Archive for April, 2009
Caring for a baby with a cold
Caring for a sick child isn’t the easiest job. It’s especially difficult when your little one can’t talk yet to tell you what is ailing them. Additionally, there really isn’t any medicine you can give your child.
Here are some things that will help alleviate your child’s cold symptoms:
Rest and drink plenty of fluids
- Same advice [...]
10 Suggestions for Discipline
My child’s teachers are often sending home parenting tips and articles that they receive in their continuing education classes. Below is content from one of the articles I’d like to share. I don’t know who the author is, but I’ve had this hanging on my fridge and it has helped me get through the terrible [...]
How to save money on expensive formula
If your kids are anything like mine, they need one of the most expensive formulas made. When breastfeeding, milk-based formula, or soy formula doesn’t work – the next step is hypoallergenic formula. I will be writing more posts on this subject but for now I wanted to say just a couple things about it.
Hypoallergenic formula [...]
Mom’s Jelly Belly
A mark of motherhood? A little extra baggage? A big ‘ol jelly belly. That’s what my laptop is balancing on right now.
Before I had kids I was in decent physical shape. I wasn’t overweight, I wasn’t too skinny – I was the appropriate weight for my height according to “them” (books I’ve read). Having [...]
First trip to the dentist
Your child’s first trip to the dentist should happen when they’re 3 years old. We had our first trip recently and it went much better than I had expected. Here are a few pointers that may help make the experience relatively painless for you and your child.
Prepare your child
Go to a pediatric dentist
Get a morning [...]
Easter eggs and an ER trip
Within one month we had 2 ER trips and 2 doctor visits for just one kid. The last emergency room visit was particularly unique. It started with an innocent trip to Grandma’s house. We were hanging out having a nice visit and then it was nap time. Jack (who was 2 at the time) really [...]
Average newborn size? Not my kids.
I’ve heard people say things like “smaller people have small babies” and “larger people have larger babies”. While this may be true in some circumstances, I generally think it’s a load of crap. What is considered to be a big baby or a little baby? 7 pounds is about the average baby size and there [...]
Newborn sleeps too much during the day
My first son was such a sound sleeper. He would sleep for 5-6 hours at a time during the day. And there was nothing we could do to wake him up. Nothing. I would love (not really) how the doctor would say “just wake him up”. This sounds like a simple task, but it was [...]
