"A Newcomers Guide to the July 2000 Playgroup"



Welcome to the playgroup for babies born in July 2000. We hope new parents can share their ups and downs, feelings and ideas. This group is about community, support, friendship and encouragement. We hope you find all of that and more here in this playgroup. Remember, this is your website so we welcome your ideas, suggestions, comments and concerns.

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Frequently Asked Questions
When and where are the playgroup chats?
How do I bookmark the board to get a current board each day?
What do all the abbreviations stand for?
What are the archives? and how do I access them?
I posted a message, but when I back to the board, it wasn't there. What happened?
I posted a message and the body of the message was a big string! What did I do wrong?
Where can I find pregnancy related Web sites?
Where can I find member's Web pages?
What is the difference between the who's who page and the firecrackers page?




How do I bookmark the board to get a current board each day?
The link you need to bookmark a new board each day is http://boards2.parentsplace.com/cgi-bin/boards/playjul00



What do all the abbreviations stand for?
List of Accronyms For Boards & Chat:
 

Abbreviation

Definition

A/D
Anti-Depressants
AF
Aunt Flo (aka period)
BTW
By The Way
CIO
Cry It Out
CL
Community Leader
DDB
Due Date
DD
Dear/Darn Daughter
DH
Dear/Darn Husband
DS
Dear/Darn Son
EDD
Estimated Due Date
FIL
Father In Law
*G*
Grin
HPT
Home Pregnancy Test
IMHO
In My Honest Opinion
LMP
Last Menstrual Period
LOL
Laughing Out Loud
M
More
M/C
Miscarriage
MIL
Mother In Law
M/S
Morning Sickness
NT
No Text
OMG
Oh My God!
PAL
Pregnancy After Loss
PG
Pregnant
PMP
Peeing My Pants!
PO
Poor
RTA
Reply To Archive
ROFLMAO
Rolling On Floor Laughing My Ass Off
*S*
Smile
SAHM
Stay At Home Mom
S/O
Significant Other
TTC
Trying To Conceive
U/S
Ultrasound
VBAC
Vaginal Birth After Ceasarian
WAHM
Work At Home Mom
WB
Welcome Back
WIHM
Work Inside Home Mom

*REMINDER: please use (m) or (nt) after the title in  your posts so we know if there is more to it or not. It helps and saves 'click' time for all of us.




When and where are the Playgroup Chats?
The Playgroup has two official chats, one on Tuesday @ 7PM (EST) and one on Friday @ 1PM (EST). The official chat takes place in the ivllage chatroom called "the den". To join in one of these chats, please follow this chat link. More information on chats can be found here



What are the archives, and how do I access them?

The board seems to move quickly and I lose my previous posts. Why is this?
The board is set up by parentsplace.com to archive every 65 main posts. It archives every morning at 3 am EST. If the board reaches 65 posts by that time, it becomes part of the queue to be archived the next morning. Your post is not lost during an archive, however. You can return to that archived board to read any responses you might have had. At this time you can still post to Main Post when a board has been archived but you cannot add any new main posts to an archived board. Most people post to the RTA (Reply To Archive section) the next day so it's easier for people to find answers to their questions.

How do I get to the archives?
If the archive link at the top of the page does not work, try this Archives Link Those last numbers before the html tell you what number of board you are on. If you change that number to the one below it you will go to yesterday's board.



I posted a message, but when I back to the board, it wasn't there. What happened?

Your computer might not upload your cache, but read from a stored cache of the page loaded previous to your posting. All you have to do is click the reload/update button at the top of your browser. This should update your cache and your message should be there.



I posted a message and the body of the message was a big string! What did I do wrong?

When you type in the body of the post box every line must be touching the left wall.  If there is even one space against that wall the whole paragraph will become a string.  If you see this during the preview hit the back button and delete the spaces on the far left of the text.  This will force the paragraph to justify properly.



Where can I find pregnancy related Web sites?

Parent's Place has great links and search engines like Yahoo are good too.
Check out our links page.



Where can I find member's Web pages?

Members who have websites have listed them under their descriptions in the Who's Who.; You can also access a direct list of member pages by clicking here



What is the difference between the who's who website and the firecrackers website?

The who's who was created when we were all pregnant and we were all part of the July 2000 Expecting Club. We maintain this site and it's contents for reference. The who's who site also contains all of the member details. The Firecrackers Website was designed once we all gave birth and then formed a playgroup.


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