Posts by wishin'&hopin'

Thanks for the blog shout out Seraf.     I think part of what we are discussing is how communities are formed--and what marks an individual as part of a community--something that I think GLBTQ folk have a relatively...

http://www.basicbrilliance.com/ is a pretty good place for all cotton gender neutral clothing (all solid colors and you can get basics like t's, leggings, pants, sweats and simple dresses).  Their sizing can be odd--our 2.5 year...

Seraf--DS has requested a boy baby.  However, he also insists that we are all boys and that straight appearing couples with kids are also Mama/Mommy pairs (and b/c I have short hair all men in those pairs are the "mamas")....

Lillie--welcome!!!   Max---ack!  Sounds like baby is just around the corner...good luck with feathering the proverbial nest!   Lise--THREE boys!!!  How wonderfully delightfully wonderful!  Our DS is the...

Seraf--we have another screening tomorrow and then a parent meeting next week...so not sure :)  On the list of new words that we can understand (if not the general public!) is "cowboy" which meant today involved an explanation...

We didn't circ and we both have pretty strong anti-circ feelings...for a variety of reasons, but one of those is that we have a nephew with a circ that had to essentially be redone because it didn't heal properly in the first place....

Prettyisa, tylenol doesn't last as long as motrin...so if you give ibuprofen she'll get more respite w/ fewer doses.  Also, there is a possible link between tylenol and later asthma development (I had a parishioner who is a...

Quote: Originally Posted by seraf  Wishin, how big is too big for a ring sling? I use my piece of cloth sling style still with Shay, 27 pounds. I stopped using the ring sling when they started hurting my back (so...

DW just got me a kinderpack for DS--it's a WAHM made soft structured carrier (google "kindercarry).  He's 2.5 and about 30 pounds and I still do wear him for hours at a time (he'll nap on my back and stays up there for long hikes)...

The 8 IUIs for our second child (the one currently gestating) were undergone by my wife (we're a two mom family and used frozen sperm from a donor).  Over the course of the various 2WWs we tried to plan lots of fun/relaxing things...