Posts by peaceful_mama

I have no idea if I handled this right.  I am upset that I even have to explain this to innocent minds in 2012.   Tiny bit of background to our family--I'm white, DH is from Sudan.  He has lived most of his adult...

I'm Muslim-American, hubby is Muslim Sudanese-American, our 3 boys are Zaker (like Zach, not rhyming with Jake), Zahir, and Zayd and our daughter is Sophia.  All identifiably Muslim to everyone I've met who's Muslim, and *most*...

It happened last Friday.  I still need to call our friends and apologize profusely.  Friend is a children's performer.  We attended a local free show.  After the show, my kids are in the only shade--the table where...

6 months EP with child the first.  22 months with DD, a couple weeks messing around with tandem before we realized that what she really wanted was not to nurse but to still have a place at mama's side.  About 18 months with...

I feel the same way!  It doesn't help that DH isn't always supportive about being alone with the kids.  Now that my youngest is 19 months old, I do sometimes leave him with all 4 kids.  But it took me really being stern...

You look at Sesame Street and wonder when they're going to declare that two-headed creature "non-PC" because there are conjoined twins living that way.... (yes, this happened to me today, and yes I'm going to a mom's night out...

I told mine that I don't take "unsafe passengers."  Since the day I told them that I would not take even an adult who refused to stay buckled, and told my 5 year old unbuckler that this choice would result in her being grounded...

awesome idea!  I hope to travel with mine.  I always wanted to do disney, so that is my start!

If you like her, I'd get together without the kids, however you have to do it.  However, I would have a hard time being friends with someone who did not see her son beating others with a jump rope as wrong and do *something* to...

If you really want her to have a physical activity, I would let the dance class be it for now.  If being in preschool and Spanish were both important to me, I would seek out a preschool that offered Spanish.  Or maybe let...