Posts by Peony

Our public schools here do not do after care (one private does), the kids are bussed to a parks and rec program or to the Boys and Girls Club. Those same programs are the ones that handle summer vacations and holidays off from school....

We have to use a sitter more then I like (or have money for frankly), just to keep her. Low  hours means she finds more families and then is never ever free. Like gypsymama said, I pay decent, $15.00 an hour, allow for extreme...

I've had two children in EI. Goals were reassessed every 6 months and updated. Same thing here, they age at on the 3rd birthday but are assessed prior for school based services which I found to be much more difficult (at least in my...

I could certainly have children 20, even 25 years apart if I wanted to. Not that I want to though! I was 20 when DD1 was born, 10 years later, I am 30 and she is 10. We've completed our family a couple years ago after 4 children. I've...

It would be on car-seat.org. There is a poster over there that has done just that. I believe I have seen the same thread as well once upon a time. I'd post over there and ask. 

We rarely take our almost 2 year old to any restaurant that isn't a fast one. Not McD's but we have several local restaurants that cook fresh food right on the spot, 5 minutes of waiting if that. Anything else usually ends up with one...

Duplexes are very common in our town. Some are newer but all in my neighborhood are single family homes that were converted at some point. Out of 11 homes on my block, 4 are duplexes. The block up from me is almost entirely duplexes....

DD1 was close to 4 when DD2 was hospitalized for the first of several stays. DD2 was 3 when she spent the night for the first time with my mom. DS1 was 2 when he went away with DH for a night. I just left DS2 for the first time last...

#1  38w 2d #2  38w 6d #3 41w (and yes I was sure of dates!) #4 38w 1d   So 3 around the same time and one wild card!

My two children that had/has awful GERD, allergies, etc... are not on the spectrum. My child that is on the spectrum has no food allergy issues.