This week’s PhotoHunt theme is “cuddly” … oh, so many things come to mind. Stuffed animals – I’ve had hundreds over the years and can call most of them by name – babies, lambs, kittens, the fuzzy blankets we bought at Big Lots. All cuddly and all wonderful! I looked through my photos and found [...]

Somehow, Nick, James, and I got started on a conversation about deep sea creatures recently. I told James (since Nick already knew) how it’s pitch black and very cold in the deepest parts of the ocean and that the creatures there are strange looking, very different from animals we see in the shallower ocean or [...]

I had a somewhat unique opportunity yesterday – I got to lead a breastfeeding class at the WIC office. For those who don’t know WIC is Women, Infants, and Children, a government-sponsored program that provides vouchers for nutritious food to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children up to age five.
The History
I started [...]

I don’t know how the idea of using a growth chart to approve of a child’s growth ever came into the medical school of thought. What person decided that every child must grow according to an “average” determined by measuring a small number of other kids? This person must not have been a [...]

I read a nice article this morning titled Why We Love Our Babies. It was a great reminder to stop and take stock about what I love about each of my children individually. I thought you might enjoy reading it too.

At 16 months, our youngest son Robert is not saying any words. Not Mama, not Dada, not bye bye, nothing. We thought he’d said “kitty” one day when he looked at pictures of cats on a towel and said, “Diddy!” but that was a month ago and he’s never said it since.
His lack [...]

Our little Robert took his first steps today! He’s been standing – very proudly – for two months but finally got brave enough to step, step, step. Enjoy this video!

For Robert’s first birthday cake, I wanted something not too sweet and relatively healthy. I made honey cupcakes for Nicholas’ first birthday, but they proved too sweet for a baby who’d never had a trace of sugar. For James’ first birthday, I made a carrot cake which turned out wonderfully but I wanted [...]

Most little ones like stuffed animals, and my kids are no exception. I was delighted to receive a Moonman lovey from ee publishing to review. We gave him to Robert for his first birthday, and I must say little Moonman has been well loved over the last month.
Moonman is about 12″ high when [...]

Years ago, when I was newly married with no children, my sister in law had a baby. I hadn’t been around many babies since I’m in the youngest in my family and never had any younger cousins. The first baby I ever held was one of my cousin’s babies who was born when [...]