Posts by JamieCatheryn

While it is addictive, it can be possible to achieve a balance. And it doesn't have to be scheduling them to death with organized sports either. One of my boys is all muscle and the middle one is rail thin (and the baby is fat but...

Some UC'ers go to a hospital based OB or MW and keep their plans to UC to themselves, others go by instinct about how they are feeling, and others do medical self care. Most hospital and birth center birthing women with low risk...

Might be a lot of amniotic fluid, that's what it sounds like to me. Can you tell anything by feeling for the baby? Head, bottom, feet? Does baby seem big to you or small compared to the belly size? Any sign of extra set of parts...

I was 3 when I could read some words, was reading little books at 5 in kindy and I read for fun almost constantly from age 8 to 21. I taught my older son at age 5. He turned 7 yesterday and doesn't read for fun yet, but pretty fluently...

You'd need to buy the cheapest lean meats, fruits, veggies, and nuts you can find. WIC isn't compatible at all, it's all about dairy, legumes, and grains. You could do a loose version of it with milk and some beans but that's not...

If you had foster children or maybe adopted children social services would probably care. If they were checking you out for something else, they might make some negative note of it. Otherwise, it's up to your discretion and your kids'...

My 6 year old is addicted too and the 3 year old goes along with it. We restrict him to 2 hrs a day on computer or ipad to do whatever he wants with it (within reason), plus maybe some multiplayer minecraft or xbox football on weekends...

I'll second FAM and the book taking charge of your fertility, great info for every woman to understand and use. But in her case using it modified to be abstaining when she is fertile and using condoms when she doesn't seem to be. Not...

Most edible weeds are best eaten when young and tender, including dandelions. Once they're even normal big they're bitter and tough.

My first gallon of sap is boiling down right now. I hoped for more this first week but the weather turned colder again. My thermometer says water boils at 207 where I am (2000ft up) so I have to watch for above 214 instead of 219 when...