Posts by Annelina

We have two kids at SB Charter School. It is a wonderful school and I would be glad to answer any questions you might have, just send me a message. The school has a lottery coming up in late January or early February so you need to get...

I'm from Finland and currently live in the U.S. It's a bit hard to say exactly why Finnish schools would be so much better than the rest, but here's some ideas. People are rather similar, homogeneous. Similar backgrounds, similar social...

I have an intact boy who is 4 years old. When he was 2 his penis got infected and hugely swollen and we had to take him to emergency in the middle of the night. He was basically screaming in pain even without anyone touching his penis....

I speak the "other" language (Finnish) to my kids every day. I have brought over hundreds of children's books in Finnish, we watch DVDs in Finnish, we meet other Finns in the area (which is just one family, there are not many...

For my dd 6 has been the BEST age so far. She understands so much and most of the tantrums and difficulties have just vanished. Instead, we talk about things like reasonable people. She expresses her feelings and opinions by talking...

My ds 3.5 has always been obsessed by lights and lamps. Now he has extended his obsession to light switches and push buttons of any kind. He will seriously try to push everything that looks like a button no matter where it is. Once...

I just became a chicken mama yesterday. We have 6 new chicks, 2 polish chicks and 4 cochins. It is so much fun just to watch them. Our whole family is very excited. My husband is building a coop for them right now.

Last winter we had a similar choice. We could either go with a neighborhood school, 2 blocks away, that had a student population of 96% non-English speakers or with a Charter School that was a 25 minute drive away with a racially and...

My DD was a VERY HN baby, toddler and preschooler. Now at 5.5 she's loosened up a bit but is still very sensitive and very very intense. The strange thing is that she's sensitive to her own emotions but can be quite insensitive to...

Neither of my kids likes cow's milk particularly. Dd nursed until 2, ds is still nursing at 3.