Posts by jgale

Pickle, sorry to hear you had such a hard experience with Suzuki before. I feel like in our house practice sessions often have the potential to turn horribly contentious and I think because I have been reluctant to engage in fights and...

He sounds EXACTLY like my 8-year old first-born son, just minus the interest in legos.    I have been finding it really hard to figure out what to do with my kids on the weekends and holidays from school because he...

Thanks for the role call suggestion. I have a ds 8 who has done non-Suzuki piano for 3 years. It has been a total slog for the past year and after taking the summer off he is adamant that he doesn't want to continue. I would really like...

I think the best for this age group is the Curious George collection.  Now whenever a good friend has a new baby, I get them a copy of the hard cover Complete Curious George with the audio CD's included.  I think young kids...

I attended a home birth as a 'second pair of hands' with my 3-month old daughter. The midwives in the practice (who had delivered my kids) had 2 deliveries happening at once so they called me to see if I could help out. I think since I...

Just wanted to comment on the malpractice issue--as a CNM who is required by law to carry malpractice insurance, it IS prohibitively expensive in my state and has contributed to the dearth of homebirth CNM's who are the only midwives...

I don't have a translocation myself, but I am a midwife and I work at a hospital where all the women we care for are carrying a baby with some kind of birth defect.  So we see a lot of genetic issues and I have cared for a number...

Thanks for the suggestions.  He did read the Wimpy kid books this summer.  I hadn't seen Redwall before.  He might be interested in that.  Thanks so much.   J

Hi everyone, I think I'm jumping in on a long-standing thread, but I'm trying to get back to running and really need the support!  I have been an off-an-on  runner for years (off during pregnancies, on when the babies are...

Belated thanks for all the replies.  She actually stopped asking about the tangled doll quite a bit before her birthday, so I didn't get it for her, and she didn't end up receiving any dolls for her birthday.  Here we are...