Posts by mamaprovides

I would pick one of the two depending on my mood: 1. Just pull him. This doesn't seem like a good environment and could cause school anxiety in the years to come. I would consider riding out the amount paid explaining that we finish...

I am getting ready to volunteer by giving a talk about the hows and whys of cloth diapering. I am looking for things you wish you had been told about cloth diapering that just wasn't covered. For example...I wish some had told me how...

Thank you so much everyone. It is just one of those things that I try to stay on top of... Not that it happens but if my kids were watching 6 hours of tv and none of complained, I should hope it would come to my attention that this is...

I have a 2.75 & 4.75. We homeschool. We like it. No one is complaining. HOWEVER...i live in rural vermont. my family is estranged. My in laws want nothing to do with my kids (not even birthday parties...just once a year at Christmas if...

Frozen planet might be a good tv show...the Alec Baldwin narration is funnier somehow... You may want to also consider shows like...animal kingdom? I only know it in Spanish (which is Rieno Animal). This takes an aspect of animals and...

I have been thinking about this for a couple days now. There is plenty of research for waiting and it looks like you've got that. But sometimes, our marriages need compromise, placating, and a little petting. I think it would be...

Ok. So what do we consider reading? Are talking reading Lobel by ourselves or identifying the word HANDS on the sign in the bathroom? Things to consider: Reading is not hard wired like speech so it will range. An 8 year old still...

I'm not sure what your looking for exactly but I do think you may want to take a look around some montessori manipulatives. Like the hundreds board or the spindle box. Or the red rods. This website will give you a good idea of what I'm...

I did the fake mom and that worked for us until my son was about 8 or nine months but by then he out grew the need to be constantly held. Fake mom: I used a nightgown or a shirt but you can do it with a blanket. Wear the shirt or night...

It didn't end for us until I cut all dairy. There was dairy in the soy yogurt. We found using an 8 oz peribottle with 2-3 oz of olive oil, 10 drops lavender oil but not always, 5-6 oz of water instead of wipes helped. When it's cold, we...