Comments on: Parenting Ideals Revisited

By: mamajody

mamajody — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:50:54 +0000

Hey this is one crunchy list mama! Yeah, you’re not raw food crunchy, but so what? Who wants to drink spinach and raspberry smoothies out of glass jars all the time? Besides, they still use plastic straws, (hehehehehehe! One day I will even ask if they are phthalate free just to make them all crazy!) At almost 18 months, you are totally rocking the AP twin mama scene.

By: Babyamore

Babyamore — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:17:44 +0000

well - Stacie give yourself a huge pat on the back -you are brilliant seriously…though all twin mums rock whatever they do .
I had a c/s - both breech.
We cloth diaper now except on our recent holiday.
We don’t eat organic but try to stay healthy apart from the odd biscuit and potato crisp (*smack me*).We have way too many plastic toys mostly gifts. I have hardly bought any. I am working on it not to buy anymore
I have worn one baby at a time but a bit too heavy now.
They don’t care less about the TV but the little personal DVD screens in the car my DH just bought for our 3100km trip worked a treat …except he only set it up halfway in.They have so many feeds at the computer LOL.
We co sleep at night because it works … for me and BF . I am way to lazy to get up to them if they were in cots.

By: SeaBird

SeaBird — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:34:59 +0000

Um, in a word, WOW!

By: c a s e y

c a s e y — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:17:20 +0000

a parenting review…

Swiped from Stacie.
Natural birth. Well, if you don’t count the induction, narcotics and epidural, then sure, it was natural. A head emerged from my vagina, along with the rest of the baby and assorted baby bits. As unnatural as my birth may have…

By: One year check-in « Sidetalk

One year check-in « Sidetalk — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:37:47 +0000

[…] Sidetalk « Being put in one’s place One year check-in November 16, 2007 Inspired by Stacie’s Parenting Ideals Revisited. […]

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:16:47 +0000

I hope reading over that list helps you realize what an amazing job you’re doing as momma to those twins! I wish I could write a list like that, honest.

By: Swistle

Swistle — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:34:23 +0000

My favorite people are “mixed”: some things they do one way, some things they do another. When people are all one side of the line or the other, I feel like they won’t understand human failings.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:49:25 +0000

I think you’ve done great. I surprised myself by not thinking I was crunchy at all until they were born. I didn’t want a natural birth and ended up with one vaginal and one emer. c-section. I breastfeed till they self-weaned (actually I think if I’m honest, past the point where they were ready to wean but I wanted to hold on for at least a year), I found I like baby wearing even though I don’t do it much and almost never now they are so big, They only watch Sesame Street occasionally, otherwise the TV is off, organic food I’ve slacked on, cloth diapers were a disaster (William got a really nasty rash no matter how often I changed him, doesn’t happen with disposible) and I’ve found myself trying to buy less and less plastic.

By: Hatchet

Hatchet — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:55:30 +0000

Sounds like you’re doing great!

Hey, on cloth diapers: what type do you use? What would you recommend? Now that my twins are closing in on 10 lbs we want to put them in cloth but need to sort through the bewildering array of options. Any suggestions?

By: Grandma Chrissy

Grandma Chrissy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:47:50 +0000

We are proud of all you have done with the kids. You are both great parents.

Love & kisses