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Activities & Events & Places To Go

Park in the Peninsula to host kid's birthday party – Feb 10, 2019 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Maternity Leave Vacation Suggestions - near pool/lake/beach in Sept – Feb 4, 2019 – (4 responses)

Pathfinder or D&D group for 15 yr old – Feb 2, 2019 – (2 responses)

Sugar-free birthday cake for first birthday – Feb 2, 2019 – (8 responses)

Chinese New Year Activities for Babies/Toddlers – Jan 25, 2019 – (5 responses)

Chinese New Year bonus - how much to give – Jan 22, 2019 – (5 responses)

Vancouver BC with a Group of High Schoolers – Jan 18, 2019 – (2 responses)

Childcare & Preschool Advice

Co-op preschools with a longer day? – Feb 12, 2019 – (3 responses)

Which Preschool: Berkeley Hills Nursery School vs. Duck's Nest Berkeley vs. Ecole Bilingue vs. Step One? – Feb 11, 2019 – (14 responses)

Duck's Nest Telegraph -Updated Impressions/Reviews – Feb 11, 2019 – (0 responses)

Centro Vida preschool waitlist / mid-year openings – Feb 9, 2019 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Monte Tavor on Laguna – Feb 7, 2019 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

How to Become a Babysitter – Feb 5, 2019 – (14 responses)

Nanny share with 3 kids/ 2 families? – Feb 3, 2019 – (1 response)

Looking for updated feedback about Albany Co-Op preschool – Feb 2, 2019 – (2 responses)

Updated review info for Claremont Day Nursery? – Feb 1, 2019 – (3 responses)

Reviews for Colibri Spanish Immersion Preschool? – Feb 1, 2019 – (0 responses)

Infant daycare near temescal/rockridge – Jan 29, 2019 – (0 responses)

Current Experience with These East Oakland Preschools – Jan 28, 2019 – (1 response)

What daycare for a West Berkeley 9-month-old? – Jan 26, 2019 – (0 responses)

Nanny share vs Day Care Center – Jan 26, 2019 – (7 responses)

Little Ladybug daycare: recent experiences? – Jan 25, 2019 – (0 responses)

Finding daycare/preschool mid year – Jan 25, 2019 – (6 responses)

New feedback on Little Stars? – Jan 25, 2019 – (0 responses)

Looking for reviews of Little Ladybug – Jan 24, 2019 – (1 response)

Infant Community at PRINTS – Jan 22, 2019 – (1 response)

Recent experiences with Wildwood Children's School? – Jan 19, 2019 – (0 responses)

Help finding an Oakland/Montclair preschool – Jan 18, 2019 – (1 response)

LaVonda’s Crayon Box daycare – Jan 17, 2019 – (1 response)

Classes & Camps & Groups & Tutors

Oakland YMCA Parking – Feb 12, 2019 – (3 responses)

Anyone know a great math tutor for 18-year-old son? – Feb 12, 2019 – (0 responses)

Advice for Summer Theater Camp for 10 Year Old Girl – Feb 9, 2019 – (0 responses, 5 pending)

Affordable summer camps near San Leandro/San Lorenzo/Castro Valley? – Feb 7, 2019 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Any recent review on the Summer Camp at Berkeley Playhouse – Feb 6, 2019 – (0 responses)

Japanese tutor for elementary schoolers? – Jan 31, 2019 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Private lessons for a fearful swimmer – Jan 28, 2019 – (15 responses)

Fiddleheads Summer Camp – Jan 27, 2019 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Basketball fun for 14 yo boy – Jan 25, 2019 – (4 responses)

Recommendations for Chemistry Tutors – Jan 21, 2019 – (1 response)

Reviews of Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski School this year? – Jan 19, 2019 – (4 responses)

After school cooking classes for 8yo Berkeley – Jan 19, 2019 – (1 response)

T-shirt quilt – Jan 17, 2019 – (4 responses)

Art Camp or Classes for High School Sophomore Next Summer in 925 – Jan 16, 2019 – (2 responses)

Community & Housing & Work

Considering move to Boston – Feb 12, 2019 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Seeking agent for renting out house in Berkeley – Feb 11, 2019 – (0 responses)

Critter urinating on the porch – Feb 2, 2019 – (4 responses, 1 pending)

Living in the hills with teens – Feb 1, 2019 – (8 responses, 1 pending)

Family friendly neighborhoods in Berkeley? – Jan 31, 2019 – (3 responses)

Moving to San Ramon – Jan 29, 2019 – (7 responses)

Living in San Pablo with Kids? – Jan 28, 2019 – (2 responses)

Short term, Airbnb type rentals in Oakland – Jan 22, 2019 – (1 response)

Volunteering from home – Jan 20, 2019 – (4 responses)

Family & Relationships

Teaching religion to children – Feb 13, 2019 – (0 responses)

How to teach kids to be kind to our cat? – Feb 4, 2019 – (5 responses)

Health & Wellness

Friend with Ambien Addiction – Feb 14, 2019 – (0 responses)

need a warm, compassionate, and engaging child psychiatrist for our "complex" child – Feb 13, 2019 – (0 responses)

Therapist - Experiential Avoidance – Feb 13, 2019 – (0 responses)

Breast reduction surgery – Feb 12, 2019 – (1 response)

Acupuncturist in Walnut Creek, Lafayette or Pleasant Hill? – Feb 11, 2019 – (3 responses)

Dysgraphia - Summer camp and tutors for 7 year old with dysgraphia – Feb 11, 2019 – (1 response)

