Posts by callmemama

Help me decide what kind of bed to get for my 7yo! Ds recently decided that he wants his own bed (he's done with co-sleeping!). Our options are a full-size bed that we already have, a queen waterbed that's in storage, or we could buy a...

Check out Defeating Diabetes by Brenda Davis RD and Tom (I think) Barnard MD. Its very informative and has a few recipes (all vegan). We just made Brenda's Date Cookies (entirely sweetened by dates) with slight modifications to make them...

Thanks everyone! He's doing great now! Let's see, it "hurt to pee" beginning on a Wednesday night. It got better Thursday night and Friday when he drank a whole bottle of organic cranberry blueberry juice each day! Then it got...

Ds is 7. He just woke up and said it hurt really bad to pee. He had to keep stopping the flow because it hurt. But he said he peed a "normal amt". It was little harder to pinpoint where it hurts. Last night he thought he had a...

Thanks, I needed that!

Just so you know I was calm and reassuring when ds told me it hurt really bad to pee right before he went to bed tonight, and that he was afraid it was going to hurt more tomorrow and what would happen if he couldn't pee at all? Now...

For those of us that weren't raised vegetarian, we've all eaten meat at some point in our lives! Even though my family consumes no meat, dairy, eggs, or animal by-products with the exception of honey (occasionally), I no longer claim to...

7.5yo ds has been vegan (ok, strict veg to be completely accurate!) since birth. Dh and I are too and we do not allow foods made from animals/animal products (with the exception of honey) in our home. Ds has never expressed a desire to...

I'm drooling at the prospect of owning one, but alas, I don't. I'll be reading replies with interest. Do you know if they include new jars on the reconditioned blenders? We haven't eaten meat in years and I don't want those mad cow...

One question I would ask (if you're planning to introduce cow's milk in your baby's diet) is whether your husband thinks human milk or the milk of another species is better suited to your child's needs!