http://www.minti.com/members/lexiw/advice/ Most Recent Advice on Minti by lexiw Copyright 2009 Minti en-uk lexiw I know there are other advices on childcare and what to look for just thought I would add my little bit as I am at the moment doing my certificate iii in childcare through a traineeship.As a parent there were certain questions that I wanted to know and I asked all those questions and got all the answers I wanted ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/11287/Putting-your-child-into-childcare/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/11287/Putting-your-child-into-childcare/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:58:49 -0800 lexiw This article is just my opinion but I really think it needs to be said as some people do not wish their children to be plastered on the web. If People are going to put pics of their kids on the web then it is their choice but for someone to post pics of kids that are not theirs with out the ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/7012/Posting-photos-on-minti/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/7012/Posting-photos-on-minti/ Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:55:54 -0700 lexiw There isn't alot to say about my town, it is only a small town, the most well known thing about my town is that it is where Beqa cheese is made.The Bega cheese factory has been here since 1899.The cheese factory employs alot of people from all over this area. We have alot of farms in the area that supply the cheese factory.Bega ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/6315/Holidaying-in-Bega/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/6315/Holidaying-in-Bega/ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:03:02 -0700 lexiw I think some people here on minti need to take a few steps back and really think about why they are here on minti. When I first joined this site I found what I thought was the best site I had ever seen. I had found a place to meet other parents, Get advice and to hopefully help someone along the way. ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/5405/What-I-feel-minti-is-about/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/5405/What-I-feel-minti-is-about/ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:26:38 -0700 lexiw This is our experience with this virus.About two weeks ago Zack had an earache which because of all of his ear infections I thought he had another one and started him on antibiotics that we had on standby in the fridge because his earinfections have gotten very bad very quick. The antibiotics however were not helping and he got a ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/5222/Roseola-Virus/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/5222/Roseola-Virus/ Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:31:54 -0700 lexiw I am writing about my experience here and I hope it helps someone deal with this thing that happens to so many childrenI regulry get phonecalls from a friend who can not handle her son. She has a very hard time getting him to interact with the family and at school. She calls me so she can have a bit ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4746/For-the-love-of-a-child/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4746/For-the-love-of-a-child/ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:48:28 -0800 lexiw My 41/2 year old is extremely advanced in reading writing etc. but is a perfectionist and very hard on herself. If she does not get or understand something right away she gets angry. She will begin Kindergarten soon and I am afraid that the " instant gratification" problem will defer her from learning new things. Any Advice?The school and I combined ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4624/Perfectionism-in-children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4624/Perfectionism-in-children/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:39:29 -0800 lexiw I just needed to write this article to tell my story about never knowing my brothers and sister that my Sperm Donar fathered and how important I think it is for every child to know their siblings.My mother was with a married man when she fell pregnant with me. He already had two children a daughter and a Son. I was ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4531/Half-siblings/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4531/Half-siblings/ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:26:06 -0800 lexiw  Hi everyone,Our oldest daughter is 10 and she just started a new school in December as we moved to another area of town.  The problem is that the other kids in her class are not giving her a chance to get to know her.  She is a very nice and giving person, and i am not just saying that because ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4312/Self-confidence/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4312/Self-confidence/ Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:59:52 -0800 lexiw My sister has just had a beautiful baby girl and my cousins girlfriend has just had a gorgeous little man. I know myself that when you have had a baby you are exhausted and you really are not up to all the phonecalls and visits that you get within hours ( sometimes minutes) of going through the worst pain of your ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4241/Having-a-new-bub/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4241/Having-a-new-bub/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:19:14 -0800 lexiw I just read a comment about baby walkers being dangerous and baby walkers causing deaths. I really have to disagree. On most baby products there are labels that state you should never leave your child unattended while using the product. I never once left my children alone in a baby walker and never once were they hurt while in a ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4192/Baby-Walkers/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4192/Baby-Walkers/ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:23:12 -0800 lexiw I now want to tell you about Maria and what she went through with Brielle being sick.Firstly when Brielle was born Maria was 3 1/2 years old. She was very attached to me and was not 100% sure about this new addition taking up her mums time. I knew then that I had to be careful with making sure that ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4171/Siblings-of-chronically-ill-children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4171/Siblings-of-chronically-ill-children/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:11:40 -0800 lexiw ok so now here we were with Brielle on steroids, she was looking very swollen like someone had