Kaiser rheumatology recs – Feb 11, 2019 – (4 responses)

Physical therapist / trainer recommendation? – Feb 7, 2019 – (3 responses, 1 pending)

Seeking Recommendations Hand Physical Therapist for Flexor Tendon Injury – Feb 7, 2019 – (3 responses)

Dermatologist for Rosacea? – Feb 2, 2019 – (2 responses)

ADHD evaluation with Kaiser – Feb 1, 2019 – (9 responses)

Family Medicine practice in Oakland/Berkeley? – Feb 1, 2019 – (2 responses)

Seeking Prenatal Nutritionist or Dietitian – Feb 1, 2019 – (0 responses)

Options to resolve missing adult tooth – Jan 30, 2019 – (11 responses)

Rotator Cuff Tear - PRP and/or surgery? – Jan 27, 2019 – (0 responses)

Recommendations for Pediatric Neurologist – Jan 25, 2019 – (1 response)

How to teach rinsing and spitting to a toddler? – Jan 23, 2019 – (4 responses)

Multiple Personality Disorder (Dissociative Identity Disorder) – Jan 17, 2019 – (2 responses)

Marriage therapist desperately needed! – Jan 16, 2019 – (6 responses)

EMDR for phobias? – Jan 16, 2019 – (3 responses)

House & Garden

Seeking Recommendation: Backyard Play Structure Removal / Move / Installation – Feb 15, 2019 – (0 responses)

tile installation – Feb 4, 2019 – (1 response, 2 pending)

Housekeeper in Dublin – Jan 31, 2019 – (1 response)

need a cabinet maker – Jan 30, 2019 – (2 responses)

Recommenations for durable outdoor lounge-type furniture? – Jan 28, 2019 – (6 responses)

Housekeeper Recommendations – Jan 26, 2019 – (3 responses)

garden coach and design recommendations – Jan 26, 2019 – (2 responses)

Cedar Shingle - clean, seal and paint trim – Jan 26, 2019 – (0 responses)

Less-Toxic Termite Treatments? – Jan 24, 2019 – (0 responses)

Looking for a great regular housekeeper! – Jan 23, 2019 – (2 responses)

Handy person to install home security such as Simpli Safe – Jan 19, 2019 – (0 responses)

Backyard water problem – Jan 16, 2019 – (8 responses)

Advice---need roofer – Jan 16, 2019 – (1 response)

Parenting

3-year-old aggressive with baby brother – Feb 14, 2019 – (0 responses)

My son's BFF is being left home alone for an extended period – Jan 31, 2019 – (39 responses)

Looking for preschool for son with social anxiety – Jan 28, 2019 – (1 response)

Pregnancy & Childbirth & Breastfeeding

Looking for Recommended Night Nanny – Feb 6, 2019 – (0 responses)

Alternative medicine for GERD – Feb 3, 2019 – (5 responses, 2 pending)

Seeking Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist Recommendations – Feb 2, 2019 – (1 response, 2 pending)

Products & Services

school lunches – Feb 13, 2019 – (0 responses)

Short anagen syndrome in children – Feb 8, 2019 – (0 responses)

Seeking Recommendations for best local lender and Oakland realtor – Feb 2, 2019 – (7 responses)

Looking for someone to do maternity shoot – Jan 30, 2019 – (4 responses)

Car Reupholstery Recommendation – Jan 26, 2019 – (2 responses)

Tips for researching and getting family health insurance? – Jan 19, 2019 – (3 responses)

Looking for attorney to write our will – Jan 16, 2019 – (3 responses)

School Advice

Testing for giftedness/high-functioning autism? – Feb 12, 2019 – (5 responses)

TK in WCCUSD? – Feb 11, 2019 – (0 responses)

New thoughts on CAS vs AC? – Feb 9, 2019 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

Are there any private Kindergartens that admit 4yr 9month olds? – Feb 5, 2019 – (10 responses, 5 pending)

Feedback on Albany Middle School – Feb 3, 2019 – (0 responses)

Berkeley High Math – Feb 1, 2019 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Seeking recent reviews of Northern Light School in Oakland – Jan 31, 2019 – (0 responses)

Is Kaiser Elementary closing? – Jan 25, 2019 – (3 responses)

OUSD Inclusion Programs – Jan 24, 2019 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Advice on delaying kindergarten – Jan 24, 2019 – (17 responses)

What are you planning to do about 5th grade? – Jan 23, 2019 – (0 responses)

Seeking recent reviews of Oakland public elementary schools – Jan 22, 2019 – (2 responses)

Recent experiences with TK in Oakland? – Jan 22, 2019 – (1 response)

Albany proposal to reduce TK and K day to 3 hours – Jan 22, 2019 – (1 response)

Recent experience transferring into Albany Middle School? – Jan 22, 2019 – (2 responses)

Melrose Leadership Academy academic rigor – Jan 19, 2019 – (0 responses)

Lottery for older elementary children – Jan 18, 2019 – (1 response)

Any current reviews on the Proof School in SF? – Jan 16, 2019 – (3 responses)

Teens & Preteens & Young Adults

Family/teen social activities for a socially challenged family in Oakland – Jan 28, 2019 – (10 responses)

Therapist for teen boy – Jan 24, 2019 – (3 responses)

Searching for Magic Mystery School – Jan 23, 2019 – (3 responses)

Getting rid of smartphone? – Jan 19, 2019 – (13 responses)

Pacific Life Program for Teenagers – Jan 14, 2019 – (2 responses)