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That's why it's important to make your decisions based on an informed analysis of your child's risk vs. benefit for each vaccine. For example, if you are a breastfeeding stay-at-home mom, your child is in the group least likely to contract one of the diseases the vaccines are made to fight...

Heh, your daughter sounds kinda like me when I was that age. :D What comes to mind for me is that *all* personality types have their negative quirks and need to be directed in a positive manner. It doesn't mean that she has a "problem" or something "wrong with her." Is there any way you could...

Hi everybody, thanks for all your advice. :wave: I feel like we have a pretty good bedtime routine set up, and Natalie is now sleeping with one of her baby dolls as a comfort item. I watched some Supernanny clips and came close to following her method out of desperation, but I decided to...

I don't feel it's right to force kids to show emotions. I make suggestions...like that it's a good idea to say sorry when you've done something wrong, or that not giving Daddy a good-bye kiss hurts his feelings...but it's ultimately their decision. I want them to learn to be polite, but not...

Our 3.5 year old is extremely sensitive. We too expect obedience, but she has an extreme, irrational fear of being alone at bedtime. I've tried to discuss it with her to try to help her through her fears, but she's not able to explain it to me at this point. When we even discuss it, she starts...

I would love to have them share a room. Right now Natalie's room has a double mattress on the floor, and I've tried having them sleep there together. But in general, Noelle has been too wild (rolling on and hitting her sister, refusing to stay in bed, etc.) for it to work. But last night we...

Reading the thread about babies being held to go to sleep inspired me to write this thread - I didn't want to derail that thread but wanted to see what people would have to say about the following: We are a no CIO family. Our girls are 3.5 and 21 months, and bedtime is not a fun time around...

Natalie has done that a few times...I think it's a combination of waiting too long and it being a little difficult for her to get on the potty because she's so small. I think she anticipates being on the potty and so releases her muscles too soon when she has to go really bad. It hasn't...

Bedtime can be rough! Both my girls are picky about going to bed...I'm sitting by the bedside of my 20-month-old as I type waiting for her to fall asleep. :o My 3.5 year old screams a lot lately too. I think for her it has to do with control issues...when things aren't going as she would...

I'm 26 and have a 3.5 year old and a 20 month old. *shrug* What would you like to talk about?

I'd never heard of it - had heard of the Cheerio method, though. But a quick google search brought up these: http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/Wee-Wee-Pals-z.html

Awesome progress! That's cute about dumping the potty...it's funny what little ones get eager about. Natalie's excited about going poo poo in the potty ever since I got her a little pack of the flushable wipes to use. *shrug* Whatever works.

Also, congrats on your pregnancy!!

Does Christian like wearing panties? Natalie was attached to the Pull-ups longer than I wanted her to be, but I encouraged her with the idea that panties were pretty and fun and the cool big girl thing to wear. When she was ready, she started wearing them with no accidents. One night she asked...

Yay! ^_^ I'm glad everything is going so well as you get started. I went to my first local homeschool group meeting tonight, so I'm pretty pumped right now. Natalie's 3 this year, so although in reality we're probably not going to be doing much different than earlier learning-at-home stuff...

Aww. :hug: I'm sorry you feel so isolated. I hope you can find out whether a homeschooling network exists in your general area.

Yeah...I get annoyed by people saying stuff like that, but I've learned that a lot of times people don't really mean anything by it, it's like saying stuff like that is just something to talk about. My oldest wasn't potty trained until a few months after her third birthday...I would have liked...

There are a lot of good points in that article. I think #2 and #10 are the ones I struggle with the most, because adequate discipline and follow-through require so much consistency to truly be effective. There are days when I'm tired and frustrated and it's so tempting to let the kids do...

My answer for the question of why selective vaxing is that it's a personal choice and everyone deserves the right to make an informed decision to try to do what is best for theirchild. For example, a SAHM who nurses might delay or not do vaccines that a mom who has to put her child in daycare...

Mac, I'm sorry this happened to you, and that you have had a hard time finding supportive people to talk to through all this. It's a scary situation when our government has such power and there seems to be so little we can do when something like this happens...so I think many people are in...