The easiest way would be to go to a Tmobile store or a store that carries T mobile phone like Walmart and Sams. Then you can look at what the offer.

Raccoon maybe?

We just use them with the cracks. I am afraid to try self repair. I think I would just make it worse.

I do think that more structure could help, but I agree with all the others that have a zero tolerance for hitting. I had problems with this with my older child (7 yr gap between kids). (She has ADHD and possibly AS so does have impulse control issues, but that is no excuse for violence) In our house physical aggression is just not allowed. We would talk about why parents can't hit/hurt their kids including what happens if a parent were to do so. Then I sum it up with the fact that if I am not allowed to hurt her when I am angry, she is not allowed to hurt her brother. Then give immediate and harsh consequences. Imagine a 12yr old in "time out". Basically she had to stay within my sight all day long. If the younger child was instigating, I would give them a consequence together like pulling weeds. There was one summer where I had really nice looking flower beds. I was going to post more, but you kids are still young. I don't know if we really want to get into physical violence happening with older siblings. One more thing I just thought of. My kids took Tae Kwon Do for several years. TKD teaches responsible use of aggression. When we had that problem, I told my dd that if she ever kicked her brother again she would have to go and explain what happened to her instructor. He was well known for taking belts away to kids that used their skill inappropriately.

Sounds like you have a tough situation to deal with. I don't have any direct experience, but since it doesn't seem like anyone else does either I will give you my thoughts. I do have a relative who has a child with Bipolar Disorder. He was first diagnosed around 5 or 6 years old. It is supposed to be very unusual to be diagnosed with that disorder at such a young age which made effective treatment very difficult for many years. The boy is a teenager now and seems to have his medication well regulated, but there were many years of very difficult times. He had a very difficult time in regular public school and was several years behind in academics. Until his disorder was stabilized he really couldn't learn new material. I remember him being about 3rd grade and his mom being very excited when he could read a DR Seuss book all by himself. When he has good years his earning progress quickly. He is now able to read on grade level still has other issues. Public school was difficult for him to handle at time, and he has had many different kinds of placements over the years. He is currently in a private (and very expensive) private school that focuses on kids with extreme differences. The education there is customized for each student and does not follow public school standards at all. My son has a LD in reading and writing. (Has been in public school but will be at home this year) he will often get overwhelmed just looking at a an assignment and shut down. Now for my thoughts First I would get rid of any expectations of what you think your child should learn by a certain time. A kid that that can only learn on her schedule (when her disorder is stabilized). At this point if struggling with reading is causing major meltdowns, I would just remove that obstacle to her education. As much as possible, I would have her read along with a recording. That was she is still being presented with the material, but you are not having to correct her so often. That takes some of the pressure off you and keeps you from being the bad guy. When her disorder is better controlled you could focus more on reading. How you describe her reading does sound similar to my son except that three syllable words would be difficult for him. Even if without a specific diagnosis, I started using the Barton program with him this summer. I thought the beginning levels would be very easy for him, but I have found that he has a lot of little gaps that are being discovered. Barton is expensive, but breaks e erything down into very small steps so he can be successful most of the time. That is really helping with his confidence.

I like this book as well. It incorporates a reward system along with the consequences. What ever system you pick, you just have to stick with it and know that the behaviors will likely get worse before they get better.

French toast, bread pudding, rice pudding

Ok, I will be the iPod supporter. I use mine for almost everything that I would use a computer for, but about once a week I do have to get on the computer to do some of my surveys and watch an occasional tv show episode that is not available on mobile devices. We have three people using one Apple ID. We share lots of apps. When we do purchase apps, we can use the app on multiple devices. The same thing goes with iBook, Kendle, and iTunes content. At this point, I would not switch platforms because of how much we would have to repurchase (except for kindle stuff). I will have to say that we are a long time Apple family from back before iTunes and iPods even existed, so I may be a bit biased. :-)

