smartmom

@smartmom (826)

United States • Age 48

Joined myLot 19 years ago

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would you rather be a friend or mother to your kids?

Malitah @Malitah (29) • Philippines 19 Mar 09

rasing kids now a days seems to be a tough job. I remember when I was just a little girl if my parents or anybody older than I am ask me to do this or that, i'll earnestly obey them right away. I'm so happy that people praising...

friend

guidance

mother

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smartmom I believe that my children need me to be their mother more than their friend. They can get friends in school, but a mother's unconditional love cannot be substituted by friendship. I also think that children needs to have limits, and this is one of the jobs of...

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when going to the mall, where do you go first?

donnakristel @donnakristel (1704) • Philippines 19 Mar 09

when i visit the mall, i go directly to the comfort room! yes, you read it right, to the powder room. i check my face and apply powder and lip balm. because i am so sure that i can bump a friend or two at any mall. and the lights...

mall

shopping

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smartmom I usually start at JCPenneys, as I love to browse their clearance racks. This is also one of the places that I often have gift cards and coupons for, so it makes it worthwhile shopping there.

20 Mar 09

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Paid to click, are they worth the time?

laydee @laydee (12798) • Philippines 20 Mar 09

Do you think these paid-to-click schemes are worth the time?

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smartmom I have found a few that are worth my time, while a lot of them I won't bother with. I have had the most success with Inboxdollars and sendearnings.

20 Mar 09

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Buses in my local area

maximax8 @maximax8 (31042) • United Kingdom 19 Mar 09

I was shocked to find out that my local bus company will soon be stopping a few of its services. There will no longer be buses to some towns and villages and none of them have train stations. People living there that don't drive...

buses

changes

stopped

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smartmom I live in an urban area and here the buses are full. More people are using public transportation, as they can no longer afford to have their own vehicle. It is sad that they are stopping some of the routes in your area.

20 Mar 09

Its my fathers birthday soon, what shoul I get him?

anetteh @anetteh (3590) • Sweden 13 Aug 07

My father will be 63 this year. He as gone to be a stayhome man and retired from his work this summer. He say that he suppose to just have fun. Now, his burthday is coming soon and I do not know what to give him. Do anyone have...

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smartmom What about a gift certificate to an airline, a ticket or two to a show, or something that he is interested in. What is his interests? You could also get him a travel book, or even the entertainment book, so that he can get a little encouragement to have some...

13 Aug 07

Where do you do your grocery shopping?

cassidy22 @cassidy22 (2974) • United States 13 Aug 07

DO you prefer to go to farmer's markets? Or do you shop at large chain grocery stores? my husband and I are actually trying to grow most of our food at home. If not, we like the farmer's market, and we try to shop at the...

groceries

produce

shopping

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smartmom I wish I could do what you are doing. I do grow some tomatoes, some lettuse, peppers, chillis and some herbs and spices, but we do not have much space to grow vegetables on. I sometimes go to the farmers markets, and about once every two months I go to...

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My one year old son.... not yet eating solid foods?!

selina0625 @selina0625 (1379) • Philippines 11 Aug 07

I need help from the experienced parents here in Mylot! My son is already one year old and a month now but still he doesn't eat that much solid foods. He only likes to eat banana and sometimes ripe mango but that's all. He doesn't...

parenting

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smartmom I had a very difficult time getting my youngest son, who is now 18 months, to eat solid foods. He really did not start eating solids until he was 11 months old, and he is quite a picky eater. I nursed him until 12 months, but I started weaning him at 11...

12 Aug 07

Did you catch this weird news story?

tmgenterprises @tmgenterprises (82) • United States 11 Aug 07

I was reading a news piece yesterday about a couple in New Zealand who tried to name their baby son 4Real. The government said you can't use numbers in a name so now they are trying Superman (but they say that he'll always be...

parenting

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smartmom My youngest son Skyler Kai was christened in Denmark, and we actually had to seek approval for it as well. In Denmark there is a list of approved names, which you can choose from (which basically covers every name of every person in Denmark). If your name is...

