How To Make Meal Time With Baby Easier

A few things about meal time with a baby make life a little stressful if you are not prepared. For one, babies are very impatient when they are hungry, so if you are running around the kitchen trying to fill sippy cups and steam carrots, you can count on a big commotion coming from the high chair. Two, babies make big messes. It takes them two seconds and a flick of the wrist (which is likely covered in some type of mush) to turn a clean dining room into a disaster. What can you do to make meal time easier … Continue reading

My Baby: A Bottomless Pit

These days, I’m convinced my 1-year-old has some extra storage space in her stomach she’s hiding from me. She’s not a big kid. She was huge at 6 months of age, then completely thinned out. In fact, I’m pretty sure her weight has stayed the same from 6 months until now. You’d think that a little peanut like her would have the appetite of a bird. No siree. That girl can pack food in like nobody’s business. A month ago, we’d eat breakfast together, and she’d consume a small amount of my daily bowl of oatmeal. Now, I have to … Continue reading

A Day in the Life of a One-Year-Old: Morning

I’m confident and comfortable with the fact that every child is different. Each child has different sleep habits, eating habits, and develops at his own rate. Still, I like to hear what other babies and mothers are going through to see how it compares to what my baby and I are experiencing. For this reason, I’m going to give you a day in the life of my one-year-old. I figure some of you reading this may also have a one-year-old, or a child close to that age. As your child goes through her day, you may be thinking, “Is that … Continue reading