How late during 2nd pregnancy did you feel baby?

Q. I am 18 weeks with baby number 2 and I felt what I thought was the baby moving around 14 weeks, I still continue to feel little movements but I don't feel them everyday and they still are not very strong. I did not feel my first son move until around 21 weeks. Is this normal because I have been told that you can feel the baby move sooner with the second pregnancy.

A. I am pregnant with our 4th baby. My pregnancy with my daughter was the complete opposite of my sons. Some babies are very active and some not so much. I am 16 weeks along and have started feeling flutters and little movements but they are not strong enough for anyone else to feel them yet. It is normal for every baby to be different in the womb, just like your kids will have different personalities and traits. If you are worried you can always purchase a fetal heart monitor at a BABY store so you can listen to the babies heartbeat and feel reassured. You can also rent them from your doctor or hospital as well. Don't stress and good luck!!

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How common is SIDS and what can you do for prevention?

Q. My baby sleeps in his crib usually on his stomach and I have a baby breathing monitor. The midwife recommended that he sleep on his stomach and he can really get a good sleep that way. What can I do to prevent SIDS? If he sleeps on my top when we are on my bed, is it safe?
I am not asleep when he is on my top so I can't roll over him. He sleeps in his crib for the night.

I told the midwife that SIDS occurs more often in cases kids are put on their stomachs but she said that's just statistics and has nothing to do with SIDS. I don't know...

A. SIDS occurs in roughly 1 in 500 babies(http://www.faqs.org/faqs/misc-kids/sids/), but the rate actually depends on many factors, such as where you live, your lifestyle, your feeding methods, etc.

SIDS can occur up to one year of age, but the most common age for it to occur is between 2 and 4 months. After 4 months, the risk declines. After the 6-7th month, the likelihood of SIDS occurring is very low. It is more common in male babies than female babies.

There is a lot you can do to lower the risk of it occurring.

~don't smoke. AT ALL. Not even outside.

~put your baby to sleep on his back. If he won't sleep that way, you can compromise and put him on his side, using those wedges that keep the baby from rolling over. My first daughter could not sleep on her back due to severe reflux, so we put her on her side.

~don't use pillows, blankets, stuffed animals, or any soft bedding in his crib (or wherever he sleeps)

~don't dress him too warmly

~BREASTFEED. For every 87 babies that die of SIDS, only 3 breastfed babies die of SIDS. Reference: http://www.co.utah.ut.us/dept/healthwic/BreastFeed.asp

Personally, I would not put my baby to sleep on his/her stomach, especially if if they were not past the 4 month mark. If it was needed, I would put them on their side.

As for cosleeping, there is conflicting evidence out there as to whether it lowers or raises the risk of SIDS.

Many parent's beds have blankets and pillows and soft mattress pads, etc, that can raise the risk of SIDS, so cosleeping in that sense would definitely be riskier. However, if you make your bed "baby safe", then I would think that cosleeping would not put your baby at a higher risk and may actually reduce his risk of SIDS, as long as:
~you don't smoke
~your spouse doesn't smoke
~you don't sleep too heavily (as to notice if you roll into your baby's face
~your spouse doesn't sleep too heavily
~neither you nor your spouse are overweight/obese (studies have shown that cosleeping babies with overweight/obese parents are more likely to die of SIDS or be accidentally suffocated by their parents).

As for your son sleeping on top of you, I personally think it's fine, as long as he's on his back and there's no way he can roll off and be injured. If he's on his stomach, but you're awake and watching him the entire time, then that's okay too.

I coslept with both of my daughters, but I slept on my side, and they slept on their sides with their back up against my belly/chest. I would turn them over to nurse and then turn them back when they finished.

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How old was your child when you stopped using a baby monitor?

Q. My oldest is 25 months (just turned 2) and I still have one in her room. She's my alarm clock. When she wakes up, I get up lol. I wouldn't hear her without the monitor.