At this age I wouldn't worry. At that age Many kids just do not yet completely understand that our language is written and read from left to right. I would just put a small sticker, colored dot, or some type of mark, on the left side of the page to give her a visual reminder of where to start. You can even purchase a brand of handwtithing paper that comes color coded. The base line is red, the top line is green, and there is some kind of picture on the left side to show where to start. I will search and see if I can find the name of that paper and post the link. Ok, I was wrong about the specific colors, but right about the idea. It is called Smart Start handwriting paper. I am going to try to post a link. http://www.rainbowresource.com/prodlist.php?subject=9&category=2068

Former kinder and pre-k teacher here. There is nothing wrong with having her checked out, but I wouldn't worry to much about it yet. There is such a range of development at that age that she is still perfectly normal. Trying having her work with the same stroke only larger. By this I mean have her write large enough that she is using her whole arm like on a large chalk board or dry erase board, or even poster sized paper. Once she can make the strokes larger, then have her try with regular paper and pencil. I would also start with unlined paper. For some kids it is easier to transition from the larger body movements to the fine motor movements. I have spent many years trying to unteach my DS all the bad handwriting habits that he taught himself in school. Just this summer, I pulled out an old chart tablet that I had left over from something else and let him write on it with some markers. Within minutes I noticed that he was using a correct pencil grip that I have not been able to get him to do for five years. When I pointed it out to him and told him that was how he was supposed to hold his pencils, it was like a light was turned on. Something finally clicked in him. Now he will self correct his pencil grip.

When my kids were little and they would whine "why" when I would tell them to do something, I would always answer because "I am the meanest mom in the world" One day my DS informed that I was only the 2nd meanest mom, because his friend's mom was meaner than I was.

The casual mention of lunch doesn't bother me either. My DH does ocasionally have lunch with former coworkers that are female and some of the people that work in the same building that are female. Both my DH and myself have "friends" on Facebook that we haven't seen in 20+ years, so I don't see anything wrong with that either. as long as they are sneaking around to see each other. I don see what the big deal is. It doesn't sound like he really cares one way or the other if he sees her again.

With my Ds11 he just doesn't like to do things by himself. Doesn't really matter what he is doing. If he is on the computer or watching TV, he wants me to watch or come tell me all about it.

I have to agree that your rules are too general, and your expectations are too high. I can't imagine either of my ADHD kids going an entire day without breaking at least one of those rules. Well, we wouldn't really have trouble with the running one, but that's it. When we were at the stage of having lots of behavior issues, I followed 1, 2, 3, Magic with rewards and consequences. It was a hard few months, but years later I if my DS gets out of hand I only have to start counting and he straightens up. Make your rules more specific. Concentrate on only a few at a time, and make your time period shorter for consequences such as one hour at a time. That way if the kid messes up in the morning he doesn't feel like the whole day is a wash so he might as well continue to be "bad". I learned from a very good friend of mine that the best way to handle the talking back issue is to absolutely ignore what the child says and just repeat your instructions over and over again until the child complies. If you don't respond to the talking back then the power of it is gone. I am not as good at it as my friend, but it was amazing to watch that work on her very argumentative 16yr old DD. Say "I a sorry that you feel that was, but it is still time for you to go to bed." enough times and the kid will eventually give up arguing and go to bed.

When I was a teenager, my family hosted several different times. The first time, our high school had a exchange program with a high school in Germany where one year they sentm students for a month and the next year our school sent students there. That went so well for us that the following year my mom signed up with one of those exchange stiudent programs. When I was a senior, we had a girl from Venezuela stay with us for six months as her first placement did bot work out. The bad part for her was that we lived in a area of the country where there were lots of Spanish speaking people from lots of different countries. Often she was not treated as "special" but the same negitive way many of the local Spanish speaking people were treated. In a with less negative views of Hispanic people whe would have probably had a better experience. We recent reconnected on Facebook. The most difficult placement we had was a young teenager from Australia. If I remember correctly, he was around 13 when the other students had been 16-18. He really just wasn't ready to be away from home that long, and we were only hosting him for the summer when he first got to the US. He went on to a different placement for the school year.

