Posts by SquidMommy

We ended up trying the seperate-but-together solution proposed by Nightwish - kinda. We put DS1 in the sidecarred crib, then DH, then DS2 in the middle in the cosleeper, then me. And we actually made it til 3:30AM!...

Our 23-month old son has co-slept with us from day 1, both naps and nighttime (minus one week where DH and I thought we would be slick and try the crib - one bout of hysterical crying and we put DS1 right back in our bed), but now with...

We're seeing Amanda Kaufmann right now, and let me let you in on a secret: The office staff SUCKS. They'll lie straight to your face about what your doctor does and does not support, and whether or not they're available at a certain...

Sometimes you've just got to be "big" - I can remember one grocery trip where I leaned down over a cooler to look at bacon and came back up to find some well-meaning nana literally inches from my son's face. He looked terrified. A nice...

Thanks, all, for the support and ideas :-) I ended up calling their house and laying some blame at the feet of my midwife (who they will never meet, so it's mostly-okay). My MW really did say the drive was not a good idea, so I went...

Yeah...I know it's not the best form to back out last minute. Trust me, I don't feel good about it and you're totally right - the "Crappiest Daughter Of The Year Award" is going to go to me. I grudgingly accepted the invite in the...

Hi all~ I need a little advice...hopefully this is the right place, since it's about parents! Ist's Thanksgiving week, and my parents are expecting my husband, my son, and myself to come over for dinner today. Yep, I waited that...

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I'm blown away by the idea of a teacher, lunch aide, or other school employee "returning" food to my home with the implication being that my child can't bring it, have it, or eat it, and that I've done a...

I'm with the above. My parents used to delight in using secrets to try to "split" my affections/use me as a pawn/pit other relatives and teachers and whatnot against one another.   Not every child, regardless of age, can...

But at a park, I don't expect to know anyone, and my focus is 100% on my son in case he's trying to be a superhero and do things that break the laws of physics.   My thinking for the playgroup was, the proctor might do things like...