Mamapedia totally helped me out regarding my son's first birthday. We were basically not going to be able to do what I wanted at all which was to have family and close friends and a good spread of food and fun. Due to small house, and lack of a huge budget, we were in trouble!
Well it got resolved, I got my kids nursery school (which is a church) to rent us their community room for cheap. My brother and I are going to cook all of the food together, my aunt is paying for a person to come and serve and clean up food as her gift to me. My parents are paying for a clown to come, as their gift to me, and we're having 60 people, everyone I invited said yes. I am really excited, it is going to be alot of fun and the budget is being met!
Obviously this is not so much for my son, he is just a baby and won't really know. It is for me, it is for my family, and for my daughters who are very excited about it.
I would never have thought of this idea without your help ladies. Thank you!!!!
So what I want to know is, has mamapedia saved your bacon or really helped you out with anything?
I love all the different perspectives. I sometimes get caught up in my own head and hearding from many other points of view puts things in perspective for me. I'm so happy I joined this site :)
mamapedia has helped me in MANY ways.
It's introduced me to some wonderful ladies!! (Rachel D, Jo W., Rachel D (Mom 2KCK), Czechmama, Christine W, Candice M. and many more so please don't take it personal if I haven't named you here!!)
I've gotten some GREAT ideas and recipes! YUM!!!
Help with dealing with loss. Grief. So many things. I'm sooo glad the party is going to work out for you!!
I have learned so many things. I've learned there are bad apples everywhere as well. And the best thing is that there are more GREAT apples on this site than bad ones!!!
understanding my wife better. We've got a good relationship and marriage in my book. but the people on here have shown me ways to show my wife "the love".
Happy Birthday to your son! Enjoy!
That alot of us have the same concerns, issues. Some things we might not want to talk over with a close friend, but reading that someone else has the same problem makes you feel a sort of normalcy.
My example... My son is in a somewhat temper tantrum (sometimes public embarrassing stage!) Ever do a Mamapedia search on temper tantrums?! That's all I'm gonna say : ) lol
Great post and a shout out to all the helfpul mamas and papas here!
Mamapedia makes my world smaller. Whenever I feel like I am alone in a particular issue, I could log on and find ten others in the same situation!
I've gotten so many good ideas here for everything from parties to different activities for kids and recipes.
It's also nice to know that your kid is actually acting fairly normal when you're not sure if he's completely off the wall/abnormal or not!
That is a great ending. I have been on here too long to list everything but I am glad the party is a go. :)
Mamapedia has helped me with SOOO many things!
cooking my first Thanksgiving feast
dealing with family issues surrounding the untimely death of my mother
house cleaning
raising my son
understanding my husband
believing that some people over-analyze things more than I do
keeping things in perspective
The list could go on and on . . .
but, mostly . . .helping me believe and remember that I AM OK!!
It's helped with my boredom on several occasions. :)
There have been times where I've been upset or worried about things, and as trivial as they may seem I love how the mothers on this site help to put things in perspective for me. And they're things I don't always feel like discussing with other friends, so I like the anonymity of it. 9 out of 10 times I feel better after posting a question on here. So thank you!!
This question deserves a flower. My best advice was when you you all really gave me a spanking for wanting to be the primary caregiver for my unborn, unmarried, not-even engaged son's future children (and his future, whomever wife).
It stung like hell all of the unsupportive words--but you saved me from being a -itch to my future whoever-she-will-be DIL.
So, see mamapedia police--bad and strongly written words and opinions can often do good!
dealing with people in real life
Mamapedia truly helped me when my baby was a newborn.
I was a new mom & had no idea about certain things.
So many times I was so scared & I received the best advice here from
these wonderful moms.
Thank heavens for this site. :)
Thanks mamas.
Mamapedia and the friends I have made on this site are a blessing in my life! I can ask y'all anything and not feel like a idiot and its nice to know there are other ladies out there as crazy as I am :) other than moral support I will say the most profound help I've gotten was my first question nearly 3 years ago. My daughter was born with no enamel on her teeth which resulted in broken, cracked teeth as soon as they came in. I knew in my heart she would need extensive and sedation work for her but I couldn't find anyone I trusted to do it. I went to 4 different dentists and was disappointed every time! This girl is my soul and I would give my life for her in a second and I just was scared to death. I found mamapedia and asked. A mama recommended a fantastic dentist to me and I made a appointment with my guard up! Him and his staff turned out to be the most wonderful people and he did the surgery and treated my daughter like his own child. They even catered to my crying ridiculous butt in the waiting room! I am forever grateful for that mama that gave me his name and I have been hooked ever since!
**I have made true friends in cheryl o, dawn and aunt Mel always have my back and I love these girls like family!
Mamapedia has helped with my daughter's hair! She is biracial and when her hair started turning thick and curly I was at a loss on what to do. If it wasn't for the suggestions and responses here my daughter would be walking around looking like a hot mess! Thanks mamas.
