Posts by annmartina

My dd turned 3 in June. She feels increasingly powerless now that I've recently started limiting her nursing sessions and I'm trying to understand her feelings and find a solution for all of us. I have nursed her mostly on demand,...

I'm so sorry. That must be so difficult for her family, but this is also traumatic for you too. Be kind and gentle with yourself. Your grief is very real, even though this is happening to someone else.

Hello! We've recently moved to the Puyallup area. I would love to meet new friends and my daughter (just turned 3) is becoming interested in playing with other children and would love to do that more often. About us: I'm 25, married,...

Our queen was perfectly fine for the three of us (DH, myself and DD) for quite a while. It started feeling small when she was somewhere in her second year. Since we wanted to continue cosleeping, we pushed a twin bed against the queen...

We cosleep, bf, bw and definitely consider ourselves attachment parents too. I remember months 5-6 actually being the hardest in some ways. Dd wouldn't sleep without me at night or for naps and I couldn't put her down much at all during...

Dr. Niti Solomon. www.naturalwaysforkids.com. Read my recent post in OR/ID/WA tribes forum! Dr. Niti is a board certified MD pediatrician with an MA in gastrointestinology and an excellent understanding of nutrition. She told me that she...

Dr. Niti Solomon of Natural Ways For Kids is awesome. She has a huge range of modalities from homeopathy, nutritional counseling, energy healing, flower essences and more. She is completely accepting of non-vaxing families but will...

Have you looked into food allergies? Dairy is a big one and commonly causes sleeplessness. Good luck, it sounds tough!

My dd is 2.5 and loves nursing. I work full time (dh is SAHD) and it's our special connection at the end of a long day. However, I recently had some heavy metal testing done through my doctor's office and my results came back sky-high...

Sounds like a pretty tough time! I believe the planets don't determine our fate, they predict our choices. Point being, you get to choose. Also, you're much better off for having read your forecast, because if you don't know what...