Hi everyone,

1. How old are you? 31
2. How old is/are your child/children? (for the pregnant, use the number of months/weeks left to go) I'm 11 weeks pregnant (this is my first)
3. Boy/Girl? N/A
4. Did you always want children, and were your children planned? Nope, and nope!
5. Do you ever wish your experiences of parenthood were different? Why? A ( Read more... )

1. How old are you? 25 ( Read more... )

1. How old are you? 35 ( Read more... )

Hello! Oddly enough, I found this community while searching for body modification comms. I thought that this would be a nice place for me to plop myself down at, and so I am here. It's very nice to make y'all's acquaintance!

( Questions 1-10 & a baby pic! )

I knew not going through the Terrible Twos would come back to haunt us.

Boy is just finishing first grade; we held him back a year to give him time to learn to focus a little better, and I think it was a good decision. Now, though, he has started the lying I expect from a kid, along with not listening to teachers or parent-figures. Removing ( Read more... )

I have been married to my husband for 3 years. After 3 years of battling with his ex-girlfriend and being sent to Iraq he finally has a court order to be able to see his son. I have never had any kids. I have babysat but now I am trying to figure out how to prepare my house for my stepson. My stepson is 5 years old. This is the first time we will ( Read more... )

Thank you everybody for your participation in our FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH SURVEY!   We are still looking for pregnant women in North America to complete a short, online survey about their preferences, concerns, fears, and expectations about childbirth.

This research is being conducted through the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

Here ( Read more... )

Our new baby showed up last week, and this week, was christened into the pack.

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Our baby is due in a week or two.
I caught up on the blog here: http://familyvalues.dreamwidth.org/11941.html
I'm nervous and not, totally excited but somewhat mellow about it, busy and tired already, and just overwhelmingly happy. My life is really beyond my wildest

Atari (my 7 week old son) seems to have discovered the joys of sleeping through. It's still early days, but for the last couple of nights, I've put him down and he drops off around 11-11.30, then he hasn't woken for his usual night feed (used to be between 2.30 and 4am) and has been sleeping until 6-6.30am ( Read more... )