I'm very sad to write that a friend who gave birth to twins is only taking one home from the hospital. The babies(2 girls) were born early and both weighed only thre...
So my 22-month-old refers to all her stuffed animals as her. Even Elmo. (I believe he is gender-neutral, but we don't need to go into that!). Anyway, she is aware th...
I was born in 1970. I was adopted in a totally anonymous fashion, customary to that time. I have only a piece of paper with the name of the center-not an adoption a...
Yesterday, when we picked my son up from pre-school, we had a note from the teacher that he has been using the words stupid, idiot & freak a lot this week (he's only ...
I need advice about what to do about my rude stepmother-in-law. She is controlling, rude and selfish, but will be nice to your face. Here is the latest. She and my hu...
Dad's birthday is coming up and was wondering if any of you had any ideas for a birthday gift that the girls could create or help create. Girls are 3 1/2 and 1 1/2 y...
There's an older girl on the bus who is constantly calling my daughter names, poking her, etc. Two days ago my daughter got off the bus crying. The bus driver menti...
I'm in process of trying to declutter and organize (baby steps!!), but I've found one thing that I'm just not sure what to do about. I have TONS of packages of portra...
Has anyone had any luck getting young children to share a bedroom? We have twin almost 3 year olds and are trying to get them to share a room as I am due in 2 weeks ...
After people ask us what we are having...a boy or girl, their next question without fail is: "What are you naming her?" We have a very hard time thinking of and agree...
