A friend of mine who’s pregnant right now asked me to share my birth story, so I wrote it out and decided to share with other moms (and moms to be) too. My pregnancy with my second child was a bit of a nightmare, so I was set of trying… Continue reading
Why you should have Toddler Playdates (even if your child goes to daycare) Children learn by doing. They learn the rules of social interaction when they are in an environment where they get to share and connect with other kids. They get most of their social cues from the adults… Continue reading
A Bedtime Routine Last week I wrote a piece about How to get back into a sleeping routine. A friend of mine commented that it all sounded like great advice, if only she could get her 5 month-old to sleep for longer than 2 hours and BE in a regular… Continue reading
Vacations wreak havoc on your Toddler sleeping routine I love vacations. I love traveling. I love having the entire family together. But it is a fact that the variation in the everyday routine does send my toddler on a craziness spin… and what suffers the most is his sleeping routine.… Continue reading
After having 2 babies, a list of “Baby Essentials” seems like a little too much… but I remember when I was pregnant for the first time… I was so lost in the sea of information, products and such… I ended doing a ton of research on everything that was out… Continue reading
A few months ago, when Tiny A started to crawl, I took both he and his sister to the Getty Villa. He couldn’t wait to get out of the stroller and explore, so I let him go and started a series of photos of my little wandering baby… Here are… Continue reading
Tiny A is now a year old, and ever since he was born my intention was to breastfeed him for a year, then wean him to cow’s milk after his first birthday. However, you can always plan all you want… but having babies, you have to be ready to throw… Continue reading
My baby is not a baby anymore! My little one turned one and we sent him off to his toddler years with a very fishy first birthday celebration! Using Pinterest as inspiration, I put together a bunch of ideas to decorate, serve food and make our favors. Here’s the board:… Continue reading
This post marks the end of my baby quest for taste… as Tiny A just turned one last week and is formally a toddler (walking and everything!). I’m super late with this post, and doing a month and a half time-span now, as we were away in Mexico visiting family.… Continue reading
And we’re back on month 5 of our Baby solid food adventures, and we’ve really gone crazy. Tiny A is now 10 1/2 months and has been trying all different types of textures, flavors and cuisines. It is becoming more difficult to actually record everything he’s been eating, as he… Continue reading