Posts by mamazee

I had a risk factor that made this a potential in one of my pregnancies, and sure enough it happened. I wasn't scared, though I did end up needing a transfusion. I think my number (can't remember what it was but they test you to see if...

Welcome to Mothering the web site!! I have an 11-year-old daughter who has also tested as gifted, and a 4-year-old daughter. Check out our forums, but it sounds like the Parenting the GIfted Child forum might be of interest anyway:...

Oh, Set! I forgot about that one! It's a favorite of mine. The kids love playing Connect 4 too. We don't play Uno and I don't know why. That game is a lot of fun. I'll have to get a Uno deck. There are a lot of Uno options these days,...

I don't know all the jargon in your post, but I do notice that when you talk about your current life, you speak negatively, and when you talk about your former life, you speak about it whistfully. He might be picking up on that. Maybe...

Yeah, I would never intentionally leave a baby or toddler in the car alone, so if someone called 911 on that, i'd be grateful, because it would have been an accident and could have turned into something horrible. I'm only bothered by...

I'm sorry you feel you can't be honest here. Spanking can cause problems and confuse children about whether hitting is OK. If that's not what is happening in your case, then that's almost too bad, because the problem might be easier to...

This is for those of us with toddlers/young children whose fingers seem to be in their noses all the time. Maybe it isn't as horrible as it seems? Kind of light news, and something I've heard suggested before, but interesting...

It isn't just the smacking of the face. The spanking can cause this kind of thing. When the way you force them to do what they want is by using physical force, including spanking (which is a form of hitting), they learn that if you want...

This wasn't created and sold by a formula company? I assumed it was, like the thing that tests how much alcohol is in your breast milk. I think it would reassure very few moms. And so many moms don't respond well to pumps. I don't think...

Mom and dad being happy with the arrangement is the most important. The baby won't care how much floorspace there is, and when he/she is at the furniture-cruising stage, will probably like it the way you like it.