Babies get a pretty bad rap. Especially newborns. “Oh they’re so much work! You’ll never sleep again!” Liars. You will sleep again, and aside from the soul-sucking attention needs of a regular newborn? They’re pretty easy. They’re portable, self-contained, immobile and pretty much incapable of embarrassing you. I realize some newborns and babies are slightly…
{babbled} How Big Kids Are Better Than Babies.
I heard you gasp. “BUT HOW CAN YOU SAY ONE IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER!?” Because I can. And that’s exactly what I did when I wrote how babies are better than big kids. Some of the main bullet points were that big kids can be smelly, loud, emotionally volatile and dangerous. But they can…
happy napper.
This baby right here?
SHE NAPS.
As in you feed her, burp her, change her, snuggle her, lay her down in her bed, walk away AND SHE FALLS ASLEEP ON HER OWN.
TWICE A DAY.
Officially the highlight of the week.
I would say rolling over was a pretty big highlight but she needs to knock it off with this developmental stuff. STAY LITTLE BABY!
Somebody asked me if this photo was staged.
Nope.
This photo is what happens almost every day when Addie gets home from school. Vivi scoots as close to Addie as she can and stays there until Addie is done reading to her.
My heart is very full of very happy stuff.
My brain is behaving very well.
Which in turn makes my eyes a little misty with some wet stuff.
{babbled} Cloth Diapers, One Month Later.
Just over a month ago I made the big switch to cloth diapers. There has certainly been a learning curve and a few unseen snafus, but for the most part? I’m really happy with them. I’ve been using BumGenius 4.0 (pocket) diapers with the microfiber inserts and just started using Flip diapers last week, alternating…
{babbled} Seriously? You’re Writing for ANOTHER Babble Blog?
Yes. Yes I am. For a few months now I have had the privilege of writing for babble over at Baby’s First Year about my baby Vivi’s first year (we’re almost to 5 months and she’s still happy about being born!) I sort of stopped talking about my older daughter, Addie, on my personal blog…
halloween throughout (addie’s) ages.
Can’t see the video? Click here.
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Just another little project I’m doing with Hallmark. I love Hallmark, for so many reasons. While I am being compensated for my participation, my love for them is strong and pure. Have you signed up for their emails? You should, they’re pretty.
Motorola Xoom + Bionic-September Edition
I had this review all ready to go. Then the mailman rang my doorbell and delivered the second device I’ll be reviewing over the next several months in cooperation with Verizon. Y’all. I finally have a smartphone that I don’t have to give back after a week. And it is SMART. I thought the HTC Thunderbolt could see me soul, turns out the Thunderbolt was just a precursor to the Motorola Droid Bionic.
Look! I’ve already documented how glamorous my life is:
{babbled} My Baby Had to Have Surgery for a Blocked Tear Duct
It started after about two weeks. Her right eye was constantly weepy, sometimes crusty. Well-meaning old ladies in the grocery store would tilt their heads and cluck, “Oh, she has a cold in her eye?”. The doctor confirmed it was a blocked tear duct and that it would most likely clear up on its own…
{babbled} The Baby. SHE ROLLS OVER.
Well, one way at least. Once she gets onto her belly she has no idea what to do aside from look around and squeak. The squeaks gradually turn into squawks which eventually turn into screams. I’ll roll her back over, saving her from her misery and she repays me by rolling back over. I’m trying…
{babbled} Dolphin Organics Giveaway!
Last week I mentioned how much I love Dolphin Organics for cleaning and maintaining my very chubby baby. All natural ingredients, easy-to-read, no-nonsense labels and unscented for even the most delicate snowflake skin. Most of us have found out the hard way that even when a label says “natural” or “organic” it doesn’t mean that…
making unbreakable - formerly moosh in indy. 