Posts by phillychiquita

Wow, I could have written this post six months ago. Poop was agony for my DD, and very stressful for the reest of us to be around someone crying and holding their bottom and hopping around in pain and misery for hours at a time. What...

I just wanted to say thanks for this post. My DD is 2 1/2 and down to once a day...and I am TTC #2, so I am very ready to wean... But having trouble figuring out what to do about it. This is one of the first posts about weaning on...

I think the very first thing you should realize when you are having the baby at home is that you get to call the shots about when to bring that new baby in to the pediatrician and what you tell the pediatrician. Like If your midwife...

I have only got one child, but we have a nanny/sitter and I am a big advocate for nannies. As for finding them, We have had great luck with local grad students or using www.sittercity.com. I found that it was cheaper both finacially...

When DD was about 15 months I got an old kettler trike from a garage sale and then for her 2nd birthday, my husband got DD a skuut balance bike because he liked the idea. DD is tall for her age (about 37 inches) and she can barely...

We did our bathroom vanity a few years ago, which was laminate. It was black laminate and I painted it white. I cleaned it with some paint-prep cleaner and then scratched it up a bit with some sandpaper, then rolled on a "high...

thanks I did call the pediatrician to get her scheduled for a test and find out what we do, and I am waiting for a call back.

Mamas, need your input here -- Yesterday we went to the zoo and DD had a snack...soft pretzel, grapes and a few tiny bites of an oat bar which had apricots, almonds, hazlnuts, pecan, sunfl sees, sesame seeds, honey and cinnamon. We...

We are in South Philly, in a terrific community-minded neighborhood called Passyunk Square, but the public schools here in our 'hood are not good options. We are all talking about what we will do when our kids get old enough to go. Some...

Baking soda! Make a thick paste and apply. That's what "After Bite" is made of. Lavender essential oil also can help says my sister in law.