Parenting

Giuliana Rancic will celebrate her first Mother's Day with her 8-month-old son Edward Duke. The E! Host who welcomed her son via surrogate last August with husband Bill insists she is super excited to celebrate Mother's Day after…

My husband and I decided before Baby C was born that we wanted to teach him basic sign language so that we can communicate more effectively with him. A few of our friends started signing with their babies around 9 months and we saw a…

As I first time parent, no books or classes could have prepared me for the pain, difficulty, awkwardness but ultimately the amazing bonding experience that comes with breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is a waste-free renewable source that…

Newborns are tricky, they are about as unpredictable as the numbers for winning the lotto. What’s that you say? You figured your newborn out day one? Lucky.. For those of you who haven’t been able to figure out those newborn squeaks or…

Before we had our son, we never really gave it much thought about buying eco-friendly or natural products. A few months before I had our little guy, I started to ask myself: are organic or natural products like hand soaps and lotions…

Four days of sweet potato and we have now moved on to avocados. Luckily, no allergic reactions but by the third day, Baby C didn't really want to eat the sweet potatoes anymore. My husband and I tried them and they actually tasted like…

Baby C and I love sitting outside and watching the birds, especially the hummingbirds fly around the peach tree in our backyard. We have a really big peach tree which is great for shade and delicious fruit! Last week, we bought Baby C a…

Monday, April 22, 2013 is Earth Day! We are celebrated last week at our local Earth/Arbor Day Festival. It was our first time going and we had a great time! We picked up some free mulch, a free tree, ladybugs for our rose bushes and…

This week has definitely been a crazy week with everything going on in the news.  The people of Boston and Texas are in our thoughts and prayers and I hope that the healing can now begin. I’m not sure what motivates people to commit acts…

The day after we brought Baby C home from the hospital we read through the discharge papers and it said to start tummy time as early as 2 weeks. I was hesitant because Baby C was so tiny but my husband said, "he'll be fine" and put Baby C…

This was my first time making baby food and there were some hiccups but overall it was a success.  After reading many books and talking to a lot of my friends, we decided to start with sweet potato. By the way, sweet potato is not the…

I attended a @shespeaksup #PampersDryBaby Twitter Party on April 10 and it got me thinking about our bedtime routines. There were a lot of great tips but the ones that stuck out in my mind were:  be consistent with a bedtime routine; be…