Posts by mamazee

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.

I sing horribly, I mean really horribly, and I have a child with musical talent. If he has an ear for music, you singing won't hurt that, and if he doesn't (though it sounds like he does), the way you sing wouldn't help it.

Yeah I think the issue has always been that no one knows just how much alcohol it takes, so doctors have always suggested just not having any, because of course you know it won't be a problem in that case. But I do think that probably...

I threw everything her head touched in the dryer to kill anything on it, and doused her head in olive oil, and then spent five hours with a magnifying work light picking out every single nit. Then a week later, I doused her in olive oil...

I agree that intent matters more than specific words, but I do think that people can be stereotyped and have negative social consequences if it becomes a steady and habitual part of their vocabulary. I say that and at the same time I...

I don't think leashes are intended to teach anything. They're just safety devices. And in my experience, this is not something kids generally have to be taught. Toddlers often have trouble not running off, but older kids seldom do,...

Some kids that age do run off without thinking. One of mine did. It was very frustrating. But it's an issue of impulse control and I think something they have to grow out of rather than something they can be taught (at least before...