Posts by phillychiquita

Stacy, dont have a name for you, but wanted to say that 1) I can sympathize with your desires and 2) we have had great luck finding AP nannies by using sitter city (www.sittercity.com). The best and most wonderful ones, I have found,...

1) Turn the hot water heater temp up ahead of time -- we didn't have enough hot water for the birth tub and had to boil big pots of water, cart them up stairs to get it just right 2) Stock up on depends, maxi pads and really raw...

You'll really be out in the burbs on city ave -- its like Bala Cynwyd/ Belmont area, so you will have to take a highway to get into the city so you may want to look at some of the restaurants out closer to your hotel just to make it...

yes of course. And she survived. I dont know many family bedders who haven't had a kid fall off the bed. The best way to avoid is skip the bed frame and put the mattress right on the floor during this time in your family's life.

We went through this a few weeks ago, and we did nighttime diapers too and during day went back into cloth training underpants. What seemed to help was this: I also asked her what were some ideas we could try to help her remember to use...

Places I know that sell Raw Milk in PhillyGreen Aisle Grocery, South Philly Fair Foods Farmstand, Reading Terminal Market Greensgrow farm in Fishtown section New little grocery (Called Healthy Bites I think) at 27th &...

I made a polenta lasagna as a labor project, and the midwives were grateful. I also had coffee, etc... but as I was in labor a long time, my mom made a run to the store for snacks, and wine (for herself). I used Depends...

I live here in Philly and used to live in old city -- have almost never seen coupons for the museums like Constitution Center but I would stop at the Visitors Center (right on 6th & Market Sts, in front of the constitution center)...

I had my first at home. Go to the prenatal appointments with a homebirth midwife and then go to an OB and it reminds you why you are choosing homebirth - its drastically different. During the birth, its a private, respectful event,...

Aw mama, I feel for you. This stuff can be really hard. Here is my advice. Search high and low for the person who shares your values, who you click with, who honors your parenting choices and who will love that baby as much as anyone...