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Lainey_WebMD_Staff posted:
Welcome to the parenting community. We hope you will make this one of your favorite spots on WebMD. Here you will find a great group of members who will share their parenting experience with you and we hope you will also participate in sharing your knowledge.
Our community has 3 experts:
Dr. Adesman is a nationally recognized pediatrician with expertise in the evaluation and management of behavioral problems and developmental disorders in children.
Dr. Altmann is a best-selling author, parenting expert, media spokesperson and our guest expert.
Dr. Roy Benaroch is a general pediatrician, author, and educator at Emory University.
Please take a moment and introduce yourself to the community. Tell us a little about you and your child/children.
My name is Lainey, your community moderator. I am married with 6 children and we are a nuclear family. 2 of my children serve in the USMC, 1 is a pharmacy tech, 1 is in school for vet tech, and my youngest 2 are teens in high school. I also have 3 grandchildren. (They call me Nana.) My husband is a firefighter and owns a construction company.
Our community has 3 experts:
Dr. Adesman is a nationally recognized pediatrician with expertise in the evaluation and management of behavioral problems and developmental disorders in children.
Dr. Altmann is a best-selling author, parenting expert, media spokesperson and our guest expert.
Dr. Roy Benaroch is a general pediatrician, author, and educator at Emory University.
Please take a moment and introduce yourself to the community. Tell us a little about you and your child/children.
My name is Lainey, your community moderator. I am married with 6 children and we are a nuclear family. 2 of my children serve in the USMC, 1 is a pharmacy tech, 1 is in school for vet tech, and my youngest 2 are teens in high school. I also have 3 grandchildren. (They call me Nana.) My husband is a firefighter and owns a construction company.
67 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Welcome to the parenting community. We hope you will make this one of your favorite spots on WebMD. Here you will find a great group of members who will share their parenting experience with you and we hope you will also participate in sharing your knowledge. <br /> <br /> Our community has 3 experts:<br /> <br /> Dr. Adesman is a nationally recognized pediatrician with expertise in the evaluation and management of behavioral problems and developmental disorders in children.<br /> <br /> Dr. Altmann is a best-selling author, parenting expert, media spokesperson and our guest expert.<br /> <br /> Dr. Roy Benaroch is a general pediatrician, author, and educator at Emory University.<br /> <br /> Please take a moment and introduce yourself to the community. Tell us a little about you and your child/children. <br /> <br /> My name is Lainey, your community moderator. I am married with 6 children and we are a nuclear family. 2 of my children serve in the USMC, 1 is a pharmacy tech, 1 is in school for vet tech, and my youngest 2 are teens in high school. I also have 3 grandchildren. (They call me Nana.) My husband is a firefighter and owns a construction company.
Lainey_WebMD_Staff responded:
Welcome to our community ladies! If you need any help please let me know. We parents need your advice and welcome all views!
Lainey
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Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Welcome to our community ladies! If you need any help please let me know. We parents need your advice and welcome all views!<br /><br />Lainey <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif" align="top" border="0">
luminous1186 replied to Lainey_WebMD_Staff's response:
hey everyone, I am 24 yrs old and have a little princess who is 14 months old...I just finished college with a BS in Psychology and am thinking about putting my education on hold since my little one is quite the handful...she is the reason I am on this site, I am very open to any helpful advice out there 
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)hey everyone, I am 24 yrs old and have a little princess who is 14 months old...I just finished college with a BS in Psychology and am thinking about putting my education on hold since my little one is quite the handful...she is the reason I am on this site, I am very open to any helpful advice out there <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/litesmile.gif" align="top" border="0">
Lainey_WebMD_Staff replied to luminous1186's response:
Welcome to Parenting, Luminous1186! We will help in any way we can. Please feel free to jump in anytime!
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Welcome to Parenting, Luminous1186! We will help in any way we can. Please feel free to jump in anytime!
