Posts by curiouscanadian

I have a 4.5yo who also seems ambidextrous. In one coloring session he switched hands almost every time he switched colours (tripod grip with either hand)! Just wondering how things were working out for your guy teamsalem?

I compromise with DS. He generally gets two stories at bedtime so if I feel like he needs help expanding his choice of books, I'll tell him he can have his train book (equivalent to Curious George in our house) but we have to...

Betime for 4yo DS is 8pm. He's always up by 7am at the latest, regardless of when he goes to bed, and hasn't napped since he turned 3.

I would highly recommend a book called Lifetimes:A Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie. The book compares the lifespans of all types of organisms from plants to animals to people. What is "in between"...

Thanks for your input. That's a good way to phrase it. I'm mostly concerned about how to phrase my explaination so that he doesn't get the impression that mothers who either have to or choose to go back to work love their children...

So my son asked me the other day if I was retired too (my parents retired at the beginning of the year). I have to admit I'm not quite sure how to respond to this.   I did go back to work when he was about a year old but...

Finding a midwife in Alberta can be extremely difficult at the moment; there just aren't enough to meet the demand. http://www.alberta-midwives.com/aam/directory/by-area-served/?cn-cat=4 Contact all the midwives in the area ASAP...

I'm hoping someone out there has some ideas on how to deal with my 3yo who is super clingy and demanding at the same time as I need space (to grieve).   Yesterday was an absolute nightmare where my...

It's not just you. Although I know I am tired and grumpy, I feel pretty certain it's also changes in DS that are driving me nuts. Seriously clingy/sucky these days and he's pretty much insisting on co-sleeping at night the last...

 lol I wondered earlier in my first pregnancy how come I was running into so many unwed mothers. Then I got farther along and realized they were probably almost all as married as me, just unable to wear their...