Single Parenting

Parenting & Family Channel Posts

• Homework? Again, I plan to get both varieties of educators in this
  The biggest complaint I hear from parents of children in public schools in my area is the amount of homework children bring home.  Now, I remember being in school, I'm old but not that [...]
• Clarifying a few issues on my "How Much Time?"
  I had a comment on the last post that showed me that I was being misunderstood.  I commented back but finally decided it was worthy of a post all its own.  Here is that post:   Wow, I [...]
• Go to sleep demon baby!
  Tony is being difficult abou gooing to sleep in his crib. He's discovered something remarkable. It is way more interesting to stand in the crib than lay down. [...]
• Supplementing
  Are you on the fence about supplementing? Maybe you feel like many moms and that you don't want to commit to breastfeeding because you feel like you cannot commit to a specified amount of time [...]
• Diaper Rash Cream
  When my twins were little they really didn't have too many diaper rashes. I tried to keep them dry and in good quality diapers, but when they got sick and had a bad case of diarrhea, man the [...]
• Ok, now, let's check out the same topic with a different group
  This is for the home school moms.  Since I shared my thoughts on how little instructional time it seems my child gets (and we will see for sure next week when we are home schooling him while on [...]
• WHY????!!!!
  I sometimes wonder why people have kids. The other day I took Peanut out to the playground. We live in an apartment complex, so there are often other children playing. I saw four kids but was too [...]
• *&%!@ and stuff
  When my kids were little, one of the things that drove my mom nuts (among the OH SO MANY things that drive her insane about me) was that I refused to censor my language around the kids. I'd bust out [...]
• Breastfeeding Dolls
  In our neighborhood the majority of babies are breastfed and most mothers aren't afraid to nurse their babies at the playground. It's not unusual to see a woman with a squirmy, kicking baby at her [...]
• Who Is Harder To Raise Boys or Girls?
  Having boy/girl twins is not only such a treat, but fascinating to say the least. We get to see our children age at the same pace, but not develop at the same pace. They each have their [...]