I think I am going to vote "other." DD1 nursed until she was 18 months. We coslept until a few months after she turned 5. DD2 nursed until she was 2.5 years. We coslept with her until right around her 3rd birthday. DD3 is 6 months. She nursed for 6 weeks, and now I exclusively pump and feed bottles of thickened breastmilk due to a medical condition that she has. She sleeps in a cosleeper right next to our bed, and has only slept in bed with us for a couple of hours a handful of times. She slept in the cosleeper even when she was nursing. She is a great sleeper, and I do not sleep well with a young baby in bed so it works well for us. We originally coslept with the other two girls out of necessity, so that we could all get some sleep. DD3 is getting too big for the cosleeper, so I will move DD3's crib into our room and sidecar it to the bed soon. I do believe it is important for baby to sleep close to mom.

Sorry, my mom told the girlfriend that she (my mom) and I would plan a baby shower together. My mom did not ask me first. She just offered that I would do it.

Background: My brother is a narcotic addict. He also drinks a lot. I have very minimal contact with him, only when we happen to run into each other at family events (if he even comes). I have posted about him on this board before, and you ladies have been very helpful. A few months back he started dating this girl, and she got pregnant right away. My brother and the girl are both over the moon excited about the pregnancy. Meanwhile, my parents have gone back to their old ways of enabling him, because they "have to help the baby." He has already burned both of them, and gotten a lot of money from them. The girlfriend called my mom the other day, and asked if she would throw a baby shower for them. My mom pulled me into it, and said that we would. I have already told my mom that I do not feel comfortable with this, and that I cannot forget every thing that has happened just because he is having a baby. She keeps telling me that we have to do it for the baby. My brother texted this to me yesterday morning (I didn't/don't answer his calls): "Im sorry ive done so much that u dislike me. Just wanted to let u know ur going to have a nephew!" First I cried, then I got mad that he made it sound like he is a victim of my "dislike". Ugh, I don't know what to say or if I should even respond. I am so worried about this baby. None of this is his fault, but I don't know how to handle the whole situation. :sad: This is what I am thinking about saying. Does this sound okay? Actually, what I really want to do is ignore it, but I feel like I should say something. "I love you, but you are an addict. Unfortunately, the choices that you make and the things that you do to maintain that addiction often hurt the people that love you. Congrats on your little boy." :crying:

I had a great morning with my mom. We went to a movie with the girls, and then went to pick up some flowers. Now I want to sit and do nothing. Or even better, have DH build me another raised garden bed so that I can plant! Instead I have to spend the afternoon/evening with my inlaws to celebrate DH's birthday (which was 2 days ago), and "Oh yeah that's mothers day, sorry about that." (said my MIL). Which really means she wants to be fussed over, and I get ignored. ;)

Luckily there is no arsenic in the preventatives (nor the current treatment). A vet can't give out medical information for people, so I'd call poison control just to be safe. It doesn't cost anything to call.

I almost took our dogs Rimadyl (anti-inflammatory pain med) a few weeks ago. It is even brown and flavored, and I'm not sure what I was thinking! I popped it in and :ack2:

I don't know if this has been mentioned (I just skimmed the replies), but what about your 3 year old when the oldest is in school? My 5 and 3 year old play together all day long. When the 5 year old is not home, the 3 year old demands a lot more of my attention. Just another thing to consider...

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Both of my girls weaned themselves. DD1 was only 18 months, and I was 5 months pregnant with DD2 at the time. She was perfectly fine with it, but I was so sad! She even declined every time I asked her if she wanted to nurse. Now, DD2 LOVED to nurse. She never took a bottle or a paci. Nothing but the real thing for her! ;) At about 2.5 she just kinda stopped asking. It happened more suddenly than I expected, but I was ready. I guess she was too!

:iagree: Yep, Coke definitely helps with morning sickness! :hurray:

Thanks. Now I NEED a Coke.

We started Kindergarten August 1st! DD will turn 5 this Thursday. Where does the time go?!?!

Miralax is completely tasteless and very effective. You can drink it in water and not even know it. My almost 5 year old has been taking it for years. The ped had us start with 1/2 cap-full daily. Now she takes it every other day. The last time I got the generic at Walmart. I believe it was about $17 for a bottle of 30 cap-fulls (30 adult doses).

Thanks!

:party: We are working on getting there too!

Just cheese. That is all.

:lol: Here's one from my DD today. After making a picture graph together, I asked her "Which row has the greatest number?" She answered the bikes, which was correct. When I asked her how she knew, she said "because I drew these bikes great!"

I got this from someone else who posted on this board. It is a free download has a lot of what you are looking for. Grammar Stage Memorization

We started week 3 today. I am still trying to figure out how much to schedule in a week, since I work 2 week days. We are getting everything done on my days off, and usually 1 subject on my works days. We're just doing K, so I'm happy with that!

We have 2 indoor kitties. Rinky is 11, and Maria is 14. :)

Perfect! Thanks so much!

I am trying to figure out the same thing!

This exactly!

I have only skimmed the replies... Could she be constipated at all? My ODD will be 5 in 2 weeks. She suffers from chronic constipation, and it causes her to have urine and stool accidents. As long as she is having regular bowel movements, she does fine during the day. She still wets the bed at night. Personally, I would not fight the night-wetting right now. It can be developmentally normal for some children. I would let her wear a pull-up at night and take it off first thing in the morning, just like you said. Get her checked out for any medical problems, then focus on training her during the day.

This! We just got 2 quilts from Home Goods for our DDs' beds. They were $40 each and are very nice quality. I looked up the brand online when we got home, and they retail for $200-$280 apiece! :svengo: ETA: We also have sheets and a comforter from Walmart, and I am really happy with the quality.