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Potty Seat vs. Potty Chair
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Heather McPhee left a comment for Stefanie Ryder

I think the swap is a great idea, just let me know how you would like me to help out and I would be more than happy to. Yay for Growing Seeds! We are so happy there, I can't even tell you! I was recently laid off and for now we are making it work...

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Heather McPhee replied to Maya Colonna's discussion 'Independent Play???'

First of all, welcome to the Whine club Maya! I'm not really sure how to go about encouraging independent play. My daughter is only 17 months old but I feel like she also has a hard time playing alone. I would like to hear any suggestions though ...

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Stefanie Ryder left a comment for Heather McPhee

Hi Heather, yes I would like to do it... I guess I got overwhelmed with the idea of doing it on my own! I can contact Milagros to see if it is a possibility there... what do you think? Also, I got Elliot into Growing Seeds Irvington... I am SO ex...

July 3

Heather McPhee left a comment for Stefanie Ryder

Stefanie, I love your idea about the clothing swap! I saw your post about it in the discussion forum but you may have removed it because it's not there anymore. Let me know if you would like to talk about it further....

July 3

Heather McPhee left a comment for Maya Colonna

Welcome to the Whine Club Maya, I hope you enjoy our little community that we've created!

July 3

Stefanie Ryder replied to Heather McPhee's discussion 'Frugal Fran!'

Check out the library for all sorts of wonderful and FREE things to do! Don't buy books, check them out! If you want to go to the children's museum, omsi, etc... get a free pass at the library! If you type "children's museum" into the catalog sear...

July 1

Stephanie replied to Heather McPhee's discussion 'Potty Seat vs. Potty Chair'

I ended up getting the Bjorn potty chair... I had looked at the Boon and it seems like a real cool deal but after reading a bazillion reviews it sounded like it was more hassle than I wanted to deal with. The Bjorn is pretty straight forward, no b...

June 29

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Potty Seat vs. Potty Chair

Hadley has started to tell us when she needs a diaper change and when she has pooped. Now that she is aware of that, I would like to buy her a potty and start putting her on it a couple times a day to see what happens. No pressure, but I want her ...

June 29

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Thumbs up for the Keekaroo

We got the high chair delivered by UPS as on Friday as promised and I put it together. It is great! I love the way it looks and I've adjust the seat and foot rest to fit Hadley's chubby little legs. She's not sitting unassisted for any amount of time yet, so we sat her down, strapped her in and used the tray attachment. I opted for the "accessory kit" that comes with a wooden tray attachment, wooden grab bar attachment and washable seat pads. I put some toys on the tray for her while John and I… Continue

Posted on July 3, 2008 at 9:33am —

It's like Christmas!

I've been checking the tracking numbers everyday and today is the day I should be receiving Hadley's new high chair and stroller. We do plan on waiting another month to start solid foods, but I would like to be ready. Also, I needed the new stroller before heading back to Minneapolis. It is much lighter than the Chicco Discovery travel system stroller I am currently using, and it folds down very small… Continue

Posted on June 27, 2008 at 8:30am —

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At 9:29pm on July 3, 2009, Stefanie Ryder said…: Hi Heather, yes I would like to do it... I guess I got overwhelmed with the idea of doing it on my own! I can contact Milagros to see if it is a possibility there... what do you think?

Also, I got Elliot into Growing Seeds Irvington... I am SO excited! I loved the tour and had a wonderful conversation with the infant toddler coordinator at your center a couple of months ago. We start in September!

Stef

At 10:18pm on March 25, 2009, Stefanie Ryder said…: Hi Heather, I had my tour today and was actually appalled by this center... they are expensive and did not seem to know what they were talking about... I do have my degree in early childhood, so I might be pickier than most, but I can't believe how much they charge for that environment! The baby room looked to be the best part of that place, I am sure Hadley was in a good place, but looks like you made a good decision to leave.

Thanks for your help. I have 4 more tours scheduled this week and will go to the Growing Seeds tour on April 1.

Stefanie

At 11:43am on March 24, 2009, Stefanie Ryder said…: Heather, I have a tour at the Children's Garden tomorrow. You mentioned that you did not care for the center very much. Can you tell me specifically what you did not like? We are also touring several other centers this week, so I have options... just wanted to hear your take.

Thanks,

Stefanie

At 10:34am on January 29, 2009, Ina Jaye Dwyer said…: We couldn't attend either. She just went down for her nap. I find that the 10:15 toddler story hour is such a difficult time to attend. Ava typically awakes at 6:30AM and goes down four hours later. This makes it tough to attend the 11:15 story hour as well. We plan on taking her to swim on Saturday unless she becomes sick. I think Joe and I might both try to get in the water this time. Ava is so strong and has that extra meat on her that makes it a challenge for me to hold her securely when trying to perform the different swim exercises. I look forward to seeing you!

At 10:11pm on January 28, 2009, Ina Jaye Dwyer said…: Hi Heather,

Are you planning to attend the Toddler Story Time tomorrow at the NW library? I am going to try to take Ava if she is awake. I hope to see you! I will be strolling her or taking the street car.

At 7:21am on January 27, 2009, Kendra said…: Thanks! And it's good to hear from you!!! Zoe started taking predictable naps in December, but they usually start about 9:30 or 10am. So, that makes it really difficult to go to any baby activities. Needless to say, we haven't been to many baby things for about a month and a half. If you know of any afternoon activities, please let me know! Hope to see you and Hadley soon!!!

At 7:41pm on January 8, 2009, John McPhee said…: From Ina (she left the comment on my wall by accident):
Heather,

It was a nice suprise to see you and Hadley at Baby Book Time. I truly enjoyed spending time with you. The name of the book that I suggested is The Toddlers' Busy Book by Trish Kuffner. It has many great ideas that require almost no purchasing of new things. See you all Saturday at swim class.

At 9:27am on November 21, 2008, Becky said…: Hey Heather - Some of the mom's of older kids were asking about the Whine Club the other day at BAM. You may want to send out the info about it to Michelle Bressler's email list and to the Puddle Jumpers list again. I couldn't remember the site address when they asked (the ning part throws me off!). Probably can get some more mom's to join that way!
Hope you and Hadley are well - will see you at the party on Dec 6th hopefully!
Becky

At 9:37am on October 24, 2008, Emily said…: Hi Heather! I met you and your little girl at Kendra's a couple of months ago. I met the fellow Puddle Jumpers after you started back to work I think. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for the Whine Club! None of our friends have kids and our family is all back East. Its been such a great help and resource to me, along with gals in BAM. Hopefully, I'll see you at one of the get togethers soon!