Parenting

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…

Just finished filing our taxes this weekend - yes, you can call us procrastinators but at least it's done by the 15th. And with a day to spare I might add. I'm all about coupons, discounts and free stuff and I just so happen to come…

Daddy plays on a co-ed softball league on Sundays so Baby C and I go and cheer him on. A majority of the players have babies between 5 months to 2 years old so it is fun for the kids to play together. I usually hang out with the kids or…

Baby C’s not sick, no runny rose or cough…he’s fussy during the day, sleeping a lot more, drooling excessively and gnawing on everything. There was one day that he had a 99 degree temperature but overall its been about 98.8 degree. We can…

Kim Kardashian and Kate Middleton will be happy to hear that they will soon be able to control their morning sickness.  The popular drug to aid morning sickness called Bendectin will soon be returning to the United States, nearly twenty…

Recently I had a mom friend of mine post an interesting question on her Facebook. Her daughter, middle school aged, had a girlfriend over for a sleep over. The friend who visited brought with her some not so friendly habits that weren’t…

In total, we spent a day and a half at the aquarium, but I think we actually could have stayed longer. There is so much to enjoy and see. The fish, sharks, and turtles are always doing something amazing. If you have a chance, I highly…

We’ve haven’t started food yet but I wanted to share this picture of our little bunny with his first peep!   We went to the park to take Easter photos of Baby C “hanging with his peeps” and mom and dad should have known better! He shoved…

If you’re not looking to celebrate Easter for the religious factor but still wanting something fun to do with the family, take a browse through some of our favorite Easter activities; they also make great Easter day party games for family…