put an air pump into her little body and was very slowly filling her with air. During this time I was terrified her platelets were so low that anything she did frightened the hell out of me and because by this stage ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4134/Children-with-bruises-part-4/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4134/Children-with-bruises-part-4/ Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:19:33 -0800 lexiw Ok here is the second part to our story.At this time in our lives blood tests became a normal thing and I have to say that I have never seen a child do as well with it as Brielle did. At first she would just scream and scream but then I realised that she wasn't trying to pull her arm ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4122/Children-with-Bruises-3/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4122/Children-with-Bruises-3/ Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:17:30 -0800 lexiw I have written an article on this but I don't think it said enough so here is our story maybe this will help.This will be in a few parts as our story is pretty long.When I had my first child she was jaundice and very thin and always had colds and flus for the first six months of her life ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4110/Children-with-bruises-2/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4110/Children-with-bruises-2/ Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:27:04 -0800 lexiw I was reminded today how important drinking water is. My eldest got a bad tummy bug and was vomiting all night, There was no temperature and no other sign of illness except for vomiting which was so bad that she couldn't even keep water down. From my own experiences with vomiting because of anorexia I know that the most important ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4078/Dehydration/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4078/Dehydration/ Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:28:39 -0800 lexiw I have a child with a chronic illness and I find it really hard to try and let her live as normal a life as possible. Brielle bleeds and bruises easily when her platelet levels are low so it can be very scary letting her go to friends houses and be a normal kid. I do believe though that where ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4056/Living-normally/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4056/Living-normally/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:42:23 -0800 lexiw These are my experiences and suggestions and I hope that in writing this I can help someone.Detecting that someone is taking drugs is sometimes hard but when you know that someone is then you have to act to help them. In saying that though you can not force anyone to give up drugs or alcohol they have to want to ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4038/Kids-and-drugs-part-6/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4038/Kids-and-drugs-part-6/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:16:22 -0800 lexiw I hear and see so many children who are not fed healthy diets. I know in our house it is absolutely essential as a lot of good foods help to keep my chronic ITP childs platelet levels up so that hopefully she does not have to go back on to prednisilone (steroids).I find that it is not often that we ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4033/Eating-healthy/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4033/Eating-healthy/ Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:24:05 -0800 lexiw  This is only going to be a short article but I think we sometimes need reminding that our babies are not babies forever. My eldest is about to start high school and I am finding it very hard to let go. To allow her to do things that kids her age are doing like staying home by themselves for short ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4021/Letting-go/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/4021/Letting-go/ Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:41:49 -0800 lexiw This is not something that I like to talk about but maybe this will help parents to realise what their weght issues can do to a child.Right from my earliest memory I see my mother as overweight normally a child probably wouldn't notice this much as its their mum and they don't care what they look like but for me ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3951/Anorexia/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3951/Anorexia/ Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:15:27 -0800 lexiw These are my experiences and my suggestions I hope they help.I smoked cigarettes and marijuanna, I also drank a bit of alcohol. The drugs were the worst of it for me though or so I thought. Normally when people are mixing marijuanna to smoke they do it with tobacco. I used to do this and all of my friends did ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3912/Kids-and-drugs-part-5/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3912/Kids-and-drugs-part-5/ Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:25:45 -0800 lexiw These are my experiences and I want to share them with you. Hopefully they will be of some help.My next experience with drugs is with adrug that is widely accepted and that is alcohol. I was 13 and my boyfriend at the time and his mate snuck some into school mixed in to coke so that the teachers would not recognize ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3842/Kids-and-drugs-part-4/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3842/Kids-and-drugs-part-4/ Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:23:45 -0800 lexiw these are my experiences and I hope they help.Money is a fairly big factor when it comes to drugs. All drug dealers are in it for the money and no other reason. They want something in return for what they know you want when you are an addict. The sick thing is that a successful drug dealer usually dosn't do ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3781/Kids-and-drugs-part-3/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3781/Kids-and-drugs-part-3/ Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:12:33 -0800 lexiw Again these are my experiences and I want to share them with you.Marijuanna was the next thing on my list and I was about thirteen when I first started and to start with it was again peer pressure that started me but it was the drug itself that kept me going. My first experience with pot was to me great. ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3764/Kids-and-drugs-part-2/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3764/Kids-and-drugs-part-2/ Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:35:00 -0800 lexiw I read so many articles on breast feeding that say breast is best when in some cases it really is not. This is my experience and I want to share it with you.I was able to breast feed my beautiful boy with no problems at first. He took to it well and enjoyed it. My friend on the other hand ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3736/Breast-feeding-is-not-always-best/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3736/Breast-feeding-is-not-always-best/ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:49:06 -0800 lexiw This article is all from my own experiences so it is only my opinion and thigs that I have seen and done. I am writing this because I think too many parents are in the dark about the signs of drug abuse. By drug abuse I mean alcohol and cigarettes aswell.I was a cigarette smoker first it was peer pressure ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3734/Kids-and-drugs-part-1/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3734/Kids-and-drugs-part-1/ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:05:19 -0800 lexiw My 4yr old needs to get a blood test done.  They got the needle in and the nurse moved it and it hurt him. I asked if they could give him a relaxant doc said will have to tie him to the bed. WILL NOT DO THAT!!!!! Any one got any suggestions?Here are a few tips on how to go about ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3689/Blood-tests/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3689/Blood-tests/ Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:12:44 -0800 lexiw I have recently given a fourteen year old girl A cleanser and toner. All natural products and these are all she needs at the moment to help her clear up her face. Her mother is not interested in any of these things and has said to me that it is all just commercialism and none of it works anyway. So ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3650/Teenage-acne/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3650/Teenage-acne/ Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:29:31 -0800 lexiw My beautiful boy has had a problem with cradle cap since he was born. At one stage it covered his whole scalp and his forehead. It really did look horrible so I set about using all the things that were told to me. Now at eighteen months it was not getting very much better. By nineteen months it was driving ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3608/Getting-rid-of-cradle-cap/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3608/Getting-rid-of-cradle-cap/ Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:17:04 -0800 lexiw My eldest daughter has been through alot of stress in her eleven years. She had alot of fears and spent almost every night in tears because of being afraid to go to sleep. We sought professional help for her and it was the best thing that we ever did. My daughter got the best counsellor. By best counsellor I mean ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3587/Stress-less-for-children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3587/Stress-less-for-children/ Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:48:21 -0800 lexiw I have had a friend tell me repeatedly that she does not want her child. The child is to much trouble for her. She can't handle him, She hates him and so many other things. It really saddens me to here these things. I love being with my kids and if they are away from me for more than three ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3574/Enjoy-your-children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3574/Enjoy-your-children/ Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:34:10 -0800 lexiw I have noticed that some people write very short advice. I understand that people would like more information in the articles but not everybody is good with words. Just because the advice is short does not mean it is bad advice but yet it gets a bad rating. I think that people should be voting on what use the advice ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3573/Short-advice/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3573/Short-advice/ Sat, 30 Dec 2006 13:37:49 -0800 lexiw I have spent thousands of dollars over the years on every sort of headlice treatment that there is and nothing has worked very well. I was at my wits end and I thought about shaving my daughters heads and buying them wigs I was that desperate, I don't think I could have actuallydone this but it did cross my mind. ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3548/Headlice/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3548/Headlice/ Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:08:13 -0800 lexiw I was having a really hard time getting my house work done with Zack always wanting my attention so I decided to enlist his help and now at age eighteen months he puts washing in the washing machine (as well as his toys) he puts his toys in his toy box, tries to vaccum and he also likes to put ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3546/Housework-and-the-little-ones/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3546/Housework-and-the-little-ones/ Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:36:45 -0800 lexiw We have just gotten a mobile phone for our 11 (almost 12) year old daughter. It is second hand, we bought a new cover for it off Ebay and bought her a  new sim card that has $30 credit on it. We made sure that the sim would last for six months.I was not happy about getting her a phone ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3545/Mobile-phones-for-tweens/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3545/Mobile-phones-for-tweens/ Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:04:30 -0800 lexiw I was just looking through the advice I have written and I noticed that most of the advice that has low votes is advice that I have used but that I havn't written with alot of emotion. Where as the advice with great votes I did write with alot of emotion. So my advice to anybody who is finding it hard ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3532/Writing-advice/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3532/Writing-advice/ Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:07:03 -0800 lexiw Sleep overs are usually a great time for kids. I know my daughters love it. Having friends stay over or going to friends houses is usually a really fun time but what if you have a young child who when it gets to bed time they get upset and they don't want to go to sleep.1) Give them a cuddle ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3530/sleep-overs/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3530/sleep-overs/ Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:43:01 -0800 lexiw hi, my name is julia and i have a great 8 year old son. but i have a problem, ever since he has been a tot he has suffered from 'rages'. he use to pick up coffee tables ect and throw them at me but now he is older and stronger. i can't cope with him, he is already stronger ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3525/scared-of-son/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3525/scared-of-son/ Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:04:05 -0800 lexiw My advice is to really think about the article before you report it. I am referring to a peice of advice in particular but this does go for all advice. Think about the situation I mean really think about it. I had a really great pet she was a beautiful dog and she was my best friend. She was a ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3479/Reported-advice/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3479/Reported-advice/ Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:39:45 -0800 lexiw Bringing a new baby home is one of the most special times to experience and I think this should be done in as good as surroundings as possible. The babies first experience of home should be one of quiet and contentment. This is not a time to be stressed. Yes your baby will cry and yes you will be very ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3472/The-first-few-weeks/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3472/The-first-few-weeks/ Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:08:53 -0800 lexiw I believe too many first time mothers are bombarded with horror stories of what the birth is going to be like. This is my advice to these new to-be mums.Firstly listen to everything you hear because somewhere in all the junk there could be some very useful advice. Secondly ignore the things that are said to terrify you. My mother ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3468/Birth/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3468/Birth/ Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:29:57 -0800 lexiw hi is there anyone out there who can share some advice on blended family issues/situtations??I grew up in a blended family and I bearly noticed the difference to any other sort of family but that was because I have never had contact with my biological father so my step dad is my dad and he is an excellent dad.Unfortunately my ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3460/Blended-families/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3460/Blended-families/ Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:08:54 -0800 lexiw Just wanted everyones opinion on this one. I totally agree with getting baby up at about the same time everyday and having a bedtime routine and baby going to sleep about the same time every night. But what about in between? Should baby eat at the same time everyday, and nap at set times every day. I think a routine ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3459/Routines/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3459/Routines/ Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:44:09 -0800 lexiw I have just been to the Q & A page where two people wanted out of this beautiful sight. I am shocked !!!!!!All parents need a place like this to be able to come to and be anonymous if they want or to make friends. I have made some really great friends on minti and I don't know how I ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3401/parents-support/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3401/parents-support/ Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:48:50 -0800 lexiw We are always teaching our children to say sorry for the times that they do something wrong but so often I watch parents yell at a child over something that is really not worth yelling for and then the parents will say to their friends that they know they shouldn't have yelled but they never apologize. I have been guilty ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3395/Saying-sorry/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3395/Saying-sorry/ Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:02:32 -0800 lexiw My eighteen month old always loved his bath right from the first time but recently he started having a screaming fit everytime we tried to bath him. I think it was because I had to wash his hair and he really did not want me to. I was really not liking forcing him to have a bath as he would ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3275/Bath-time/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3275/Bath-time/ Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:36:51 -0800 lexiw I know that there is always information on mothers with depression but what about for dads. A friend of mine just commited suicide leaving behind a beautiful three and a half month old baby boy. Many people believe that fathers are the ones who have to be strong, they are not allowed to suffer the same feelings of hopelessness that ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3270/Depression-in-fathers/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3270/Depression-in-fathers/ Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:17:21 -0800 lexiw I hear so often that one parent will not LET the other parent see the children involved. This is ridiculous. Firstly Grow up and act your age. Unless there is a very good reason why the parent should be kept away ie abuse Then every child needs contact with both parents. I wonder if these parents know how it feels for their ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3067/Parental-Rights/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3067/Parental-Rights/ Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:59:37 -0800 lexiw I don't believe that any religion should be forced on to children. I let my children decide their father and his family and most of my family are catholics and as such they all wanted the girls baptised catholics. I was baptised a catholic myself as a child but I found another religion that I believe is better suited to ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3042/Religious-Beliefs-in-children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/3042/Religious-Beliefs-in-children/ Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:50:17 -0800 lexiw Hi,My eldest Daughter has had alot of stress in her 11 years. She has seen things that no child should have to see and she has had to put up with a father that does not show any resposibility or care for his two beautiful daughters. Because of the things that she had seen she had confidence problems and many ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2915/Stessed-out-kids/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2915/Stessed-out-kids/ Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:18:01 -0800 lexiw Hi everyone. I have a 4 month old girl who will only have 3 bottles a day. She doesn't eat solids yet although we are starting to try her now. Her health nurse says she is growing fine, she weighs about 7kg. Also she is rather advanced for her age. She has 2 teeth, sits up and is nearly crawling ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2829/Different-stages/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2829/Different-stages/ Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:43:05 -0800 lexiw Hi guys, my sister-in-law, who is 11yo wants to start shaving her legs because all her friends are doing it, but my mother in law thinks its best for her to wait as shes too young. When do you think is the right time for her to start? Ive told my mother-in-law to make her wait at least until she ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2796/11yo-wanting-to-shave/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2796/11yo-wanting-to-shave/ Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:13:47 -0800 lexiw I really don't get the fascination with all these computer games and stuff that kids are doing nowadays. What ever happened to letting a child use thier imagination. I see so many parents sticking their children in front of tv or computer games to keep them occupied and then they turn to me and ask how my children are so ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2762/children-and-computer-games/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2762/children-and-computer-games/ Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:39:26 -0800 lexiw I think that it is one of the hardest things to do to explain to a young child that a family member or close friend has passed. In the past two and a half years i have had to do it four times. The first one I believe was the hardest because it was not expected. One of my closeset ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2734/Teaching-young-children-about-death/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2734/Teaching-young-children-about-death/ Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:21:53 -0800 lexiw I hope someone has some advice about this. My daughter, who is 5 months old, doesn't seem to want her bottles much lately. It's been going on for about 2 weeks now. I just don't know what to do. She'll start to have the bottle, and drink like half, and then pull away. If I try to give her more, ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2692/Bottle-feeding/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2692/Bottle-feeding/ Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:42:49 -0800 lexiw I have gotten some great ideas for natural therapies for your children from an excellent authour.  For children who need to slow down        1 drop of Cedarwood oil           1 drop of Sandlewood oil        2 drops of Vetiver        2 drops of Bergamot       4 drops of Patchouli       50ml of a base oil  This is to be massaged onto your childs feet or without the ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2682/Aromatherapy-for-kids/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2682/Aromatherapy-for-kids/ Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:44:00 -0800 lexiw At the moment I am very lucky to be near a hospital with very caring staff who have never once made me feel like I am wasting their time even when all symptoms are gone by the time I walk through the doors, but unfortunately it isn't always like that. Some hospital staff are so tired or rushed off their ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2678/Hospitals-and-sick-young-children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2678/Hospitals-and-sick-young-children/ Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:18:53 -0800 lexiw We are having problems with this one girl at my daughters school. it has been going on since the beginning of the year and seems to have escalated in the last few months. My daughter is in grade 3 and this girl is a constant torment to her and a few other kids in their class. This week I found ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2671/Bullying-at-school/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2671/Bullying-at-school/ Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:28:49 -0800 lexiw For a long time now my husband and I have been having problems. (I honestly don’t think we should have ever gotten marred in the first place). After the birth of our son things just kept getting worse. It has gotten to the point where I just can’t be bothered trying anymore, I had already left him once before and agreed ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2644/When-a-relationship-just-wont-work/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2644/When-a-relationship-just-wont-work/ Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:21:14 -0800 lexiw Hi I have a 16 year old that has been diagnosed with bi polar disorder and it has been a really hard couple of years getting him finally diagnosed. Has any one had any experience with this disorder at all. I really am looking for advice and what to do in certain situations and how to tell if it is ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2625/Bi-Polar-Disorder/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2625/Bi-Polar-Disorder/ Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:18:15 -0800 lexiw HI everyone,I have looked on this site for any advice on Idiopathic Thrombcytapeanic Purpura and could not find anything. With ITP the bone marrow does not produce enough platlets so the blood does not clot like it should which can cause bruises and bleeding. I have not met another parent who has a child with ITP but if there is ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2568/Children-with-Bruises/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2568/Children-with-Bruises/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:27:48 -0800 lexiw A boy I know has alot of behavioral problems and they are "fixed" with tablets. I know he dosn't need them he needs boundaries and attention. From the age of four he was violent and  abusive. Before he learnt what my boundaries were I had chunks of hair ripped out, bite marks, bruises from being punched and kicked. He is a very unhappy ... http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2511/Misbehaviour-in-young-children/ http://www.minti.com/parenting-advice/2511/Misbehaviour-in-young-children/ Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:00:30 -0800