Posts by elus0814

I should add that I have never asked DD to color in the book. It don't feel it's needed at all and it might be tough for kids to dissociate a color with a number after coloring it that way hundreds of times.

We're using primer now and began it while DD was still four. It starts of really simple. Just counting 0-19. I like the blocks and feel they help a lot with making concepts feel concrete while avoiding the flashy complicated...

I use salt to boil water if I'm cooking something in it that will absorb some of the water and would taste better with the salt. Things like pasta, rice, potatoes, and so on taste much better when cooked in salted water. I use iodized...

I feel the same way. One is great, two is good because the first will have a playmate, three is teetering on the edge of having a large family and we got a lot of "I guess this will be your last, right?" kind of comments. Now...

Quote: Originally Posted by nlhousewifey It could go either way, they are slightly high for a singleton pregnancy, that being said I've seen super high numbers be singletons and normal single numbers be twins. There is...

I have my HCG levels back and they seem high. The doctor (not an ob, just an on-base doc - my midwife is out of town) tried to convince me that I ovulated five days sooner than I know I did and that twins would be levels "in the...

This is completely false. If someone called 911 and an ambulance pulled up to the gate do you really think they would tell the ambulance 'sorry you won't be able to pick up that heart attack victim because the gate is closed'. They will...

I should add that the midwife IS a tricare provider.

Has anyone found a way they will pay the full amount? The midwife I have spoken with has told me they will only $1500 of her $4100 fee and that I will have to pay the rest out of pocket. I find this extraordinarily annoying since they...

I'm planning on one right now and I live on an Air Force Base. It is your home that you are renting, even though it is on a military installation. As long as you are not doing anything illegal or against their rules (such as excessive...