Posts by hippiemom

So sorry for your pain.. it is very hard some days just to be the parent of an adult child and watch them struggle, but this..  this is a whole other level.  My heart goes out to you, mother to mother..  you must care...

TODAY I turn 43, and have had the early symptoms.. This is fine with me, certainly done bearing babies..    I get a period regularly, but then sometimes another one 3 weeks later that is very spotty.  My period is...

Oh yes indeed..  and heehee, he had had a shower soon beforehand, so...  I kind of put that together and did bring it up.  That was my first guess, but he was embarrassed and said no, no...    Last evening,...

Yes, I agree a culture would at least be smart.  He has a doc appt this week on Friday anyway, for a recheck for some asthma he dealt with a couple of weeks ago, so...  we will get it all looked at.  Thanks to your nana!

Hello there,   I was a doula, childbirth educator, and midwifery assistant for 3 years.  I am also a mother of 3 and have been an herbalist for almost 20 years, since I first got pregnant with my oldest...

Hello mamas {and papas}   My boy is just about 12 and came to me today, distressed, to tell me that he had peed and it was "white and stringy"..  No pain, no burning, just some thick bits.    I have heard of...

Here are my best remedies:   Stay dry, clean, and use only cotton or nothing on your skin..  Change undies often if you are having lots of discharge...     Apple cider vinegar: put 1/4 c in a clean glass,...

As a lifelong person with allergies, from a family that has several, I can tell you that allergies are not "set".. they change as you grow.  Some get better, the "grew out of it" allergy; some get worse.  Mine have definitely...

It could also be flu.  We have seen lots of it in my area, and all say the COUGH lasts forever and can be nasty.  If it is a virus, it of course won't respond to antibiotics.   Some kids have sensitive gag too when it...

  Do you not have access to ANY washing machine?  Before I owned one I took 'em to the laundromat.  Good God I can't imagine washing them by hand, but if I had to, I'd use castille soap and rinse really, really well,...