Posts by Bird Girl

Tantrums are a normal way for children to behave when they are more frustrated (angry, upset) then they can handle. Children with stronger emotions have more of them. The key to "handling" them, for me, is to enforce reasonable...

"We don't use the word "no" in our house ... we are choosing to be unconditional types and stay away from authoritarian parenting."   You may be confused--saying "no" does not make one an "authoritarian" parent, but it makes...

Magic erasers are a sponge made from melamine foam. They do not leave chemical residue on the things they clean, so there's no need to worry about contamination. You get them wet with soapy water, like any other sponge, squeeze them...

My kids have a playhouse--our converted shed--but they get more excited when I put our camping tent up on the lawn for them.   Of course, they also have a play kitchen--which lives in our playhouse--but when they choose to...

Bert, maybe? My family's all English and Irish, so I think of little Bertie as being a charming name, but I'd imagine your Hispanic DH won't go much for that.   We have a girl's name picked out, but my DH keeps suggesting new...

Just to offer the Dissenting Opinion (tm), I would say, if you are already 4 cms and 80% effaced, I would go ahead and risk it. I was in the same position with my second child, and my midwife stripped my membranes--of course, it didn't...

Great news! Enjoy your baby girl!

It sounds like you hit the jackpot, mama! Enjoy your sleeper!  

I will toss out the idea that if you were not in the house, your DD would be much happier going to your DH. Both my children went through the "mommy mommy mommy" stage, and would push away my DH, but if I went out and they were alone...

Well, sleep training doesn't mean CIO--it means teaching them to sleep!   Shorten the morning wake-time interval--that's my number one tip for encouraging good naps. The morning nap is actually more of a continuation of...