Posts by mommy2clara

Thank you!  That does help a lot!  I really hope it won't be too much trouble for me to snuggle DD while the baby is otherwise occupied with nursing, or maybe sleeping him/herself.  My DD was an excellent sleeper as a...

Anybody have experience doing bedtime alone with a bedsharing toddler and young baby?  We're expecting #2 in June.  DD, currently 20 months/will be 28 months when the baby is born, needs me to lie down with her (she is not in...

I think I took this a little personally because myself and my colleagues are highly trained in early childhood education, and most of us have years of experience.  I think what we do is very important.  I took this thread as...

If you home school K-12 kids, you research the curriculum and you teach it.  Likewise, preschool also has a curriculum.  Constructivism and Montessori are probably the most widely known/used.  All I'm saying is that a...

I would like to find a female OB in St. Louis who is educated and supportive in natural birth.  I need to deliver somewhere where they will be fine with bonding and breastfeeding for as long as I want directly following the birth....

I'm a preschool teacher, and I DO believe there is enormous value in sending children to preschool 2-4 days a week for 2-3 hours, starting two school years before the school year they are kindergarten eligible.  I hope that people...

Thanks ladies, that helps a lot.  I just needed some encouraging words from like-minded moms.  It's tough being a first-time mom, questioning everything I do.

Hi!  I just joined because my husband and I bedshare with our daughter, who has her first birthday in a few days, and I need to vent/have a few questions about how things are going for us.   So, my daughter, has...