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I absolutely love him and I know he loves me. we have been together for almost 5 months. we have had our ups and downs but things are fantastic. at least they were until a few days ago. you see my last relationship was something of a nightmare i wouldn't even wish on my worst enemy and because of that i sometimes get paranoid that he will do the same thing to me. i'm human, i get scared sometimes. anyway, i felt i could tell him what was on my mind and when i did, he took it as that i didn't trust him. telling me we don't have to be together if that's how i feel. by the way, every time we have a disagreement or something, he is so quick to jump to a break up and i don't know why. so since that conversation, hes been acting really distant. i have apologized repeatedly but it doesn't seem to get through to him. i realize it was unfair for me to judge him based on my past but i really don't know what to do now. i don't want something like this to come between us and ruin a great relationship. any advice plz

Hello everyone, I have been in a relationship with an awesome guy for about 4 months now. we get along great. I have an almost 2 year old son whom he is great with. he has met my family and my mom likes him a lot. he comes over talks to her and all of that. I have met his mom a few times and those few times have been rather uncomfortable. the last of those was a REALLY uncomfortable car ride with her. I'm pretty sure shes a nice person and all but i just don't know how to approach her. the worst part is he doesn't have any siblings around that i could maybe interact with. I tend to be a very shy person when i first meet somebody (especially my boyfriend's parents) but once they warm up to me i'm quite talkative. I don't just want to go to her house and feel uncomfortable. I want to be able to talk to her and actually have a conversation with her. I just don't know how to approach her. so any advice would be greatly appreciated. thnx

Hi everyone, I am writing an article for communications class and i thought this would be a great way to ask for opinions from different perspectives. Ok so here is the scenario I'm working with: two individuals at a bar get in an argument and in the heat of the moment one gentleman refers to the other as a honky/ch*nk/ni**er/frog etc. in this case, is it racism if the name caller wouldn't usually use this type of language? can we constitute this as pure hatred of another race or is it just ignorance at its best? all you opinions are appreciated, and please be respectful of others.

hi everyone....just trying to get some info on the above topic. i want to take my son's father too court for child support. he's seen my son a total of 4 times since he was born almost 11 months ago. everytime he does something stupid and i call him out on it he decides to not call to check up on his son. for almost 7 months if you asked him where or how his son was he wouldn't know. he goes months without checking up on him because hes pissed at me. i asked him to babysit one time and my son went 5 hours without food. i haven't heard from him in almost 2 months because he came to see him and since my baby doesn't know him he started crying when he picked him up, so he figured the smart thing to do would be to shake my then 9 month old son. since i found out i was pregnant i have seen a total of $250 from him. my question is if i apply for sole custody, is there any chance he could get awarded partial custody? i really dont want him around my son alone. oh n did i mention he got 2 other girls pregnant at the same time as me?

my 10 month old son has had 2 teeth without much problems. he used to sleep through the night maybe 10-12 hours a night, which was fantastic since it took him forever to sleep through the night. anyway, since monday, he has been waking up 3 hours after going down for the night really grumpy. during the day he's fine. really hyper and playful. i don't know whats going on with him. i thought it was teething so i gave him some tylenol but it didnt help. please help, i'm a college student and i need some sleep. if anybody can help me help him get some sleep too that would be fantastic. thnx in advance

hi everyone,

so my mom used this face cream on saturday, it called BELO. the next day, she started getting these weird rashes on her face. this morning it was actually worse. she hasnt used it since saturday. i have used the same thing but i don't have any rashes. i think it might be an allergic reaction to sumthing in the cream. the rashes really burns. wat can she do to ease it and help make the rashes go away. any help will be appreciated

Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me out here. for about 2 weeks now, my 7 month old son refuses to eat before he goes to sleep. its not because he's not hungry. I think he has now associated eating at night to going to bed shortly afterwards so ABSOLUTELY refuses to eat. this means hes up again at 12 am and still refuses to eat. i am at my wits end. I have tried dipping the nipple of his bottle in juice, but it doesnt work. I dont know what to do anymore. please help.

hi everyone, my son is almost six months old and i want to know what i can do to help him sleep thru the night or at least sleep a little longer. he still wakes up at least 3 times at night. sometimes he doesnt even wake up because he's hungry, he wakes up to play. he will wake up and "talk" for like 2 hrs before falling back asleep. i mean its cute during the day but not so much when i am exhausted. the crying it out doesnt work with him becuz he WILL cry until he starts shaking and thats pretty scary. i am a single mom and its really taking a toll on me and im at my wits end. i am starting school in january and i want to find a solution to this before its too late. plz help. any advice at all.

