Posts by texmati

Stucke, I"m so sorry you had to spend mother's day alone. I am very glad that you are thinking of the happy memories that you had with your son. You are brave, you are strong! Sending my thoughts and prayers your way.  

Yay! We use songs quite a bit-- i just recently came across the term 'light motif'... so moms and composers have quite a bit in common!

Quote: Originally Posted by pek64  Please teach it to us!   lol... it's made up... the song is "patience, patience, mama is gonna get <kids name> his <object>." totally made up tune. The rules...

After my daughter was born, we implemented the patience song-- it's basically a little ditty that we sing until mama can get what the toddler wants. It's basically serves the same purpose as whining, (making noise until you get what...

The best advice that I have ever read (and it was from this forum) Is that it's easier to teach someone to do something than to not do something. My son was 16mos old when my daughter was born so we wanted to nip the hitting in the...

If you don't quilt, there are people that make quilts with the clothes appliqued to them. That way, the clothes don't have to be cut up. But I do love the shadow box idea.  

I'm so sorry mama. I do hope you continue to post here-- it's a wonderful, unique community that has helped me and quite a few others through tough times. I'll be sending prayers and healing thoughts your way.  

I love our haan steam cleaner-- but even that doesn't get the grout clean. Have you looked into sealing the tile? Perhaps that would help with the flowers/in lays.  

I"m sorry mama-- that is tough! Here are my thoughts:   First, be gentle with yourself-- this is a tough transition you are going through; and your baby is only 4 days old!  Second, the thing that really comes through in...

When we were in this situation, (but our kiddos are 16 months apart), DH slept with DS on a seperate matteress while I slept with DD. It worked out really well.