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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr._J In the US, most women only get 6-12 weeks of maternity leave. Mostly they are very worn down and extremely close to the edge (if not total basket cases) until the baby is at least 6 months old (unless they have full-time live in help or extended family). It's very hard for them to feel that they are being effective either at work or home. They generally are very stressed out, overwhelmed and guilt ridden...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cat How does the $7.00 a day daycare work? Does everyone pay into this through being taxed, or is it only if you put your child into daycare you pay the $7.00 a day? I think it's amazing, $7.00 a day, I wish Ontario had that. The average cost of daycare here in Toronto is $50.00 a day! It's very pricey. You can apply for subsidy through the government if you qualify, but the government seems to think we...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cat How does the $7.00 a day daycare work? Does everyone pay into this through being taxed, or is it only if you put your child into daycare you pay the $7.00 a day? I think it's amazing, $7.00 a day, I wish Ontario had that. The average cost of daycare here in Toronto is $50.00 a day! It's very pricey. You can apply for subsidy through the government if you qualify, but the government seems to think we...

Quote: Originally Posted by cabanagirl Is the the reason why you are such a bitter, old, grumpy man? mo no i just fin dstupidity real funny and im sarcastic with it to be honest

Quote: Originally Posted by Cat The average cost of daycare here in Toronto is $50.00 a day! It's very pricey. You can apply for subsidy through the government if you qualify, but the government seems to think we all make way too much money and a lot of people don't get it, you have to be making very little money or be in school to get subsidy. It's crazy, I can't beleive how much we are paying for someone else to watch...

Quote: Originally Posted by sonny no, i'm not paid for that extra 18 months, only for teh first year. Many have told me I'll be dying to go back to work..I could imagine but at this point in time..work could wait!!! How expensive is daycare there? We have CPE's here which is basically government funded daycare and it's 7$ per day. They are fantastic, tend to have more children but teh ones I have visited blew me away. Only...

Quote: Originally Posted by kellyb The boy made me smile, all the way from Calgary. In fact, I'm still smiling. Careful there Kelly, don't want to be following your heart . . . love is blind you know!

The boy made me smile, all the way from Calgary. In fact, I'm still smiling.

Quote: Originally Posted by sonny Thanks guys...all very good advice. It's true, diego only wants the soother when he's tired or irritable. But it does get to be a pain in the night when it falls out of his mouth. every baby IS different when my girlfriend's little fella was tired, irritable, all he wanted to do was put his hand down mommy's top and cup her breast. while it was cute .... it became a bad habit that went on...

just flirted with 4 cute guys all at once, at the end of a really fun houseparty. not to mention arranging to go out with a 24-year-old viking next week....see, i'm taking my new years' resolutions very seriously! by the end of this month, i will have taken a lovvvver....remind me please, just in case i forget to prioritise it!