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My ex has put pictures of my daughter (whom he has only seen twice in the past year) to "prove" he is a good father. Obviously seeing her 2 times in one year is not a good father. Literally the last time he saw her the pics were on his myspace before I even LEFT! I have sole legal and physical custody of her, and I have asked him to remove the pictures but he refuses. Is this illegal being she is a minor and he does have my permission to do so?

Ok so I ended up at the emergency room about a month ago. I had to have an ultrasound, which revealed gallstones. I was told I needed my gallbladder removed, and had this done last Monday. I don't have ANY insurance because I work part-time, and Medicaid denied me. (What does it take for a single working mother to get HELP!) My bills are slowly piling up. I already had to borrow $2,000 for upfront surgeon fees, plus I have since gotten 3 bills, for $1283, $120, and $643. I haven't even received the actual surgery bill yet! I think this is by far ridiculous. The hospital has a charity program, which I intend to apply for, but it will not cover the $643 dollar bill, as it was from an outside agency, charging for the physician, which I literally only saw for 10 minutes! It also doesn't cover the $2,000 I just paid.

My question is, what kind of help can I get? I am a single working mother, and I make about $520 every 2 weeks, and half of that goes to daycare so I can work! I think this is so ridiculous. Apparently what I make is too much to get Medicaid, or daycare assistance. I think those limits are WAY too low. Someone help!

Ok so my entire family is taking a vacation to Walt Disney World next month. Very excited! Has anyone on here taken there child when they were around 18 months? I am fully aware that she won't remember it, but I do know that she will enjoy it while she is there. We took her to Kings Dominion last summer and she absolutely loved it! Also, what is the weather like down there in March? I'm expecting warm enought to wear shorts, but I don't want to get down there and freeze! lol Every other time I've been its been in June.

So my questions are...

-Whats the weather like in Florida in March?

-If you took a child around that age, was the experience fun?

-How did you keep your child from having meltdowns while standing in line at attractions?

Thanks :)

Thought I would add that her nickname is...Madi Lou! :)

Ok so most of you are aware of the current situation. If not, please look at my previous questions. I finally spoke with a lawyer about whats been going on with my ex. He immediately said I should terminate his parental rights. He said that with the grounds of neglect (not seeing her consistently) and not paying any support, that its definitely possible. But he also said he wasn't 100% sure it would work, as no lawyer ever is. He said it would cost me about $3000 for the whole thing.

My question is, is it really worth the money and effort? I am scared to death that he will come up with God knows what to fight me on this. Well I know he will. But I would rather just do like I have been doing than have him have actual rights to her, and get visitation and such.

Its funny though, because when I told him I would be taking him to do this, his answer was: You won't be able to do it, because I will just tell them that I am dating another woman, and that I am trying to make a life for us, so thats why I can't give you any money". That just makes me feel like it would be easy to terminate his rights, because that just proved my daughter's well being isn't a real concern to him!

I put this in parenting simply because its got to do with my daughter's father, and its the parenting issue that has caused the problem. My daughter's father is a nut. Most of you have probably read previous questions or answers I have made regarding him. Well, I did something dumb. I allowed him to see my daughter (after 7 months of him not showing up) because I felt like it was the right thing to do. I felt I should give him one last chance after so long to see if he had changed. At first it seemed he had changed. He has been claiming that he found God and such, and at first I believed it. He went days without cussing, he prayed before meals, and he was just as nice as could be. He came over here (his mom brought him because he has no license due to DWI) and my daughter had no idea who he was. Shortly after though, she warmed up to him and his mother. His mother left, and it was just us 3. He offered to buy us dinner, so we went out. Everything was more than perfect, and I was beginning to wonder if I had made a mistake by keeping him away. (Of course, all of the horrible things he has done slipped my mind) We came back, gave her a bath, and put her to bed. We then sat down to talk. He started off on his "I wanna be a family" deal, and I was quick to tell him that we don't need him, and that if he was looking for me to beg him to take me back he wasn't going to get it. He kept on about it, and so forth. I did cry a little, only because the whole situation is still very fresh and it bothers me how things have been. Well, he left and I assumed everything was ok with us. Well I was apparently wrong. He went back to his girlfriend (whom he sat here and told me he hated and he wanted to leave her) and told her that I had spent the whole night begging him to take me back. That I cried my eyes out because he told me that he didn't want me, he wanted her. (Funny, since I only shed a few tears, and by no means "cried my eyes out".) Once I heard this, I immediately told the girl that this was BS, and that he was trying to cheat on her again. (This isn't the first time he has pulled this stunt). She said that his mother told him that I was a liar, and that all I was doing was trying to break them up, that she SAW and HEARD everything and that he wasn't lying. Also funny, because she wasn't even HERE. They are both telling the girl that she never left us alone. Now he is texting me saying that I'm a drama queen, and that I ruined his life! Again threatening that this girl will be my daughter's stepmother and blah blah blah. Acting like a little child. The most important thing is, that all this is really disrupting my daily life. It keeps me on edge, and keeps my nerves torn up. Its basically made me a nervous wreck.

