Posts by phathui5

I think that lots of little girls (and boys) at that age identify strongly with their own gender and do some rejecting of the opposite gender, whether it's people or things associated with them. As far as the baby goes, he's coming. I...

"When he's angry he won't let me comfort him, telling me to get away, that he doesn't want to see me etc. "   When he tells you to go away, maybe he needs some space? Give him the space, let him know where you'll be and be...

Four of my own children. Quite a few outside of that.

I live in Lebanon (25 min from Corvallis) and am a big Corvallis fan.   There are lots of great natural family living resources there:   - First Alternative Co-op http://firstalt.coop/   - Corvallis...

I've used it twice with my most recent baby (the first one where I've had thrush). It cleared it up for us the second time. The first time I did it once and thought it was gone, then it came back and we treated over the course of a...

We live in Oregon's Mid-Valley region. I think it's a great area to homeschool in. It's not uncommon to meet other homeschoolers. The pool nearby offers homeschool swim times, the yoga studio is going to start a class for...

Welcome to MDC!

Hello everyone!    To introduce myself: I've been part of MDC since my oldest was a baby (12yo ds). Now I have five children, 12, 9, 7, 5 and 11 months. Started reading Midwifery Today and every midwifery-related text I...

Quote: Most hospital for example, seem to make multiples spend a mandatory 24 hour in the nursery for 'observation'   I've only attended two twin births (as a doula) and neither of them required "observation"...

Welcome to the Birth Professionals forums!   How was your Birth Arts training? I got to look at their workbook recently and it looked pretty good.