3yr Old still on bottle
toddlermama
14 years ago
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help...what is wrong with my 3yr old sod
Comments (10)Have dog, maybe? Bet those dark spots, some with a burnt out center, are pee spots. I don't know what kind of grass you have, so can't comment on the fertilizer schedule. But the watering is lacking. First, minutes of irrigation doesn't mean much. Every hose and sprinkler setup or inground system is different in terms of "time" watered. That said, 6 minutes probably isn't enough. You probably aren't wetting the soil even an 1/8" deep. 1 inch once per week is the guideline. It's a good starting point. Depending on your soil, and it's ability to retain water, that may work, or it may not. I would start there. Get some tuna cans, rain gauges, or any other straight sided container, and place them all over the area to be irrigated. Run your sprinklers until every spot in the lawn has received 1" of water. Note the time it took. Then watch the lawn for drought stress. The leaf blades will start to roll up lengthwise, and the lawn will take on a bluish-gray look. I've heard people say that if you walk across the lawn and it "feels" dry and doesn't spring back from your foot steps, it is dry. Let us know if you you need help spotting drought stress. Others will have better tips I'm sure. It's easy to see once you know what it is. If you can go 7 days on 1" of irrigation, GREAT!!! You win the blue ribbon. But in the real world, this doesn't always happen. If the lawn stresses sooner, you might try a 1/2" of irrigation spread out twice a week instead. You will just have to experiment and see what works for your particular turf and soil. But 6 minutes isn't working....See Moredaughter won't dress 3 yr old
Comments (16)Binkie, I reread your last post. If I understand correctly, your daughter and grandchild live free because of a home you let her live in. Also, she does not work. This makes me want to ask a few questions... First, if she doesn't work, how does she have the money to go shopping, even at thrift shops, six or so days a week? Second, if you own the house, then why don't you make it a condition for her living there that she keep it reasonably clean and tidy. What you described in your other post sounds like a health and fire hazard to me. Six root canals, crowns, and an extraction at 3??? I understand why you say that was serious. I'm glad to hear she got the toothpaste. Now, let's hope she follows through with teaching him to brush. Yes, occassionally not wearing socks or underwear is probably not grounds for social services to step it, but if what you've described is true, I would guess they'd step in in a heartbeat. What you have described is a child running around in a house packed full with stuff, everything in chaos, a child with a mouth full of rotten teeth, running around half naked and stinky feet. All of this with the Mother's attitude as "it doesn't matter." Now, what do you think social services would see?...See More3 yrs old stepdaughter, how was your story?
Comments (6)Hi Domy, I have two, maybe three!, sides on this one. One being I became a stepmom when I married my husband and we have full custody of her. Two, I have two children from a previous marriage who also live in our home along with a baby daughter we had together. There are some, and this is an extreme word, regrets. We got married 5 months after our engagement. That's a big one for me, as I wish I would have waited longer to learn more about step-parenting and wish we would have gotten some very definitive counseling. I know it's been said time and time again, but stepparenting is a hard hard job. In our family, bio-mom doesn't and hasn't seen SD in 4 years, so I don't have to deal directly with her. However, this woman that forfeited the privelege of being a mother due to addictions is on a pedestal here. SD will always have these fantasies of her mom and make them known to me and consistently reassures me that I will never be as good as her "mom". So be prepared that no matter how hard you try and however senseless her daddy may behave, you won't measure up. Secondly, my DH hears my children build up their daddy constantly. Their dad is involved and we see him frequently. We have given him open invitation to come to our home as often as he wishes for the sake of the children, especially birthdays and holidays, but he doesn't accept. BUT my DH is a strong and secure man (emotionally) because if SD's birth mom was around a lot, that'd be a big pill to swallow, having to interact with her. You really cannot be a jealous person to be a good stepparent. So before you make that plunge, ask yourself the really tough questions. And lastly, if you plan on having a child together, you should really get the stepparenting issue down first. Give your soon-to-be SD time to adjust to all the changes. You will be amazed at the difference in your feelings when you have a child of your own and it could hurt SD if you're not careful. Establish that relationship for her security first. I hope I have helped, I wish I would have taken my own advice because it could have saved my family some heartbreak. Good luck to you!...See More3yr old healthy looking dwarf umbrella tree suddenly drooping
