Trying to Be a Big Boy
December 11, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Mommy Extras, Parenting, Toddler
My little man is going through the stage of trying to be just like everyone else. So I guess it shouldn’t come to a surprise that he now wants to have a PB&J sandwich anytime his siblings are making their lunches.

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When they make them they make two more halves, one for him then and one for his lunch. Don’t ask me he loves these instant meals.
Yesterday, the three had left barely any peanut butter left in the jar and on the table. Little A has been known to grab the jar, open it (not to worry it is plastic) and reach inside to get a taste. So when he did this time I didn’t stop him, instead I swooped him up and placed him in his high chair. I dropped a plate in front of him, a spoon and a piece of bread. He proceeded to put the butter all over the bread, now I had meant to put jelly on it but by the time I was going to he had given up on spreading it. He had the bread in pieces on his tray and was dropping them into the jar, stirring it and taking them out one by one and eating them. This was his way of making a sandwich. Got any stories to share with me?
TIP: Sometimes moms must decide to pick and choose our battles, at least he was eating.
Sleeping Schedules and Sick Kids
December 10, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Health, Infancy, Mommy Extras, Parenting, Toddler

As many of you know the flu or something like it has been going around my house, it is taking turn with each family member with the recent being BalletGirl (age 9) and Little A (age 2). I’ve
noticed that Little A tends to sleep more now, however not all the time, instead he likes to sleep in the day a lot.
Since Little A has something he is very clingy but only when he wants to be, he can get extremely moody too. How many of you have a little one like this? Now think how many of you have an …read more
Bringing Mommy Home from the Hospital
December 8, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Health, Infancy, Labor & Delivery, Nutrition, Parenting

Everyone is always talking about the things needed to bring baby home, but never what is needed for mom. Many times people just think mom pops the baby out, stays in the hospital for a few hours to a couple days and then goes back home and jumps right into the mommy role.his is not always the case, in fact sometimes it takes mom a little longer to jump into the role.
What type of delivery did mom have? If mom had a regular birth with no tears it may not be as uncomfortable going home. Mom may want to still …read more
Baby Deals for December 6-13
December 7, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Infancy, Mommy Extras, Parenting, Toddler, baby deals

Walgreens:
B1G1 ½ off: Comfort Smooth $2.99
B1G1 ½% off: Pediatric Electrolyte $3.99
B1G1 ½ off: Jumbo pk diapers/training pants (Walgreens) $8.99
Target:
10/$9 Gerber baby food (2pks)
$21.49 23.2oz Similac
You can get a $5 Gift Card when you purchase 2 Luvs big pk diapers.
$16.99 Luvs big pk diapers
$8.99 jumbo pk Huggies/Pampers Cruisers
Kmart:
Gerber clothing is on sale and when you $15 you get $5 GC or spend $25 and get a $10 GC.
$19.99 Huggies big pk
CVS:
Huggies/Pull-ups jumbos $8.97
Not as many deals as I was hoping for, however if you go to your favorite brand diapers website you are sure to find some coupons there. I know …read more
Baby born in Air
December 6, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Infancy, Labor & Delivery, News & Media, Parenting

This past week a baby boy was born in mid-air while his mother was flying SouthWest Airlines. It is being reported that the baby was born a month premature.
Whether he was premature or right on time one thing is for certain and that’s the fact that he was definitely not stopping, even though the plane was headed to Salt Lake City, they had to do a detour to Denver instead.
The Examiner reports:
A passenger who was eight months pregnant was seated in the row in front of Dr. John Saran, an internal medicine specialist working at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois. The …read more
IKEA Winner

The winners of the IKEA Soft Toys Giveaway, you know the one with the very cute BARNSLIG KROKODIL and the GOSIG Bulldog. I think it sounds like lot of people had fun with the dancing IKEA pets. But as I know ya’ll are waiting to hear who won one of these cute little stuffed animls. Here re the winners:
Vicky you won won the Gosig Bulldog: the kids and I loved the mouse. She was to cute.
Susan Ledet you won the Krokodil: I like the cute Gosig Spaniel and love Barnslig Krokodil. They all look so hugable.
Congratulations!! I’ll be contacting the winners this …read more
Keeping the Baby’s Sex a Secret
December 5, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Infancy, Labor & Delivery, Parenting

This is one of those things every couple must decide on when it comes time to see what sex the baby is. It is understandable to get the surprise of finding out the sex at the day the baby is born, however some like to know so they can prepare the nursery, clothing, etc.
So is it wrong to keep the sex a secret?
It depends on whom you are keeping the secret from. If a couple is pregnant it should be up to both, if the father wants to know the sex of his baby he should be able to. …read more
Baby Signs Book Review
December 4, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Infancy, Mommy Extras, Parenting, Toddler

I won a book called, “Baby Signs” by Kyle Olmon and Jacqueline Rogers and wanted to review it. Now I didn’t get it to review but I think it’s a cute pop-up book that may interest some of you parents out there.
The book isn’t that big, but it is a pop-up with 6 full pages. The pictures are very colorful and they pop right up. Little A loves thumbing through the pages and popping up the pages, especially the baby in the bathtub. But I’ve also noticed that he tries doing the signs that are shown right off to the …read more
Decorating the Christmas Tree with Toddlers
December 3, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Beyond Preschool, Infancy, Mommy Extras, Parenting, Toddler

This year we put up our Christmas Tree a tad bit early but only because I knew I’d have to take down the old lights. We got a tree the previous year that had the lights attached, getting them off was no easy task.
Finally, when it was all done I strung up the new lights. A few days later we made Reindeer Candy Canes with the kids and had them hang them on the tree.
Today he found the rest of the candy canes that had not been used in the arts and crafts session. What did he do with it? …read more
Babies in Heels: What’s Your Take on it?
December 2, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Beyond Preschool, Health, Parenting, Preschool, Toddler

In the gossip rags this past month has been a lot of talk about how Katie Holmes’ little girl, Suri has been spotted many times wearing high heels. While some will spot her and just think how adorable or grown up she looks, other notice that this is just a little girl that is 3 years old. What do you think? When did you let your baby jump into high heels?
I don’t know about you but my girls have yet to wear high heels and they are 6 and 9. I know as an adult that it is easy to …read more
















