Posts by annarosa

so I will try to make this short my half sister had her first baby at the end of January. I was so delighted for her and was so looking forward to holding my first little nephew and congratulating her and everything like that... well...

I was left by my biomum at 4 weeks old and was 'given' a new first name and kept my biomum's chosen name as my middle name I still at age 42 wish that those around me had kept my original biomum's chosen name as my first name - I have...

so for the soap in the bathtub - I really would not put it where he can reach it - he is really a bit too young to follow your instructions when using it is such fun - you decide how much soap to put in and then put it away... the...

thanks for starting this thread Morgraine - it made me feel cold when I read it because that is how I sometimes feel and it really scares me I have yelled horrible things at dd1 and have not been able to stop myself I agree that...

dd1 used to be horrible about all kinds of things like putting on shoes, hats, coats etc. really it was a phase and passed after it had burned itself out - but nearly burned me out in the process ! humour and being silly really really...

I have found the Louise Bates Ames series pretty helpful

2o months is kind of young to really understand what you expect of him in relation to a lot of things there are great ideas on this forum - if you have time, read through some of the back threads for how others have dealt with 20 month...

I have just gone through a move too - was 8 months pregnant and had dd1 3.5 to look after I wanted to add that it really helped me and her to understand the anxiety that she felt about the move and what was going to happen basically...

you did totally the right thing - all power to you as well for all the 'grovelling' - something that is so hard to do but really does (normally) smooth things over really sorry about how your mum treated you - is this something that...

I don't have any advice about stopping the screaming -sorry but you really do need to look after yourself as much as possible during this difficult phase - take small amounts of time for yourself every day - make a hot drink and drink...