Wendy12345678 responded:
Hello. My name is Wendy, and I am 30 years old (was quit a shock to hit the big 3-0). I live in a nice little suburb of Phoenix, AZ with my husband, 3 kids, 3 cats, 2 birds, and 1 dog. I'm coming to the parenting board from the pregnancy 1-3 trimester boards, which I've missed very much in the two weeks since having my youngest son. My oldest is newly 9, middle is 4 (5 in May), and 16 days. I've had some baby blues off and on with my son, but it seems to be getting better. My husband works out of town and is only home on weekends. My mother does not know I've had a baby because she has alzheimers and lives with my aunt who we are hiding the pregnancy and baby from (she has less than favorable views on multiple children). Most of my family is in Texas, including aunt and mom, which is allright considering situations. I've been missing pregnancy and the early days are going so fast I've all but completely decided I want one more baby in a few years! Having the kids on my own and missing pregnancy I get a bit overwhelmed, so I can't wait to chat with other parents and "belong" on another board!
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Hello. My name is Wendy, and I am 30 years old (was quit a shock to hit the big 3-0). I live in a nice little suburb of Phoenix, AZ with my husband, 3 kids, 3 cats, 2 birds, and 1 dog. I'm coming to the parenting board from the pregnancy 1-3 trimester boards, which I've missed very much in the two weeks since having my youngest son. My oldest is newly 9, middle is 4 (5 in May), and 16 days. I've had some baby blues off and on with my son, but it seems to be getting better. My husband works out of town and is only home on weekends. My mother does not know I've had a baby because she has alzheimers and lives with my aunt who we are hiding the pregnancy and baby from (she has less than favorable views on multiple children). Most of my family is in Texas, including aunt and mom, which is allright considering situations. I've been missing pregnancy and the early days are going so fast I've all but completely decided I want one more baby in a few years! Having the kids on my own and missing pregnancy I get a bit overwhelmed, so I can't wait to chat with other parents and "belong" on another board!
Lainey_WebMD_Staff replied to Wendy12345678's response:
Welcome to the community Wendy! You can still hang out in the trimester communities too. We have some great members here. 
We have some great members here. Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Welcome to the community Wendy! You can still hang out in the trimester communities too. <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif" align="top" border="0"> We have some great members here. <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/wink.gif" align="top" border="0">
An_222032 responded:
Hi, my name is Cristy, I am a mother of four, 8yr, 3yr, 2yr, and 9 mos. I am currently potty training the two and three year old one boy, one girl, my youngest is starting to crawl, and teething. Surprisingly my oldest is my most difficult, he is on medication for ADHD, but it doesnt seem to help with anything but his school work. Once he gets home he's back to normal, into, on everything, not minding, listening, etc. My husband isnt much help, because he works nights and sleeps days. I feel very alone and dont know what else to do.
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Hi, my name is Cristy, I am a mother of four, 8yr, 3yr, 2yr, and 9 mos. I am currently potty training the two and three year old one boy, one girl, my youngest is starting to crawl, and teething. Surprisingly my oldest is my most difficult, he is on medication for ADHD, but it doesnt seem to help with anything but his school work. Once he gets home he's back to normal, into, on everything, not minding, listening, etc. My husband isnt much help, because he works nights and sleeps days. I feel very alone and dont know what else to do.
Lainey_WebMD_Staff replied to An_222032's response:
Hi Cristy, welcome to Parenting. We have many mothers who will offer support and aso great experts. Please post any discussion and share your views with us.
