As I mentioned, I’ve been pretty hard on myself for eating stuff that I wouldn’t want Tom to eat. I’ve been buying a larger proportion of organic food and have been splurging on the cageless chicken eggs (although I really want to see exactly what environment those chickens are in. Not being in a cage is good, but do [...]
Tom is walking all over just holding onto my fingers. Every once in a while he tries to take a step on his own and falls forward, but he only does that when I’m right there to catch him. He is so close to walking on his own.
He is so eager to explore everything, [...]
While I was at the library getting The Discipline Book, I also checked out The Idiot’s Guide to Assertiveness. The title really turned me off, but it was the only book on assertiveness geared towards adults that just never learned how to be assertive with other adults. Serendipitously, both books had a similar message for me – [...]
I was having a problem with Tom hitting me, and not knowing what to do about it, or even knowing if a 9 month old baby is old enough to know what he’s doing…. Anyhow, I got a few books on disipline at the library, one of which was The Discipline Book by Dr. Sears [...]
I just found out about an online store that sells used diapers: http://www.kellyscloset.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=777
And a forum where people sell their diapers: http://www.diaperpin.com/forum09/
And of course http://craigslist.org occasionally has used diapers (although ebay does not).
I’ve also heard that baby diaper services will sell their worn out diapers, but that’s after they’re… worn out.
When I talked to Tom’s pediatrician about her thoughts on supplementation, she said that “of course exclusive breastfeeding is ideal, unless there is an issue…” and she went on to say that breastmilk is lacking in some vitamins, and that there haven’t really been any studies showing that exclusive breastfeeding is better…
I was terribly dissapointed [...]