Soft-headed, more like.

Particularly in the swamplike sinuses.

But maybe taking on dependents when you can't even afford allergy pills was a little ambitious.

Erin, you're not soft-headed. You do need that job thang to start up so you can get your meds.

I basically attachment parent. It's more of a guideline, really, despite what some parenting board posters would have you think. And it's not that hard. It's all about "listening" to your kid.)

t /defensive granola geek parent

awww Erin... it is just too much right now. and you cats - might need more than a week to figure it out. and of course you aren't in love with new kitty - she showed up when you were feeling well.

strenght to you til friday

energy to vw

and finding new copeing ma to Susan .

and under the coffee table ma~ to the poor silly scared dog.

And I took Tulip because storm + hungry + sweet-natured + thinking about a 2nd cat anyway = New cat

Been there, done that, bought the litter tray. Inconvenient, maybe, but karmically of the good. Still, make damn sure you can feed/clothe/house yourself first, love, because cats are better at coping with no house/tinned food etc than we are.

Erin, love, I'm so sorry that things are looking shitty right now. Which of the things is most do-something-about-able? Because personally, I find it helps LOTS with my state of spiralling despair if I've got a wee list of things I need to fix, and then manage to cross some of them out. Is there a bit of your house you can face tidying? (SO with you on the slob front. My sistah!)

What's "attachment parent"?

t totally ignorant on all this stuff.

Em had 4 major head bangs in 48 hours. I hate having hardwood floors right now and I feel horrible. One of them, her and I were asleep on the couch after a restless night and she rolled right off. Another one, she lept out of my arms, off the couch and wham! right on the coffee table. Of course, that one gave her a bruise and after I conforted her and calmed her down a bit, I handed her over to Joe and wouldn't touch her for hours. I felt like *I* was hurting her and..........I just fell apart.

Of course, it didn't help that when I took her to school this morning her teacher pointed to her head and practically screamed, "What happened???"

I basically attachment parent. It's more of a guideline, really, despite what some parenting board posters would have you think. And it's not that hard. It's all about "listening" to your kid.)

There's an awful lot that's good about it, and honestly is stuff I did naturally. But even the little bit I've seen, is stuff that, if I'd known about it pre-Ben, would have thrown me into a cycle of guilt and self-recrimination. I was much more effective going by gut. I would have missed the big, bright, red letters that talk about it being a guideline.

{{{{Aimee}}}}

If it helps, they do that, whatever type of flooring you have. They also tend to be pretty resilient, and I've yet to see any lasting ill-effects from all the head-hitting my brother managed when he was wee.

I basically attachment parent. It's more of a guideline, really, despite what some parenting board posters would have you think. And it's not that hard. It's all about "listening" to your kid.)

I realized after about four months, that, besides co-sleeping, I was pretty much attachment parenting. But, as with anything, extremists make me itch. This potty thing strikes me as extremist. I think holding a 4 month old infant over the sink to pee every five minutes for an hour is EXTREME. And messy. And possibly gross. The article kept talking about "sinks" Um, I brush my teeth over our bathroom sink. I don't want pee in my sink. I sure as hell don't want pee in my kitchen sink.

It doesn't even strike me as being that cost effective. I buy diapers in bulk and they cost 22 cents a piece. I spend roughly more than $30 a month for disposables. I can't imagine the number of "accidents" involving this process and the amount of laundry it generates.

{{{Aimee}}} It's not your fault. Can you get some cheap blankets or area rugs to make the fall on the hardwoods a little softer?

Hardwood flooring = baby bruises.

Carpeted flooring = smaller baby bruises, with concurrent rug burn.

The floor will always be there, and eventually they figure out that avoiding head-first impact on it's a good thing.

Unless they're me, but you lucked out on that one.