Posts by joanq

Hi everyone!  I've been a long term member but not a frequent poster.     My son is a young 1st grader (summer birthday).  He says he hates school, he'd rather be at home, school is "boring" and "stupid" and...

I went to our natural food coop and found the Earth Mama Angel Baby ointment that was mentioned in another thread.  The ingredients all sounded pretty ok for me...we have a lot of sensitivities.  Hoping the tea tree oil helps...

My daughter is almost 10 mos.  She's always had sensitive skin, reacting to disposables as a newborn.  We then were using gdiapers for 4 mos, then she had thrush and began reacting to the gdiaper inserts (in for 5 mins, no...

We put doorknob covers on, a security chain up HIGH on the doors and locks on the outside of our fenced in yard. When we were out and about my son HAD to hold my hand. Always. He just turned 5 and I would say it has only been...

Have you been to Farrel McWhirter Park on Novelty Hill? Remlinger Farms?

We are in the same situation. There really is no choice that fits for my husband (Mexican). I was surprised that Samoan, Korean, Japanese etc are all individually listed, but there is not a good choice for people of hispanic origin. I...

I'd never heard of or seen these before, but yes they are horrible! I can't believe people would sell them.

I'm a little late posting this....my computer broke shortly after my daughter was born so my internet access is limited. Basically just wanted to tell everyone that I had an amazing VBAC Feb 5 at the University of Washington Medical...

We struggle with this. My husband is the native Spanish speaker. I can get by but am not fluent. I feel like I speak more Spanish with my son than my husband does. He just reverts to English despite reminding. When he is with his...

I answered option "minor pain, no one has ever tried to retract" for my 4 1/2 year old. He has episodes of redness and irritation that will last 2-3 days and clear up on it's own, has had since he was just over 3. He is not...