Posts by SplashingPuddle

I am just starting to explore Waldorf education as a possibility for my 3-year old. One question that I have not been able to figure out in my preliminary readings is related to Waldorf kindergartens being modeled around home routines...

I am wondering what people's experiences have been with sibling beds? (ie a shared sibling bed without parents). What age did you start a sibling bed? What are the ages of the children? What works or doesn't work well? Any ideas are...

Thank-you for your thoughts on this.  I do not have a particular school in mind or a particular issue.  My question is more general, since society's understanding of child development and education evolve over time. While I...

I am considering Waldorf based education for my 3- year old daughter, and I have done some but not a lot of reading. One of my first questions in exploring this option is whether or not Waldorf can adopt new ideas and evolve as more is...

My daughter has no "assigned" chores, but she seems to want to help with everything I do (which happens to be a lot of chores!).  Chores are both indoors and outdoors.  If I'm cleaning the chicken coop, she seems to prefer to...

When I had my daughter, I wanted to use disposable diapers for the meconium phase, and then I slowly increased to 1 cloth diaper/ day until I perfected the various styles/ folds etc. It took a couple weeks to fully transition to cloth,...

I have now happily gained 60lbs at 30 weeks. I don't report weights to my midwives, and I am feel confident that it is all part of the process since I eat relatively healthily. 

I am actively trying to explore the question on how to homeschool my 3- year old daughter. I am inspired by Waldorf style learning, where she participates in home life. We bake, care for our animals, do outdoor chores, and cleaning....

I went to the midwife yesterday and seem to be measuring smaller than a month ago, which is funny because I am absolutely huge and have gained 50 lbs already. I guess a lot of factors can determine whether someone measures "big" or...

I'm now at 27 weeks and have gained 50 pounds so far. We'll see what I get to in another 3 months!