A. We still have monitors in my kids' rooms with the receivers down in our family room. My son is 3, and my girls (who share a room) are 6 and 7. I know that we don't really need them anymore, but it's hard to hear the kids when we're downstairs. (Our bedroom is just down the hall from their bedrooms, so I don't use a monitor from my room.)

Honestly, I use the monitors mostly during the day so that I can hear if they start to argue and need me to run interference. ;-) It's also nice at night when the kids go to bed and we're still up so that we can hear if they need anything without them having to scream for us. We've talked about getting rid of them before, but the kids kinda use them as (one-way) intercoms now, so we've just left them.

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How do i tell my significant other?

Q. I have always taken care of my body. Have always gone to the doctor regularly and have had regular pap smears, etc. I rarely get sick, have had the flu once in my life when i was 12. Now I am 24 with 2 kids. I was in a relationship for 6 1/2 years where i was emothionally and mentally abused and i finally left him when he had a child with another female.

I have now been involved with a new person for a while who has taken my kids in as his own. We have talked about marriage and the whole nine. I had recently had a miscarriage and I am now pregnant again, almost 5 months. Just a week ago I found out I had HPV (not HIV). I know I have to break the news to him asap, but how? The doctor said the baby should not be affected, but what affects could this have on my health, and his if he has been infected? Im not certain but i'm sure i must have contracted it from my ex, and it is just showing up. What should i do and what types of treatment are out there if I am really infected?

A. I believe it is about 80% of women by the time they are in their 50s have been infected with this virus. It is very common. Not all strains of this cause warts either. There are several types of HPV. Your doctor should have explained this to you. Men don't have any sypmtoms of this. How do you know you didn't contract it from your current boyfriend? Anyway, it's not such a big deal. You just need to monitor your yearly pap tests to be sure none turn abnormal. You are at higher risk for cervical cancer. Tell your boyfriend, and take care of yourself. There is no real "treatment" for it. It is a virus that stays with you and you can pass it on,,,,so,,,,safe sex!

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Anyone familiar with the differences in Kawasaki disease and autism? Is one easily treated with meds vs the?

Q. other not? It sounds like J Travolta's son with a round the clock nanny, baby monitor and bathroom door that chimed when opened, he was either very sick or not safe on his own or both?

A. my daugher had kawasaki disease. it has nothing to do with autism. it is NOT characterized by seizures. it is a temporary condition characterized by vasculitis - which is basically an inflammation of veins and arteries. the sickness lasted in my daughter for about 2 weeks when she was three and then it was over. we've had to have her heart checked once a year for any abnormalities, but that is it... and her case was very very severe (she barely survived). and no, it is not easily treated. they basically treat the symptoms with a series of immune deficiency drugs and maybe some others (depending on the symptoms) and hope for the best, but cannot treat the cause since they don't know what that is.

autism as far as i know is a disorder that is not temporary like kawasaki. the things you're mentioning about the travoltas sounds more like worry over seizures or behavior (as with autism). they would do nothing in helping a kid who had had kawasaki.

the only thing that would apply to helping a kid who had kawasaki would be to have a constant heart monitor since the only known long term affects are heart defects from severe stress from the sickness at such a young age.

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How do you get back to horses after having kids?

Q. I'm a stay at home momma to two wonder kids, but I really miss riding. Just wondering how other horsey moms do it.

A. It is not easy to juggle ;-) I have 4 girls, they are 7yo twins, 5yo and 3yo.

I found it particularly hard to get back into riding after my twins. I was fine for the initial 3 months and bought a new dressage horse and was even back having lessons.

Unfortunately one had a brain haemorrhage and I was not able to ride for virtually 2 years. We live on our own large property and my horses are at home with me. However I have no family support near by (we are in a rural area) or anyone that can watch my children for me to ride.

Once I had made my decision to get back in the saddle on a regular basis, I needed to find a way to make it work without inconveniencing my husband too much as he is busy on the farm.

