A beautiful Golden Retriever (and her owner) walked by our house last week. Ronan ran to meet her and as we stood there chatting I realized that our dog Xander would be 7 years old now, wow. (We had to put him to sleep 5 years ago due to uncontrollab

Quick updates to yesterday's post:Today Ronan was either naked or in underwear the entire time we were home and awake--about 3 hours in the morning and 4 in the afternoon/evening--and didn't have any accidents! He used a diaper when we were r

...just not sure whether it will be a short or long road this time!Ronan is getting pretty good at using his potty first thing in the morning and after naps. He also wants to go after every diaper change (and doesn't want to put another diaper ba

I get a particular humiliated feeling when I walk into a doctor or dentist's office and have to present my children's state medical cards. I hate having to be a medicaid patient. I know all of the reasons for our particular situation but the

I was at someone's house today. The kids all had a TV and other media in their room. The baby sat in a Bumbo on the coffee table and no one interacted with him or picked him up except Derek and I. Most of the conversations involved criticism, whi