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Activities & Events & Places To Go

Camping Spot for Labor Day? – Jun 7, 2017 – (2 responses)

Trip to Disneyland and Hotel – Jun 5, 2017 – (9 responses)

Day trip suggestions with stroller – Jun 5, 2017 – (1 response)

What to do in Berkeley while child is in camp? – Jun 5, 2017 – (6 responses)

Weekend Yoga & Mindfulness retreat – Jun 4, 2017 – (2 responses)

Week-long vacation with the grandparents with swimming? – Jun 3, 2017 – (3 responses)

Traveling with an infant on an airplane – Jun 2, 2017 – (4 responses)

Orcas Island with tween boys? – May 29, 2017 – (1 response)

Childcare & Preschool Advice

Recent experience with UC Berkeley Haste St Child Development Center? – Jun 26, 2017 – (0 responses)

Last minute preschool for fall 2017 near Lake Merritt – Jun 26, 2017 – (0 responses)

Any more reviews for Mini-Marvels? – Jun 25, 2017 – (0 responses)

Berkeley Model School Reviews – Jun 23, 2017 – (0 responses)

Moving to Dublin - need preschool - play/nature based – Jun 23, 2017 – (0 responses)

Enroll Offer Due Friday, Accept or Continue Search?" – Jun 21, 2017 – (0 responses)

Going rate for Nanny Share – Jun 19, 2017 – (3 responses)

Afternoon for preschooler- Berkeley – Jun 11, 2017 – (2 responses)

LGBT-friendly Home Daycare in Berkeley – Jun 8, 2017 – (0 responses)

Albany YMCA Preschool Reviews? – Jun 6, 2017 – (1 response)

Any RECENT experience @ The Lake School with shy child? – Jun 6, 2017 – (0 responses)

How to find Babysitter for summer months in Yountville/Napa – Jun 5, 2017 – (2 responses)

Japanese au pair – May 31, 2017 – (0 responses)

Classes & Camps & Groups & Tutors

Grade School Activites? – Jun 26, 2017 – (0 responses)

Ideas for 5-weeks of childcare for 3-year old this summer? – Jun 26, 2017 – (0 responses)

Swim team at King Middle School? – Jun 23, 2017 – (0 responses)

Infant swimming options in the East Bay – Jun 18, 2017 – (3 responses)

Piano teacher in Castro Valley – Jun 18, 2017 – (2 responses)

Seeking other teenage magicians – Jun 13, 2017 – (1 response)

Looking for great math tutor – Jun 12, 2017 – (1 response)

Basketball Teams for 12 to 13 Boy – Jun 11, 2017 – (0 responses)

Algebra 2 During Summer – Jun 7, 2017 – (5 responses)

Tennis Lessons for beginners over the summer – Jun 6, 2017 – (1 response)

Sports camp for 6yo – Jun 5, 2017 – (1 response)

Seeking native Mandarin tutor – Jun 5, 2017 – (0 responses)

Slow but challenging Yoga class – Jun 3, 2017 – (5 responses)

Seeking intermediate French with college credit – May 31, 2017 – (2 responses)

Italian lessons for kids? – May 31, 2017 – (1 response)

Special Needs camps, groups for Preschooler this summer – May 31, 2017 – (1 response)

Jiu-Jitsu for teenage girl – May 29, 2017 – (2 responses)

Community & Housing & Work

Commute from Thousand Oaks to SF – Jun 19, 2017 – (0 responses, 3 pending)

Experience with Buying & Owning Small Apt Complex – Jun 12, 2017 – (1 response, 1 pending)

Where should I advertise for a child-friendly stable renter to rent a room to? – Jun 11, 2017 – (6 responses)

Advice on move to Philadelphia – Jun 10, 2017 – (8 responses)

Move to Seattle? – Jun 7, 2017 – (1 response)

Pinole migration – Jun 5, 2017 – (1 response)

Monthly Parking near Rockridge, Fruitvale, or other Oakland BART stations – Jun 5, 2017 – (0 responses)

El Cerrito or San Leandro? – Jun 5, 2017 – (4 responses)

Vallejo or Benecia – May 31, 2017 – (5 responses)

Moving to SF Area with 1st and 4th grader – May 27, 2017 – (1 response)

Commute from Oakland or Berkeley to San Ramon? – May 22, 2017 – (5 responses)

Moving to Oakland at 34 WEEKS PREGNANT + 2 KIDS: HEEELP! – May 17, 2017 – (8 responses)

Family & Relationships

Urgently Seeking Live In Help for elderly disabled Parent – Jun 17, 2017 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

How to Keep a Third Language Going – Jun 14, 2017 – (2 responses)

PTSD therapist who also knows about service dog certification – Jun 7, 2017 – (0 responses)

Allowance or monetary award for 6 year old – Jun 5, 2017 – (12 responses)

Health & Wellness

Excellent therapist needed – Jun 21, 2017 – (0 responses)

Labor and delivery at Eden Medical Center – Jun 18, 2017 – (0 responses)

Seeking student of Speech Language Pathology – Jun 16, 2017 – (3 responses)

Sports therapist for teen soccer player – Jun 15, 2017 – (0 responses)

How do/did you logistically see a marriage counselor? – Jun 15, 2017 – (8 responses, 1 pending)

Looking for Parenting Support--Bipolar Disorder – Jun 15, 2017 – (3 responses)

Pediatric ENT Recommendation - Tubes/Adenoid Advice – Jun 13, 2017 – (5 responses)

Lower Back Pain treatment at Kaiser Physical Therapy – Jun 12, 2017 – (2 responses)

Can you recommend a Therapist for preschooler with Selective Mutism? – Jun 7, 2017 – (3 responses)

