Posts by MamaHama

I am in the process of decluttering and have decided to part with my collection of old issues of Mothering Magazine. These were given to me by a friend when my oldest son was born and were an invaluable resource to me when I was a new...

Oops! Thought I was getting e-mail notifications on this thread, but I guess not. I’m glad I checked in. On the subject of dads, our experience has been that it became more of an issue with our kids once they started school. Similar...

My two boys, 8 and 3, go to a Montessori school, and we love it. I think it's definitely a great environment for a focused child. There is a lot of freedom of choice in the work and there should be ample time for her to focus on what she...

Our oldest son is almost 8 and I remember feeling some of these same feelings when we were TTC. At first we really thought it should be romantic and special, but it just wasn't. It was actually kind of anti-climactic and not at all...

Great idea for a thread! My partner and I have two boys. Our oldest is almost 8 and was conceived through AI with an ID release donor. egarcia, I was also lucky enough to get pregnant on the first try, though we had tried to conceive...

My almost 8 year old sounds very similar to the OP's son. He is definitely going through this stage, and I sympathize, it can be exhausting! I do tell him that it's okay if he's mad at me, and that I still love him even when he hates me....

Hoping I can get some feedback here. My DP and I are very much not into a rewards/punishment kind of discipline to motivate our kids. We have friends who use this kind of system, but it just really isn't our thing. Our kids help out with...

I'm mama, my partner is mommy. We planned it this way. Our son went through a period when he was just starting to talk where called me didi and my partner dida. Have no idea why. we thought it was kind of funny.

Hello! I'm Carmen, mama to 4 year old Evan and 11 day old Jesse. Have been CDing Jess for about a week in cpfs and wraps and couldn't be happier. We're on a pretty tight budget, so we went with simple. I can't wait to try out some other...

DP and I had planned on using the same donor for baby #2, but it wasn't crucial for us. We thought it would be nice for our children to have that connection, but didn't reserve more sperm immediately. I carried DS #1 and we ttc about 6...