Recent content by csdax

lol. Yep. Just what I was thinking! She's in more danger of being injured during the car ride than of being abducted or molested in the store, so I wouldn't have any safety issues with this. Just a matter of if you think she can remember what she's supposed to be getting and not lose the...

I have to pin my 3 year old down all the time - diaper changes, getting dressed, brushing teeth, brushing hair (until her sister cut it off!) Just keep doing what you're doing!

OMG. I would completely freak if my kids cut my hair. I would be totally devastated.

It's not just ads - it's everything. Look in a toy store at the 'boys' aisle and 'girls' aisle, which tell kids what they're 'supposed' to be interested in. You won't find dolls or cookware in the boys' section. Go to the park and hear "he's such a boy", when a kid climbs high. In a...

I'm working with my daughter's school to put together some information for parents about helping kids with their homework - things like how to motivate them, how to help without doing it for them, good work environments, organization, etc. I'm looking specifically at kindergarten to grade 8...

Our 3-year-old has always hated having her hair washed, cut or even brushed. The one time we tried taking her to the hair-dresser's, we had to hold her in place, screaming, while she tried to wriggle free. It's not easy to cut someone's hair when their dad has them in a headlock! It was a...

My kids are too young to be surfing yet, but when they do, I won't be using filters. If they're old enough to be looking for unsavory stuff deliberately, then filters won't be very effective - they'll find a way around it. If they're young enough that I'm worried about them finding something...

She loves it, and she's teaching her little sister French, too. We passed the principal in the corridor one day, and Erika piped up "Bonjour", which caught me by surprise! :D It's so funny to hear Erika singing songs in French that she's learned from Zia. "Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi...

Personally, I think I would switch it up a little bit - but like I said, I don't have first-hand experience with this. It's great that you're thinking this out and having a strategy in place before your son arrives, but try not to over-think it. ;) You will fall into a pattern of what feels...

You get a choice? I'm in Ontario, Canada, and we just have to send our kids to the school in our own area. We don't have a choice about which school to send kids to, other than whether we choose to send them to a French or English school.

I agree - putting things away is the difficult/annoying/boring but important bit. When my MIL is here, she 'helps' by folding things, but I never fold, I just throw everything in the drawers. I have a rail next to the drier, where I hang shirts and dresses up right away, straight from the...

I think it's great that you're planning to expose your little one to different languages. That was my plan, too, but my husband said his German wasn't good enough (which it is, according to all the other fluent German speakers who've heard him). My oldest is in French Immersion now, though, so...

I got a private message from someone called Buddha. They haven't made any posts, but said "Hi I'm new here, just trying to meet new people". Their signature included a link (which I didn't follow). Anyone know who this person is? Spammer, presumably?

My husband used to do this to our oldest all the time. Poor thing used to get her head bumped every time he put her in her car seat. She was still a Daddy's Girl, despite this. We tell our youngest that it's a good thing Daddy had her sister to practice on, so now he doesn't do it. Well, not...

I lived in the UK until about 12 years ago, and I'd never heard of circumcision being used in any situation than for religious reasons. When I went to pre-natal classes for my first kid (in Canada), the nurse asked whether people were considering circumcision. I was completely confused. I...