June 2012
Hitting the Spoon: Solids Preparedness for Baby
So I’m getting myself ready to feed N solids, and I thought it was only fair to start getting him ready, too. I am repeating the 3 things I did to help ready P for solids, 3 things that I think will also help N be a super eater from spoonful 1.
First, I handed him baby spoons
06/29
2012
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Teethin’ Like a Mo-Fo
N is teething like a mother. Lots of gnawing on his hands, lots of yelling, not a lot of teeth.
06/28
2012
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Why I Make Baby Food
Here’s why I make baby food:
Because I’d be a friggen fool not to.
Seriously. A fool. Making your own baby food is easy, it’s far more affordable than jar food, it’s healthier than jar food, and it’s less wasteful garbage-wise. Bam. That’s it.
“Oh, Sam,” you’re thinking, “but you’re a stay-at-home mom. You have TIME to do it yourself.” I was…
06/27
2012
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Midnight Medic
P woke up with a raging fever last night at 1:30am. In the dead of night, and while half asleep, Willy and I had to scramble to find everything we needed to help her—-all while she cried her eyes out—-because nothing was where we thought it would be. The thermometer was in the downstairs bathroom, the medicine was in…
06/25
2012
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Day Care Trash-to-Treasure Redux
Recently I posted about bringing things to day care for the kids to use for craft projects (see My Trash = Day Care’s Treasure). Seeing the list of stuff I’ve brought in made me realize that it had been a long time since I reviewed day care’s full list of potential trash-to-treasure items. So I asked them for…
06/22
2012
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Cheat-Cleaning For Company
We’re hosting immediate family and close friends this weekend for a luncheon following N’s baptism. It looks like a tornado tore through my house and of course, I’m not going to have time to fully clean up.
My house isn’t filthy. It is cleaned weekly. (Don’t be too impressed with me and my dedication to cleanliness. We have cleaning ladies.)…
06/30
2012
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