Posts by MammaG

My 7YO son also has asked for a carrier to back-carry his 20mo brother.  I'm making him a mei tai for Christmas.  I'm just scaling down the pattern I made for myself.  The baby won't ever be sleeping on his brother's...

I'm a very novice gardener and similarly novice at hurricanes, living in New England.  A few questions:   I harvested all the ripe-ish tomatoes, all the squash and a lot of chard.  Do I need to cut down my herbs and...

I'm thinking of buying a pressure canner to jar up some things this year.  The one I'm looking at also functions as a pressure cooker.   I've searched old threads here but wanted to ask again if:   1) Pressure...

Yesterday was DS1's seventh birthday.  DH took the day off and we went to the aquarium.  We met another family there with two little girls.  It turned out one of them was six.  On hearing this, DS said, in a...

Oh my dear God in Heaven, YES!!!   I have been harassing the poor homeopathic lady at the health food store for months and months about when these would be re-released.  I hoarded a supply during the recall but we ran out...

Quote:Originally Posted by butterflylover We go boating all the time (almost every weekend) and my dc loves it. We canoe, kayak, speedboat. We keep life jackets on board but we don't wear them. I would make a 1 year old wear one...

Nope. With baby #1 I pumped and froze a stash to save 'just in case'. I think he had maybe half a dozen BM bottles kind of for the fun factor....Dadda and Granny feeding him. Baby #2, I pumped a few to have 'just in case'. As I...

Quote:Originally Posted by zebra15 Im an adult as well. I've done daycare, babysat and nannied overnight for kids.  Honestly, you are getting upset over the little things.  If *I* saw those little bottles of paint, even...

CI mama, your first post a few back was really well done! I haven't been online much lately and I certainly haven't read through this whole thread...it's a novel! Sorry if I could have just seconded someone else. I voted that I would...

I have been working on a general family emergency plan, both for emergencies (ie, where do we meet if we have to evacuate) and for after an emergency (ie, wills, life insurance, plans for the kids, getting our health proxies up to...