Posts by camracrazy

Who is trying to give the baby a bottle? If the mom wants to bottle feed and still nurse, it should be someone else giving the bottle. The baby knows mom = milk and will likely refuse the bottle from her. My oldest was the only one of...

Our Wii stopped working and we thought it was broken. We unplugged it. One day I decided to plug it back in and lo and behold, it was working! Now we simply unplug it after each use and it works fine. I think the fan on ours stopped...

Will it be cute when they are 6 or 9? (Said when they are doing something that is undesirable behavior but also makes me laugh!)

I have found that it is hard for the older people in my family to get used to the idea that we are raising our children in a different manner than they raised their children. They don't always understand why we make different...

My oldest was about a year old when Laci Peterson disappeared. The thought of her being pregnant and wanting her baby so badly just tore me up. I followed the case at the old CTV boards. I definately DON"T think you are crazy or...

Quote: Originally Posted by dubatatamama  camracrazy, can you post the author of the book?  It sounds right up our alley, but can't find it in our library catalog.  Thanks! It is filed at our...

I checked out a book called  Learning About Winter with Children's Literature  today. It uses works by Frank Asch, Ezra Jack Keats, and Tomie de Paola, among others. I figured we would try it and see if we like it.

We have a local museum that has classes. They don't encourage or discourage you from coming with your child, but they do make you pay for a museum admission even if all you are doing is sitting in the hall outside of the classroom! We...

I think the different color idea might work. One problem she has is not lining up the numbers correctly.   She was doing fine in multiplication until long division started confusing her. When she gets nervous about one thing...

Arghhh!   My dd has trouble with long division and multiplying anything that has two numbers on the top and bottom (ex. 56 x 23). Every day we work on these kind of problems, it is like starting with a fresh slate. She doesn't...