Posts by lorijds

I'm trying to learn Spanish. I don't have many movies memorized, but the LOTR trilogy, oh yes, I do. Word for word. I thought it'd be helpful to watch it dubbed in Spanish. Unfortunately I don't seem to be able to find that very...

If I understand your post correctly, your oldest daughter also feels she doesn't have a good relationship with your youngest daughter because of this. If that is indeed the case, I would gently remind her that there is a very large age...

When our oldest moved out of our bed, completely on her own (she was 6 at the time), her 3 year old sister moved out the next night, into bed with her sister! We went from a family bed to just the two of us in a 30 hour time span! ...

Fran Beier, Brenda Frankenfeld, and Suzanne Ryan are all homebirth midwives in the Lawrence-KC-Topeka area.

Quote: Originally Posted by mks1014 However, how will I sleep with him and the baby in the house? I guess I just would? I say that just thinking that I would want to be with the family and it would be hard to sleep...

Do his work days have to be right in a row? Would it be possible for him to spread them out a bit? I don't like working three in a row, either, so I usually only do two in a row.

You would be doing your family a huge disservice if you worked nights and did not have some type of childcare during the day for your baby. Really, babies don't sleep hard during the day for long. Even if you just had someone come into...

I feel like working as a nurse is difficult enough that I need to really *like* my job to do it. If your partner really enjoys the ER, it may not be the best idea to switch. You say he has one day a week for school, and one day for...

Wow, there are some great suggestions here. I just want to add that if you have a particular area of interest or work, check out podcasts in your area. I'm a nurse, and I listen mainly to ICURounds. I also have been listening to...

I agree with all of the above except the "pain in kids is never muscle related". That's bunk, I'm not sure in what context the physician would say that. Muscles that are injured respond in the same way, whether it is a child...