Water can actually be very dangerous for babies. Babies can survive on breast milk and/or formula alone for the first 6 months without needing any supplemental food or water. Breast milk and formula both provide all of the hydration that a baby needs. Adding water to this can lead to serious side effects. – Your …
Mama’s Organized Chaos
Dear Caroline, You’ve been going through a rather shy phase lately. You won’t say hi to anyone and won’t even wave. Sometimes you wave once someone has turned around and is no longer paying attention. Daddy and I want you to know that it is important to be polite and say hello to people. So, …
Dear Mamas everywhere, When we get together for playdates, or run into one another at the playground, trampoline park, etc., let’s all agree that kids will be kids. It is our job to correct unwanted behaviors and teach the behaviors we want to see. The only way to teach some behaviors (and correct others) is …
Who can participate: Any and all children (0-18) Yes, even the babies can participate!! How it works: – Set a goal (minimum 500 minutes of reading time) – Create a wishlist of books online http://x4829.myubam.com/ – Have your child read (or be read to) over a period of 4 weeks – Collect pledges from friends and …
Facebook has fancy, elaborate algorithms that decide what you get to see- meaning you don’t get to see everything in your news feed that you think you should! Just because you’ve liked a page on Facebook, doesn’t mean you’ll get to see posts from that page in your news feed! WHAT?!?! I know, I know…it …
Today is Babywise Friendly Blog Network Day! Our guest post is from Valerie over at BabywiseMom.com. She is a mother of 4, and writing today on teaching your child to come. Caroline is 1.5 years old now, and we are teaching her this concept. I asked her to write on this topic because I sometimes …
MALE READER WARNING: Just a heads up to my husband, father, father in-law, and all the guys that read this blog… you may want to stop reading now. The following post is all about that time of the month. While it is a natural thing that occurs to every single woman at some point in …
Dear Caroline, Today I really want to tell you more about your daddy. I’ve never been one to call someone my “best friend”… until I met your daddy. He truly is my best friend. I feel so honored to have him in my life, and seeing him in his role as a dad has been …