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Moving With Baby

My husband and I are thinking of moving again. This time, it will not be a cross-country move, but probably somewhere close. We have moved a lot in our marriage, and are currently living somewhere the longest we’ve ever lived in one home since we got married 10 years ago. We have only lived here 2.5 years, and I’m getting the itch to move. Moving with a baby is hard, though. In fact, I get a little nostalgic every time we move because my babies are growing up so fast. I remember when we moved out of our tiny 2 … Continue reading →

Baby Obstacle Course

Now that my daughter has developed all sorts of mobile skills in the last few weeks, she is finding that her brother is a big advocate for her mobile adventures. What started as playing under tables and moving obstacles blocking the stairs, has turned into game with endless possibilities. My son has very astutely observed that his sister likes to crawl under, through, around, and over lots of things. He seems to be fascinated with the ways in which his sister gets around to get what she wants. With this knowledge and his own sense of adventure, he started moving … Continue reading →

A Swim Lesson for Baby

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I have never been a good swimmer. I never took lessons as a child, and so I have never really felt comfortable in the water. So, recently, I started swim lessons for my older two kids. When signing them up, they asked us if we wanted to try out the parent-tot class for free for our baby. Of course, everyone loves something for free, so we signed him up! When we got there, I was a little nervous, but stood on the sidelines watching as my husband took him into the heated pool. He loved the water and hardly made … Continue reading →

Mobile Baby Part II

My daughter seemed to transition from immobile to mobile baby overnight! She struggled for several weeks to master rolling over from her tummy to her back. Then without notice she not only mastered the skill to roll over from her tummy to her back, she also became a pro at rolling from her back to her tummy. With her sudden mobility came an impressive ability to grasp toys with both hands. She started with small toys and soon was able to handle larger toys like dolls and stuffed animals. With her new found mobile freedom, she loves to spend lots … Continue reading →

What To Do If Your Toddler Acts Like A Baby

Did you know that toddlers sometimes regress and act like babies even if there is not an actual baby around the house? Whether the regression in your toddler’s behavior is due to the arrival of a sibling, a major change like a move, starting preschool or day care, a divorce, or even just simply feeling overwhelmed by being a big boy or a big girl it is perfectly normal. It is also okay for you to play along and baby your toddler by letting him or her drink water from a bottle, snuggle on your lap, have extra hugs and … Continue reading →

Moving Forward

Today I did something that I had been worrying about ever since I returned home from the hospital with our new baby about a month ago. I left the boys in the care of others for the first time. Dylan stayed at our house with his aunt, and Blake went to be with his grandmother. You would think that I was more concerned about leaving a newborn baby than a toddler, but that was not the case. When Dylan’s baby brother arrived and I was away from home for a few days, Dylan was very upset. Since I returned, he … Continue reading →

Co Sleeping with Baby Number One

When I was pregnant with my first baby I mulled over whether or not my baby would sleep in the same bed as my husband and I. I had heard several arguments for both. I went back and forth on the subject for the duration of my pregnancy. I was leaning more towards not co sleeping. I was petrified at the possibility of hurting my baby. The first night with my newborn son was short. He was born at two in the morning and we got to bed at five in the morning. We went to sleep with our son … Continue reading →

Screaming Baby Makes Headlines

No parent enjoys listening to her child wail at the top of his lungs. This is exponentially true if said child is wailing at the top of his lungs in public. So, imagine being the Oregon mom whose baby would not stop screaming during a recent bus ride. According to reports, the infant was so inconsolable that both mom and baby got booted from the moving vehicle by an irate bus driver. ABC News reports that the bus driver simply got fed up listening to the bawling baby and ordered the mother and her sobbing child off the bus and … Continue reading →

Baby Preparations: The Travel System

I recently received a phone call from my sister that is a new mommy. She and her one week old baby were out running some errands and she was using her new travel system, specifically the stroller, for the first time. She called me because she could not get the infant car seat out of the stroller. She was in such distress, that I went up stairs and pulled my infant car seat out of the closet and lugged it outside to fit it into our stroller (we have the same travel system). Clearly something was not lined up properly … Continue reading →

Moving Day

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Moving is always a lot of work, I should know, I’ve lived in more places than I can count as an adult. It is even more overwhelming as a single mom. Everything is work, from beginning to end, there are no short cuts, no easy ways out, you just have to bite the bullet and do it. In my many moves I have found that being organized is key, especially with kids. Everyone laughs at me because all of my boxes have a number and a room name on them and there is a master list which lists everything in … Continue reading →