Posts by Belinda

Lisa, Thanks for your honesty. I don't think they do this to us intentionally, but how can they not see it? I think you're right that the only way to NOT internalize the negative energy is to simply block it out. I hope that it never...

And I'm sure you mean well. But they aren't really applicable to my situation. What I was really looking for was input on how others have dealt with a chronically negative and disapproving mother/mother-in-law. And it's because I do...

Thanks Lisa and Jen. I really do appreciate your replies and spirit-bolstering. I know on a rational level that I'm letting it affect me more than I should, but I'm not stable right now. I cried at the end of How the Grinch Stole...

Ya'll don't really know me, I'm not a big poster. But I need some affirmation today. I just found out that I am pregnant with my 4th child. I am married to a good man/father, and we have 3 lovely, healthy, bright children, who are at...

I guess I just can't agree that this family needs to lose custody of these children. As Jenna says, she does not live nearby and so her observations are limited and her opinion is also based on hearsay. Even to say that the children...

I have a 3 - almost 4 (Dec.) - year old son who I started taking to a daycare/preschool last week. Until last June, he'd stayed with sitter in her home, and since she quit keeping kids, he's been with my mom. I thought that he would...

I work, as I've said before, and my kids are fine. Okay, that's not completely true - I've tried to introduce Joshua to preschool these past 2 weeks, and it's not going well; we may have to rethink that. (He doesn't HAVE to be there;...

LeeAnn: Our babies are close in age; my youngest, Annalise, turned 1 9/15. The baby you keep on the weekends, she sounds miserable. Has the mother had her checked by a COMPETENT pediatrician? It sounds like she may be having some...

Well, aside from the obvious wierdness of this... Andrew died of serious congenital heart defects; aren't they running the risk of having yet another baby only to lose him too? If it's his DNA, wouldn't the "twin" run the risk...

I'm wondering, you mention older children - are they healthy? Or is there also questionable activity where they are concerned? Just for the sake of argument, I know people probably would have been appalled to see MY son sleeping in...