Posts by aentwood

We are going to be living in the Ithaca area soon and I am interested in exploring providers for my children (3 and 5).  Are there any recommendations for pediatricians or family physicians who are welcoming to non-vaxing or...

Frankly, this sucks.  I understand the financial issues but I seriously think this is a huge set-back for the natural parenting community.  Nothing beats giving a pregnant mom a copy of Mothering...you can direct them to the...

Thanks for all the advice.  It is amazing to me how much regulation NY has that I never realized growing up there and only have thought about it after living in Maine for 10 years and now being a parent who makes alternative...

While originally from New York, we've lived in Maine 10 years and are thinking of returning to NY to be closer to family.  We have two boys, 5 and 3, and are un/homeschooling.  We also don't intend to vaccinate them anytime...

Yes, it did seem to start with him preferring one side over the other. I have an IUD (non-hormonal) so I am 99.9% sure I am not pregnant. I did just look up some herbs and will try fenugreek tomorrow, I think. I was quite shocked...

My 2nd son will be 3 in October. He is my only nursling right now as I weaned my oldest when he turned 4 (they are 2-years apart). Over the past month or more he has been increasingly saying that he can't get any milk out and insisting...

I always knew I wasn't alone! Thank heavens for this thread! Now I'll have to start spending more time on MDC again. My DS just turned 4 a month ago and he was pre-four at about 3.5 when something changed overnight. Now that he is...

I have looked at the stickies in this forum and subforum and found a huge listing of books in the unschooling subforum to look at. However, can anyone help sort out what books will be useful in actually making the DECISION to homeschool...

Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions. Seems like we are doing many of them and I might have to try the mittens thing but since my DS LOVES mittens and puts everything on his hands as a mitten this might not work...we'll see! I...

Help! My 18mo is being very abusive towards other children, his older brother, and sometimes myself and his dad. He sometimes bites (usually just his brother) but his bigger thing is to sqeeze, pinch, and scratch other kids usually on...