Posts by Curious

They aren't trained at all. I had an FP and a ped both go on about Dd's teeth (or lack thereof). I thought she was teething and they said maybe - could be, and asked me if I felt anything. I did, but it turned out to be the...

I have been following this and understand some of the apprehension as far as my dMIL goes. She has maje jokes about running off for cookies and ice cream, which does not engender the trust of this organic mother. But my mother is...

queencar I did not mean to imply there was no need for amnesia. I'm all for it. I just needed to state that versed is not a painkiller. I believe the days of thinking kids don't have pain are long gone. These drugs all can impair...

I sent a PM. My mother still talks about the time she was about 4, and her parents held her while her uncle the dentist worked on her teeth. She did not go the dentist for 20 years after she had something to say about it. Fortunately...

Break this evil habit now! - joking sort of... Someone in our home loses his coats on a regular basis. The liner to the sentimental North Face jacket lent to future wife on first trip together. The expensive replacement. Then the old...

My mother overheard my MIL telling Dd, 3 months at the time, that they would just have to get away from Mom to sneak some candy. Starting early. Thanks for the ideas on how to handle this double whammy of both sugar and...

Well I think we finally got MIL to stop worrying about my breastfeeding. Or the fb. Dh just told her we're not vaccinating.

That's what Dh sang to Dd, until she started making sounds in relation to our conversations, and he imagined her going off to school singing 3 in a tub, and us getting the weird police after us. Guess we'll have to...

Allana, I have no idea how I pushed for 10 hours. I wasn't watching the clock. I also had a great doula, and Dh got in the bed with me. Yes, I finally agreed to an epidual which I'd really wanted to avoid. It was inserted at 3AM the...

I had a wonderful delivery in a hospital by a teamed midwife/MD. Labor was 28 hours at home and 2 more days in the hospital where I was allowed only clear liquids. I cheated. When the nurses were out of the room, Dh gave me sips...