Posts by happy1nluv

I dont have a lot of advice, but HUGS!!  My middle child was in diapers til after he hit 4... i just couldn't take the issues so we'd try for a bit, and then when I couldn't take it we'd go back to diapers. (I think his...

So, how do you deal with your parents when they are blatantly disrespectful?   I am a non-confrontational person, but I've about had enough of my dad.  He doesn't like a lot of my parenting choices and he says so in front...

capt optimism - i have 3 young boys... shaking is NOT a problem! :)  In fact, it might even be helpful ...  do you make it per use, or does is save for a few days?   heather - i make a dressing like that for a...

So I recently took the plunge and bought a zojirushi supreme bread machine.  I LOVE it... its so nice and easy to set up and have fresh bread.  I bought it primarily so I could make sandwich bread... and while I haven't made...

My usual go-to salad dressing is ken's creamy caesar...  with pre-bagged romaine, i can make a super quick caesar salad to go with any meal and everyone likes it...  I'm going dairy free again and I hate that there's so much...

I got the whole grain version from the library and it worked for me, sort of... the first time you put it together, it took some time and then it took 5 minutes, let it rest 30? minutes, then bake however long...   so it...

I've looked through starfall, and I don't get it...  maybe I'm looking in the wrong place because everyone loves it... but I haven't been too thrilled with it yet...   And mizelinius -- LOVE those ideas!  He's...

My 6 year old wants to learn to read, but he's a perfectionist.  If he can't do something well right off the bat - he doesn't want to do it at all... (prime example - he wanted to ride a bike...would try for 5 min here and there,...

So, I don't know what to do.  My 4 year old deliberately makes a mess... and leaves it.  I tell him that the whatever needs to be picked up if he's done, or I'm putting in the saturday box/trash bin... he walks away and...

If you like the bob book idea - check out progressive phonics.  It's free - you print them out or read them on the computer.  Same concept, but you read words in black and he reads words in red...  We've just started...