Posts by dogretro

I really really don't like to let licensed anything into our house. That said, we have made two trips to Sesame Place, so we have lots of stuffed Sesame friends and a couple of character shirts. That's been it thus far. I can see it...

DD1 (4) hates having her finger and toe nails cut so much that I just gave up about a year ago. They reached a certain length and then all broke off really short. I have no idea how it works, but her fingernails are all still really...

I, too, live in PA and there was no testing or assessment to get dd1 into the local HS preschool. Our city schools offer free full-time preschool, some of which are HS, some of which are Pre-K Counts, and some of which are other. I...

It's not new or creative by any means, but we have recently started a chore chart with our oldest, who is four. We started b/c she has major behavior problems and this thing has been the only thing that has actually gotten her to...

Quote: Originally Posted by HappyHappyMommy    So, I've been thinking about this today and how to respond if the comments are made in front of the child and, with goal of support both the parent and the child,...

Hmm. As the parent of an easy-to-flip-out kid, I say it would depend. Helpful, right? If my child had problems every single time, I would plan v short playdates. Like, one or two hours, max. I would let the other mom(s) know that ahead...

I recommend the book The Explosive Child. Your child does not have to be anywhere near explosive, violent, or argumentative to benefit from the author's approach of collaborative problem solving. DH and I have an oppositional child who...

I, too, had an easy (scheduled) c-section. I was unhappy about it for personal reasons, but the physical stuff was not that bad. I felt that recovery from my vbac was just as painful, only in different ways. I did not think the...

If my husband vocalized with me, he probably would have been kicked out since I was screaming my lungs out, lol! I ended up taking the gown off b/c I felt hot and it was hanging in my way. The baby was not the only buck-ass naked...

We did a bead swap in dd2's DDC group and I loved it! I kept them in a little decorative bowl while I was pg and looked at them every day w/ excitement. They are now in a little gauze bag in the place where I store all of her birthday...