Posts by andromedajulie

with the doll, he can wear it, rock it, sing or 'read' to it, put it to sleep. my 18 mo old puts the lego people on the green lego mat and says 'ni-night'. she holds her wrist up to her ear and says 'uh?' in the tone of me answering...

YES! thank you everybody. we did tell her she has to return them and she is having a breakdown, and certainly, it is enough. Thank you for all these helpful comments.I don't know how I could figure this out without input, truly!

Actually, she confessed outright when I was praising her high moral character in another situation. So yes, we really do want to reward her honesty but thought we should be reprimanding the stealing. Maybe not. Thank you for that...

oh yeah - the mean "friends" - it's a whole nother post, please start it, as I am desperate on that point too.   My dd is 9 and I am pretty protective too, and trying to train both her and me little by little. We are wildly...

DD age 9 confessed to us last night that she and a couple other girls in her 4th grade class have been stealing Expo markers from school over the last couple months (maybe 15?).Obviously she'll be returning the markers. The situation...

If you are looking for the fat content, you can do things like avocados, which I'm a big fan of. If you need all around nutrition until she's more fully on solids, I'd keep her on the formula as milk substitutes do not possess the...

I would think, lucky child that his parents understand normal growth in a boy includes wearing dresses and should not be freaked out about. Happy that he's able to have fun, regardless of what his sister's wearing!

my 17 mo old daughter just calls it 'milk', although it sounds more like 'mak' :)

OP, you are too hard on yourself! the car story is AWESOME!!! hilarious! I have 9 yo and YES!!!!!! it's like that!!!! I think more mama humor will help me!    no actual suggestions, just stop blaming yourself. we love...

Not quite the '10' thing you are talking about, but ... my dd will be 10 next year and I am thinking of taking her on a special trip, just the two of us. Something to celebrate her growing into the double digits, something we would not...