My question is, could this emotional abuse be enough to get a protective order against him?

P.S- I have learned my lesson this time, and do not plan on every letting him see my daughter again, unless there is an officer at my door serving papers.

My daughter is 16 months old. She has asthma. She takes Pulmicort nebulizer treatments twice a day. She also takes Xopenex as needed for wheezing. At first, the Pulmicort did wonders, and for the first time since birth she stopped coughing all together. Now its back with a vengeance. She coughs even worse now, and her asthma attacks and getting closer and closer together. I will be phoning the doctor's office in the morning, but I will be worrying all night about this. I am just curious if any other parent has had the same problem? She has had little sleep for over a week (as have I) because she has such horrible coughing fits at night. Its never been a major problem until now. Thats why its strange it to me as to whats happening to her. Could it in fact not be asthma, and be something worse? She does not have a cold, no runny nose, no fever, no nothing. I have given her cough syrup and that does absolutely nothing to help her. (Its prescription, I do not give her OTC cough medicine). Could anyone help shed some light so I don't go crazy before I hear from the doctor tomorrow?

Ok so if you have seen my other questions, you know whats up. If not, please look at my question history on my profile. But anyways. The newest developments are that he beat up his "fiancee". That very night he texted me non-stop, and kept calling. Claiming he was going to kill himself. (This is obvious that he is mentally unstable). He and the girl are still together (apparently she is crazy too) and he has since then been texting me saying stupid things such as..."When I take you to court, Cortney will be our daughter's stepmom, and we will BOTH go to your house to pick her up...how do you like that?" Sort of like little immature threats, I am guessing attempts to upset me.

He has just now called claiming he has called the child support agency, and that they said I had to take my daughter up there for a DNA test. My question is, this is incorrect right? They would not just say oh yeah, make her come up here with the kid? Would I not have to have papers served, or at least be contacted in some way? I refuse to do anything without being ordered by the court to do so. This guy is nuts, and I want to do everything in my power to keep him away from myself and my daughter!

Yes, I know I shouldn't have been with him. But he wasn't like this when we dated. We were together for 4 years, and engaged, so it wasn't some one night stand. He left me at 3 months pregnant because I told him that he could not do drugs. Since my daughter has been born, the craziness has really come out!

Well, a little background first. I dated my daughter's father for 4 years, we were engaged, and had a wedding planned. It was a very big surprise when I turned up pregnant. Well, about 3 months into my pregnancy, my daughter's father ditched me. Denied the baby was his, pretty much made my life HELL the entire time I was pregnant. The day before I was due, he called claiming he knew all along that she was his. I let him come to the hospital after I had her. The next night he was a no show. That was the beginning...for the next 9 months he rarely showed when he was supposed to. Got DWI's, partied, and made his new girlfriend a higher priority than his daughter. He only stayed at the hospital for 30 minutes, when she was there for 4 days with pneumonia. He missed her first birthday, he's basically missed every "first" that she has had.

Well, here's my dilemma. The best thing for ME is for him to just be gone from my life. But I am wondering if thats what best for my daughter? It worries me sick that he is going to end up hurting her. All he does is hurt me, put me down, try to make me into the bad parent. Even though I am the one who raises our daughter alone. I don't know what to do? Should I allow him to keep walking in and out of her life as he pleases? Or should I cut him loose and leave him behind? I don't care whats best for me, I just want whats best for my daughter. As of right now, he hasn't seen her in 5 months. He just got her name tattooed on his back, for what reason I do not know. He claims she is his "life" but refuses to see her. She has no idea who he is. What should I do?

