Posts by delighted.mama

I've heard and read different strategies for when your child is having a meltdown or a total tantrum. DD is almost 16 months old, so I'm not talking about an older child that you could possibly reason with. The situation I'm talking...

to have to go to work? I know, it sounds terrible. When a friend of mine said that she sometimes felt relieved to have to go to work, just to get some time to herself, I thought "That is horrible. Why wouldn't you want to spend...

Best of luck to you!! You'll have your hands full, that's for sure, but at least you will have your little with you!! Libby

You can absolutely do it and WOH. Like one of the other poster's (sorry I forgot the name), I got the Super Baby Food Book and made my own food around 6 months. The only commercial food that I bought was cereal. Dd didn't like the...

: How do you discipline a 15 month old not to hit or bite? I know that she does this in order to vent her frustrations. Sometimes she does it because she thinks its funny. But, I don't want to encourage this behavior. I'd like to...

Just wondring what time you put your babies to sleep? I find that by the time I get home from work (around 4:30 p.m.) I have barely enough time to maybe go for a walk or do something fun with dd (or run an errand) and then it is...

Gus'smom, We had an in-home caregiver come for precisely that reason; among other things, I was concerned about how dd would be able to sleep. Since you are going to be working 2 days, having someone come to your home might not the...

Hi. I'm not pumping anymore, but I did it until dd was 12 months old. BTW, we are still bf. When I went back to work, dd stayed with dh and mil and later with dh and a nanny. I pumped 2x a day at work and went home during lunch to...

Virgomama, *hugs* to you and your little one. After reading all of the other posts, I agree that only you know best when to wean. Also, it sounds like you are very aware of your feelings towards bf and how they affect your little guy. ...

Roxanne, Is he teething? Also, did he start to recently walk? Any of those things are going to alter his sleeping habits. I also learned from our ped, who is a sleep expert. that around 12 months, because babies get so active, the...