Spanking YES Meth NO

[Glendora Christianson]

Denver (CO) Police arrested Katreice Trujillo on April 2, 2008, on charges of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury. They say the 27-year-old gave her 3-month-old baby meth. And I was thinking maybe this spun-out gal was trying to get her little brat to stop crying. If Katreice (is that how you spell it? - sort of reminds me of a Chevy sedan - sort of) Anyway, I think Katreice would be in a lot less trouble if she had followed God's plan and spanked that little one, rather than giving it that Devil Dust! YOUR THOUGHTS???

[JennyD]

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Perhaps she wanted the child to spend the weekend scrubbing the floor tile with a toothbrush, as a reminder not to poo in its diaper?

[Justina Thyme]

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Oh, Mother Glynddie, this is horrific. When will these Unsaved Trash(C) types learn that when a little one is acting up, the thing to do is give them a dose of Benedryl, just as the great majority of parents who must fly with their small childrenl. While it is not illegal, per se, it does need parental supervision at all times. The child is "sleeping" peacefully, the parents are not under undue stress, and everyone's happy! I cannot think of any other solution to this problem
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Even with "pre-boarding" we are always the last to get on the plane. Here's why ... Charlie will run on to the plane with two carseats that he must install. This takes about 3-4 minutes per carseat. Usually by the time he gets off the plane to help me get on with the kids, general boarding has started. So, Charlie is like a salmon swimming upstream trying to get OFF the plane while everyone else is getting on. When he finally gets back to me, we walk the babies down to the plane in their strollers, and then I'll hold ALL THREE kids [two in my arms - one in a Bjorn], while Charlie breaks down the strollers to go beneath the plane. Once that's complete, I'll usually carry two babies on board - Charlie carries one baby on board, and we take our seats ... trying to ignore all the looks of "Oh, NO ... those people are on THIS flight?!"

- Our pediatrician recommended that we give our kids Benadryl before flying because it would help with any congestion they may have (which would affect their ears during takeoff/landing) but Benadryl has the added bonus of making the "recipient" sleepy. However, it's good to test run Benadryl BEFORE giving it to them on a full flight. In 97% of the studies, Benadryl DOES make the child drowsy. The 3% of the time Benadryl doesn't work would have been with our 1, 2, 3 kids. What are the odds of that?! The best analogy for the kind of effect Benadyl had our children ... is imagine holding a wild cat in a bag, on your lap.

For six hours.

Bottomline ... it's a lot easier "Flying Solo" than with three small children.

When I landed in San Diego, it took some time for my luggage to come out on the carousel. Typically I prefer to carry my luggage on board (especially if my trip is only for a few days) but because I couldn't bring my 10.5-inch knitting needles on board the plane - I had to check my suitcase. So as I'm standing there waiting for my luggage to come out, I happened to notice a family collecting their luggage on the next carousel.

Whenever I see a family with small children - they always attract my attention. This family was comprised of a young looking mother and father (early 20's) and a chubby legged baby in an umbrella stroller. They were trying to transport all of their luggage on one of those "Smart-Carts" you can rent at the airport for $1.00. Their luggage consisted of four large suitcases, a pack-n-play, a massive military-style backpack/duffle bag and a carseat. While the husband was trying to load everything on the "Smart-Cart" the mother was leading the way out of the airport, pushing the baby stroller.

I stood there watching them and was thinking to myself, Man, they have a lot of stuff. Almost as much stuff as we have when we travel with all three kids!

Justthen, one of the big suitcases shifted on the cart and everything, minus the pack-n-play on the bottom, fell to the ground. The father looked completely disheveled. I could see myself in him - as he struggled to pick up all the items from the ground and load them back on the cart, without drawing too much attention from the 150+ people gathered around waiting for their luggage.

[Deaner]

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when a little one is acting up, the thing to do is give them a dose of Benedryl

Benedryl works? I usually just give the kids a few beers when they're getting rambunctious. If that doesn't sort things out, then I kick their ass.

[Captain James T. Kirk]

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I just use Starfleet issued space condoms. No half-human babies spread across the galaxy for me!
Er, no offence, Spock.

[WickedWitch]

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Er, no offence, Spock.

Or B'Elanna or her daughter, Miral.

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

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I keep an old bottle of opium based Paregoric around for just such emergencies. It shuts the little rug rats up in a hurry – and plugs up their bums. There is nothing like the old ways if you ask me (screw the FDA).