Posts by Aletheia

Thank you for your responses.   mary934, I particularly like your reminder that "not saying no does not mean you are saying yes."  I was just realizing the other day that many of the times I do say no should be "wait,"...

Our middle son, age 4.5, has recently been very big into making superfluous demands.  I suspect he is feeling insecure (the littlest is just now 1 and seems suddenly less like a baby and more like competition, I'm sure) and...

Things sound really rough for you right now!  You can almost count on things being totally better in another month, but in the meantime...   Is she just now 6 months?  There is a growth spurt at 6 months, and if she...

Yikes!  Crawlers already?  Today, though, Mo did something I'd never heard of before.  He puts his hands out in front of him while sitting, and scoots his bottom towards his hands.  He traveled about 2 feet that...

  And, if any mods happen to be reading, I'd actually prefer it because I use my phone so much these days instead of my computer.  Facebook is also so much easier to upload photos too when using a phone, which is where...

Quote: Originally Posted by daylicious  All the Halloween costumes sound so cute! I really want Holden to be a garden gnome...we'll see how motivated I am to put that together. Might just hit the Halloween store a cheap...

24 pounds??!!!?!?! Eegads!  Love this thread!

itsy- that sounds like a major haircut! and i keep meaning to get a photo on here... but haven't done it yet.

Rosie- Yes, yes, absolutely yes.  You put it very well- influencing the parenting balance even unintentionally.  Poor DH's.  They really do have a hard road.  If they try to do things like mama, they can't quite,...

That's pretty much what we did the last time around, too, but mostly because I was too exhausted to research anything or make any babyfood.  :)    Another question- those of you with older children, have you had any...