Posts by Amy@STL

I quit my well paying, highly satisfying job when my DS was 11 months ( and had just started daycare). He is 3 years now and not a day goes by that I don't think of my friends who kept working and are now well established in their...

I used Purist in my post and absolutely did not mean to imply our native languages are in any way superior to English. I have nothing but respect for USA, English, the culture and its people. I only meant it in the context of teaching...

OP, reading book has helped me immensely. And the montessori mom blogs. I am not crafty at all, can't invent stuff on the fly. The only thing that I did naturally was have a almost battery free, gadget free kind of home, but that's...

 Good point, I was thinking of 2000 Pulitzer prize winner, author Jhumpa Lahiri.   Kids find a way to bully the best of names 

No idea how "tough" these are to American tongue, just some names I feel "may be" easy :) All of these are people/babies I know who are in...

I feel your anxiety OP. That "slipping away" is really scary and yes as a purist I totally get you.   I can't offer advice, just my own thoughts. My son is 3 years old, growing up with 4 languages, is a quiet slow speaker by...

My son sleeps late so a short and sweet playdate between 4:30-6 pm is worth a try. Mentor is far though for a weekday drive , let me see whats midway for us.

Adding on to what PP said:   Stores selling cloth diapers, natural toys etc Consignment sales and used kids stores Earth friendly/green living/ organic/family friendly restaurants Existing ACTIVE moms...

I agree that gold is viewed highly there. And 24 carat gold is the standard. That being said, since gold jewellery is abundant in my country(India), we dont buy that from here. Rather we get "different" type of jewellery which will...

It goes upto 7th grade I believe, you should be able to find out from their website I hope. They are called Holy Rosary School.   Good luck! My son starts this fall, so we will see!