Dear Caroline, Yesterday was the first day in your life that I have not breastfed you. You are 1 week away from being 1 year old. 1 week away from being a toddler instead of an infant! Time is flying by and it is bittersweet. With each new milestone I am so excited to see …
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Transitioning into a booster seat was not even something that was on my radar- until my daughter started putting her feet up on the table. I realized that if she were to be in a booster seat instead of the high chair, there were going to be several benefits: 1. I could push her legs …
Dear Caroline, Today we changed things up a bit. Instead of going down for your nap at 10 am, we left the house at 9:45 am and headed for some playtime. I knew your sleep would be interrupted, but also knew that you’d have a good time. I knew it would be worth trying and …
Fall. I love everything about it. The bees are calmed down from their crazy nesting season, the weather is perfect and incredibly enjoyable, the breeze is delightful, I get to break out my boots and scarves, and it is simply a beautiful sight (until the leaves all fall down). While I was once cooped up …
I apologize for the inconvenience. My site was just migrated from blogger to wordpress, and instead of taking you to the schedule page, it took you to this update page I wrote back in 2015! Just click here to view the baby and toddler schedules page and I’ll get this error fixed shortly. Thank you …
Saturday, October 3rd. Caroline is 10 months and 1 week old. Since she has been crawling (for the past month), she has spent a lot of time at the bottom of the stairs. She crawls over to the first stair, stands up and often brings a toy or maybe a sock to play with. She …
I had the pleasure of receiving an advance copy of the book,”Parenting is Easy: You’re Probably Just Doing It Wrong” by Sara Given. She took typical stock photos of babies, parenting, breastfeeding, etc. that one might find in a magazine or in an advertisement, and has turned them into a hilarious book. It was definitely …
*** Trigger Warning: This post contains a story on infant loss*** Mama: Brynn Dillon Babies: Angel Twins & Rainbow Twins (Aislyn and Grayson) This is a story of angel twins and rainbow twins. Beauty for Ashes as Mama puts it. Enjoy the beautiful slideshow that was put together below. Nothing about our journey to parenthood …