Posts by Datura

I think it's wonderful. I hope my boys still think I'm cool enough to snuggle with at that age. It's setting a loving, affectionate example of womanhood for him to compare future relationships with.

My friend just had her membranes stripped without her consent and she is due any day now. OBVIOUSLY she does not want to go back to this person. Anyone know someone fabulous and available??

This is big on our minds, too. It would be great to have a set place to discuss it.

The ladies have already said what I would say, so I'm just going to offer s. I had a really rough time the first time around with my little snapping turtle of a boy. It took us ages to figure things out. Oh, one thing, try to use your...

Back for a second. Just wanted to add that it won't be long at all before you hear, "NO! Me do it!" and wind up chasing behind her. Also, YOU are the mommy, she is your baby. You do what feels right to you. No one, and...

It sounds like you have what Dr. Sears calls a "high needs child." That said, you are making her *more* secure by being responsive and giving her what she needs. This anxiety needs to be soothed during her infancy so that it...

I've had teachers comment to me that my DS1 gets sick about half the time that the other kids do. He also tends to blow through illnesses quickly and doesn't get them as severely. Chickenpox barely made it on his radar, lol.

Honestly, I would throw those scales away. She;s not a little preemie anymore and they're a source of stress. I have no idea what my little guy weighs. He's happy, healthy, meeting developmental milestones and has back fat, so I think...

I got a few feeds of colostrum, or as my mom put it when asked years ago, "all they really need." She was told by a nurse that breastfeeding would make her boobs saggy and wasn't needed, so they dried her up before she left...

Sometimes our naps are a zoo. It's me, DS2, three cats and a puppy. Occasionally DS1 hops in, too, but he's too wiggly for the cats' taste and the puppy just wants to play with him.