I am NO expert at getting a baby to sleep through the night. Just ask my husband, but I have gathered some information you might find helpful so you and your little one(s) can get more shut eye! (I plan to update with posts left in the comments so please share your experience!)Our Sleep S...
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October is SIDS awareness month. Although the numbers are (thankfully) declining, SIDS still claims the lives of almost 2,500 babies every year. The CJ Foundation for SIDS is a national charity that educates parents and caregivers about providing a safe-sleeping environment in an effort ...
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It's a well known fact among military spouses that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong when your husband is out of town. For example, a friend of mine was recently forced to move out of her house a 4 short days before her husband returned from a 6 month deployment. The squadron and...
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If you've been reading The Shopping Mama, and particularly the All About Eating series, you know I make my own baby food, but I've never actually written about HOW to make baby food. So, that's what this post is all about: a step by step how-to and some suggestions for what you need.
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My daughter has dreadlocks. No, seriously... the hair on the back of her head is one giant clump of knotted hair. It gets nastified every single day no matter how much I comb it. Between her car seat and sleeping on her back I just can't get that hair to be nice and sweet.The hair on th...
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It's official. We are never leaving the house again. At least not until my son outgrows his current meltdown-a-minute for no reason phase.
Confession time: it's not easy for me to get both kids dressed, pack a diaper bag with a morning's worth of gear and arrive somewhere on time. I've...
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I was first introduced to the world of Annabel Karmel when my son started solids two years ago. A friend had the book Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby and she raved about it. I borrowed it and was immediately hooked. I bought my own copy shortly th...
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I am beyond thrilled that tomorrow afternoon I'll be speaking with Annabel Karmel, the best-selling author of seventeen books on baby and children's food and nutrition! In addition to being excited, I'm also quite nervous and starstruck. After all, her books have sold more than 3 million c...
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