Learning: Toddler, The First Years

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Is First Years or Evenflo Breast Pumps Any Good?

When my son and daughter were born premature, the WIC offices where I lived provided a motorized Medella pump supplied from a medical supply store. Obviously this was very good. I know that Medellas are sold in Target but I also seen other brands. Is there an "off" brand ie, Evenflo, First Years, etc. that is comparable but without the price??

Activities

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Communication with IEP Team

My daughter has an IEP with the school district she attends. I seek continual contact with the team that services her needs. I have provided a calendar for the teacher to write notes to me daily for the last two years. I email the team when I have questions and evan text some. All is good. I am a very involved parent and am a former teacher. We just met for the 10-11 school year and they feel intimitated by me which is why they dont keep in touch with me like they should and they want to LIMIT my contact with them to only report...

Hobbies

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The Development of My 15 Month Old Daughter..

This may be quit long and I'm sorry, but it takes a lot of explaining. I am curious about my daughters mental and speech development. Around 12 mos., she mimicked me when I asked her to say "baba" or "mama" *she was never too big on saying "dada"* and she was picking up new things fast. Now she only seems to say "rarara.." or "ahhh.." like a scream and I am just concerned with her not talking and she no longer mimicks me like that anymore. But she seems to be developing mentally VERY WELL! but at her own pace. I started working on her using...

Playing with Others

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PLEASE Help!! 14 Month Baby and I Need to Sleep Through the Night!!

Hola dear parents! this is my first time writing on here. I need help especially from those of you who went through something similar. At this moment I'm in the bathroom and doing everything in my power not to cry. My baby is 14 months and I've been breast-feeding on demand (day and night, as you can imagine- against most people's opinion). I have no problem waking up every hour and a half but now everyone is telling me that it is really unhealthy for my baby to be waking up THIS much (usually he sleep from 8-11 (maybe 12) and then...

School

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Is First Years or Evenflo Breast Pumps Any Good?

When my son and daughter were born premature, the WIC offices where I lived provided a motorized Medella pump supplied from a medical supply store. Obviously this was very good. I know that Medellas are sold in Target but I also seen other brands. Is there an "off" brand ie, Evenflo, First Years, etc. that is comparable but without the price??