http://greasy.com/Parenting_and_Family/Childcare.htm Featured articles and news topics about childcare. en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:08:00 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/senator_john_edwards_mistress.html Senator John Edwards His Mistress and His Love Child The Second Edwards Family Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.The married ex-senator from North Carolina - whose wife Elizabeth continues to battle cancer -- met with his mistress, blonde divorcée Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night, July 21 - and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn' ... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:17:18 GMT http://greasy.com/teacherwoman/please_pass.html Please pass this on. Only by us passing this around can we hope to find Caylee. Please help. Send it to everyone you know. DOB: Aug 9, 2005 Missing: Jun 9, 2008 Age Now: 2 Sex: Female Race: White Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel Height: 3'1" (94 cm) Weight: 50 lbs (23 kg) Missing From: ORLANDO FL United States ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) Orange County Sheriff's Office (Florida) 1-407-836-HELP (4357) Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:00:51 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/debate_wife.html Debate Me not My Wife Cindy Leive, Glamour Obama: SENATOR OBAMA: It's infuriating, but it's not surprising, because let's face it: What happened was that the conservative press—Fox News and the National Review and columnists of every ilk—went fairly deliberately at her in a pretty systematic way...and treated her as the candidate in a way that you just rarely see the Democrats try to do against Republicans. And I've said this before: I would never have my campaign engage in a concerted ... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:00:10 GMT http://greasy.com/imaginaryfriend/campfire_breakfast.html The power was out this morning when the kids and I were ready for breakfast. I offered them crackers for breakfast. I didn't want to open the fridge door for the milk for cereal. Eric went and dug around the boxes the food is still in (maybe tomorrow I'll have the pantry put back together!), and pulled out marshmallows and graham crackers. Oh what the heck! I got down the chocolates, and we roasted marshmallows over a tealight and ate smores for breakfast. It's summer. We are allowed to do ... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:34:04 GMT http://greasy.com/draco/binkys_thumbsucking.html I know I'm going to sound like a complete jerk but I think that parents that allow their toddlers and older to suck on a binky (pacifier) or their thumb should be slapped. Grandparents too. I can understand infants needing the binky. Keeps them from suckling a bottle 24/7. But a toddler? Give me a break. First of all, binky and thumbsucking causes the kid to have an over bite. That means a future orthodontist bill. Second, it looks stupid. Toddlers are smarter than they want us to know and ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:55:46 GMT http://greasy.com/draco/tourist_kids.html First of all, for the record, I like kids. I hope to have some of my own. I just have this thing about parents just letting their kids run wild. That is one pet peeve I have about summers here on The Oregon Coast. The parents just turn children loose. I can see letting kids 12 and older do their own thing. This is turning smaller children loose. I saw a toddler running loose once and dart out towards the street(which, by the way, is Highway 101 the main route through downtown shopping.) If ... Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:23:17 GMT http://greasy.com/tracy/bother_you.html I was annoyed in town today by the attitude of strangers towards the mother of a child who was throwing a tantrum. The little girl seemed to be a little older than Alexander,who is nearly four years old. Yes admittedly she was creating one hell of a racket, but her mum was trying her best to resolve the situation. Once the mother had said her piece she walked on with the child behind still performing and screaming. As I walked into a shop the two old biddy's in front of me were verbally ri ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:16:59 GMT http://greasy.com/nittineedles/personal_slave.html No, contrary to public opinion it is not DH. Yesterday after school The Ten Year Old was delivered to my house and I was instructed to put him to work as punishment for misbehaving in school. He is one of those kids, like Mary's Kota and my own son, who get taunted and picked on by bullies. Yesterday, after meekly putting up with it for six years, he finally snapped and beat the crap out of one of the bullies. Typically, The Ten Year Old was sent home in disgrace while the bullies undoubte ... