Posts by starling&diesel

Good luck, Mal!  Sending you very lucky sellable thoughts!   Dogs:  Mamas, I am here to tell you to wait.  Wait until your child is at least six years old.  This coming from a dog-lovin' mama who has never...

Hi all ...    We're seriously considering adopting the little girl who has been lovingly fostered by our close neighbours since her birth 16 months ago.  She is two weeks younger than our youngest, and was born...

And Ever ... I'm going to be in TO in May.  How far is that from you?   And Cindy ... We're heading down your way soon!  DP's last day is Feb 18th, so the next day we're heading south on a Cali-bound roadtrip! We...

Ever ... Hugs mama, I really hope things ease up for you on all fronts!  Love, life, work, home ... all of it.  It's been a long time to be chugging uphill.  Kindergarten?  Do you mean pre-K?  Junior K?...

Thank you for the interesting conversation!   My oldest is just 4, so it's fascinating to hear from others who have been thinking about this idea for a while. I get Sandra Dodd's yahoo groups digest, and I'm often flummoxed by...

Oh Desert, tempting us with those scrumptious photos!  Gorgeous!   Sassy-ness vs Developmental Phases:  I agree with Carmen and Seraf on this one.  No manipulation or intentional sass or 'pushing buttons' is...

I've lost track of who mentioned that their baby seemed a bit constrained when it came to moving around in bulky cloth dipes?     Anyway, I just want to lodge my two cents worth on that subject ... I'm not one for...

Tourney ... Holy clothing tsunami! That is a lot! How fun to go through it and pick out what you'll use for this baby. Our kids share a small four-drawer dresser. We probably have too little, but it seems to work. They probably each...

We do a cold soak and a hot wash and the machine is super clean after. And we're in a housing co-op and no else has complained either. We used to have an HE machine and it took a longer cycle, but as still fine. We use a very small...

Glad to hear that S2 is on the mend! I can't stand liners.  Fiddly, have to be purchased, hard on plumbing and they scrunch up and aren't all that helpful at all.  I have no problem with infant poopy dipes, and even with...