November 2011 Blog Posts (65)

typing in bursts as tommy allows my arms freedom...

i totally had it in my head that tommy would never eat fast food or any junk food. definitely not the worst of the worst, maruchan ramen. holy smokes what happened??

oh, that's right. single parenthood happened. so i have learned:

in a pinch, mcdonald's will always work.

anything that takes more than 10 minutes to cook will end up burned because that's the extent of my attention span.

for every 5…

My son has started his Christmas "I want" list and as I previously stated there are certain items that are a current no-no based on his age.

1) I'm nixing the Power Rangers and other "fighting" toys.

2)…

Going to the hospital to give birth may be unnecessary for some moms. Researchers say some second time moms are safe to consider giving birth at home.

It depends on how their first pregnancy went, according to the study from Oxford University. If mom had an uncomplicated first pregnancy, researchers say she should feel safe to labor and deliver her second child…

Want to get baby to love broccoli? Trying chowing down on the veggie when baby is still in utero. Some doctors and health practitioners are now suggesting that moms start shaping their baby's palate by the foods they eat while pregnant.

The flavors and odors of what mom eats shows up in her amniotic fluid and…

Your baby was probably born with a good sense of humor. A new study says babies begin to smile and laugh in the womb.

Researchers used an ultrasound camera to record the facial expressions of two babies in their respective wombs. The study, published in the PloS ONE journal, found that babies begin to form facial movements of laughter around the beginning of the second trimester. By the 34th week of pregnancy, the…

Looking for some baby name inspiration? Try turning to the roster of your local college sports team. That's what some parents in Nebraska are doing, where a local news outlet is claiming there has been a growing trend of babies named after University of Nebraska athletes.

According to Omaha's KETV, the name Taylor has been one of the most popular names in the…

Two kids might make you happier, but if you're looking for a long life, the more kids you have, the better. A new study says that having a large family can protect mom's health.

The study, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility,…

IM SO HAPPY MY SON PAT'PAT IS GETTIN DA POTTY TRAININ GUD IT'Z DAY 4 WEARING BRIEF AL-DAY W/O NO ACCENTED (WHOOP DER IT IS !!!!!!!!! ...I TOLD HIM 2DAY I WAZ SO PROUD OF HIM @ DA DOCTOR'Z OFFICE'Z DEN HE SAID OUT LOUD IM PROUD OF U MOM AND DEN A BIG HUGE !!!!! BELEIVE IT OR NOT HE PUT A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE .. EVEN THO HE WAZ REPEATING WAT I SAID IT HE REALLY MEANT IT

 WELL I HAVE  A 14TH YR OLD SON AND IT'Z CRAZY BUT HE'Z MORE RESPONSIBLE THEN ANY OTHER 14YR I KNW ..HE HAS BIG DREAM'Z AND HOPE'Z!!!

YES I HAVE A 16TH YR SON AND OMG!!!!!! SOME TIME'Z I JUST DNT KNW WAT 2 DO  WIT HIM .. HE'Z MESS UP IN SCHOOL GRADES ARE BAD ..HE'Z A GUD DANCER AND I TELL HIM HE NEED GET THEM BOOK'Z 2 B ALL HE CAN BE !!! 

last night was my first time using a babysitter and my son is 6 months old i was so nervous and wanted to check in on him the whole time. it almost consumed my night out  lol but when i got home he was fast asleep and didnt give the sitter any problems at all and i was almost sure he would, even though both my son and the sitter were perfectly fine i still dont want to leave him with a sitter lol maybe its because hes my first and only baby right now or maybe im just weird lol 

Dear Baby Princess,

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!

Just a quick note today to recognize the holiday.  I can't wait to spend four days with you!  Tonight we are going to the GT-Siena basketball game at the Gwinnett Center (they are renovating the basketball stadium at Georgia Tech this season so the games are all relocated).  I am sooooo excited that it's basketball…

My sitter has been telling me that my 15-month old has been hitting, pushing, and throwing toys for the last few weeks, and last night I had the opportunity to see it for myself. I was blown away. He is apparently walking up to 4-year-olds and pushing them down. He takes toys right out of the other kids' hands, and when the sitter corrects him, he has an absolute fit! I watched him pick up a toy twice as big as him and throw it. He knocked over a big playhouse, pulled a box of…

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Recently, I stumbled across this article. It's about the You and Me Play and Giggle Triplets, an interactive bundle of sweet "lifelike" babies that talk to your kids.

Or maybe teach them how to earn some…

But he meant that in the nicest way possible you guys. French President and new father Nicolas Sarkozy recently spoke to a group of young mothers, and when the topic of breastfeeding came up, he had this to say: "I think it's much better for all allergies, all diseases. But for women, it is both a great joy and also a kind of slavery."

Sarkozy's wife is breastfeeding their new…

How does a woman find out she's going to have to have a c-section? Well, her doctor usually makes the decision. But how does a doctor know? Bioengineer Sergio Casciaro was surprised to learn that doctors were determining whether to perform c-sections the old fashioned way - feeling and using their own judgement.

Determined to update labor and delivery to 21st century technology, Casciaro invented…

Traveling families be ye forwarned - airlines are getting a lot less family-friendly. Some travelers say certain airlines have an agenda against babies, banishing them to the back of airplanes.

One D.C. dad Michael Lyon arrived to the airport only to find that his 6-year-old son had been moved to the back of the plane to travel by himself in a 13-hour flight. United…

Gymboree's in the hot seat with a lot of parents for what they say are harmless gender-specific onesies - a pink one for girls that says "Pretty Like Mommy," and another for boys that reads "Smart Like Dad."

For the record, Gymboree also sells a "Handsome Like Daddy" shirt, but there's no "Smart Like Mommy" onesie in sight.

Critics of the onesies believe they are promoting retro gender roles - girls are supposed to be pretty, boys are supposed to be smart. As Ashley at…