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Recent Baby Blog Posts

When It Gets Too Much

by tedgar

06 Nov 2009 12:12 AM

Having a new baby is intense. Especially when it's your first child, there's a need there that you've never experienced before. You're needed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no end in sight. In the beginning, when you're recovering from birth, you are very tired.

Ouch! Alternative Ways to Deal With Teething

by tedgar

04 Nov 2009 03:08 PM

Oh, we had a dreadful teether in our house. I remember the Christmas that my daughter was one and a half. She was getting eight teeth at the same time.

Post-Baby Fitness On the Playground!

by tedgar

03 Nov 2009 11:02 PM

Today, my daughter and I went to the playground. As I bounced on one of the pieces of equipment with her, I realized that I was getting a decent core workout, as long as I structured it right. Exercise was critical to me when my daughter was a baby.

Make Your Own Baby Food: What Supplies Do You Need?

by tedgar

02 Nov 2009 10:36 PM

Do you make your own baby food? Would you like to? Making baby food can be easier than you think. No, it doesn't require hours chopping vegetables, slaving over a steaming hot stove, and then working tediously with a food processor.

Ways to Survive a Car Trip With a Baby

by tedgar

01 Nov 2009 11:47 PM

We have lovely friends who live at least an hour's drive away from us by car. Our extended family is also a short trek away - close enough to make the journey seem feasible, but far enough away to make it seem impossible when you have a child who can't stand the car seat.

What's In A Name? Nature Names for Babies

by tedgar

31 Oct 2009 03:04 PM

I adore baby names. I love the sound of them, I love putting them together into groups of two, three, and four. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I obsessed about the meanings of names.

What's in a Name? Naming Your Baby After Someone Else

by tedgar

30 Oct 2009 02:19 PM

When we were searching for a baby name, the most difficult thing to juggle was the connotation that each name brought forth. My husband and I both teach, and so we've encountered just about all of the common names worn by many, many different children.

Baby Names: Should a Name Be Easy to Pronounce?

by tedgar

29 Oct 2009 10:20 PM

I'm writing this blog as a mom, but I'm also writing it as someone who works with kids from a lot of different schools. Sometimes it can be challenging to pronounce their names. I guess, and sometimes I guess wrong.

Bouncing Babies: We Love Harvey Karp!

by tedgar

28 Oct 2009 02:20 PM

Yesterday we visited with a friend who has a newborn. As she bounced her baby from side to side, I remembered the same period in my daughter's life. My daughter needed to be in constant motion in order to sleep or even to be calm.

The Baby Dance: Love Dancing With Your Baby?

by tedgar

27 Oct 2009 09:44 AM

I am a crazy, crazy dancer. Now, in those first awkward elementary school dances, I was always the first person to flee to the wall. I remember an excruciatingly embarrassing moment when I was asked to do the Twist in front of my entire grade seven class. The horror.



Recent Blog Comments
 
khat says...

"A unique and practical gift for a baby girl in your life is a gift pack of infant sized cotton tights in hard to find colors."

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tedgar says...

"Yes, my daughter was a champ in the pee department."

In Elimination Communication With Older Babies

Dionna says...

"We started late, too - about 7 months."

In Elimination Communication With Older Babies


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