Posts by Lamashtu

Quote: Originally Posted by CatsCradle  Maybe instead of perceiving the word "selfish" as a negative thing, you can twist it into a positive response.  Something like:  "Yeah, I...

Thank you for your replies, mamas!    Chamomile Girl, since you're in the business perhaps you could answer a question about shea butter for me?  Does it expire or go bad?  Is there an optimum temperature I...

"Hate" is possibly too strong a word but I certainly dislike her and the feeling is quite mutual.   I met DH a year AFTER he divorced his first wife but that doesn't matter because she still considers me a...

We go through an insane amount of shea butter in our house.  I use it on my face and legs, on Leda's bottom, as a hair conditioner, DH uses it as an aftershave...   I'm currently using L'Occitane shea butter but at $40...

"Milk Siblings!"  I love this; enjoy!   http://www.babble.com/baby/baby-feeding-nutrition/breast-friends-wet-nurse-cross-nursing-breastfeeding-information/index.aspx

First of all, five years old is certainly old enough to know that you do not push another child's face with your foot!   Second, I don't think you did anything wrong.  Sometimes urgency is called for; he could have...

Cybercere, I see that you are in the Annapolis area.  My father is the managing partner of a large pediatrics practice down there and I know that they accept Tricare.  His staff is very, very supportive of EBF.  If...

Actually, I am from Annapolis originally so I may be able to help you.  Try "Bay Area Behavioral Health" on Ritchie Highway in Severna Park.  There are several wonderful counselors on staff there. 

I hope this doesn't sound cold-hearted, but here goes...   You are a professional woman and he, on the other hand, is a guy with multiple kids by multiple women who can't afford to pay child support.  I think you should...

Have you considered getting counseling as a family?  I know that counseling isn't a cure-all but from reading your initial post I get the vibe that perhaps you favor your bio daughter and your DH favors his bio daughter (which,...