Posts by kezia

I don't like the "bribery" part of it, either, which is why we don't do THAT part of "Santa". But, I like the Santa thing, and don't see any reason to ditch the whole tradition just because I don't like one part of...

Okay, dh and I talked about it more, and he now says he wants to wait till after this Christmas to talk to them. He says they've already bought all their gifts for this year (they like to hit the after-Thanksgiving sales), so setting...

I see what people are saying about cutting back on our own gift-giving, but we've never given the kids lots of presents, anyway. Usually just one "big" gift per child, and some stocking stuffers. And I enjoy that part of it--I...

We have already tried the "roundabout" way--talking about how we have too many toys, small house, etc. Dh has even dropped some comments in past years about how it is overwhelming for the kids to have so much stuff all at...

My kids are the only grandkids on dh's side of the family, and everyone wants to play "Santa". We have 2 kids, and MIL, BIL and SIL will each get 6-7 gifts for each child (and they are not small, inexpensive gifts either!). In...

How long do most kids use sippy cups? I have recently been noticing that all of my ds's friends (3-5 yrs old) still use them. At our house, we switched to cups with straws by 2, and by 3 ds was drinking mostly from an open cup. Just...

My dd is almost 5 mos old and is extremely interested in my food. I've tried giving her a spoon to play with, nursing her while I eat, etc, but I'm starting to feel like I'm depriving her. It's really freaking me out, because ds was...

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I need to buy some new covers, and I'm totally confused! I'm on baby #2, and I am using my prefolds and pins from the first time around (which I love ). So far, I've been using my old covers too, since ds didn't wear smalls very long,...

After talking with my ped and reading all the "stuff" she gave me that was supposed to convince me to vaccinate, I'm wondering if anyone bothers to keep records about the actual people behind the statistics. I look at my own...