Monthly Archives: February 2010

For the last couple of years our 3 year old has been throwing these long, loud, screaming temper tantrums.  The kind where people stop us on the street to ask if everything is okay and neighbors look over our fence to see if we are beating him.  (We’re not!)  I just don’t know how to [...]

Looking for crib mattress recommendations; leaning toward Naturepedic, but curious if there are good organic alternatives (or is “organic” overrated?).  Or within the Naturepedic series, which did you get? (Click through to answer!)

For the last couple of months, our 3 year old has been waking almost every night, sometimes multiple times, with nightmares.  He’ll come into bed with me saying he had a scary dream, and since he’s crying, I believe that he’s actually scared, not just trying to get an extra cuddle.  Sometimes he wakes up [...]

One of the tenets of our (your!) fledgling site is that you’ll be able to: Read about parenting without the polemics, flame wars, or the underlying message that there’s only one right way to do things. In the last few months, we’ve been mostly very impressed (and not surprised!) by the quality and tone of [...]

Our oldest is in Kindergarten.  I think it is okay for him to miss a day of school here and there for family trips, special events, or even just because he’s tired and I think he needs a day off.  I’m talking on the order of 5 days/year.  My husband thinks we shouldn’t keep him [...]

I head from a co-worker that they were trying to raise their child “without using any bribing” and that they were having difficulty potty training, and trying to figure out how to motivate their child. It’s an interesting question, and got me thinking about how often I say “If you X then you can Y” [...]

In planning for a family, how do you make it work with a career, income and being there for the kids? Both of us are open to being the one that stays at home, at least for a time. But how do you keep your career going at the same time? (or is that a silly [...]

What is the best way to recycle or donate toys?  Our kids have sooo many and they’re taking over the house.  As newer toys are gifted to them, I’d like to cycle out the older ones.  But I just don’t know what to do with them.  Besides Goodwill, are there specific places to donate used [...]

We’re expecting our first baby next month and are starting to stock up on what we think we’ll need. There are so many products out there that it’s a bit overwhelming and we would love some recommendations from those that have been there. What are your ‘must have’ items for the first few weeks at [...]