Posts by Pumpkin_Pie

Sorry to DDC crash, but I noticed this post from the "New Posts" page and wanted to chime in here with my story.  I went in a hot tub at my gym when I was preggo with DS for a (very) few minutes and when I got out and...

I would say that it got better around 3-4 months for my DS.  It felt like an eternity when we were in the middle of it, but when it finally did get better, nursing definitely became such a sweet thing.  Hang in there mama, it...

Thanks for the reassurance, I was thinking that he should be doing it by now, but I will let it go for now.  The day that I tried to help him walk down by holding his feet really wasn't as traumatic as I am betting folks are...

My son had a very high palate, and it was excruciating to nurse him at first.  I found that the football hold was the easiest way to get enough of the areola into his mouth that it wasn't *quite* as painful, but really the only...

When do children learn to walk down stairs one at a time alternating one foot per step?  (the "normal" adult way to walk down)  My son will be 4 in a few weeks and still can't do this.  I have tried sitting on...

Have you tried naked time at home?  My son started wanting to use the potty just before he turned 2 and just yesterday he pooped in his underwear and he will be 4 at the end of next month.  So, so, so frustrating.  One...

What about hanging clothing rods from the studs in the walls and curtains rods from the ceiling to make them look a bit more neat behind curtains? 

I just bought the pull-ups that my son wears only at night on Amazon, and some dried fruit snacks, and flushable wipes.  All were in much larger quantity than I normally buy, but were at least half the price that I generally pay...

I would never dare to buy a used mattress with the bed bug problem, and I actually refuse to buy DS a "regular" new mattress because I am also squicked out by chemicals in mattresses.  We have an organic king size...

I couldn't figure out for the life of me why the a/c in my bedroom last summer had pretty much quit working.  I started to take it out of the window, figuring it was time to replace it and I found a little slidey thing that I...