12 Aug 07

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Baby Ashton was born

stacy624 @stacy624 (2776) • Canada 9 Aug 07

Hi everyone, I'm really excited to announce the birth of my son Ashton David Born Aug 7th at 4:AM weighing 7 pounds 12 Ounces. The Labor was short and very painful but got threw it. He is perfect born right on his 40 weeks! As far...

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smartmom Congratulations Stacey, he sure looks wonderful. I simply love his name, it is so creative.

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Is your child a picky eater?

tinamwhite @tinamwhite (3252) • United States 7 Aug 07

My 5 yr. old does not eat anything with cheese in it except pizza and he usually tears off the other toppings and then throw the cheese off to the side and eats the crust.... He will not eat macaroni and cheese... He loves...

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smartmom Yes, I would certainly call my sons (age 1 and almost 5) picky eaters. They are picky in each their own way though. My oldest son loves potatoes, rice, beef, steak, chicken, Jamaican cooking, Indian cooking, spicy food, broccoli, lettuce etc., but he hates...

10 Aug 07

Can you have fun for free?

gmakesmoney @gmakesmoney (2923) • United States 27 Jul 07

What are some of the ways that you have fun without having to spend any money? I know there are things like walking, going to the park, relaxing in your back yard, playing games online, window shopping (which never ends up free...

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smartmom We live in South Florida, and the beach is our absolute favorite free thing to do. My husband and I usually take our boys on Sunday mornings before he goes to work, and then I take them once during the week as well. We also have some great parks here in...

5 Aug 07

What Products to You Use Over and Over Again to Save Money?

momsunited @momsunited (61) • United States 28 Jun 07

If you have toddlers, you know how expensive the little swimmers can be. I have a friend that will literally wash them in the washing machine, air dry them and use them over and over again (as long as they don't get muddy!). She...

frugal living

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smartmom The thing that we reuse over and over again are the 1 gallon water bottles that we fill up at the convenience store.

5 Aug 07

What items do you reuse to save money?

wiccania @wiccania (3360) • United States 31 Jul 07

Is there something that you reuse at home or "recycle" in a unique way to save money? What is it? I reuse newspaper. I get the Sunday paper delivered (which could be called free since the coupons I get from it basically pay for...

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smartmom I can tell that a lot of mylotters are just as thrifty as I am, and I do a lot of the stuff that has already been mentioned. In our house we also reuse plastic bags for nappy bags, garbage bags in the bathroom, and for lots of other stuff. I also use the...

5 Aug 07

Help, I want to help my sister who is having twins

sanell @sanell (2112) • United States 4 Aug 07

She is not due until February but I want to do all I can to help her out. I know it is not really my business but I know that she is really concerned about their finances and the like. I have been entering into contests and...

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smartmom Does she qualify for WIC? If I were you I would look around the community, churches etc. Also, throw a great baby shower for her, maybe ask her friends and family, if they have some baby stuff they do not need any longer. I do not know of any foundations,...

5 Aug 07

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do you make your kids use there imagination

easymoney75503 @easymoney75503 (1702) • United States 29 Jul 07

i have noticed that kids dont do that anymore like we had to when we were kids. i mean use to we went outside and played and had no toys. we had rocks, sticks, pine cones, etc. now days kids have all kinds of stuff. we didnt have...

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smartmom I think television and gameboxes and computers take a way a lot of our children's ability to use their imagination. When I was a child there was no day time television, we only had two channels and I had no clue what a computer was. I have always loved to...

29 Jul 07

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Who should pay on a date?

ifinallyfoundmybaby @ifinallyfoundmybaby (1742) • Philippines 29 Jul 07

would it be the boy or the girl?! or the one who's financially able?! but really for you who should pay on a date? The guy should pay the first time, because it's the right thing to do. But, after I've paid a couple times, the...

dating

reltionship

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smartmom I think it depends a lot of where in the world you live, but I personally prefer to split the bill. Only if the guy keeps insisting to pay, will I let him pay and the only reason for this is that it can end up being an very akward situation, if he is one of...

29 Jul 07

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