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We always just have put the room dark while the girls fell asleep in their bed-like we would read or watch a movie with headphones on the laptop-and then when they were out we'd go back to chatting...

I am looking forward to it. This will be the first summer since I've had both of them that I won't be putting them in daycare. I'm still working, but they'll be coming with me. Partially because...

There should be a marked weight limit on it. I think our fisher-price one was 30 or 35 pounds. Both my girls used the pack n play until we switched them to twin beds. For Keira this was at 20...

I am going to move this thread to the Expecting in General room-you will get more responses there. We no longer have a dedicated Natural Birth forum but the ladies on here are pretty good about...

Well, they said the lessons today were repeats of what their dad taught them in math last week. He is a mathematician and is disgusted with the math curriculum so I know he went beyond what the...

I'd go for the second one. The first is cute, but my experience over the last eight years of girls' swimsuits is that the straps are chronically evil. Especially spaghetti straps-those ones are sewn...

Yes! Workers comp...we call it L&I here but I believe it's the same thing. And totally a lawsuit waiting to happen. And if for some reason there is not workers comp-due to size of company or some...

L&I is Labor & Industries. It's a government imposed thing. I was under the impression that it is automatically taken out of paychecks like Medicaid, as a part of taxes. But I don't know what size of...

Wow! I know here in Oregon if a worker is in the process of an L&I claim-which hers should have been since it was sustained on the job-then they cannot fire the worker due to anything related to the...

I ask because we've been feeling a bit unsatisfied with the school they're in-and it's our best option right now. The school itself is fine. And it has a decent music program and dedicated art...

Some of my thoughts on this crisscross. I'll start off by saying I don't know yet at what point I will tell Scharae she is on the spectrum. But I'm torn on this because Keira is gluten intolerant-and...

We have been out of town for the last week and a half-on the way home right now. Before we left the girls' teacher put together three homework packets for each of them. I asked her if I also should...

On my phone but wanted to respond to say I've got a bit to say on the topic when not on my phone. If I can remember to come back to it!

Check out the book "Little Girls Can Be Mean 4 Steps to Bully-Proof Girls in the Early Grades".

My older daughter is a follower. We are working on her understanding that going along with what her...

Food for at home is nice so DH doesn't have to think about meals. But also giftcards for local restaurants/pizza/takeout were nice to get also so I could choose to use them while up at the hospital...

This is a very good tactic. She's jealous of the baby-he gets more attention (and I'm sure it's not overly so, but bottom line is that babies NEED more attention than a typical 5yo). So to have her...

I don't know that it's too harsh. It's not something I would do unless most of the misbehavior was centered around the toys. And as was pointed out-I would have everything go, not leave the books and...

Nope, not whole fruits. I just broke 50 pounds lost today so I'd say eating fruit doesn't stymie my weight loss!

I'm having the opposite problem-I need to get mine sized down, just haven't bothered with it. But that's only after losing over 50 pounds and weighing almost 10 pounds LESS than when I got the rings,...

We have always used the term "take a break" and it is not a punishment the way time out is. It is literally taking a break-from a situation, from feelings, from stimulation, etc. I started around...

I sort of explained in your bedtime thread-but we don't have a real set system. We do a lot of talking of consequences and I'm sure to point out that it's not a purely negative word. The consequence...

We haven't used the light system, but similar. I always try to have something they are "earning". Sometimes it's as simple as their electronic time on the weekend or the ability to do their 15+...

At many public restrooms-and just about all the rest areas along the freeway-I've seen signs that state "person of opposite gender may accompany" on a sign with a person pushing another in a...

i have 4 brothers. My mom let the boys start going alone when the oldest was 12 or 13. At that point he would accompany one of the youngers-most men who want to put on a show or fondle aren't going...

What the heck are women doing in the bathroom that a man would make them uncomfortable? We have stalls. We are all clothed when we come out. End of story. I would think the man would be much more...