Posts by VocalMinority

My $.02:  Wait until the next time she's with you, to do the family photo.  If she's willing to be in it, great.  Take it.  Send it.  The end.     She is still your child.  She's still part...

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsGregory  I've actually been advised that Benadryl helps kids sleep. As in I personally know a parent that gives her kids Benadryl just to make them sleep. Between the two, if it comes to...

Quote: Originally Posted by SweetSilver  I also found a recipe written by the doctor for my oldest sister, then a newborn:  powdered milk, water and Karo syrup. LOL!  When I was breastfeeding our...

I remember my Mom telling me my little brother had to ride in the back seat because he was a toddler (which would make me 5-ish), but that I was big enough to stay in my seat (in the front) and not let myself flop forward into the...

So, I've complained a lot lately, about the stress with my DSS's mom.  To compensate, let me share what we did, today.   One of my 17-y-o twins had an emergency baptism, before he came home from the hospital.  For...

Quote: Originally Posted by skreader  re: anecdote of 13 DSS buying his own I-pod, you wrote:"As parents, we feel we should be able to discuss with him the rudeness of that, and the value of delayed...

Good luck in court!  Do whatever works for you, to be as calm as possible.  Yoga?  Just not alcohol.    Even if Mom gives you every reason in the world to be upset, you want to seem as "emotionally stable" as...

  I don't have an answer for you.  I just know how it feels!   My step-son has lived with us since he was 8, but I've known him and had a good relationship with him since he was 4.  Especially when he's...

I'm sorry that you feel so worried.  That transition period, when you're establishing the ground rules on which the rest of your "co-parenting" relationship will be based, can't help but feel scary and uncertain....

This may not be what you want to hear, but I think sometimes it's best to adjust to toddlers as they are, rather than hoping they'll be different.  My twins would not keep their shoes on in the car, when they were toddlers....