Posts by snarky

A few posters above mentioned talking to your daughter about unwanted male attention, and minimizing/dealing with that. Nobody mentioned talking to her about the converse - what happens if the attention that she is getting becomes...

It's full day kindergarten. She is in daycare now. Do kids typically do just fine starting kindergarten starting late in the school year? If late starters are typically successful then I think I'll be more comfortable with the wait...

Planning ahead. My DD was born 12/21. We currently live in a school district with 8/31 cutoff, so she would start kindergarten here in 2012. However, we are planning a move to a new town in 2011. The kindergarten cutoff date in the new...

Instead of sunscreen or sun cream, we have "sunscream"

When my husband was the SAHD, my responsibilities as WOHM included wake up, breakfast, get dressed, hand off for day, cook dinner on return home, bathtime, bedtime. I did all weekend parenting (except joint family time) and a lion's...

My daughter loves little "bush walks" on narrow trails where you are literally pushing brush away at points to proceed. Obviously we don't get far but it is fun. Destination hikes are also popular. She likes hikes to the...

Yes, I was worried about what eepster said - I would be quite upset to have to leave if she got too scared! Also the tickets are kind of pricy, would be a shame to waste a ticket. But I figure if we sit in the back on the aisle it should...

My mom didn't allow video games either but grandma did. Every time we went to visit grandma's we got to play Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt. We may have whined and complained about not having one at home, but having one at grandma's...

DD is pretty well-behaved in public. I took her to a quieter dance performance and I had to remove her from the theatre after 40 minutes due to squirming, that show was way more boring. I love Cirque du Soleil and she likes dancing, is...

I totally understand where you're coming from. At 5 weeks old I was also pumping and supplementing to deal with BF issues. I felt like a total failure and felt incredibly guilty for using formula (which was necessary because baby did...