I took one of the paddocks right beside my house and turned it into an arena. This way I was close enough to the house that the baby monitor worked. I have one with a LCD screen and sound, so I never missed anything and could literally get off the horse and into the house in the time it would take someone to get up the stairs. A 2 hour nap was plenty of time to ride.

I built a child proof pool fence play area between my house and arena. I could watch them play while I was riding and they could sit there if they wished and watch me riding. A great way to desensitize a horse to trampolines and other child noises ;-)

As the girls got older it certainly got easier when they were going to school. Although I still have one at home during the day, one child is easier for hubby to take in the tractor or for me to arrange to ride on days he is doing work he can have a toddler with him in safety.

I'm counting down to next year because she will be in preschool and I will be able to have regular set lesson days (unless kids are sick).

~ My main way of being out with the horses with only one child (way too hard with twins) is to get the 3yo involved also. If I'm leading horses I throw her on top of the quietest one (with a helmet), she comes with me to rug and unrug twice a day and when my older girls are riding I put her on the Shetland so she is apart of the action also.

You have not said how old your children are? If they are older then get some lessons for them also, it is lovely to ride with your children. If they are younger and you don't have someone to mind them, then leave them in the pram at the gate. I spent many hours at the gate of the dressage arena while my mum was riding.

My mum rode with all 3 of us kids and never missed a beat in competition (eventing). Dad was a truck driver so he did not mind us much. She either had us in the pram at the gate or on the front of the saddle with quieter horses. We were all 5 years apart, so she got one child off to school and then had the next one arrive ;-)

If your riding at a lesson school, I would seriously ask the people if they had someone available to watch your children while you had a 30 minute lesson. You pay the staff member for their time, it should only be their hourly wage and would not be much. Any smart business person would do this on a fortnightly or monthly basis until your kids are at school. They get business and have not lost money if you have paid the staff member. Worth a shot!

If you don't have support and are riding at a place that wont allow you to have the child on site. Don't forget about community based programs for child care. There are a few around that will offer parents respite care for people with multiple children, children with disabilities or single parents. I don't know if any of those fit your situation, but it is worth looking what is available in your area.

Last but not least, ask hubby for some "me" time. I'm happier when I'm physically active and riding. It keeps me strong physically and mentally. The benefits run right through the family home when your feeling good about yourself and fulfilled.

Good luck ;-)

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What can we do about single welfare mothers that keep pumping out babies?

Q. I know this girl named Kunslaylow that is 24 and has 8 kids and has not worked a day in her life to support her kids. We the taxpayers are paying for those kids.

A. 1. Only give temporary welfare to able bodied people that are in a bad situation due to no reasonable fault of their own like the death of a spouse or something.

2. If someone is on welfare and has extra children, the amount they receive does not increase.

3. If they are unable to care for their children and there has been no effort to find a job or learn an employable skill, then their children will be taken away until they can prove that they can provide for their children.

4. Instead of checks, welfare money can only be spent through an electronic debit card that cannot be cashed out or spent on anything not necessity related like food or rent. This way by keeping the transactions electronic, purchasing activities can be monitored for invalid uses of tax payer money.

5. If someone wants to make a restricted purchase, a formal request must be made to the welfare board detailing why this purchase is necessary.

6. Failure to submit a certain number of job applications or maintain an acceptable GPA at a school, will result in immediate termination of benefits until problems are corrected.

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How do you go about choosing a pediatrician?

Q. My baby checklist said I should start " interviewing pediatricians " but I'm not exactly sure what that means, do they mean interview them literally like, as you would do a job interview or? I have no idea how to go about doing this, any help or tips would be greatly welcomed.

A. Yes, you interview them to find one that best meets YOUR needs. (Just as an employer interviews candidates to find on that best fits the job opening.)

Think about your parenting plans and philosopies and what is important to you in a doctor. (Will you be breastfeeding? Any interest in an alternative vaccine schedule? Do you want a doctor primarily for medical issues [vaccines, illnesses, monitoring physical develpment] or do you feel the need to be told how to handle feeding and sleeping and discipline and toilet trainng stuff? And, in general, do you want to be actively invovled in baby's medical/health care, or do you prefer to be told what to do and follow on blindly?

