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 Boy are you full of good advice!  Thanks so much, as a parent instictively you feel like you know what is right, but it feels good to hear someone else is on the same page.  Much appreciation for taking the time!

My mom loves to spoil my girls as well and like you, I do not let them have candy.  She does respect my wishes to an extent, she will let them have 2 or 3 ice pops in one day, but to make me happy, she spends a little more money and gets the all natural ones with no sugar added.  They do have natural sugar, but that's okay with me.  We both buy a lot of fruit and make fruit surprises, which is a bunch of cut up fruit made into a picture, that way she and I both can spoil them and still know that they are being healthy, plus they are learning how to be creative.

I don't think that you should give up all together on sending your son to your mom's because that relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is very important.  There are ways to compromise, I think that the two of you should sit down and talk about those ways instead of saying no sugar all together.  Your mom may just need some other healthier ideas for spoiling.  If you want any ideas on the fruit surprises, let me know, they are so much fun!

I think that it is the milk that is causing earlier puberty, My daughter, 11, just got her period two days ago...I am switching to organic. 

As for the weight having anything to do with it, she is tall and thin and always has been, I know she is only one and they have studied many more, but I am going with the hormones injected into cows, that just can't be good.

My five year old is in pre-school, this is her second year.  This year a little girl came into her class, it was her first year and my daughter came home and told me about her, the fact that she doesn't really talk, she was shy.  My daughter told me that she didn't really want to play with her.  I felt bad, I thought that she was more compassionate than that so I talked with her about it a lttle more and tried to have her remember what it was like her first year at pre-school.  She remembered, she said she was scared and missed me a lot.  That helped her to understand how this other little girl was feeling. 

Her teacher soon reported to me that my daughter was like a little mommy to the young ones in the class, and offered to help them whenever they needed help.  I think just that moment that she remembered helped her to think about others feelings. 

Every once in a while now when we go to a park or some ther public place she will always go to the child that seems to be alone and scared and asks them to play.

I think the best advice is to listen to your child and any oppurtunity that you can teach them will make all the difference.

This sounds so silly I'm sure but, Gremlins- we rented it the other night to watch with our girls, I forgot how scary it was!  I jumped and spilled my glass of water all over the couch.

It turned intoa comedy just watching my reaction throughout the movie.  They loved it!

Needless to say, I get scared easily.

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