Comments (10)Re watering intervals: whether or not you should, shouldn't, or can with impunity water on a schedule depends on the physical properties of the planting medium you use. Because of the media I use, I can/do water EVERYTHING I grow on a very regular schedule, and I have no trouble keeping plants in a high state of vitality. That said, and based on the appearance of the medium you're using, you would be much better served to water on an as-needed needed basis rather than on a schedule, this, because the soil is too water-retentive to water any other way. The green stems of schefflera turn brown as the outermost layer of living periderm dies to form the first layer of corky material we call bark, so the 'browning' stem might be a natural part of the plant's morphology. Too, the spots or specks on stems and branches could be lenticels another normal part of of morphology. There's no way to tell w/o better images, but I can see lenticels and areas where green periderm is turning corky. So, I suggest you start using a 'tell' to 'tell' you when it's time to water (more about a 'tell' below). You can also learn to tell (for now, while the plant is still small) if the planting needs water by hefting it. It will become MUCH lighter when dry then it is immediately after watering. You decide between hefting and using a tell after you read what's below about the 'tell'. If you do this when you water, you can eliminate about 100% of the potential to over-water: When you water, make sure the entire volume of the medium moistened. After the pot has stopped draining, hold it over the sink or a tub and move it up and down. You'll immediately see that on the reversal from downward movement to upward movement, a measure of water will exit the drain hole. The sharper the reversal from down to up, the more water exits, though the amount diminishes as excess water continues to be forced from the soil thanks to the harnessing Newton's first law of motion. This works exceptionally well for all plantings light enough to be manageable, and there are other 'tricks' that utilize simple science that can help with larger plantings. Using a 'tell' Over-watering saps vitality and is one of the most common plant assassins, so learning to avoid it is worth the small effort. Plants make and store their own energy source – photosynthate - (sugar/glucose). Functioning roots need energy to drive their metabolic processes, and in order to get it, they use oxygen to burn (oxidize) their food. From this, we can see that terrestrial plants need air (oxygen) in the soil to drive root function. Many off-the-shelf soils hold too much water and not enough air to support good root health, which is a prerequisite to a healthy plant. Watering in small sips leads to a build-up of dissolved solids (salts) in the soil, which limits a plant's ability to absorb water – so watering in sips simply moves us to the other horn of a dilemma. It creates another problem that requires resolution. Better, would be to simply adopt a soil that drains well enough to allow watering to beyond the saturation point, so we're flushing the soil of accumulating dissolved solids whenever we water; this, w/o the plant being forced to pay a tax in the form of reduced vitality, due to prolong periods of soil saturation. Sometimes, though, that's not a course we can immediately steer, which makes controlling how often we water a very important factor. In many cases, we can judge whether or not a planting needs watering by hefting the pot. This is especially true if the pot is made from light material, like plastic, but doesn't work (as) well when the pot is made from heavier material, like clay, or when the size/weight of the pot precludes grabbing it with one hand to judge its weight and gauge the need for water. Fingers stuck an inch or two into the soil work ok for shallow pots, but not for deep pots. Deep pots might have 3 or more inches of soil that feels totally dry, while the lower several inches of the soil is 100% saturated. Obviously, the lack of oxygen in the root zone situation can wreak havoc with root health and cause the loss of a very notable measure of your plant's potential. Inexpensive watering meters don't even measure moisture levels, they measure electrical conductivity. Clean the tip and insert it into a cup of distilled water and witness the fact it reads 'DRY'. One of the most reliable methods of checking a planting's need for water is using a 'tell'. You can use a bamboo skewer in a pinch, but a wooden dowel rod of about 5/16” (75-85mm) would work better. They usually come 48” (120cm) long and can usually be cut in half and serve as a pair. Sharpen all 4 ends in a pencil sharpener and slightly blunt the tip so it's about the diameter of the head on a straight pin. Push the wooden tell deep into the soil. Don't worry, it won't harm the root system. If the plant is quite root-bound, you might need to try several places until you find one where you can push it all the way to the pot's bottom. Leave it a few seconds, then withdraw it and inspect the tip for moisture. For most plantings, withhold water until the tell comes out dry or nearly so. If you see signs of wilting, adjust the interval between waterings so drought stress isn't a recurring issue. Al...See Morelindac
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