Posts by indigosky

My DD (age 4) will be getting a shot at her upcoming doctor's visit, but hasn't gotten one in a long time -- my guess she doesn't remember the last one. (Although she does know the concept from kids at her preschool, from the shot in her...

Quote:Originally Posted by LynnS6 The only other rules that we had was that once you sat down to eat, you couldn't get up until you were done So what would you do with a 4 year old who says she's done, then 5-10 minutes later comes...

DD, age 4, is on and off her chair during lunch & dinner. Sometimes she'll say she's finished, get down and play, then come back and eats more before the adults are finished. Sometimes she eats some, get an idea for something she needs...

That's really helpful -- that's exactly why I asked the question. On another thread on a related topic, I read that someone else (I forget if it was someone who was a twin or a parent of a twin) said that whenever the gifts were...

Wow, that's a lot to ponder. I wonder if you might find either of these resources helpful: Pregnancy Options Workbook http://www.pregnancyoptions.info/pregnant.htm (Note that this page is VERY long -- it has the whole workbook on one...

DD was invited to the birthday party of a pair of twins in her preschool class, who are turning 5. I don't know the kids well. DD has been enjoying her Wikisticks a lot in recent months, and since they're a nice creative, crafty activity...

We try really hard not to have DD sleep in a car seat, even when it's tempting to let her keep sleeping there after a car trip, given the research about how dangerous it is for oxygen levels. (See http://www.sleepingbaby.net/carseats.php...

If I cut slits, do vertical or horizontal ones work better? (I figured better to ask those of you who have experience than guess and regret it!)

I know that when we bought it I chose whatever was the slowest flow -- that's say that's all you should ever use for breastfed babies, so that's what I chose whenever I was trying new bottles. So this nipple is stage 1 if that's the...

I'm experimenting with what kind of bottle my breastfed baby is most likely to accept. So far she's drinking tiny amounts of breastmilk from a bottle (1/4 ounce was the new record set today), so I wonder if she'd like other bottles...