Posts by lobster

Thank you for the input! We do need to spend more time outside in the yard I have been decluttering like crazy since about mid-March when the nesting instinct took over like mad. In the past few weeks I've donated three garbage...

Ok, mamas, I need your tips and tricks. HOW on EARTH is a mama supposed to keep the house clean with three children aged 3.5 and under? When I had just two, we managed very well. Sometimes our house was messy, but a quick tidy...

We have been using the Enki curriculum rather loosely (quite similar to Waldorf) and have realised that our original plan -unschooling- will work much better for our family. But we do love Enki and I'd still like to incorporate a lot of...

Robin generally fusses a bit and takes little cat naps from 9-11pm-ish, and then falls asleep for good around 11pm and sleeps through until 9am. Once in a blue moon he might latch on in his sleep, but both of us almost never wake up...

No advice, only commiseration. My son was weaned at the same age in much the same manner, and has been doing this ever since. I hope you get some helpful replies, because I'd like DS to cut it out too!

Thank you all for your input and advice. I feel a lot more level-headed now than I did when I made the post. DS has had a LOT of behaviour changes recently that I had been chalking up to the new baby - defiance, lying to me, sassy...

I just found a site the other day - My Pet Chicken. Good, well-organised info!

Quote: Originally Posted by ecoteat I don't think its sexual curiosity-- little kids don't have any concept of sexuality like adults do. Curiosity about the differences between bodies is nothing...

Last summer, a few months before DS turned 3, we learned that when he and the neighbour girl down the street went into her backyard she had him pull down his pants so she could see his penis. Ok, no big deal - we explained to DS that...

Robin is pretty sleepy. He's only awake a few hours a day maybe 3 to 4?, quietly alert nearly that entire time. Some days he's awake more than he's asleep, but those days are maybe once a week.