Posts by EviesMom

I try to find settings where it's safe for the kids to explore in an age appropriate way without me hovering over them, but it's not a daily philosophy for us based on where we live. IE-Visiting relatives, there was a safe area for...

So, we homeschool with a bit of a waldorf slant. We do less TV than average. I think smart phones are fantastic.    I guarantee you that with no phones, no electronic games other than Simon and the gigantic Atari, which...

Hey, I love that site! :) 2.5 year olds are HARD! Not that my 3.5 isn't hard too, but I can make stuff and he's actually interested. He has a big sister who is VERY into fancy lunches though. I didn't do up the lunches til she got into...

Quote: Originally Posted by RomanGoddess  To those who have suggested in their posts that whether a child is breastfed or formula fed, sleep-trained or not, etc. makes absolutely no difference at all 10 or however...

I wouldn't use kids behavior in public as a measuring stick, because of pressure on the kids. I do use their overall behavior in a variety of places and at  variety of times to gauge my parenting effectiveness. When they get badly...

Quote: Originally Posted by t2009      Another thing not changing... snide remarks putting down mothers who WOH & put their children in a childcare situation.   Wow......

Quote: Originally Posted by DariusMom  Amen! No one ever accuses dads of "not raising their kids" because they're off working. Why is it we get the "I want to raise my own kids" thing only for...

We have the ride safer vest and plan on getting one for DS soon as well. Hoping to find a deal, because it is spendy. DD is able, at 7, to buckle herself in and get herself back out. It looks more complicated than it is, because they...

Breastfed all of us, early (2 months I think) solids and some bottles when parents were going out. (that I remember bc I would bottlefeed my baby brother). No CIO here! I remember my mother sitting outside my baby brothers room (first in...

I think you handled it fine. You're going to be surprised by stuff sometimes and not comment on every interaction. It's okay. When you saw what was going on, you stepped in. If your child is knocked down again, you could try to keep...