Bertha Waterbury's Page

"I must agree that this book creeps me out as well. That said, I still call my four and two year old "baby". The older one allows it, but does correct me at times: I'm not a baby, I'm a boy."

"Hi - I'm still a relative newcomer here, but having preschoolers myself and reading about all the homework fights makes me tense for things to come. Have any of you ever read any Alfie Kohn? He wrote a bok called The Homework Myth. He's…"

"my lactation person told me that the best way to increase my supply was to let him nurse more often. the more they nurse supposedly the more milk is produced. it definitely worked for me, but there times when it felt like all i did was nurse."

"That sounds like a prefectly fine meal. On a hot day, nobody wants to be in the kitchen with the stove on, neither do they really want to eat hot food. I've done cereal and fruit smoothies for breakfast (with zucchini and spinach in the smoothy…"

"Madeline! We love Madeline, all of them. All Margaret Wise Brown books, which aren't boy or girl, just good. I Love My Hair is a great book with a girl. The Frances books are good too. A Best Friend for Frances, etc. When Sophie Gets Angry and…"

"My son went through this quite a bit too. I think it's pretty typical behavior. They're not forming real friendships yet, just seeing what the social norms are and trying to see what they can get away with. It seems kids this age are…"

"I like what Daria said - the whole afternoon of being occupied seems pretty incredible. I might rethink a book of matches too. I think what's an appropriate punishment and what's not appropriate are all personal and really have to be…"

"As a very thin child who live on rice and soy sauce, macaroni and cheese, French Fries and maybe, just maybe, an occasional banana, I can honestly say that thin is not always healthy. I'm sure if anyone had ever bothered to check I would have…"

"My son was 22 months when my daughter was born. I think the most surprising thing to me about the whole thing was how emotional I felt for for my son and what he was losing. I think a lot of it had to do with a big dose of hormones and the post…"

"wow, mamawho, thank you for that link. What an amazing speaker."

"My husband is never home in time for dinner because we too hit the early bird special every night at 5. I don't necessarily actually eat with them but I do sit there and we talk about our favorite part of the day. I also try to encourage the…"

"I totally agree that talking about these issues in an age-appropriate way is necessary. I usually do it with books - King and King is great just to get kids started on the idea of a same-sex couple. Also, having books with kids who have different…"

"I'm embarrassed to say I find myself doing it too often. I've been a pre-school teacher and I teach child development courses, so I know too much about it and can definitely get judgmental in my head. I try really hard not to let it show,…"

"Having just corrected myself in another thread, I think I'm harder on myself than on anyone else. When I read someone else's writing it's for content, when I reread mine it's to make sure I didn't miss any glaring errors.…"

"Nobody's going to think you're an old fuddy duddy with purple toes! Oh and I meant "they're neutral enough", not "their neutral enough". I'm not even sure what that means."

"What about Echo Ecco? I'm not sure how you spell it, but really comfortable, the Germans like them and they have lots of different styles. As far as the ones you picked out, I actually think their neutral enough that unless you have your toes…"