Posts by Tithonia

Sweet Pea has an overactive sense of humor (like her mother), and I love it when she laughs and laughs at a little thing, like seeing her Daddy or the dog. Sometimes we all three just laugh and laugh because her laughter is so contagious!

We swaddled our LO for night time until she was close to 8 months, and weaned slowly off naps for awhile before that. I don't know if other babies are like this, but Sweet Pea's hands are constantly moving until she's solidly asleep, so...

I don't know if you're looking for any more responses, but just in case: We worried about this, too, and would try to move her head to the side, but sometimes she just didn't want to! If she fussed when we tried to shift her head we...

I highly recommend butternut squash for something over winter that doesn't need canning--we just ate the last one from last year's garden about two weeks ago! Woo-hoo! Yes, we did have to cut off part of it, but still! I think it's...

I've been following this thread with interest, and have come up with three aspects to the toy issue for our family: 1. People are more important than things. This means that we are committed to an anti-materialist approach to our...

As to how I do it with such a little one, I'm fortunate to have the perfect co-parenting arrangement. My husband is also working on his Ph.D., so we go halves. I take Sweet Pea in the morning, he takes her in the afternoon. He changes...

Although my mom and mom-in-law are both wonderful people, they also started pressuring me about starting DD on solids at around 6 months. I really felt like she wasn't ready (not sitting up on her own yet, no teeth, wanting to grab...

Wow, caspian's mama, thanks for the rundown on detox! That sounds really attractive to me, but I'm afraid I'll have to wait until we have a little more cash flow. Just want to say to clothdipemomof2boy and anyone else who's waffling,...

I'm interested too! We've never bought any toys for our 8-month-old, although she has some that people have given her and some hand-me-downs. We got rid of any battery-powered noise-making ones that people gave us, though. Like...

Thanks for the welcome, Aletheia! I love your user name! I've been working for awhile on Hannah Arendt, particularly some of her exciting ideas on natality, unpredictability, and storytelling. For my dissertation I want to bring her...