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:24:10 GMT http://greasy.com/ekyprogressive/role_model_children.html Thu, 29 May 2008 12:35:53 GMT http://greasy.com/jensgems/maternal_demands.html The boys seem to be going through a REALLY naughty stage, today, infact everyday things seem to be worse - maybe it is my patience that is worse and they are just staying the same! It is the whining and (what seems like) costant moaning that drives me nuts. The tears at the drop of a hat, the leg hugging and dropping to the floor tantrums that are so frustrating. There is of course the nipping and poking at each other for no other reason than to get a rise out of the recipient. This always ... Wed, 28 May 2008 11:23:58 GMT http://greasy.com/jensgems/break__.html ....I will never know!? It is only 11 o'Clock and already my kids have been on the naughty step twice (each) and my eldest has been in time out for throwing a strop and generally not listening to reason. Jeez I have been doing my dinger this morning. Things always go tits up when I think I am ahead of the game in the housework stakes! I was up at 7 (thanks to L and the baby deciding that it was time for crispies) which meant an early load of washing in the machine and what was washed throu ... Tue, 27 May 2008 10:22:28 GMT http://greasy.com/nittineedles/gettin_old.html I had The Three Year Old today. I am so utterly exhausted I just want to lie down and have a nap. Unfortunately, sleep eluded me last night and if I give in to a snooze now I don't expect I'll sleep very well tonight either. I don't know why he tires me out. He was only here for and hour and a half, today. Maybe it's because preschoolers demand your undivided attention. He certainly had mine this afternoon. As three year olds go he is an exceptionally good natured child and I'm not just sa ... Wed, 14 May 2008 22:10:34 GMT http://greasy.com/lunarhunk/kids_faces_troubles.html Last week was a bit disturbing for me at work. Besides learning that one of my kids was heading to Guatemala with his family because they had to flee and not getting a chance to say goodbye to him, I also learned something disturbing about one of the other kids at the library. She used to come to the library every day after school and hang out before she had to go to work at one of the local fast food joints. She is a great kid. We sorta bonded because she used to live in the town I now li ... Mon, 12 May 2008 20:20:17 GMT http://greasy.com/draco/sadness.html Yes I am sad. PD told me the other day that her "monthly visitor" was long overdue. I was excited because we have been trying to have a baby for a little while now. When she took the home pregnancy test it turned out "not pregnant." That broke my heart. I've waited years for the right time to be a father. PD and I are nearing 37 (she'll be 37 on the 18th and I'll be on June 28th.) We feel that we are more than ready and yet we are having a hard time conceiving. We are good people. We don't ... Sun, 11 May 2008 15:41:48 GMT http://greasy.com/draco/upset_sister.html I thought I might dedicate this post to my sister. She's been going through a rough patch recently because Child Protective Services just put her son, aka my nephew Xanderman, in a mental hospital. It all started with the school guidance counselor accusing my sister of being a bad mother for not taking Xanderman's suicide attempt seriously. He did try to hang himself back in February but told his parents that he was only wanting attention. He told my father, aka his Granddad, something to ... Mon, 5 May 2008 17:50:13 GMT http://greasy.com/jensgems/diary_moment.html I thought I'd better write about this today as it is likely a one night wonder but I am hopefull that is not the case! So what was this monumental event that warrants such an introduction? What makes this event so special that it can be singled out? Due to the occurance of this event why in the heck do I still feel like I haven't slept? My 15 month old daughter slept through last night!! This real is a big thing - she has only slept through twice! The first night she was born and at around ... Sat, 3 May 2008 07:40:15 GMT http://greasy.com/sunlight/suggestions_true_false_cindy.html This post was a mistake. I was going to leave it to change later, but have decided to just remove it. To thsse who answered it, I am sorry. I did have the arrogance of the first born, but was still extremely shy. I don't know what else to say right now. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:07:16 GMT http://greasy.com/imaginaryfriend/misery_continues.html It turns out that my "allergy misery" was half allergy, half flu. Fever, headache, leg ache, plus all the usual cold symptoms. So I'm home alone with the sick kids, feeling like crap. My flu "broke" overnight. The fever, headache and leg ache is gone. The cold symptoms are still there, along with a plugged, but not painful ear, which makes it difficult to hear, and my head tends to spin in circles, making it difficult to walk. This morning, Leah wouldn't get out of bed. Got an appt at the ... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:20:52 GMT http://greasy.com/ilustyou/patyen.html I hate how Haley told me that she wanted me to raise Payten with her and then the next day tries to avoid the subject. And then tells me that she was being serious and needed as much help as possible. That made me feel like crap. She was telling me how much she still had feelings for me, then two days later, I find out that she's dating a girl who is 14 years old, and slutty. Not to mention that on Tuesday, she had told me she didn't have a "thing" with her. But I could see in her eyes tha ... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:16:08 GMT http://greasy.com/jensgems/play_date.html A few months back I posted a note on a local Net Mums forum to try and make contact with local parents of children with food allergies. Nothing much came of it, although I was contacted by one mum with kids around the same age as mine. We chatted a bit online and discovered we had already met in person! Her son went to nursery with mine last year but she had moved her son and daughter to the morning session this year as it suited her family needs better. We have been IM-ing almost daily ov ... Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:45:37 GMT