Think about practtical issues: (Will you be returning to work? If so, a doctor with evening/weekend hours might be helpful. Does your insurance put any limits on your choices? Will the doctor attend your child in the hospital should he require hospitalization at some point? (Some docs no longer do this, relying on 'hospitalists' for in-patient care. (Of course the hospitalist sends reports on to the regular doc.) Is the office convenient to your home?


Talk to friends (ideally those with similar philosophies) and find out which doctors they like .. and dont' like. Check the practice's website.

This should let you narrow it down to a list of 2-4 doctors. Then you call each office, explain that your looking for a pediatrician for your soon-to-be-born baby, and ask to meet with the doc. (There should be no charge, or at most a token one.) When you go in, look around the waiting room. Are there separate waiting areas for sick and well kids? Is it overflowing with patients? (Might suggest that the doctor is overbooked.) Is the atmosphere freindly and child-friendly?

When you meet with the doc, ask your questions, and just try to get a general feel for her personality and practices. (If you'll be breasfeeding, don't just ask 'do you support breastfeeding?' They will ALL say they do. Ask more pointed questions -- do you have an LC on staff, or one you can refer patients to? Under what circumstances would you recommend weaning/supplementing? How do you feel about extended breastfeeding? (Even if you don't anticipate going beyond a year yourself, a doctor who is enthusiastic about it is more likely to be supportive and educated in general.)

This should allow you to select the best doctor for your needs. You'd then call to let them know you want to hire them, and when you go into the hospital for labor, you'd also tell them that Dr. Jones is your pediatrician.

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What baby monitor(s) don't interfere with each other?

Q. I have 2 kids under the age of 2, each with their own room, at an opposite side of the house from my husband and I. We need to find a monitor(s) that doesn't interfere with the other so that we can hear both of them at night.

A. It's not the monitor, but the frequency it uses that interfere with another. TYou'll need to find two monitors that work on different frequencies or there are some that come with a switch allowing you to choose from two frequencies.

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Does anyone know where I could find a double baby monitor?

Q. I need to find a double baby monitor for my sisters new house. She has 2 babies (16 month and 3 month) and needs a double monitor. What I mean is 2 receivers and 2 speakers that all work together so she can put a receiver in each of the babies rooms and 1 speaker upstairs and one downstairs. If anyone knows where I could find one online or in a store that would be great thanks :)

A. As far as I have been able to find, there is no such thing. You can't have two transmitters because they use the same radio frequencies - the signals interfere with each other so you just get static on the receiver. Same thing applies if you try buying two different sets of monitors - one for each baby - because ALL baby monitors share the same narrow range of frequencies due to government regulation of the radio frequencies.

My solution is to have one conventional baby monitor with 2 receivers (for one kid) and one intercom set for the other kid. The intercoms I'm using are a 3-piece set I bought from radio shack. They plug into the wall and will work 2-ways. You set the one in the baby's room to "lock" and turn the other ones on and it works just like a baby monitor. Since the baby monitor is wireless and the intercoms send the signal through the electrical wires of the house, the signals don't interfere with each other.

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Can the start of labor ever feel like a kidney stone?

Q. I've had 2 kids and 30 kidney stones, but last time I was checked (a year ago) I had no stones left. It is possible one has formed since then. I am 36 weeks pregnant. I'm having a pain in my side that reminds me of a kidney stone but like I said, last check I had none. Can labor ever start on one side and feel that way? I don't want to go into the ER just for a stone.

