I'm not sure I even want my children to be truly "independent". i want them to learn that they can count on other people. I want them to learn...
Babies' brains have a very finite time period in which they learn to bond, which is the basis of all of their future relationships, etc. If they...
The only word my now 2y2m old would say until about 5 months ago was "doggie" no mama, no papa, nothing except doggie. Now he talks up a storm,...
I agree with Hippyfreek. Never say never, specially if you have never experienced the hell of pitocin. Both of my births began with my water...
when I was in high school, they had the same rule, but then I signed a form that basically said that I understood the risks and that I wouldn't...
If our first baby had been a girl, he would have been Magdelene or Magdalena, and we would have called her Maggie or Magda. My brother's wife is...
Congrats on a healthy baby! I got millions of stretch marks my first pregnancy, and I gained 40 lbs, but my mom also had lots of stretch marks...
I feel your pain about co sleeping. ds1 (who is 2) sprawls out like he owns the bed (so does my husband) while me and ds2 (2 months, but 16 lbs!)...
With my first pregnancy I slept fine except for getting up to pee, but my second pregnancy - WHOA! I never slept, between pelvic soreness, low...
Try using an unscented detergent and don't use desitin with cloth diapers! It will make them smell like fish - there is cod liver oil in desitin...
And not only is it very scarey and possibly unsafe to leave your kids with a stranger, its probably more expensive. Add up paper diapers, formula...
You can also look for fenugreek at a natural food store or even some "hip" grocery stores. We have grocery stores here that have natural food...
Thats really great - keep up the good work! I know this is hard but you're doing great! And yay for fenugreek - it will make you and the baby...
Whenever Danny sees me nursing Julian he says "baby feed baby feed" over and over. And sometimes he askes me to feed his toys. But today instead...
I agree. If they ever drafted women, all you would have to do is get pregnant and you'd get to go home. Thats what I would do. I would have...
My friends and I call breastmilk "liquid gold", Julian already seems to be doing better, no more choking and spitting up. My clothes are all...
Thanks everyone for the advice and Maggie for the article. Its really interesting to me because literally, EVERY time Julian nurses he "chokes"...
I'm so sorry that all of this is happening to you. Staying home with 3 kids is tough. (I only have 2 and sometimes I want to give my 2 weeks...
Well, he's the most UN-fussy baby there is. He was born 3 weeks early and so he was VERY sleepy from day 1. I had to wake him up to eat...
that sounds great - do you make soap from scratch? The only way I've ever done it was using a bar of clear glycerin soap and melting it and...
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