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Recent content by Prisca982

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    I need help with my daughter...

    I think what will help depends on what is motivating her self-harm. I went through a period of self-harming around the same age and it was rooted in feeling worthless, I had a difficult relationship with my father at the time and it was a way of expressing the pain. I would pray for wisdom but I...
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    How do you regain equilibrium?!

    Looking for advice ... We have three children and right now we are floundering. I've posted in the married couples board about how our marriage is hard but right now everything is hard. It feels as though life has been relentless since we got married eleven years ago. Nothing awful like cancer...
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    Freebirth

    What is freebirth? (Displaying my ignorance...)
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    Unplanned pregnancy

    I sympathise with you feeling shocked but just wanted to say that 27 is a great age to have kids! I think women do things backwards... career first then babies. It's not popular to say it but your body copes and recovers best when you are young. I had my first 26 and my third at 34 and have...
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    When did you tell family you were pregnant?

    With our first two we told pretty early on like six weeks. With our third we waited a while ... she was a bit of a surprise and I think we needed time to adjust to the news ourselves! It probably depends on how supportive your family would be if anything did go wrong. I know I would want my...
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    Struggling 11 years in

    Thank you BookishGirl. We ended up talking really late last night. The problem is we do this every now and then but the problems persist. Perhaps men can help me understand my husband better ... We have had a rough ride in many respects with illness, financial trouble etc but from my...
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    Struggling 11 years in

    I'm here because I don't know where else to go. Where do you go when you feel your marriage isn't working? I'm not even sure where to start. I've just slowly and painfully come to the realisation that many of the reasons i married my husband were based on false assumptions about him. He's not...
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    kids hindering spiritual growth?

    Hey SarSardonic, I really understand how you feel - my two sons are 2 and 5 months and I feel like I can hardly participate in anything in my church. It is very hard; motherhood can be very isolating. Be careful, however, how you measure spiritual growth. Outwardly a person can be doing all...
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    Sleep problems - 5 month old

    DH and I are getting desperate ... DS2 is 5.5 months old. I was really careful to train him to fall asleep on his own and we'd got him into a beautiful routine by around 3 months - he'd fall asleep on his own around 8, we'd wake him to feed around 10.30, then he'd sleep til 4 or 5 am, feed and...
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    Aaah, Toddler in a wacky sleep schedule!

    Try waking him at the same time every morning. You'll have one grumpy toddler for a few days, but eventually his body clock will adjust and he will start falling asleep earlier to compensate for the early wake-up time. Also, 'toddler' is a broad term- my son only had one nap a day from 15...
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    finding joy in the day in and day out

    Hey sister, I am with you on this one! Raising a family is hard, mundane and often thankless. Remember that God is watching you and appreciates everything you do. Offer your housework to Jesus - I find it easier if I tell him it's for him. It's a small offering, but he appreciates everything we...
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    Stay away from public schools.

    Can I recommend a book to all parents - Gospel Powered Parenting by William P. Farley. It will revolutionise your parenting! One of the points he makes is that he knows parents who homeschool, parents who send their children to Christian or private schools, and parents who send their children...
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    Premature son now 2.5 - behavioural problems?

    My son was born at 30 weeks (10 weeks early). He's now 2.5 and I want to know whether he is exhibiting typical toddler behaviour, or whether he has signs of ADHD. He would have been 2 in early October if he'd kept his due date. He struggles to concentrate on anything - if we are doing a puzzle...
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    This has been the worst year for sickness!

    You have my sympathies - this past year we've had a sickness bug, tonsilitis, an ear infection, a cold, and a cough ... it's miserable while it lasts. But God is dealing with you - any suffering, however small, is his loving correction. We learn patience and endurance, not to mention a greater...
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    Parenting advice please!

    My son is 2.5 and does this!!! Constant talking and just general jibber-jabber. Some days I can take pleasure in it; some days I want to stuff a soft toy in his mouth (I wouldn't but you know what I mean!) I've started to try to train him to be quiet for periods (taking him to church is part of...