A. I had a kidney stone while I was pregnant with my 1st child. I didn't know what it was at the time. I thought I was in labor so I went to the hospital and they told me to go home and wait it out. All they were able to do was to listen to the baby's heartbeat and monitor my contractions. They said my contractions weren't able to be timed so I should come back later. Then a week later the same thing happened again. (I had this happen to me 3 different times before I finally went into labor for real). My dad suffers with stones too and I told him what it felt like and he knew exactly what it was. (It's sad my own dad can tell me I'm not in labor and diagnose my problem when a doctor can't). But anyways, they can't do a CT scan since your pregnant so it's really hard for them to tell if that's what the problem is. Take my advice and call your doctor about it anyways, because it is better for them to know about what's going on than not. If you get to the hospital and they tell you that you aren't in labor then ask them to do an ultrasound; they had to do that with me (even though they still weren't able to find one). But most of the time they will be able to see if there is one in there. Labor can start almost any way it wants to. Some times it is called "back labor", but either way, I would let my doctor know what's going on.

Be Blessed and congrats!

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How late during 2nd pregnancy did you feel baby?

Q. I am 18 weeks with baby number 2 and I felt what I thought was the baby moving around 14 weeks, I still continue to feel little movements but I don't feel them everyday and they still are not very strong. I did not feel my first son move until around 21 weeks. Is this normal because I have been told that you can feel the baby move sooner with the second pregnancy.

A. I am pregnant with our 4th baby. My pregnancy with my daughter was the complete opposite of my sons. Some babies are very active and some not so much. I am 16 weeks along and have started feeling flutters and little movements but they are not strong enough for anyone else to feel them yet. It is normal for every baby to be different in the womb, just like your kids will have different personalities and traits. If you are worried you can always purchase a fetal heart monitor at a BABY store so you can listen to the babies heartbeat and feel reassured. You can also rent them from your doctor or hospital as well. Don't stress and good luck!!

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How common is SIDS and what can you do for prevention?

Q. My baby sleeps in his crib usually on his stomach and I have a baby breathing monitor. The midwife recommended that he sleep on his stomach and he can really get a good sleep that way. What can I do to prevent SIDS? If he sleeps on my top when we are on my bed, is it safe?
I am not asleep when he is on my top so I can't roll over him. He sleeps in his crib for the night.

I told the midwife that SIDS occurs more often in cases kids are put on their stomachs but she said that's just statistics and has nothing to do with SIDS. I don't know...

A. SIDS occurs in roughly 1 in 500 babies(http://www.faqs.org/faqs/misc-kids/sids/), but the rate actually depends on many factors, such as where you live, your lifestyle, your feeding methods, etc.

SIDS can occur up to one year of age, but the most common age for it to occur is between 2 and 4 months. After 4 months, the risk declines. After the 6-7th month, the likelihood of SIDS occurring is very low. It is more common in male babies than female babies.

There is a lot you can do to lower the risk of it occurring.

~don't smoke. AT ALL. Not even outside.

~put your baby to sleep on his back. If he won't sleep that way, you can compromise and put him on his side, using those wedges that keep the baby from rolling over. My first daughter could not sleep on her back due to severe reflux, so we put her on her side.

~don't use pillows, blankets, stuffed animals, or any soft bedding in his crib (or wherever he sleeps)

~don't dress him too warmly

~BREASTFEED. For every 87 babies that die of SIDS, only 3 breastfed babies die of SIDS. Reference: http://www.co.utah.ut.us/dept/healthwic/BreastFeed.asp

Personally, I would not put my baby to sleep on his/her stomach, especially if if they were not past the 4 month mark. If it was needed, I would put them on their side.

As for cosleeping, there is conflicting evidence out there as to whether it lowers or raises the risk of SIDS.

Many parent's beds have blankets and pillows and soft mattress pads, etc, that can raise the risk of SIDS, so cosleeping in that sense would definitely be riskier. However, if you make your bed "baby safe", then I would think that cosleeping would not put your baby at a higher risk and may actually reduce his risk of SIDS, as long as:
~you don't smoke
~your spouse doesn't smoke
~you don't sleep too heavily (as to notice if you roll into your baby's face
~your spouse doesn't sleep too heavily
~neither you nor your spouse are overweight/obese (studies have shown that cosleeping babies with overweight/obese parents are more likely to die of SIDS or be accidentally suffocated by their parents).