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Hi Cristy, welcome to Parenting. We have many mothers who will offer support and aso great experts. Please post any discussion and share your views with us. <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif" align="top" border="0">
SADIE2727 responded:
Hi my name is sarah. Im twenty seven years old and i have a wonderful husband and ten month old daughter. Im pretty new to asking anyone for help when it comes to parenting but i really would rather talk to other moms and experts to get many different views and pick what i think is right for my daughter. I have many woman with children in my family but honestly and not trying to be hateful, their children are beyond spoiled brats so i dont really care for all the advise they give. My husband is in the oilfield and i was teaching dance and cheer before i had my daughter. I dont have to work so i put all my effort into my daughter. She has never been to a sitter, nanas house, i mean no where with out me or my husband. Please help answer the so many questions i have so my daughter will turn into a wonderful person. I know it takes a village to raise a child, i am just really hoping this is the right village. LOL
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Hi my name is sarah. Im twenty seven years old and i have a wonderful husband and ten month old daughter. Im pretty new to asking anyone for help when it comes to parenting but i really would rather talk to other moms and experts to get many different views and pick what i think is right for my daughter. I have many woman with children in my family but honestly and not trying to be hateful, their children are beyond spoiled brats so i dont really care for all the advise they give. My husband is in the oilfield and i was teaching dance and cheer before i had my daughter. I dont have to work so i put all my effort into my daughter. She has never been to a sitter, nanas house, i mean no where with out me or my husband. Please help answer the so many questions i have so my daughter will turn into a wonderful person. I know it takes a village to raise a child, i am just really hoping this is the right village. LOL
SADIE2727 replied to Lainey_WebMD_Staff's response:
I have read some of your views and comments and im new to this website. well ive never talked to anyone on the internet but im a new mom and really looking for so much advice and the rights and wrongs of mother hood. Please read my things i post and help. Im open to advice or even someone to say that im doing something wrong. I have woman in my family with children but i could not take any of the advice they because their kids are grown spoiled brats and i dont want that. Lol. Anyways please help.
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)I have read some of your views and comments and im new to this website. well ive never talked to anyone on the internet but im a new mom and really looking for so much advice and the rights and wrongs of mother hood. Please read my things i post and help. Im open to advice or even someone to say that im doing something wrong. I have woman in my family with children but i could not take any of the advice they because their kids are grown spoiled brats and i dont want that. Lol. Anyways please help.
Lainey_WebMD_Staff replied to SADIE2727's response:
Aw Hello SADIE2727,
Welcome to Parenting! You have no worries, we are all here to help. I have made more mistakes than I care to admit. Love your babies and you will be fine.
Soft hugs,
Welcome to Parenting! You have no worries, we are all here to help. I have made more mistakes than I care to admit. Love your babies and you will be fine.
Soft hugs,
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Aw Hello SADIE2727,<br /><br />Welcome to Parenting! You have no worries, we are all here to help. I have made more mistakes than I care to admit. Love your babies and you will be fine.<br /><br />Soft hugs,
perisue responded:
My name is Peri and I'm a single mom of 2 children, 8 and 5. My 8 year old had bacterial meningitis at 5 weeks of age. Then diagnosed w/ Hydracephalus and Syringomyelia at 4 and had emergency surgery to place a shunt. About a month ago we had more emergency surgery b/c the shunt had a blockage (our first revision~I hear we are incredibly fortunate) My 5 year old is a little spit fire and keeps me on my toes daily.
As for me, I teach a children's dance program through a community center and love every minute of it. We are going on our tenth year this year, and the children bring so much joy to my life!
As for me, I teach a children's dance program through a community center and love every minute of it. We are going on our tenth year this year, and the children bring so much joy to my life!
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)My name is Peri and I'm a single mom of 2 children, 8 and 5. My 8 year old had bacterial meningitis at 5 weeks of age. Then diagnosed w/ Hydracephalus and Syringomyelia at 4 and had emergency surgery to place a shunt. About a month ago we had more emergency surgery b/c the shunt had a blockage (our first revision~I hear we are incredibly fortunate) My 5 year old is a little spit fire and keeps me on my toes daily. <br />As for me, I teach a children's dance program through a community center and love every minute of it. We are going on our tenth year this year, and the children bring so much joy to my life!
Lainey_WebMD_Staff replied to perisue's response:
Welcome to Parenting Peri!
mommyof2wonderfulkids responded:
Name is Nikki, I have 2 children ages 2.5 and 7. I am a student working on becoming a medical assistant.
Report This| Share this:Welcome to Parenting: (Please introduce yourself)Name is Nikki, I have 2 children ages 2.5 and 7. I am a student working on becoming a medical assistant.
Lainey_WebMD_Staff replied to mommyof2wonderfulkids's response:
Welcome Nikki!
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