Posts by laehmichal

Hi there,  I am looking for a very hands-on science program for my kiddos for the next year.  We have never used a science book before - we have purchased experiment kids, and they have used lots of resource books to...

one of my friends is a public school teacher, and she mentioned in the upper grades, they are starting to use electronic portfolios.  I looked into them, and they seem like a great idea  - I can upload schoolwork and...

I am looking for a good, preferably online Hebrew language curriculum for my first grader.  Any suggestions?  I found a great interactive one once, then that computer crashed and I lost all my bookmarks:(  Any direction...

So dh and I just welcomed our #3, and up to now, 3 was the plan.  I am now feeling absolutely devastated at that thought.  I look around at our happy, loud home, and feel like we are getting there instead of completed....

So thanks everybody!  To share an update, our employer is fighting with us, but Independent Health is still giving us quite a hard time.  Mom2disnykids, we plan to deliver with Jen Bozza, but I know Eileen and she is...

Here is a link to the regulation. State insurance should cover an out-of-network midwife (with the minimum state requirements) as in-network, if your insurance does not already have one in-network (most don't). Otherwise, this page...

Just had to share this! I live in NY, which has insurance regulations that mandate coverage for homebirths. Well, when we submitted our paperwork, we were denied because our plan is self-insured, and therefore NYS insurance regs don't...

amazing! I have been having a running debate with a friend of mine, who is a public school teacher deeply committed to the traditional method, and this seems to back up my arguments as of late. thanks for sharing!

So, I am embarking on my first hb, and we are totally excited. I am wondering what resources any of you could recommend to help prepare my 5- and 3- year olds for the event. My previous 2 births were in hospitals, so all my ds really...

I realize I never got to thank any of you, so thank you thank you thank you!! We are working with Jen Bozza, after a few interesting and serendipitous referrals. DH is actually very comfortable with everything as well, which I was...