Posts by Peony

My almost 10 year old has no assigned chores for this very reason. She is barely home between sports, school, and friends. When she is home we are usually cramming in homework. I do have expectations for her. She needs to help pack up...

I actually changed my older two's last names to include mine, they originally just had Dh's last name. I choose double last names no hyphen, but I add in a hyphen for all forms otherwise I've discovered that places get confused and end...

Quote: Originally Posted by pickle18  I think a better way to word that may have been to say, "to exonerate herself of any responsibility to work to understand/advocate for/work with her son's...

I have a 9 and 6 year old. DS1 is actually 3.5 but functions cognitively at around 2.5 years olds. Both girls can only play for a short time with him and then are DONE with him. We have have K aged kids over all the time, none of them...

I'm one of those uber planning, organized people. All 4 times, I've never found out. With the first two children, I really didn't care what the gender was. When I was pg with #3, I did have a secret longing for a another girl and when...

My work is rapidly decreasing my hours and I almost always could arrange my schedule to start after school drop off, but I know all about crazy mornings! If I wake up at 6:30, I'm screwed, like today, 6:30 is really sleeping in for me....

My kids stop napping at 2 and frankly I find that to be a huge relief because then our day becomes more open to possibilities, so yeah, quiet time doesn't exist here! When the last one stops napping, hopefully next year, this will be...

I have a good friend with this problem. I know she tried lots and lots of different brands. They have money so if the mom had found clothing made for girls like hers, she would of been all over it! Hanna Anderson dresses, at least the...

 Big, big hugs from me. This is a very bitter subject for me honestly. My oldest (DD1) has always had something going on, she was so intense from birth, she ended up with dxs of anxiety disorder, SPD, and dyslexia. Everything is...

Oh, I so used to be there! And now, well, yesterday I left my 1 year while he was asleep with a brand-new sitter in the house to wake up to.  Never in a billion years would I of thought years ago that would be something I...