Posts by CarenSwan

Can I play? I have a three year old, but I'd say my big regrets are: -using a q-tip in front of her ("Don't put things in your ears, honey!") -licking the peanut butter knife ("No, no, no, don't put that sharp knife in...

Quote: Originally Posted by pixiewytch I would probably do better off in France where they smoke unfiltered cigarettes, drink lots of red wine, and worship bread and butter.

This is a great conversation! I wanted to chime in as a TV-free person, but also one who really appreciates film as an art form (we watch movies on our computer after dd goes to bed). Quote: I'm not saying that I WANT her...

I shouldn't even be posting on this thread, as I only have a dd, but I had to chime in to say that I LOVE boys with long hair, and if we have a son someday, his hair will be shaggy!

Quote: My 3 yr old knows that we eat animals. However, we only eat local, pastured (ie free roaming) meat from farmers that we know. We know how its been raised, that it's eaten grass instead of corn for ex (because corn...

What's tricky for me is that I think she genuinely IS hungry, because she eats like a bird durring the day (yes, I regularly offer healthy snacks and eat all meals with her). I have, as of yet, refused to make food a power issue, but I...

Quote: How old is your babe and where does she sleep? She's turning 3 next week, and she sleeps in her "little bed" pushed up against our bed (basically a co-sleeper). Thanks for all the suggestions,...

I was about to hijack the other toddler eating thread, but thought I'd just start one of my own. This might belong in Family Bed, but I'll see what I get here in terms of responses. All the reading I've done concludes that it is unwise...

We're TV free, which doesn't work for every family, but it's been great for us! We do watch You Tube videos of Dan Zanes occaisonally. You can read my blog post about our choices and the research I did here!

Quote: I also think you might be expecting too much out of 50 hits a day. As an example, my blogs average 250 - 300 unique hits a day with spikes of 800 or 900 and I rarely get over 4 or 5 comments. I was afraid of...