Posts by GoBecGo

For DD2 (who was 2 in June) we got "there's a house inside my mummy" which is more about how the baby is growing in me, and doesn't really go into how it got there or how it's getting out.  She loves it and has definitely "gotten"...

We're not finding out.   AAAAARRRGGGHHH!  We declined the anomaly scan (what they call the 18-21 week scan here) as we don't want to look for anomalies, but i was literally googling for prices on private gender scans last...

7 months with #1 (thyroid problem, relationship break-up and visitation arrangements and totally unsupportive medical care all contributed) 26 months with #2 (my milk is gone completely this pregnancy, and no colostrum until later...

I had a baby like that!   6 years ago in April i had a baby girl, at home, with only entonox (gas and air) as medication.  We were not apart for a single second.   When she was 4 months old my supply began to...

I love birth (and my body so far seems to be good at it, with precipitate labours and easy births).  My first pregnancy was fine, the next was harder work.  The third (actually 7th, i've lost 4) is HARD. I am done right now...

Three times a week we go to friends' houses (my kids are not SN, i think you need to cut yourself some slack -parenting neuro typical kids over the summer when school is out and a lot of groups are off is HARD and you have more on your...

My 2yo also sticks her hand, then wrist in her water at the table, puts her food into it etc.  If i can deal with it i just let her, if i can't then i remove it.  In between meals she still uses a sippy to contain the mess....

Well for whatever reason (seriously, i am frightening) no one has ever taken this sort of thing from me as an invitation to "get into" anything.  I think my tone of voice must convey "don't EVEN" while my smile lubricates the...

Quote: Originally Posted by ThreeTwoFive  It's a stage.  She'll only want daddy eventually.  And then only mommy.  Try not to take it personally.  She loves you both. How about, "You want to...

Well if that happened to me (it never does, i think i am frightening!) i would smile and say to the other mom "thank you, but i've got it". So SHE knew i didn't want her input.  Then i probably wouldn't feel the need to vent...