not anymore. I like all of their coupe styles. Wish the SUV had a little more BMW quality. I don't know which one of all their models I would stop if I...

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Catholic vs. Luthern vs Baptist etc

cmhjjh @cmhjjh (98) • United States 15 Jan 10

I am a Christian and my dad always told me that we as Christians need to focus on the similarties of our beliefs and come together as a body of Christ to bring more people to God. What is your thoughts about all the different...

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