Posts by Wildflower

I'd love to chat with other mamas with December or thereabouts babies! My ds was born on the 13th--he just turned 14lbs! I'm starting to get a lot more long stretches of sleep at night-hurray! It would just be fun to 'meet' other mom's...

We live very rurally, and we homeschool, so we have the least exposure to possible diseases that you can possibly have. We do have a few cases of pertussis in the county per year, but beyond that I'm not really worried about most of...

I hear you, erica! well, my dd requests lots of time with me still, and some of it for activities that satesfy my silly schooled psyche (reading books, answering questions...). But if a few days went by without her requesting time with...

Hi! I've always loved unschooling but (after listening to a talk by Naomi Aldort) this week I decided to let dds time be 100 percent self directed instead of me everyday suggesting activities with subtle edu goals in mind. ..I was so...

I wonder how we could get an unschooling forum--that would be so wonderful! Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a board like MDC, but just about unschooling? For about 4 days now I have been on a new experiemtn with letting...

This interests me b/c my dd has a small umbilival hernua, anf I've alwayd wondered what it woulf nean if she wants to get it fixed--doesn;t hurt, just a big outie that she's a little shy about...I onder hat a surgeon would say...

I am so enamored by the idea of being cozy in front of the woodstove, roasting marshmallows or making popcorn (we have long marshy. sticks and this long iron thing for making popcorn while camping)! So Christmasy! BUT, dh thinks it's...

Awesome! I am happily going to forget the whole thing--thank you all so much!

Ok! That first link totally convinces me not get get the flu shot while pregnant---now I'm just wondering if it would do us some good soon after post-patum, and in my 6 year old....? Open to links/ideas!

Trying to decide whether to get the flu shot--I'm due really soon...I do have the mercury-free one available...The only reason I'd get it is if there is evidence that my baby would also get anti-flu antibodies? Trying to decide if my...