Posts by annekka

Great thread, I am a working, homeschooling mama and yes it can be done. I work 4 days/week -- one day at home, 3 days in the office. DH is a college professor with most of his classes scheduled at night, so he's home during the day 3...

I don't believe there are any laws that would protect you; if travel is required for your job then it is what it is. But I would check with your company's HR department to see if there are any company policies concerning breastfeeding or...

We use Powerspeak spanish through our K12 virtual academy (Cali), and it has a lot of small issues that I find very annoying. First of all, the printed text on the screen is way too small, even though most of the text boxes are large...

Hi, just wanted to let you know that I took PTU for Grave's disease which developed after my son was born. My endocrinologist at first told me that I would have to wean, which I wasn't willing to do, this was about 3 months post-partum....

We have a large van, one of those cargo van conversions, that we use for camping and family road trips. Due to the conversion there is practically no visibility out the rear window -- the already small windows are mostly obscured by the...

So right now I am doing a cold rinse+spin, followed by a "sanitary" (super hot) wash with detergent. I use about 1/2 the amount that I would use for a normal load in the HE washer, which is already 1/2 of what I was using in...

We used a diaper service with DS and again with DD, but the current economic situation recently converted me to washing my own. I've been at it for a couple of weeks now; it's going pretty well and I'm thrilled about all the $$$ I'm...

Thanks for posting, I joined :-) I'm a regular blood donor and I've always wanted to do join the bone marrow registry too but never got around to it until I saw your post. I'll let you know if I get matched!

You don't need to worry about a rusty nail in the mouth -- the tetanus bacteria infects through deep puncture wounds from a contaminated object. Tetanus grows in a low-oxygen environment and so the spores must penetrate deep into the...

Don't know if this helps, but my son started demonstrating an extreme reaction to water on his face around this age. He still has it to this day and will freak out if his face goes into the water or even if more than a few drops are...