Posts by purplerose

I told my kids whenever they'd ask that i had ovulated, and the blood was cleaning out my uterus. It worked and made other subjects easy to just add to that explanation! I always answered

Thats great! I will remember this for when I need it, pretty soon lol

i am on kid #4 and there is still no answer to how to keep shoes on LOL they just outgrow it, and you plan for it until they stop.   try to keep your vehicle clean enough so the shoes won't get lost once you are where you are...

yeah, and we had lead in our blinds and lead paint on our toys and chewed them and had drop-down cribs and i rode in my mom's lap in the car and ate solids at 2 weeks! i am just fine!

A mirror sometimes helps distract her, but sometimes she'd see me in it and start crying. Really- try to find a song, maybe one you sing her daily, or that she hears alot and seems interested in. I really wish forward facing was...

I have had two who cried in the car, really badly. My 13 month old we still have to stop occasionally and get her out. She'll cry so bad she can't breathe. It really sucks. I spend most of her first year at home except for school...

I, too, felt really left out when I was that kid who didn't have a yearbook. Everyone was passing them around (even in elementary school, and they are still the cheaper paperback ones today where my daughter goes) and signing each...

How long is unopened powdered formula good for? I figure the premade would have gone bad already, right? I have a year in my brain as the limit on powdered. I think they should find a mama goat while maggie or one of the other women lets...

hugs...anxiety sucks. i was terrified with #4, very irrationally. things were great, and i was worried since things went so well with my first three that the fourth would be a disaster. I had bad dreams(I'd never had bad dreams during...

Oh, and when she called, she didn't ask what age you  have to be to volunteer there, so she still doesn't know if she can. So if she makes it up there we don't even know if she'll be able to. I think it's awesome she is doing her...