Posts by mamatoady

I get that things are different nowadays.  They squeeze so many kids into a tiny space, individual desks take the place of tables and shared learning experiences, and the expectations are higher...much higher.  But I am...

I always come back to mothering.com when the sh*& hits the fan!  lol   OK, I have an almost 10 year old daughter and a 6 year old boy.  My two year old is a girl, but not part of the story.  It has just come...

I remember reading something in Mothering archives about if someone say, stepped on a poopy rusty nail, and tetanus was an issue that the doctors could give a shot that would solve the problem (obviously NOT the tetanus vaccine)....

I am struggling so much right now.  I am going to school and have a 9,6, and 2.5 year old.  I am behind in everything school to the point I really don't think I can catch up.  I can't let go of a semester because of...

Thank you...   well, the strawberries are an issue because I told her she couldn't have anything else.  She does have a problem with food and we had just had a huge dinner.  She sneaks food regardless of what it is....

Why are you focusing on the other two that don't belong to me--they were fine and laying on the floor 5 feet from my bedroom.  The problem is my 9 year old that doesn't follow direction.  She was completely sneaky.  She...

I am feeling very ineffective as a parent lately.  I have a 9, just turned 6 and 2.5 year old.  I have always tried to talk to my kids about trust, honesty, respect etc., and I'm finding my older two to be particularly sneaky...

I am a newly declared believer in Jesus as the Son of God.  What has been most difficult for me in making the choice is that I have a very worldly view of other religons and cultures and belief systems.  What I had to...

I am nursing my almost 2.5 year old and for the last couple weeks my left side has been hurting a lot when she nurses--kind of felt like a plugged duct, but there's not one and kind of feels now like thrush (had that one with my...

Seriously?   I have been reminded of one of the many reasons I divorced my ex.  At their last visit, I offered to help pay for 2 of them to go to the children's museum, and he needed to pay for himself and one child ($6...