Posts by nilatti

DS loves Sesame Street and Shaun the Sheep, both of which are pretty nonviolent and show non-traditional gender roles.   We don't have real TV either, but there's tons of Sesame Street on youtube and Shaun at our local library.

Wow, I'm totally there.   One thing I've found (which I think is SCARY in the wrong hands--thus why we don't have TV) is that my DS is insanely suggestible. We were watching Sesame Street and Elmo got a drink of water, and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie8681  How about a Christmas tree? I am 99% sure we're just going to skip it this year. My DS will be 17 months and I can foresee days and nights full of trying to keep the tree...

My son went through a few phases when he was eating literally more than I was! He was hungry all the time. It drove me crazy, to be honest.   A few things that helped us: * Give her a Really Big lunch. Moving the big calorie...

Quote: Originally Posted by JoyFilled  I had a foster daughter when I had my first child who did exactly what your son does.  I really think they just know that it is their chance to do something while you are...

I actually asked him if he remembers nursing (we weaned at 15 months), and he says he doesn't. We sometimes cuddle and read books while I'm nursing, and that's ok. It's more when either he doesn't feel like sitting on the couch or when...

My son did that. I think around 12 weeks the eating got less intense, but the sleeping...ug. He's two, and still not a big sleeper. DD, on the other hand, sleeps kind of a lot--2 and 3 hour stretches. She's 5.5 weeks, too.

I should note, my enforcement usually includes taking away what ever he is misusing (a pen, if drawing on the wall) and putting the object in timeout. Not beating or anything.

Ok, I swear that my son (26 months) waits until I'm feeding the baby to seriously act up. Mostly, I've found that responding immediately to stuff he's not supposed to do (drawing on the walls) is pretty effective and only takes a few...

I second what everyone else said. Baby legs are about the best thing ever. With my DS, we used a prefold w/Snappi (so much faster than pins!) and put a Thirsties Duo wrap over it when we went out or just didn't feel like we could deal...