Only when one of the kids opens a soda and has it spray all over the room. :-) Really, I only wash the walls when there is visible yucky stuff or if I am going to paint.

I just looked in the App Store on my iPod, and there is an app for sale called TinyScan. It says it will work on iPad or iPhone so it should work on her iPod touch. It looks as if you would use the app to take a picture of the page and the save it as a PDF. I get the impression that it will save multiple pages in the same file, but I am not positive on that. For $4.99 it is worth a shot. Probably your next best option is a new scanner/printer that will allow you to scan multiple pages in one file. We have an old Brother something that will do that when we use the software that cane with the printer. When I just use the Windows Fax Scan software that came on my computer, I can andy have one page in a document as you described. I just went back to check out the app, and there is also a free version. I can't tell what the difference is yet, but I am going to get the free version to try it out.

Off topic, but I was Interested to see Dr Rosner's book mentioned. When my DD18 was 6, I took her to the Univ of Houston optometry school for an evaluation due to school problems. The supervising doctor was his wife also Dr. Rosner. We were given activities out of that book to do at home.

I had a MRI on my knee in May, and it was similar to this. My head and torso were not in the machine. My legs were positioned using some foam supports and it took about 30 minutes.

When I taught in Headstart we had a class subscription. I didn't have much time to set it up, but what I saw seemed good. I don't know if the home version is different than the school version, but there are multiple ways o use the site. It can just be used as free play where the kids do what they want. It can also be much more controlled. I don't remember exactly how to do everything, but the teach can go in and assign a level for each child (there were 3 levels).the teacher can also assign specific activities/lessons for each student to complete. The program keeps track of each student's progress and give the teacher some kind of progress report. The activities are not just reading/reading readiness so there is more variety than Starfall, but it is more oriented for the 2-4 yr olds, so I don't think it is as advanced in reading skills as Starfall.

Cat food? I only say that because that is my dog's favorite treat. Hot dogs and bacon would be my other suggestions.

I saw an Alton Brown episode where he makes his hard cooked eggs (not boiled) in a hot pot. Those are not allowed in my DDs dorm. They can only have a coffee maker that does not have a warming plate, so the Hot Shot you have linked would work. Luckily, grandma gave her an old Keurig to take to school.

A clue to me has always been if the injury turns purple rather than red it is likely to be broken. This is not based on scientific or medical information, just on my personal experience from all the broken bones that I have had, but it is usually accurate.

I have a Google Voice phone number left over from when I needed a work phone at home. 1. I don't know anything about Obi sorry. 2. The only costs with Google Voice are for international calls. I used it for local long distance without any charges. I would take calls directly over the computer when working and/or forward to my cell phone. 3. I don't think you can move your current number to Google Voice, but it could have changed it the several years since I signed up. When I signed up, the service was still new. At the time Google was adding new users slowly so it took several months on the waiting list before being allowed to join. Once I was approved, Google gave me a list of phone numbers that I could choose from. I was able to choose which area code prefix I wanted as I lived in an area with three overlapping area codes. 4. I don't remember any sort of customer support where you could talk to an actual person but the information online coved everything I needed. It was pretty simple to navigate. The biggest pain for me was adding all my business contacts into google voice so I would know who was calling, but with all the Google Drive stuff there is probably an easier way to do that now.

I have a older bed wetter (but only 1). We also tried just about everything with no success. Now that he is 11, he is down to less than once per week usually but not always. One thing that I found was when the pull up leaked at night it was time for a larger size even if he was not past the suggested weight on the package. I also went to generic Night Pants designed for bedwetters over Pull Ups designed for potty training. A suggestion that I read somewhere was to make the bed in layers so that if they wet at night, you take off the wet stuff and have a dry set underneath. That way you don't have to change everything in the middle of the night.