InstantForum.NET v4.1.3ParentTalk Forumshttp://forums.parentscanada.com/info@parentscanada.comSat, 19 Jul 2008 06:52:43 GMT20http://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4509-21-1.aspx<FONT face=Arial>Check out our brand new blog. You can get there via the homepage: Under "Get Connected", click on blog! I'd love to have your comments and suggestions for topics.</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial>Cheers,</FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial>Lisa</FONT>Wed, 28 May 2008 16:51:35 GMTonline-editorhttp://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4493-21-1.aspxI'm very tired and out of sorts today: haven't been sleeping, getting a cold and our little girl has a cold, too (although she's a lot more cheerful than me!)</P><P>Here's my vent: Every time we seem to catch up on money and bills, something new comes along - a property tax bill, a new credit card invoice, a broken something that needs to be repaired! I wonder if we'll ever truly catch up. Can you relate???Fri, 23 May 2008 09:03:28 GMTonline-editorhttp://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4455-21-1.aspxLet's hear it from all the Canadian moms out there. I want to know what you covet for Mother's Day this weekend.Fri, 09 May 2008 14:14:02 GMTonline-editorhttp://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4342-21-1.aspxHi there:</P><P>I hope I'm allowed to do this, but I'm a filmmaker and I'm doing some research on whether or not women can "have it all". My own kids are 18 and 14, and from my own experience my so called career really suffered from motherhood (and my kids probably suffered from my so-called career, lol). I'm wondering what it's like now - do most of you have to work? Would you rather be home? Working part-time? If you do "have it all", how do you manage it? If you feel you don't have it all, what happended? Do you have any ideas how things could change to make it more equitable for working moms?</P><P>I'd so appreciate any input anyone might have!Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:11:22 GMTredconsuella123http://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4438-21-1.aspxHi there.</P><P>I'm the new Online Editor for Parents Canada and looking forward to meeting all of you and hearing what you have to say.</P><P>Here's my choice for the vent of the month: I need fewer (and healthier) choices for my kids' snacks! Every time I go to the grocery store, I'm overwhelmed with the amount of cereal bars, snack bars, granola bars, cookies, crackers, cheese sticks, yogurt tubes, etc., etc., etc.</P><P>What's your solution? I try and do the "healthy foods only" routine but for school and outings I often need pre-packaged snacks. I'd love to hear your ideas and vents about kids' snacks.</P><P>Thanks!Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:03:05 GMTonline-editorhttp://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4396-21-1.aspxWe are opening up the discussion to all vents in general. We want to hear all of your frustrations and pet peeves - let them all go in this forum.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:21:53 GMTModeratorhttp://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4338-21-1.aspxThis month we'd like to put a spotlight on the Dads. What does Dad let the kids get away with that drives Mom nuts? <br><br>We'd like to hear it all, good and bad!Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:11:10 GMTModeratorhttp://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4317-21-1.aspxI just came back from a long time away from the boards and love this new idea. Are you having this months vent still?Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:01:59 GMTviolet1amythesthttp://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4266-21-1.aspxLast month we gave you a chance to vent about your spouse's annoying habits, this month we've made things even easier - we'd like to hear about your in-laws. What angers you most about them?Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:49:16 GMTModeratorhttp://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4237-21-1.aspx<FONT size=7><STRONG>I am an 18 year old mother. I may be young but i am definently not clueless. I hate my in-laws. I know hate is a harsh word but it is what it is. The day my daughter was born everything went downhill. Yes i was very excited and happy to finally get to have her apart of our lives. Everyone on my boyfriends side of the family made it so hard to enjoy anytime with my daughter. It was a constant battle to uphold my mother status. Everyone was trying to take my daughter from me. I was always being challenged as a mother. Everyone kept trying to tell me what to feed her how to feed her and so on. There is one thing to give advice but it is another thing to criticise. Criticism was all i got. My mother in-law was always trying to make my daughter love her more than me her own mother. I found out that she was saying things to my daughter behind my back. She was trying to replace me a s a mother and i just stood by for a while and let it happen because i did not want to make things worse for my relationship with her son. I would tell her not to feed her one thing and she'd go behind my back and do everything that i told her not to do. She is really coniving. To this day i do not trust her. My daughter does seem that she loves her more than me and that is because she corrupted her since the day she was born. I just don't know why anyone would do that to a family. I thought having children would make me so happy but i have to live everyday defending my status as a mother. That is where my depression stemmed from. I know my daughter loves me but i just wish there wasn't so many people trying to take her from me. I am her mother and i take care of her i bathe her i feed her i gave birth to her so i don't know why everyone in my boyfriends family can't just back off and leave us alone to be happy with our children. I can't leave my daughter alone with his mom anymore beacuse i don't trust her. She always wants a reaction from my daughter when she sees her. She expects my daughter to scream all happy when she sees her and if she doesn't't she gets mad. It is really hard beacuse we currently share a house with her. Its been getting to the point that i feel like i have to get a restraing order against her but i know that that would only make things worse between me and my boyfriend. my boyfriend obviously doesn't see it. To him his mom is an angel. Even my mother in laws whole family warned me about her and to watch her when she's around my daughter. When my daughter was only 3 weeks old she suggested that i put baby pablum in her bottle to help her sleep through the night. I told her no i was not going to do that. First off all it is common sense that she could choke and second of all it does not even work it is only a myth. She went behind my back and put it in her bottle anyways and my daughter kept vomitting the next day. She also went behind my back and cut my daughters hair and she tried to deny it at first when we confronted her. She is a psycho! Well anyways i was just wondering if any of you moms had been in a similar situation i would like to know.</STRONG></FONT></P><P><FONT size=7><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </P><P><FONT face="Arial Black" size=7><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:54:47 GMTsweetmom07http://forums.parentscanada.com/Topic4198-21-1.aspxNOVEMBER'S VENT OF THE MONTH TOPIC<br><br>What is the one habit your spouse has that drives you nuts?<br><br>We want to hear you vent! What pushes your buttons?Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:49:07 GMTModerator