Posts by Kimono

I'm 35--I had my first baby the day before I turned 32. Most of my friends had their first babies in their early 30s, but then most of us married in our late 20s. The average age of marriage is up, especially for educated, professional...

I don't know if we're TV-free, because we do watch DVDs, and our DD (age 3) watches a DVD every few days. One key for us is that we the parents never turn on the TV--if we want to watch something, it is always a movie, or a TV show...

Katie Allison Granju's book Attachment Parenting has a section on "Consider Not Circumcising Your Son." I like Dr. Sears but I wish he would make a strong statement against circumcision in his books. He does come off as kind of...

Quote: Originally Posted by wannabe I say to a pregnant friend "now, you do know that you have to make sure no-one retracts him, don't you?". That's led it off nicely for me a few times. I love that!

I admire mamas in high-circ areas who leave their sons intact. I can understand secondguessing, when most people around you think circ is the way to go. But as for being a minority, you never know where boys/men will end up. Perhaps...

That's great! I can't wait until breastfeeding a toddler seems as normal as breastfeeding a baby in North American society.

It is hard. I think about one of my best friends--we met in college. What if I hadn't met her then and instead, she lived next door to me in my new town? Would we become great friends? I'm sure we would connect, but I bet it would take...

For a newborn baby, I don't think you can beat a good sling! Easy for them to sleep in it, and easy to nurse in many of them. Warm in the winter too. We have an Ergo now that our baby is 10 months old. DH loves it. I always feel...

You'd think that with babies protesting so much, parents would begin to understand that babies are biologically wired to seek proximity to a parent at night. It's not all about hunger. They don't know they are safe in a house. For all...

I think it's a bit much to suggest not even dating until after college. But I absolutely concur that young girls and women should be encouraged to get an education and work skills. Since you can't predict a woman's future--whether she...