HI all, my son a habit of sucking on his fingers. and two times now, i think he stick it down his throat and he started gagging. well it scared the hell out of me seeing his face like that trying to breathe. has anybody else experienced this? if so how did you deal with it? thnx everyone

my four month old darling sleeps so little im starting to get worried. he is constantly yawning. he will sleep about 7-8 hours during the night, waking up about 1-2 times to feed (he's formula fed, i started supplementing with cereal at night to help him sleep longer). during the day, he will nap if im holding him, but as soon as i put him in his crib, he wakes up in 5 minutes. i cant keep holding him because i have things i need to do. so if anyone can give me any ideas of what i can do to help him sleep by himself that would be great. PLEASE HELP

please help if you can. my son's eczema has gotten out of hand. so bad that when i took him to go see the doctor about it, he says its the worst hes ever seen. when it first started it wasn't as bad, it was just on his face, we went to see a dermatologist who prescribed cortisone 1% ointment. after using that it seemed to clear up in a couple of days. only to come back with a vengeance a couple days later. now its everywhere, his arms, legs, back, face, neck and scalp. his hair seems to be falling out due to it. hes so itchy all the time, n he scratches it to the point that he cuts his scalp. please if anybody knows what i can do for him, please help. its heartbreaking to see him so uncomfortable. we were referred to the dermatologist yet again but it takes forever to get an appointment.

please help if you can. my son's eczema has gotten out of hand. so bad that when i took him to go see the doctor about it, he says its the worst hes ever seen. when it first started it wasn't as bad, it was just on his face, we went to see a dermatologist who prescribed cortisone 1% ointment. after using that it seemed to clear up in a couple of days. only to come back with a vengeance a couple days later. now its everywhere, his arms, legs, back, face, neck and scalp. his hair seems to be falling out due to it. hes so itchy all the time, n he scratches it to the point that he cuts his scalp. please if anybody knows what i can do for him, please help. its heartbreaking to see him so uncomfortable. we were referred to the dermatologist yet again but it takes forever to get an appointment.

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone has any tips to help my little one sleep better. He doesnt seem to get more than 7 - 8 hours of sleep a day. when i put him to sleep he will sleep for about 20-30 minutes and then wake up. he is constantly yawning throughout the day. It is really bothering me that he is not getting any sleep. He also has eczema and i think it has spread to his scalp becuz he is constantly scratching his head when he's sleeping. is there anything i can do to help him sleep better? thnx in advance

hi everyone. so this question is for anyone who has had their son circumcised. i got my two month old baby circumcised about 4 days ago and apart from the pain i havnt noticed anything unusual until this morning. i noticed some bleeding (not a lot, maybe a tiny drop). and also my son hasnt peed since his last diaper change (which was about 5 hours ago). i have had the doctor who did the circumcision paged n im waiting for a call, but in the meantime i need to ease my paranoia.

hi all, i have a little problem here. I am trying to burn an ISO file to dvd. for some reason when i try it, the program i'm using tells me that it has been burned succesfully. but when i go to "my computer", to check the file on the DVD, there is nuttin there. I have tried to bur the files using Ashampoo and PowerISO. both do the same thing, tell me that the file has been burned succesfully, but yet i dont see any files on the dvd when i open it. the funny thing is that when i try to burn it again using the same dvd, the program tells me that the DVD is not empty. can somebody please help me,

so this morning around 10 , i woke my little one up to feed him. only when i picked him up, his upper left eyelid was gigantic. he woke up around 6:30 ealier today to eat and his eye was fine. how could his eye get swollen in less than 4 hours? i don't know what it is. Its not red on the inside and its not oozing anything from it....he can open it but just a bit. if anybody can shed sum insight that wud be fantastic. thnk u

Hi everyone. Just have a little delimma..... my son is almost 5 weeks old. He was born a week late and he has extremely dry skin, which has gone away now. Since about 2 weeks old, he started developing these rashes on his face. I thought they were heat rash, but then they got worse. Then i took him to the doctor and he said it was neonatal acne caused my his body trying to excrete my hormones, and that they would clear on their own. however, since a week ago, the rashes has gotten WAY worse, to the point that it's peeling his skin (it doesnt seem to hurt him , cuz when i clean it with a towel he doesnt even budge), there are lighter skin patches all over his face where the rashes peeled. and the parts where the rashes are still present are darker. has anybody had any experience with this and know what it is? its really bugging me. Im taking him to the doctors on tuesday to show my the doctor. please help

hi everyone. my one month old son has a habit of standing when hes on my lap. when im holding him, he will actually push up with his feet in order to stand. i don't know if this is safe for him to do. hes holding up his head now also (started doing that at 1 week). my question is is it safe for him to stand for short periods on my lap? im worried becuz his bones arent developed yet n im scared it might hurt him. he hates being held like a baby, so the only way i can hold him for him not to fuss is to put him on my shoulder n thats when he stands. please give me ur thoughts n experienc.....thnx

hi everyone. i have a quick question. my son is a little over two weeks old. at 1 week he started lifting his head and now he can actually hold his head up by himself. is this normal? becuz everyone that sees him do it says he shouldnt be able to do that at his age. so at what age do babies typically start lifting n holding up their heads?

hi all, i just have a question about breastfeeding. i had my little man 2 days ago and im choosing to breastfeed exclusively. the thing is since i started breastfeeding, i seem to catch fever like chills, body aches and hotness all over. this usually happens later in the day and i usually feel better in the morning. i thought i had a fever and went to the emergency room. they gave me IV antiibiotics and did a test but they told me i was fine. and i was feeling better by morning. now i have the fever like symptoms again. is this normal?