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Hey guys, our girl keeps hitting her tail on everything for the last several weeks. She's doing it so hard that it's busting open and getting blood everywhere. Last week she did it exceptionally hard and we went to the vet and she had exposed bone on the tip of her tail. We're wrapping it, antibiotics, and sedatives to try to calm the wagging but she's still going just as hard. The vet has suggested we might be forced to dock it. It breaks my heart. We even tried putting her in a kennel during happy tail times but she just hits it on the kennel and damages it that way. Anyone experienced this?? We need help!

Today we visited a pediatric neurologist who told us our son experienced a partial complex seizure earlier this month. I'm terrified. When it happened, he didn't convulse; I insisted we see a doctor just in case, but I honestly thought the doctor would tell me to stop worrying and go home. He had an EEG which looked age appropriate and we're scheduled for an MRI later in January.

What can I expect? How do I make sure the school understands what to do if it happens again? What type of questions should I be asking and to whom? Do I need to be concerned about monitoring his sleep?

The neurologist says we have a 50/50 of it being either a one time thing or epilepsy.

He's about to be five. W

Today we visited a pediatric neurologist who told us our son experienced a partial complex seizure earlier this month. I'm terrified. When it happened, he didn't convulse; I insisted we see a doctor just in case, but I honestly thought the doctor would tell me to stop worrying and go home. He had an EEG which looked age appropriate and we're scheduled for an MRI later in January. Parents who've been through this, what can I expect? How do I make sure the school understands what to do if it happens again? What type of questions should I be asking and to whom?

He's about to be five. When it happened, he vomited, got very distant and just repeated things we said to him, vomited more an

I just got home from trying to do a quick run at the store where my speech delayed 3 year old had a tantrum. It doesn't really matter why, but not only was he not getting his way, but he felt I didn't understand him, which is common where we are on his speech. Before I could even finish getting our buggy and into the store stranger #1 comes around from behind me and gets her face close to my sons and in a harsh voice shouts "mind your momma," smirks to her husband and walks off. I'm dumbfounded. Wtf was that suppose to accomplish? I shrugged it off, and focus on getting him in the store. I'm trying to get him to understand first we'll do xyz then we'll do what he wants when stranger #2

I was a nobody. An outcast. A socially awkward, repressed, metal-loving teenage girl with all the insecurities of a normal girl, plus some extra weight. I wore the sweatshirts in summer and my hair down because it camouflaged my face. At least that's what I thought it did. The few friends I had were ostracized just like me but for varying degrees of social atrocities; too ugly, too fat, too poor, too smelly, too many zits. At least I had a clean face. I was witty and had a great sense of humor.

Being on the sidelines really helped one to hone in on the skills of observation. I could see the big picture before most people knew there was any picture there – socially that is. That's

Hi guys, we have a 2002 celica we're having difficulties securing a carseat in. We've tried evenflo maestro and the graco 65 convertible, but neither would fit snug in the bucket seat. Any ideas? It's not our primary car, but it's extremely helpful when splitting kids and activities or appointments. We've looked around online and the two above was what was suggested that didn't work. Thanks a lot!

Tonight a friend took our twins to pick out a toy for their 8th birthday. Both kids are major into monster high dolls. They've just released a couple of new dolls, which was a surprise, one in particular being a spider girl. As the kids were going through all the different kinds, a lady came up and took all six of that particular doll. I'm pissed because if you tried to buy this doll online, people like this lady, resell them for hundreds of dollars. They're just dolls!! I just don't understand why people would do that to a bunch of kids who just want their favorite character. After the lady walked off, the kids made their way back to the start of the aisle looking for it and were bumm

My son was diagnosed with adhd in December. Lately, everything is a constant struggle (brushing teeth, picking up, even just going to the bathroom). He's started to get extremely violent and has begun hitting me, his sister and my husband (step dad whose been in the picture since he was a born). He's been seeing a counselor for over a year now on a weekly basis, but it hasn't changed much. I'm concerned we've ventured into oppositional defiance disorder and I don't know where to go from here. He sees his biological father every other weekend (assuming he'll show) and I know that can play a part in ODD. We're starting to discuss hospitalization because of his rages where he's clawing an

About an hour or so ago I was dancing with my kids. My six year old twins and my little one, nineteen months. Everything was great. We'd had a good day, went out shopping and even had the prospect of a second nap for my little man.

Out of no where there was a sound more like the wind hitting up against the door, or maybe it was just the music. I'm really not sure, but the dog even took notice and the music had been playing for awhile, so I can't see why she'd react if it hadn't of been the door. It was much like a knock but a soft one. My six year old son immediately looked up, smiled and said loudly, "Come in!". The second the words left his mouth I felt this overwhelming sense of

So...tonight's episode IMHO sucked balls. The leviathans have truly never seemed like a big threat and yet it seems they keep being dragged out. Thoughts on how they might save it?