Posts by lanamommyphd07

Quote: Originally Posted by BellinghamCrunchie  Given that the vast vast majority of weight issues in our culture are related to lifestyle, what is a way to encourage children to make healthy choices, and also let...

Whoooops. I think in my effort to be brief in my reply, I came across as someone who runs around with dd making comments about bodies. I'm sorry. That is really not the case, as those are comments made in processing our unique family...

I'm posting this question in this forum since I'm thinking you all might have the most experience with this. DD and I travel most of the year, and have unschooled until this school year when we landed on a rare opportunity for a kinder...

Is part of the problem that you don't have much of a relationship with them? Like, do you see them often or interact with them? I had several grandparents growing up, and some I was close to (i.e. I could just call them up and say...

Still wondering that at 5, myself.

A LC consultant friend gave me some tips about how to sleep through a night nurse, and I swear it saved the day! DD would just crawl over me and have lunch all night, and I'd wake up with that milky smell all over (but we slept!) I...

DD and I refer to things like that as "healthy" and "not so healthy", so when I've been lamenting about my rear growing a bit, she'll suggest a little more kale. And when she sees an obese person, she'll say things like "too many...

It's a great sign that you feel like a complete a-hole for doing it, and it's great that you came to mdc for some ideas. The mere fact that you horrified yourself says that you are capable of some great, loving parenting and are able...

I totally feel for you! I've been debt-free for a couple of years and this month did not completely pay off the cc just in case the electric bill is ungodly. It feels terrible!