Posts by tschifo

My family lives in Mahomet. When you say acreage, what does that mean! I don't think of Mahomet as really affordable. We love it here, but have yet to find a house we can afford.

We just moved from Peoria. I grew up in Chillicothe (20 minutes North of Peoria), but moved away when I went to college. When my husband and I married we moved back to Peoria. The 61614 zip code is probably a good way to search. Finding...

This was very helpful for me, too. We are moving to Mahomet in June.   What about parks and swimming pools? What are good places to take a 5 year old and 2.5 year old?   We are expecting mid-June, so maybe I'll check...

The local favorite hsooital for the most peaceful birth is, actually, Pekin. Unfortunately not many midwives or docs have privileges there. Sherry Hartenbower is the local midwife who does a lot of advocating for mother's birthing...

A friend of mine lives in Knoll Crest. It's my favorite neighborhood. Her kids go to Hines and she really loved her sons Kindergarden teacher. We don't live too far from there, but are getting ready to move across the river as well to...

Yes, what Sally said. ;-)   We live in Peoria, but unfortunately I don't have much knowledge of the public schools as we plan to homeschool. I will tell you that my general impression of Northmoor Edison is a good school, but...

There are a handful of moms in the Peoria area who have had homebirths. We would really like to have our third child at home. Hope that at least gives you some encouragement. "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead...

Congratulations!!!

My entire family sees Dr. Ted Rogers in Chillicothe, which is just North of Peoria.

Funny you should mention the sidecar idea. DH actually suggested that we could try lowering the crib mattress so that it is level with our bed and removing the rail. I don't know though, is that safe? I was actually up from 3:30 to...