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This post is all about how to to get your baby to sleep through the night in 30 days...guaranteed! Just kidding. There are a number of "sleep training" methods out on the market. All with big promises, all with the end goal of getting your baby to sleep independently through the night. Almost all of […]
Bedtime. In a parent's dictionary, the words "bedtime" and "peace" would probably be synonymous. The late afternoon is a blur of activity for us - making and eating dinner, going on a family walk, bathtime, push-ups and sit-ups by the bath, pajamas, brushing teeth, brushing hair, nursing the baby. By 8:00 or 8:30 - 9:00 […]
Some days, the rhythm of being home can be overwhelming. Wake up. Give 2-year-old yogurt. Nurse baby. Change diaper. Do "school time." Dress 2-year-old. Play outside. Help 2-year-old go potty. Read "Winnie-the-Pooh's ABCs" and "Madeline" and "Hush Little Puppy." Blow up balloons. Color a picture. Attempt to take pictures of the girls together. Start a […]
I remember asking myself both of those questions when I was pregnant with my first child in 2006 (see right - that's a photo of me 2 weeks before I had my daughter). 3 1/2 years later, I have a 2 1/2 year old and a 2-month-old...and I'm a little more "baby-wise" than I was […]
I recently wrote about UV Skinz ("sun protective swimshirts with a UPF rating of 50+") and wanted to tell you about two quick promotions in case you decide to buy some skinz of your own: (1) In honor of Skin Cancer Awareness Month, UV Skinz is promoting awareness of sun protection and skin cancer prevention by […]
When I was pregnant with my first baby, I remember being a bit bewildered by all of the hospital packing lists out there. I wondered what to pack in my hospital bag...and I especially wondered what to bring as a "coming home outfit." Now that I have had two babies, I know what to look […]
"Is she asleep?" I ask my husband, pivoting my body slightly so that he can see our month old daughter's eyes. "Her eyes are 75% shot...okay, they're shut," he says. "I'm going to *try* to set her down in the bassinet so that I can go to the bathroom, brush my teeth, put away a […]
That sounds like a news headline, doesn't it? I can just see the story now, warning parents of all the potentially frightening consequences of sharing sleep with your baby. There are a lot of scares around the Internet and on television about cosleeping (or bedsharing, sleepsharing, the family bed, whatever you want to call it...). […]