Category: Baby Business

While the immobile infant phase, where you can put a baby down and leave them for a minute knowing they’ll be there when you come back, is my favorite I have to admit that the …

Infants are often classified in two groups: mobile and immobile, those who move and those who don’t. Most infants remain in the immobile phase for the first 6-9 months and spend the majority of their …

The past year has been quite a wild ride.  I want to write something really profound and moving about my son turning one today, but I just can’t find the words to express the feeling. …

B-day Party minus 21 hours and this is what I still have to do: Wrap presents But first I need to find his presents (sorry Doodle, you’re getting re-gifts again!) And buy non-Christmas and/or princess …

Oh my, one year ago today was a big day!  It was the day Sugarplum got her first haircut.  She was nearly 3 and I had delayed cutting it for long enough (the full story …

Most mommies know what movement milestones to expect during their child’s first year, but many don’t know when to expect them to occur.  Every developmental milestone, including those in the realm of gross motor development …

As parents, we all constantly make decisions about the safety and well-being of our children. Often these choices are made out of convenience or other reasons, but there are many situations where convenience should not …

 I am a big fan of most things that encourage early bonding and secure attachment like breastfeeding, baby wearing and sticking together.  One aspect I’ve never embraced, though, is co-sleeping. I’m a sleeper.  I like …

Today is going to be a tiring and possibly very trying day.  I will be taking my first all day long road trip since becoming a mommy.  Up to now, we’ve never driven with the …

Doodle is in a fun (or not) phase where now that he is mobile he can get into more things and is starting to test the boundaries of what is acceptable and what is not.  …