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Dear UrbanBaby community,

Thank you so much for being a valued member of the UrbanBaby community. We wanted to inform you that we are shutting down the site on July 6th. We are grateful for your participation and support that has helped make UrbanBaby such an important resource to parents for many years.

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Thanks so much,

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[ - ] Do you guys still have Peek a Choo mom over here? We haven't seen her on the other site. 1 Reply [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:37 AM Flag
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I don't know but that other site is S-L-O-W. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:40 AM Flag
[ - ] Question for the UWS mom who was torn over ranking NEST, whose DH really wanted it but she thought the commute was too hard, esp with younger dcs to manage - did you end up ranking it, and if so did you get it? 7 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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NY Schools 06.16.08, 08:36 AM Flag
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i'm not that mom, but another d3 mom (Harlem) who ranked it 2nd and got it. We will be going, happily. I've always loved the school. Hoping to carpool with some other uptown folks! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 09:06 AM Flag
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That is me. We ranked it 3rd. we are extremely happy that we got Anderson- our first choice. We would have done Nest had we gotten the offer though. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 10:01 AM Flag
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op - congratulations! remembered your posts and was worried you'd get NEST and want to kill yourself with the commute. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 10:05 AM Flag
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or: Thank you! We are so pleased (and lucky) that dc got Anderson, it is such a relief to now be done with this whole process. How did your dc do? Best of luck! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 10:11 AM Flag
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op - not in G&T process - my dcs are older, going to Delta and Bard in the fall. Started UBing this spring during MS process and can't stop! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 10:21 AM Flag
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or: Congrats to you! Your dc sound like they are doing quite well for themselves! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 10:28 AM Flag
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Thx! Bard is even farther from UWS than NEST so that commute was on my mind - dd adored school though, doesn't care that it is far and says she will work on the bus. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 10:49 AM Flag
[ - ] did you consider timing for school year when ttc? like, if baby is born in october, that will screw up school timing? 1 Reply [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:34 AM Flag
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I thought about it (I was a K teacher)...but DD's b-day is in Nov.! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:43 AM Flag
[ - ] Didn't get a letter, but just got call from Nest+m! 5 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:34 AM Flag
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take it to the school boards. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:36 AM Flag
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mistake..was excited. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:46 AM Flag
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congrats [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:38 AM Flag
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thank you [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:45 AM Flag
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vilkomen [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:52 AM Flag
[ - ] What do I press on a calculator to figure out 5% of a number (e.g., 10,000)? sorry for the dumb question. 2 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:33 AM Flag
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multiply by .05 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:34 AM Flag
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thank you!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:37 AM Flag
[ - ] Is Dora Stroller mom on? 0 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:32 AM Flag
[ - ] How much to spend on shower present for BIL's wife-to-be? None of her registry picks is under $100 - am I crazy, or is that a lot? 9 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:27 AM Flag
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that's a lot [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:29 AM Flag
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That is a lot if nothing is under $100. Depends how much you like her! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:29 AM Flag
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This just sort of reinforces our opinion of her, which is "meh" at best. It's tempting to buy a tree in her name (which was DH's idea). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:30 AM Flag
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She might hate you forever if you do that! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:31 AM Flag
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Yup. I'm not buying a pair off $150 champagne flutes though. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:32 AM Flag
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If that is for her shower what on earth will be on their wedding registry! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:34 AM Flag
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Think it's the same registry. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:35 AM Flag
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Something thoughful or fun that's not on her registry. I got lots of other people's favorite kithcne gadget/items/cookbooks etc [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:35 AM Flag
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I would just get a gift card from wherever she is regiestered in the amount you want to spend. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:36 AM Flag
[ - ] best age difference between 2 sibs and why? 8 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:25 AM Flag
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I don't believe there is a best age. The best ages are what you can deal with. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:28 AM Flag
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probably true, but humor me with the opinionated uniformed stuff that ub excels at [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:29 AM Flag
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ok then. I like them close in age (2 yrs apart) so they can entertain each other. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:30 AM Flag
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mine are 3yrs apart, works for me. the older one was out of diapers, could talk, went to preschool in the am, so there was less work in the newborn stage. they are 6 and 3 now and get along well [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:30 AM Flag
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My first 2 are almost 4 years apart and we really enjoy the gap. 3rd will be 18 mos younger than 2nd and I'm thinking it won't be nearly as pleasant. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:31 AM Flag
