Posts by beru

Quote: Originally Posted by oaktreemama And this is the perfect argument to one I hear frequently. How could the parent not understand how bad circ is?? Because they get stuff like this from what is considered by many...

http://www.coloradonocirc.org/pamphlets.php

I didn’t use one with my son. I agree to an extent that I want them to learn how to handle themselves in the water. My daughter, however, is another story. She has no fear in the water. She jumps away from me and tells me “I can swim”...

Quote: Originally Posted by Llyra I've asked about this before, but that was more than six months ago, and I just really want to check in and make sure this is okay. He's 3. I think he's probably at least partially...

I like this one: http://www.davidwilton.com/files/knm...etherlands.pdf

Quote: Originally Posted by Mama Metis I am one who believes that the 50% protection against HIV is real. These were randomized controlled trials with replicable results, not observational studies. I realize how...

Quote: Originally Posted by HikeMama Update: We have had a heart to heart and though she said she is still vehemently FOR circumcision she will be researching it further. I think that was all *I*, personally, could hope...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ambivalent Dreams I am pregnant with my first DS. At DD's pedi apt today I spoke with the pedi about how to clean DS's intact penis and how it would be handled during pedi apts. She told me...

I held my son's hand in parking lots and crossing streets until he was 5. I don't think that will be necessary with my daughter but my son is a serious airhead. He has very little awareness of where he is in space and what's around him....

My son will be 6 tomorrow and has never had a UTI or penis/foreskin infection. He did have inflammation related to separation about 3 months ago. Because I am active on this board and I am more knowledgable than most of his doctors, I...