As for your son sleeping on top of you, I personally think it's fine, as long as he's on his back and there's no way he can roll off and be injured. If he's on his stomach, but you're awake and watching him the entire time, then that's okay too.

I coslept with both of my daughters, but I slept on my side, and they slept on their sides with their back up against my belly/chest. I would turn them over to nurse and then turn them back when they finished.

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How old was your child when you stopped using a baby monitor?

Q. My oldest is 25 months (just turned 2) and I still have one in her room. She's my alarm clock. When she wakes up, I get up lol. I wouldn't hear her without the monitor.

A. We still have monitors in my kids' rooms with the receivers down in our family room. My son is 3, and my girls (who share a room) are 6 and 7. I know that we don't really need them anymore, but it's hard to hear the kids when we're downstairs. (Our bedroom is just down the hall from their bedrooms, so I don't use a monitor from my room.)

Honestly, I use the monitors mostly during the day so that I can hear if they start to argue and need me to run interference. ;-) It's also nice at night when the kids go to bed and we're still up so that we can hear if they need anything without them having to scream for us. We've talked about getting rid of them before, but the kids kinda use them as (one-way) intercoms now, so we've just left them.

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How do i tell my significant other?

Q. I have always taken care of my body. Have always gone to the doctor regularly and have had regular pap smears, etc. I rarely get sick, have had the flu once in my life when i was 12. Now I am 24 with 2 kids. I was in a relationship for 6 1/2 years where i was emothionally and mentally abused and i finally left him when he had a child with another female.

I have now been involved with a new person for a while who has taken my kids in as his own. We have talked about marriage and the whole nine. I had recently had a miscarriage and I am now pregnant again, almost 5 months. Just a week ago I found out I had HPV (not HIV). I know I have to break the news to him asap, but how? The doctor said the baby should not be affected, but what affects could this have on my health, and his if he has been infected? Im not certain but i'm sure i must have contracted it from my ex, and it is just showing up. What should i do and what types of treatment are out there if I am really infected?

A. I believe it is about 80% of women by the time they are in their 50s have been infected with this virus. It is very common. Not all strains of this cause warts either. There are several types of HPV. Your doctor should have explained this to you. Men don't have any sypmtoms of this. How do you know you didn't contract it from your current boyfriend? Anyway, it's not such a big deal. You just need to monitor your yearly pap tests to be sure none turn abnormal. You are at higher risk for cervical cancer. Tell your boyfriend, and take care of yourself. There is no real "treatment" for it. It is a virus that stays with you and you can pass it on,,,,so,,,,safe sex!

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Anyone familiar with the differences in Kawasaki disease and autism? Is one easily treated with meds vs the?

Q. other not? It sounds like J Travolta's son with a round the clock nanny, baby monitor and bathroom door that chimed when opened, he was either very sick or not safe on his own or both?

A. my daugher had kawasaki disease. it has nothing to do with autism. it is NOT characterized by seizures. it is a temporary condition characterized by vasculitis - which is basically an inflammation of veins and arteries. the sickness lasted in my daughter for about 2 weeks when she was three and then it was over. we've had to have her heart checked once a year for any abnormalities, but that is it... and her case was very very severe (she barely survived). and no, it is not easily treated. they basically treat the symptoms with a series of immune deficiency drugs and maybe some others (depending on the symptoms) and hope for the best, but cannot treat the cause since they don't know what that is.

autism as far as i know is a disorder that is not temporary like kawasaki. the things you're mentioning about the travoltas sounds more like worry over seizures or behavior (as with autism). they would do nothing in helping a kid who had had kawasaki.

the only thing that would apply to helping a kid who had kawasaki would be to have a constant heart monitor since the only known long term affects are heart defects from severe stress from the sickness at such a young age.

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When did you remove the baby monitor from your childs room?