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mine are 2.7 yrs apart and i wish i'd waited a little longer. i just wasn't quite ready when we started ttc but dh convinced me. dd is having a hard time, esp. since i went back to work a month ago. (kids are now 3 and 5 mo). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:32 AM Flag
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more than one -- less than three [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:41 AM Flag
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mine are 15 mos apart. Hard at first, but so easy now that they're 2 and 3- play so well together [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:57 AM Flag
[ - ] dd is sleeping alot - woke up a little before 7, slept from 8:30 to 9:30, woke up to eat and fell back asleep at 10:30, she has been taking long naps (like 4 hrs) a day since Thursday, no fever should I be worried? 4 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:23 AM Flag
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no. how old? sometimes they are gearing up for a major development leap . . . or just snoozing extra in the heat [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:26 AM Flag
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6 mo [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:30 AM Flag
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sleep is golden [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:31 AM Flag
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yeah but when she wakes up she is grunting like something bothers her [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:41 AM Flag
[ - ] Love SJP hair color, anyone knows where she goes? TIA 4 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:16 AM Flag
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Not sure, but it's actually the least attractive thing about her in person. Very big contrast between roots and tips, dry like straw and all fuzzy. Everyone always says how she isn't pretty, but in person her face without makeup is actually gorgeous. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:18 AM Flag
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it's garnier nutrisse of course! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:21 AM Flag
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I love gullible people. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:41 AM Flag
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I don't care for people without a sense of humor. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:42 AM Flag
[ - ] So my sister quite her job last week, so she can spend more time with her dcs this summer, and what happens she gets picked for a jury 6 week trial starts today. She is so sad. DD has a "graduation" going to jr.high school. 4 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:16 AM Flag
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if she is now primary care giver, can't she get out of it? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:23 AM Flag
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ita - worth trying. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:33 AM Flag
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Very easy, go down with birth cert. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:38 AM Flag
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OP: She has said all of that, but none of it mattered. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:40 AM Flag
[ - ] best place to look at tile/get ideas for bathroom renovation, in manhattan? thanks. 2 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:16 AM Flag
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ann sachs, that other tile place nearby on 20th near broadway (sorry forget the name--is it nemo?) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:25 AM Flag
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studium tile in the D&D or A&D building (I always get them mixed up) was very helpful to us when we were stumped with what to do with our powder room. Its now my favorite room in the apt! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:52 AM Flag
[ - ] SIL never returns calls, rsvps to invitations, etc. she has 4 kids and my dd (3yo) misses them so much. this weekend she said, "where my cousins went?" as if they have left the country! i am so sad for her but we are at a loss as to how to get the kids together without SIL's cooperation. so sad. 6 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:13 AM Flag
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That's hard on you. Is there somebody in the family whom she listens to, who could intervene? Your dh (presumably her brother) or your MIL? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:14 AM Flag
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she doesn't return dh's calls (yes, he is her brother) altho they have not had an argument or anything. she has a lot going on in her own life (recent divorce). MIL has tried a bit to intervene but we're also trying not to let her realize the extent of what's going on - she is already worried about SIL's mental and fiscal health. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:16 AM Flag
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OR here. If your SIL is going through a divorce, I can see why she isn't being the best Aunt. SHe is going through a lot. Her kids probably miss your dd as well. Why not offer to take the kids for a day? THat might help her. And if she's a mensch, when things get better she'll remember. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:39 AM Flag
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op: we have tried but the problem is she literally just doesn't respond. we're really at a loss. two of her kids are old enough (15 and 13) that we are trying to email and call them and make plans with them directly, but they still need someone to get them places. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:50 AM Flag
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i do this too and it is because i can't stand my sil [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:19 AM Flag
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do you both have kids? do they like each other? i don't care how SIL feels about me (altho she has always been perfectly pleasant when we do get together) as long as the cousins, who all seem to get along great, saw each other. (also, its just rude not to return calls or rsvp to invitations.) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:21 AM Flag
[ - ] I am so pissed- I am in District 22 an was not given my 1st choice of district schools even though my dd scored a 98. It happens to be my zoned school as well. I called the school to see if they could do anyhting and the preincipal told me they were notified Friday afternoon that they would not have the program next year as well as another school that was listed lost the program. They said they did not have enough children and they city pulled the program. 22 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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NY Schools 06.16.08, 08:13 AM Flag
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which schools lost their G&T? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:15 AM Flag
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PS 277 and 222 lost it. We got 207 which was our 3rd choice [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:17 AM Flag
