Posts by just_lily

Jenn - Welcome!!!   Motivated Mama - Congrats, that is so awesome!  We have been having trouble conceiving and I am pretty sure my weight is the problem.  Another 17lbs to go and I will be below my pre-preg weight...

I don't like VPD or immunizations.  I use VAD or vaccines.   I also really dislike the use of possessives when it comes to vaccines.  "I took my baby for her shots today." 

Do you mean the rate of infection is higher for vaccinated children? I think the issue is that because the sample size of unvaccinated children is so small the margin of error is huge.  So for example, it...

I don't know for sure what is "best", but I can tell you what we did.  At a year I started introducing cow's milk, but did it in a cup and only started with a small amount once a day.  I continued to give bottles of...

Unless there is something really specific you want her to use, like a very specific brand of swing or something, I don't think you should have to provide any of that stuff.  That is just one of the costs of doing business for a...

Hey ladies, I am a day late on the weigh in, but I am down 0.1kg so I am just going to go ahead and call that a maintain for the week.  Argh - but oh well.  I had someone ask me if I am losing weight today, and that felt...

Does anyone do bookkeeping as a home business?   I have an undergraduate degree in business (majoring in finance), a background in commercial banking and spent a summer as an accounting student doing a lot of bookkeeping for...

If I replaced the tranny, and actually got another 100k miles (or 220k kms) on this van I would be beyond thrilled and would consider it worth every penny.  We will probably put at most 25k kms on it a year, so that is like 8 more...

Ugh, today has not been a good day.  Sorry, but this is going to be long.   We have a 1999 Dodge Caravan with nearly 400k kms on it.  (All of this is going to be in metric and with Canadian dollars...)  We...

Oh Mama, hugs for you!!  I just found your reply to this and I am sorry I didn't reply sooner.  I hope things are better for you now that you are just down to the two easier kids.    I am a little over two...