Q. My daughter is 8 months old so she's obviously way too young to remove the monitor and I probably wouldn't consider it before she was 2 or 3, but I was thinking about it and I don't really know at what age the baby monitor is typically done away with.

A. I know we're in the minority, but I still have monitors in both my girls' room (ages 5 and 6) and in my son's room (age 2). They're there mostly so that they don't have to yell for us if they need something and we're downstairs. Having the monitors helps me determine if I need to intervene in an argument while they're playing, allows me to hear a child who needs help in the bathroom, and generally helps me be more aware of what's going on upstairs while I'm downstairs.

We don't use the monitors once we go to bed since all the bedrooms are right next to each other. Sometimes I wonder if I should take the monitor out of my girls' room since it's clearly not a necessity, but they don't seem to mind it. They know it's there, and they know we can hear them if they call for us quietly (which keeps them from yelling and waking up their brother if he's asleep).

Heck, I use the monitor to call things down to my husband or the kids, too -- like my own personal PA system. ;-)

I think it just depends on the size/layout of your house and what works for you and your family. There's no right or wrong answer here.

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What baby monitor(s) don't interfere with each other?

Q. I have 2 kids under the age of 2, each with their own room, at an opposite side of the house from my husband and I. We need to find a monitor(s) that doesn't interfere with the other so that we can hear both of them at night.

A. It's not the monitor, but the frequency it uses that interfere with another. TYou'll need to find two monitors that work on different frequencies or there are some that come with a switch allowing you to choose from two frequencies.

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Does anyone know where I could find a double baby monitor?

Q. I need to find a double baby monitor for my sisters new house. She has 2 babies (16 month and 3 month) and needs a double monitor. What I mean is 2 receivers and 2 speakers that all work together so she can put a receiver in each of the babies rooms and 1 speaker upstairs and one downstairs. If anyone knows where I could find one online or in a store that would be great thanks :)

A. As far as I have been able to find, there is no such thing. You can't have two transmitters because they use the same radio frequencies - the signals interfere with each other so you just get static on the receiver. Same thing applies if you try buying two different sets of monitors - one for each baby - because ALL baby monitors share the same narrow range of frequencies due to government regulation of the radio frequencies.

My solution is to have one conventional baby monitor with 2 receivers (for one kid) and one intercom set for the other kid. The intercoms I'm using are a 3-piece set I bought from radio shack. They plug into the wall and will work 2-ways. You set the one in the baby's room to "lock" and turn the other ones on and it works just like a baby monitor. Since the baby monitor is wireless and the intercoms send the signal through the electrical wires of the house, the signals don't interfere with each other.

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Can the start of labor ever feel like a kidney stone?

Q. I've had 2 kids and 30 kidney stones, but last time I was checked (a year ago) I had no stones left. It is possible one has formed since then. I am 36 weeks pregnant. I'm having a pain in my side that reminds me of a kidney stone but like I said, last check I had none. Can labor ever start on one side and feel that way? I don't want to go into the ER just for a stone.

A. I had a kidney stone while I was pregnant with my 1st child. I didn't know what it was at the time. I thought I was in labor so I went to the hospital and they told me to go home and wait it out. All they were able to do was to listen to the baby's heartbeat and monitor my contractions. They said my contractions weren't able to be timed so I should come back later. Then a week later the same thing happened again. (I had this happen to me 3 different times before I finally went into labor for real). My dad suffers with stones too and I told him what it felt like and he knew exactly what it was. (It's sad my own dad can tell me I'm not in labor and diagnose my problem when a doctor can't). But anyways, they can't do a CT scan since your pregnant so it's really hard for them to tell if that's what the problem is. Take my advice and call your doctor about it anyways, because it is better for them to know about what's going on than not. If you get to the hospital and they tell you that you aren't in labor then ask them to do an ultrasound; they had to do that with me (even though they still weren't able to find one). But most of the time they will be able to see if there is one in there. Labor can start almost any way it wants to. Some times it is called "back labor", but either way, I would let my doctor know what's going on.

Be Blessed and congrats!

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