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Oh - so they had schools that you could rank that later disappeared? That's pretty odd. I would have thought they'd have sorted that out by the time you had to do the rankings. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:21 AM Flag
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yes 222 and 277 were on the list included on the application that we had to rank. I put 277 as 1st choice and 222 as my 2nd choice [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:25 AM Flag
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well, those two schools did not get enough kids so they had to shutdown the programs there. Just because you ranked them 1st and 2nd doesn't mean anything. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:36 AM Flag
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you wouldn't be upset if schools you were told were going to have it and ranked w/in your top 3 where no longer having it? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:38 AM Flag
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of course I would be upset but then I'd move on and be happy I got my #3 choice. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:41 AM Flag
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I would be disappointed, but things happen. They closed the programs for whatever reason. They did not guarantee the programs. You just breathe and move on. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:42 AM Flag
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That's really bad. So sorry. I thought D22 had a lot of kids who had qualified this year? Or am I confusing it with some other Bklyn district? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:15 AM Flag
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isn't that the district where there used to be one G&T (EAGLE) class in each and every school? If so, you must realize that was very odd -- no other district does that. In most districts, the G&T programs are only in the underused and generally not very good schools. You guys had an exceptionally wide G&T program in the past, something no other area of the city had, and, according to the DOE, b/c there were so many G&T classes, they had to take kids that wouldn't have made it into G&T classes anywhere else. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:17 AM Flag
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yes we used to have one Eagle but they narrowed it down to 10 schools for the 180 that made it, they were on our acceptance letter, we had to rank them, the schools were just notifed Friday [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:22 AM Flag
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I'm sorry. But, it happens. Most people are not fortunate enough to get the g&t in their zoned school. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:26 AM Flag
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you aren't understanding- they city had the schools down on the list to rank- the city just pulled the program Friday afternoon from these 2 schools [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:27 AM Flag
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so it really wasn't fair- I might have ranked the schools differently [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:28 AM Flag
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Really? What would you have done differently? Moved what you thought was your 4th or 5th choice up over your 3rd? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:32 AM Flag
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I might have [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:36 AM Flag
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That really doesn't make any sense. Did you get your third choice? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:37 AM Flag
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yes I got my 3rd but I had a very hard time decided if I was going to put 207 as my 3rd and 236 as my 4th. I picked 207 for 3rd b/c it is closer- 236 is a better performing school but father away. If my zoned school was out of play as well as 222 which performs better than all of the schools I might have listed 236 as my 1st choice and 207 as my 2nd choice [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:40 AM Flag
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I understand completely. So what? She ranked her first choice, it no longer exists. She ranked her second choice, it no longer exists. She ranked her third choice (and may have gotten it). Had they told her the first two were not options months ago, she would have ranked the same. This may sound like it is very complicated and utterly unfair. But it isn't. It doesn't change the fact that if she didn't get into 222,227 she wanted next on the list. That is what happened. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:31 AM Flag
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There were not enough families that ranked those two schools. The DOE can't keep a program for a handful of kids open. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:37 AM Flag
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np: I'd argue with that. In underserved schools? Why not. The fact that all the citiwides are in manhattan is racist and classest. Wny should the DOE keep them open?--it absoultely excludes many people that can't afford to live in the borough. Access is totally messed up in this city. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:49 AM Flag
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^^ and they figured that out when, in an attempt to be more fair, they tested kids in Queens and the Bronx that aren't even allowed to attend most of these schools and kids whose parents who work and live to far away. The system is broken and they're only going to fix it by acknowledging that there are other boroughs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:52 AM Flag
[ - ] Question on RE: Thinking of starting to TTC this summer. I'm 33 and have pcos and have cysts on both ovaries - do not have normal periods. Should I go right to an RE for a consult and not waste time since I already have several factors against me? Any recos for RE's? Thanks! 6 Replies [ Reply | Watch | More
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TTC 06.16.08, 08:12 AM Flag
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yes. signed someone who went right away but who has now been working on conceiving for over a year (2 ivfs, 3 m/cs and counting...). it can take awhile. i'd get on it. and gl! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:13 AM Flag
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Can I ask your age? do you have pcos? thnx [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:36 AM Flag
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That is the best approach for you, since you know you have issues. Find out which clinics are covered by your insurance and start there. Generally, the best NYC clinics are Cornell and NYU. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:14 AM Flag
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Go to Cornell. It is great. You will not regret it. And yes go right to RE and start getting mointored etc even if it turns out you dont need help, you will not regret it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:37 AM Flag
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Thanks. Any specific dr. recos at Cornell? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:44 AM Flag
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OP - My husband doesn't seem to get the time restraint thing. His comment was "can't you just freeze your eggs?" Ugh. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.16.08, 08:56 AM Flag
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