Kaiser Podiatrist Rec. Needed – Jun 7, 2017 – (1 response)

ISO Kaiser Richmond OB-GYN – Jun 7, 2017 – (1 response)

Chinese acupuncturist for Pediatric GI Issues – Jun 6, 2017 – (5 responses)

Need Kaiser Oakland male therapist for husband – Jun 6, 2017 – (0 responses)

Kaiser Oncologist Recommendation Needed – Jun 5, 2017 – (0 responses)

Therapist for smart, quirky tween – Jun 4, 2017 – (0 responses)

Desperately need help for adrenal fatigue – May 31, 2017 – (6 responses)

3-year-old hysterical and crying while pooping – May 31, 2017 – (18 responses)

Support for family with challenging15 yo daughter – May 27, 2017 – (2 responses)

Dental referral Medi-Cal insurance – May 18, 2017 – (3 responses)

Midlife crisis, bipolar, drug reaction, or something else? – May 11, 2017 – (5 responses)

House & Garden

Springtail exterminator – Jun 19, 2017 – (0 responses)

Costs/experience with enclosing front porch on house – Jun 15, 2017 – (0 responses)

Seeking Bougainvillea Whisperer – Jun 14, 2017 – (0 responses, 1 pending)

Contractor for small addition on the cheap – Jun 14, 2017 – (0 responses, 9 pending)

House cleaner recommendations - child safe cleaning products? – Jun 11, 2017 – (0 responses)

Reserve Study? – Jun 10, 2017 – (0 responses)

Cost of building a new small home in Berkeley – Jun 9, 2017 – (3 responses, 1 pending)

Gardener(s) to maintain drought tolerant garden – Jun 8, 2017 – (0 responses)

Home-cooked meal delivery in Berkeley – Jun 2, 2017 – (4 responses)

looking for contractor – May 31, 2017 – (0 responses)

Putting Wires / Cables & Posts Underground – May 18, 2017 – (2 responses)

Parenting

potty training a 4 year old – Jun 6, 2017 – (3 responses)

Toddler only naps 20-40 minutes – Jun 5, 2017 – (2 responses)

Queer Prenatal Support Groups? – Jun 1, 2017 – (4 responses)

2yr old waking up crying at night – May 31, 2017 – (4 responses)

How to stay patient with 3-year-old – May 30, 2017 – (13 responses)

Activities for calming down 4 year old – May 30, 2017 – (4 responses)

Pregnancy & Childbirth & Breastfeeding

Doulas and Hypno Birthing Classes – Jun 9, 2017 – (8 responses)

Pacifica Birthing Center and Doulas – Jun 8, 2017 – (2 responses)

Childbirth and Care classes – May 29, 2017 – (11 responses)

Products & Services

Seeking referral to paid (cash up front) debt and IRS negotiator – Jun 20, 2017 – (0 responses, 2 pending)

Lawyer for suit against apartment management – Jun 20, 2017 – (0 responses)

Medi-Cal: alameda alliance vs. anthem blue cross & finding a primary care physician. – Jun 13, 2017 – (1 response)

Need designer for logo and website design – Jun 6, 2017 – (3 responses)

Any recommendations for a elder abuse lawyer in the Bay Area – Jun 5, 2017 – (5 responses)

How do you stay in style? – Jun 3, 2017 – (5 responses)

Great Mortgage Broker Needed – Jun 2, 2017 – (5 responses)

Hairdresser for 5 yo in the Bay Area- MIXED curly hair – Jun 1, 2017 – (5 responses)

School Advice

Bret Harte now and future – Jun 15, 2017 – (2 responses)

Laurel Elementary + Bret Harte Middle – Jun 14, 2017 – (0 responses)

Albany School District - Problems with advocacy/504/IEP issues – Jun 13, 2017 – (3 responses)

Punitive discipline AUSD not sure about staying.. What's discipline like at your high school? – Jun 8, 2017 – (4 responses)

East Bay School for 8YO with Dyslexia and ADHD – Jun 8, 2017 – (4 responses)

Possible move from Castro Valley to new homes in West End Alameda – Jun 5, 2017 – (2 responses)

Summer Reading Lists for Berkeley Public Schools – Jun 1, 2017 – (2 responses)

Wait-listed at Athenian - any hope? – May 31, 2017 – (5 responses)

Late OUSD Enrollment (General Questions) – May 30, 2017 – (1 response)

East Bay Areas - great public schools - ethnically mixed children – May 19, 2017 – (16 responses)

Teens & Preteens & Young Adults

Young teen threatening suicide in text messages – Jun 25, 2017 – (0 responses, 7 pending)

ACT test prep for teen with learning disabilities – Jun 25, 2017 – (0 responses)

Looking for a College Student to take my 15 yo surfing in Marin this summer – Jun 25, 2017 – (0 responses)

16 yo teen seeking summer (& beyond?) employment – Jun 22, 2017 – (0 responses)

College in Slovenia? – Jun 21, 2017 – (0 responses)

College counselor for young adult – Jun 19, 2017 – (0 responses, 3 pending)

Therapist for UC Santa Cruz student? – Jun 19, 2017 – (0 responses)

Summer Camps for incoming 6th grader at King – Jun 12, 2017 – (3 responses)

ID for 16-year-old flying alone? – Jun 8, 2017 – (6 responses, 2 pending)

Resusable menstrual supplies for teen – Jun 5, 2017 – (3 responses)

Advice or suggestions for a 4yr old diagnosed with Mononucleosis – May 31, 2017 – (2 responses)

Seeking Calming College Counselor for Nervous Parents & Teen – May 18, 2017 – (19 responses)

Teens thyroid is fine, but doesnt feel hot tempuratures – May 1, 2017 – (2 responses)