Posts by violetflapjack

I guess I'm an unjobber too and didn't know it until I found this group!  It's cool to see what everyone else is up to to make ends meet.  I think my situation is kind of a mish-mash of a lot of the things that other people...

We used homemade products with DS and I think they worked really well.  Mostly we used a simple calendula salve made from dried calendula flowers infused into olive oil and then thickened with beeswax (cocoa butter is also an...

I have to say that DE didn't work for our flea problem.  The only thing that worked was flea medicine on the cat, then having the cat inside.  The carpets in our home were totally infested.  I forget the exact...

i think any nesting thats happening here is masked by all of the mandatory activity of packing and moving.  we're doing our big move on the 3rd of june so it's coming right up.  busy busy busy with that.  i'm excited to...

I had an anterior placenta with my first.  He wasn't posterior during pregnancy at any of my MW appointments.  I did do almost all of my laboring on my hands and knees (for 12 plus hours).  I think this might have...

Welcome! Glad you're here.

This is so my kind of thing to do.  I have a lot of crafty projects that I'm hoping to get done, but I don't want to obsess with doing them all because I don't think it's realistic. I think this will really help me to balance with...

I made some from a jersey knit sheet and more from various flannel items (pajama pants and pillow cases I think).  I used warm water only at first, then when DS got a bit older and was eating solids we would use some Dr Bronners...

I've been meaning to post to this thread for a while...I've got a fittness routine that includes activities for each day of the week.  Then whatever days I have time and energy to do it, I do the workouts.  Prepregnancy I has...

it made me super hungy reading through all these cravings!  tee heee hee.  i've mostly craved salty, sour things like pickles and sourkraut.  No real sweets this time around, which is surprising for me because that's...