Posts by Triniity

i actually learned bfing while babycarring with this one.    and i admit, i wanted her to take the pacifier, she just would not take one after a couple of weeks. Especially at night I would have loved for her to take one...

I try to be the mediator. I don't actually "solve" the problem, I try to help them solve it instead. I am trying it so that they won't come in a couple of years anymore but I don't know if you, Heather, aren't kind of doing the same...

I believe that these kind of behaviours are signs for legitimate feelings, like anger and frustrations. If my kids do them, esp. my DS yells at me or calls names when he is upset, I try to ignore it and talk to them when they are calm...

Hi, update: I had this looong discussion with the psychologist from the "Giftedness Advise Thingie" (I don't know how to translate that   It was very helpful, and very interesting. He said, that the tests in combination...

Mine become monsters after watching and whine for more and more. it's horrible. i feel bad that i use it sometimes anyway to get a bit of quiet time, like once a week.   actually i think about "our tv has broken " to not...

Thank you all for your input! I never thought about the vision problems as something that has such an input on the behaviour. I just accepted it as something that was there.   She is farsighted, severly, with around 7 dpt (I...

Hi all, I appreciate your input, but could we stop the propaganda discussion? Homeschool is not possible around here anyway. ;)

Meemee, I actually don't agree with you. You might remember that I have a difficult situation with my inlaws, too. Obviously, I don't know your inlaws, OP, but they sound a lot like mine. Poor you.   I think this kind of...

Unfortunately we live in germany and here it's illegal to homeschool. Plus, since there are next to none homeschool families, there is not much in terms of homeschool curriculums. And - I don't feel that I am a good teacher at all. I...

I never had any afterpains that required painmedication, no real afterpain altogether. But than, I did have to take medication to encourage the uterus to contract, since it wouldn't do it on it's own very well and there was the thread...