Posts by starling&diesel

Splashing ... Any chance of a tongue-tie?   Wishin ... Puking was the precursor to labour both time!  Sending most excellent birth vibes your way!  xoxoxo    Shameless self-promotion: Our family is in...

I voted for you, onemommy!     And if you fine and fabulous people could pop over there one more time and like my post, I'd be ever so grateful! We're #41, I think.  I promise cake and champagne for everyone if we...

    Mothering has been there for me since before the internet, and before I ever had children.   Mothering taught me what kind of mama I wanted to be ever since I was a little girl, reading the magazine at my...

We do the same, Silver!   I was also that kid who was very into all things spiritual.    I will say that I have decided *not* to attend certain HS-ing events on occasion, when I know that there will be a...

Carmen ... With one of the properties that we've sold we staged a bed with a air mattress, nicely dressed to look like a comfy queen sized bed.  You could get the mattress over to your new place and then use an air mattress and...

Sphinxy ... DP is genderqueer, and is uber butch.  I'm femme.  I think we could've picked any day to celebrate her as a parent, but she's pretty darn close to being our children's dad, so father's day seemed like a good fit....

Hi all ... Not sure that I can keep up with another thread when I can't seem to keep up with the other one.  We had it separate before, right?  Ah well, I'll give it a try. We have two children; a 4yo and an 19 month old....

Wow.  I am out of the loop!   Congrats to spashing ... that was one heck of a precipitous labour!  If you have another, you'll need to be prepared to have that baby just about anywhere!    Congrats to...

I know that in many regions Christian homeschoolers are the norm, but in my crunchy neighbourhood I know a hundred homeschool families and if any of them are Christian OR Pagan, I woudn't know. OP, where are you?...

Quote: Originally Posted by michelleepotter  Mainly, I don't expect them to be the center of my life all the time, and I don't let them expect that of me. This works for me. I rarely do anything for my children that...