Posts by Ruth

My 11-year-old daughter wants to go to camp this summer for ten days (the shorter ones conflict with other stuff!). A little background: she is an attachment-parented of two older parents. We have had foster children over the years, but...

Your poor daughter. My daughter went through this insisting that she didn't want to grow up, but it was very short-lived and nothing like your daughter is going through. Many on this thread have suggested medical doctors, but I would try...

[QUOTE=belchers1;13198333]In an ideal world this is what I would want to do, but it seems very unrealistic for my life! I do change her as soon as I know that she has pooped, or is more than just a tad wet. I have two other children to...

I thought there was a thread called Parents as Partners, but I haven't been on this site in forever, and I don't know how to search. Can somebody help me? Ruth

Also, I used to rinse the poop off her bottom with running warm water, instead of using wipes. Ruth

You are going to think I am crazy, but I used to change my daughter's cloth diaper the minute she had pee or poop in her diaper. Sometimes, that meant changing her every 5 minutes. I don't remember ever waiting 2 or 3 hours. Also, in...

Quote: Originally Posted by mama_says_riot MY mother was the ONLY person who understood me. She would listen. She helped me. She came over every day to check on Gabriel and I and to make sure that we were okay... ...

I scanned all the posts, and I think I beat all of you. Mine is older than every "baby" here, but younger than the emperor. We stopped nursing in public a long time ago. Even here, I am afraid of saying the age, can you tell?...

Count us in the unschooling with no TV. When she was little she thought it was wierd when we would go somewhere with a TV and she wouldn't see herself on it. (She thought TV was about watching herself on video.) We started watching...

Apricot, I am so sorry. I never ever pray, but you and your family are in my prayers today.