Posts by journeymom

Funny Face, it's been a couple days. Anything more from the neighbor?  CPS come pounding on the door?   Geez louise, calling CPS is ridiculous.  Have you had negative encounters with her previously? Has she decided...

Here's one:   http://nlyca.safekidsweb.org/resources/documents/Public%20Policy/NLYCA%20-%20Law%20Summaries%20-%203-14-11%20-Final.pdf

This is from a few days ago, but I didn't know that going to great lengths to avoid taking a sleeping child out of a car seat was sign of poor attachment or maternal depression.   I did regularly leave 2-3 year old ds asleep...

And yes, it does gall sometimes when dh corrects me and tells me how to do something that I've been doing for years now. Something that i figured out through trial and error and worked all the kinks a long time ago. I don't tell you how...

I admit, I'd like more acknowledgement and praise for the drudge work I do. My family praises me up and down for my cooking. I like cooking and I put a lot of thought into it. But I can't say that I'm praised for folding laundry, a task...

  Your poor dad!  The best system is the one that works.  I like how visual your dad's was. 

Yeah... that's not just a representation of regional parenting practices.  That woman is simply irrational.  She needs to lighten up.  Her poor toddler.

I've got a Satsuma orange in a container.  It's covered with buds; I'm just thrilled!  However the leaves are pale green, not dark like they should be.    If I feed the tree to get healthy dark leaves, will it...

    Please, do tell us about your kids.  Were you raised in a gentle discipline family?  Or are you coming to this philosophy for the first time?  Tell us about your mothering journey.   

Wow, you have a whole lot going on. I'm exhausted just reading your post. How old is your daughter?  You might want to take a look at what you have written here and consider whether you have realistic...