Posts by indigosky

I read that one can grow mini-pumpkins (2-3 inches across) in a large container. It sounded like great fun for kids, so we tried it this year for the first time. Our pumpkin plants grew beautifully for the first part of the summer --...

Quote:Originally Posted by JudiAU Can I just say how much I adore our preschool's no characters policy? Tell me more! What's the policy, exactly? Is it a particularly "crunchy" preschool or community?

I'm interested in others' opinions about heavier vs. lighter. Our DD is 4.5 and has gotten really into hula hooping this summer. We have a relatively heavy one now, which is what she uses mostly, but she said that at her summer camp they...

Where would you look? I just called our local Target and they said they don't have any anymore.

DD is 4.5 and hasn't seen any Disney princess movies. She's aware of the concept of "the princesses" mostly because of other kids at her preschool, but it's vague. She does know some of the fairy tales because we read non-Disney...

Our 2 DDs (4 1/2 years, and 6 months) share a bedroom. As of recently, DD2 is doing well sleeping in her crib for the first part of the night (until now she's been in our bed 100% of the time), and that's working well for all of us....

Another "gentler" but effective (in my experience with 2 children) book is The Baby Whisperer Solve All Your Sleep Problems. Same idea mentioned earlier, the baby does cry, but the parent is right there with them, soothing and even...

I've had to leave for work once since DD2 was born, when she was 4 months old. (I'm lucky enough to work from home, but would normally have many more "out of the house" work days in August and September, assuming we have a childcare...

We were hoping to go tent camping this summer (had great fun last summer with our then 3 1/2 year old) and are thinking through if we can pull it off this summer now that we have an infant. Our usual sleeping arrangements at home with...

Quote:Originally Posted by girlspn Now she is almost 12 months old, and is comfortable with all familiar faces of my family. I could easily leave her with them for 3 hours. We still babywear and co-sleep. Maybe it's just a stage?  I...