Posts by chicklet

Yesterday we wnt to the library with our FIAR booklist, took out 5 of the books listed, came home and read them. DD and I did not like them and I can't imagine spending the entire year and our whole curriculum based around books like...

A very poorly written article, such ignorance.... How about the "yay or nay" column in "reader to reader" of this month's Woman's Day magazine- It asked readers to vote "yay" or "nay" on such...

I would like to provide a bilingual software program along with dd's kinder curiclulum , spanish in particular. I have done some research and have come up with Jump Start Languages ( trilingual) And Zurk's Rainforest...

I have to recommend the Clifford series of cd-roms. My dd just loves them, hey're easy for the kids to use on their own and they are educational as well as fun. We also have Kid Pix and she loves it too!

I have eczema that is aggrivated horribly by soy products. For those moms who are familiar, do you know if soy lecithin affects a person who is sensitive to soy?? It seems to be in EVERYTHING!!!

Call me over-prepared... but I woud have these things on hand: *At least 6 nursing bras, so if they get dirty, spit-up on, or leaked through you aren't having to do laundry every day *Cold packs for engorgement, just in case, along...

Thanks mamas, I've been able to claer up the thrush with a mega-dose of a good acidophilous (sp?), plus garlic and a 10 day on , 3 day off , 7 day on echinecha. it took about 3 weeks, but it's gone now. I've continued for 2 wks beyond...

I'm considering purchasing an herbal supplement that claims to help bring oxygen to the cells including the colon and help to detoxify the body. I spoke to the representitive about nursing while taking the product and he recomended...

My 4yo has her own bed in my room, near mine. I put her and 15mo to bed at the same time - nures ds down while she waits quietly in her own bed then as a reward she gets a bedtime story. I tell her she has to be very quiet so the...

DD was born with a nevis on her leg, sort of rhombus-shaped and now about 2 1/2" long. We've been told she should have it removed, later it may become a cancer-magnet. Has anyone experienced this situation with their dc? I'm...