Before you say "go to a doctor" I am, I am just curious to personal experiences. For the past year I have had chest/back pain intermittently. It would usually last about 1-2 hours, and then stop and not return for a few days. As time progresses, it gets more and more painful. I work at a doctor's office (I'm an x-ray tech) and one night the pain returned, and the doctor gave me a GI cocktail (Maalox and Lidocaine) to see if it would make the pain stop. It did, so it was obviously not heart related. He suggested I may be having gallbladder attacks, because the pain is often deferred to the chest and between the shoulder blades (exactly where my pain is).

My question is, if you have had gallbladder disease, what were your "gallbladder attacks" like? Where was your pain? Was it severe enough to be mistaken as a heart attack? My last attack was by far the most painful, and I literally felt like I was having a heart attack, only the pain was more on my right side and not my left.

Just curious folks. Thanks :)

My daughter has a doctor's appointment on the 31st but I wanted to ask for personal experiences!

My daughter is 15 months old, and has asthma. She is taking Pulmicort Respules in her nebulizer twice a day, and has Xopenex if she starts to cough bad. When we started this, her asthma seemed to suddenly be alot better, and for the first time in her life she would sleep at night without coughing at all. Well, that has recently ended. She is back to coughing most of the night, and has a lot of post tussive vomiting (vomiting from coughing). I am not sure why all of a sudden she is back to doing this again. She still takes her treatments like she is supposed to. Does anyone else have a toddler with asthma, that can give me some tips on helping her out?

This is my 4th Sony Ericsson phone. First 2 were the z520a model, and the last 2 were the z310a model. With each phone, after about 3-4 months, I experienced times when the screen would go black, and I had to turn the phone off and back on to fix it. The 1st 2 phones actually would go into a state where the screen was "scrolling" and would move around and mess up when I opened it. The last 2, would just go black from time to time, and as time goes by it would happen more often, until it went black and never worked again. I finally decided to order an LG Shine because I have had good experiences with LG phones. But I was just wondering, has anyone else had this problem with a Sony Ericsson phone?

All these people making the big deal claiming Obama is black, etc. They refuse to label him as biracial. They claim thats why we won't accept him. Does anyone think that "IF" (notice I said IF, not when, I am giving this guy a chance) Obama screws up, they will be quick to note that he is biracial and not black?

When are you people going to realize, that all the hate spreading is coming from BOTH SIDES? Both sides started untrue rumors. Both sides participated in name calling (McSame, Nobama). Both accused the other of cheating. NO ONE is guilt-free in this. So please, can we all stop the finger pointing?

She is 13 months old. Just this past weekend she learned to sit up and stand up on her own. (Yes, I'm aware she has a developmental delay.) Now she continues to stand up in her crib when I lay her down, and can't get back down. I have to go in and out of there a million times and it takes a few hours to get her to go to sleep. Her usual bedtime is about 7:30pm, and by that time she's always just exhausted. She gets so tired she can't hold her eyes open, but refuses to go to sleep. Anyone have suggestions? I already have a bedtime routine that we have used since birth.

My daughter's birth certificate does not list a father. I was wondering, should I get married in the future, would I have to have her father's consent before my spouse could adopt her? He hasn't been a part of her life except a couple of visits. He doesn't pay child support, and I'd rather him stay out of her life, because he has a drug and alcohol problem, and just isn't a very good father to her. I realize I need to speak with an attorney, but I was just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience?

Is it just me, or does anyone else always feel pregnant after they had a baby? Ever since I had my daughter 10 months ago I swear I still feel like I feel a baby kicking once in a while. Every time I had sex since then I thought I was pregnant because I would feel sick and have other symptoms. Does anyone else feel this way or am I just nuts?!

Obviously its possible to have a period and still be pregnant. What I'm wondering is, how did you know that you were pregnant? Missing a period is normally when you know you should take a pregnancy test, but if you didn't miss one, what made you take one anyway? Just curious :)

Does anyone have any recipes for a birthday cake I can make her, including icing? Also, if any other moms out there have a child with dairy allergies, how do you get around that? I am wondering about when she is supposed to start whole milk, because I obviously can't give her that, and she can't eat cheese or ice cream!

My daughter eats very well during the day. For instance, today she has had 1 morning bottle (8 oz) and then 2 jars of baby food for lunch, then an afternoon bottle, then 4 (yes 4!) jars of baby food for supper. I gave her a 4 oz bottle for bedtime. Still, every night she wakes up at least once if not 2 or 3 times (usually every 4 hours, like her newborn schedule) starving and will not go back to sleep unless she eats. I have tried to just give her water but it doesn't satisfy her. What can I do?