Posts by greenemami

It is a balancing act, for sure.  My dp is more involved than yours sounds, but works a LOT and often has to take a nap during the day when he is home because he works weird hours-hence, I end up on my own with all 3 kids fairly...

I brought my child with me when I was a part-time nanny a few years back, so I can offer you that perspective if you'd like :)  I only had 1 at the time.  The usual pay around here is 12-15 per hour, and I agreed to 12 since...

My kids occasionally offer beer amonst the list of drinks when they are playing-it is not a big deal to me.  I went through one of those books with picutres and the word describing it and he points to the glass of juice and yells...

Well, that seems like a lot to me, but not necessarily for what your are buying if that makes sense.  If I could afford it, I would buy all organic too.    We spend $100-150 a week for a family of 2 adults,...

I don't think it is necessarily unreasonable, and I certainly understand your desire to have her there with you.  But, consider the fact that if she is used to seeing her dad once a week, that is part of her routine as well (even...

My dd and ds have been sharing a bed for about a year now.  They have separate (bunk) beds, but just prefer to sleep together-at least dd prefers to sleep in the bottom bunk with him, especially since I am still in there nursing...

I did mini waffles for one of dd's parties that was a PJ party and everyone loved them.  You could do mini pancakes too if you want to go homemade.  I think that and a fruit salad would be great for snacks :)

All you can do re: the appointments, etc., is document that you wanted to go.  Email is usually the easiest for this sort of thing because it is easy to print out and already includes dates, times, etc.  Other than that, in...

If you are talking about an occasional cigarette while out on the weekend, that wouldn't bother me (how would I even know about it?!) but if you mean a babysitter who smoked immediately before and after babysitting and routinely...

I'm sorry, but yes, as far as I know (with you haven't not give a reason he can't be trusted around her, other than the obvious that he hasn't seen her for 18 months!) he will probably get visitation once paternity is...