The other day I posted an article on the Top 10 Foods Babies should Avoid, today we are going to talk about those first finger foods babies can have. Do you remember those first finger foods your baby ate? What were they? I remember I would smoosh them for the longest time, when my baby

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finally got old enough to be able to grasp them they were diced. It was the facial expressions I’ll never forget, even today when he eats chicken he gets the weirdest expressions, I’m guessing it is the texture. His favorite finger food is peaches and pears, least favorite is peas.

10 Finger Foods

1 banana
2 cooked peas
3 peaches (sliced)
4 cheerios
5 mac n cheese (cut up)
6 carrots (cooked and sliced)
7 cheese slices
8 tortillas
9 crackers
10 chicken (shredded)

Does your toddler have any favorite finger foods?

There’s been a small update on the story where the mailman, Mike Herron, found a newborn baby in a trash bag on the front porch of an abandoned house. Besides the fact it is doing just fine and healthy thanks to

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For many they have a fair share of responsibilities, however there are some that have one spouse/partner that doesn’t exactly do their share. Do you have a spouse that does this? My

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husband is actually one of those, in fact he will state that he can count the amount of times he changed a bottom on his two hands between all the kids. By the way, we have four children and the youngest is being potty trained now. I’ll also state that while he likes to state this it isn’t entirely true but for the most part he is correct, he’s changed about 20-40 out of 4 kids. I decided to take this not only to twitter but to facebook as well and see how many responded.

Here are some excuses men will give to not change diapers:
- You are better at it.
- I’ve been working all day.
- It stinks.
- It’s a woman’s job.
- She’s a girl, I can’t change her.

Have you got an excuse that you’ve heard, share it here? I will update this post at another date to let ya’ll know the funny excuses.

I just watched the cutest video from Evian Water, there are a ton of babies skating around and doing tricks. I couldn’t help but oooh and awww and crack up laughing when I watched so I just had to share it with you. If you loved those dancing babies from about 10 years ago, I’m sure you’ll love these babies. Oh and if you have a baby nearby they will surely get a kick out of watching this video.

How many of you have a child that absolutely loves the slide? I had three babies that loved the slide and a fourth that was terrified. Thinking of the slide reminds me of my

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first child’s 1st slide, he was just about to turn 2 so we got him his own little one. Course it was small enough that we could have it in the house or outside, which made it great when the weather was bad. But I remember he’d just sit on the top of that slide and read books, or pretend to anyways. Today, even though he’s 12 he still goes down but only on the big twisty ones and normally with one of his younger siblings.

Here’s a pic of the youngest going down the slide at the office picnic we went to last week. Doesn’t he look like he’s having a blast? You wouldn’t know a few minutes prior to this he’d fallen down and hurt himself. Happy Wordless Wednesday!

In a bizarre case of child support someone is found not to be the baby’s father, but it gets stranger than that. In

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Marysville Ohio a woman, Marie Davis, gave birth, however it would not be her name as mother on the birth certificate.

This other woman, Coriene Cooper, was the name on the birth certificate and would raise the child. That is until she would try suing John R. Knasel for child support after they split. But he knew the truth and while they raised the child together he knew the child was not only not his but not her child either. Should he pay support? Why or why not?

The case is now in court, so far Knasel plead not guilty, Coriene Cooper plead not guilty and Marie Davis has plead not guilty. Marie Davis, aka Marie Godwin is being charged for Medicaid fraud and tampering with records. Coriene Cooper, aka Coriene Ilse is being charged with Medicaid fraud, grant theft and 8 counts of tampering. Finally, Knasel is being charged with one count of tampering.

But now lets talk about that baby that has grown up and is now 16-years-old. Cheyenne Knasel probably has known since he was around 10 that his mother wasn’t really his mom and the story behind why the switch happened. By reading what he’s said to the press it sounds like he has a good heart and doesn’t fault either mother.

“My mom Coriene, was helping Marie out by helping take care of me when she couldn’t do it. And in my eyes, that’s not wrong. It’s like helping a friend,” Cheyenne said.

No news on what will happen with either lady or Knasel.

Many people are making guesses as to whether or not Jon & Kate will ever get back together or try working their problems out. Over the past week some noticed Kate still

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wearing her wedding ring, now this isn’t weird at all since many times women love to keep their bands regardless. (hey a woman loves her diamonds) However it seems to be Jon giving people questions now, on Friday he was spotted actually not wearing his wedding ring. Course she did tell People Magazine in an interview that taking off her wedding ring would upset the children too much, so she could be keeping it on for them. But isn’t that false hope if they are headed for divorce?

Oh wait, if you look close enough in this picture at Just Jared, you’ll notice he is actually wearing his band but not on his left hand. That’s right, Jon has the wedding ring off the marriage hand and on the other.

When should one take their wedding rings off their hand? Before or after the divorce?

I just got done reading a story that spun interest to me and my husband but also many questions. Have ya’ll heard of

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Brooke may hold the answer to the fountain of youth some say, others aren’t so sure. Some wonder if she’ll contineu to age and just look like a baby, if she’ll out live her family members, etc. Either way, the family of Brooke are just curious as to what has caused her to stop aging/growing but state they love her and wouldn’t change anything about her. At a young age they noticed she stopped growing and even today she looks as if she were a toddler but is actually 16 years old. The family tries giving her a normal life and even have her enrolled in the public school system. However they have no clue what she is actually comprehending.

Brooke does not walk or talk, she does use her arms to scoot as you can see in the video below (this was from 2005). The doctors have done several tests on her to try to figure out what is wrong, but still no answers.

Her paediatrician, Dr Lawrence Pakula says:

She still has baby teeth and her bone age is estimated to be that of a 10-year-old, but she’s never been diagnosed with a known genetic syndrome or chromosomal abnormality.

Her mother states she acts just like a teen:

“She loves to shop…just like a woman.” When they do hit the stores – with Brooke in a stroller - other mothers will stop and ask how old Brooke is. Stating the fact that she is sixteen would be startling and would take a whole lot of explanation so her mum says, “my system has been to turn year into months. So, if someone asked today, I might say, she’s 16 months old.”

Before you begin thinking this is probably just something genetic, she has two older sisters and a younger one. Her other three sisters are all aging and growing perfectly normal, she’s the only one that has stayed small. She’s been through numerous surgeries and at least 4 close calls, but each time her parents state that she’s pulled through even stronger than the last. Hopefully they can figure out what is wrong with Brooke, but in the meantime she definitely has a family that loves her dispite any hardships they’ve all been through. I’m sure she’s been through a lot during her childhood with all those hospital trips and testing. Any thoughts?

(click on the links to see pictures of Brooke Greenberg)

How many are you going or are about to go through the potty training stage? I have four kids so I know that this is

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one of those very trying stages and by trying I mean everything, stress and trying everything. Well, Pull-Ups understands those trials and they know we have our ups and downs moments and would like to help. How will they help you? Simple, they are not only doing this giveaway but they’ve created a reality video clip of 6 families going through the potty training stage.

Each of these families have gone through a different method, I have tried each but with Little A I did attempt the way Isa did it. Course he isn’t trained yet but I’m definitely going to try once again as I think he’s wanting to now, he does sit on his potty every day just to watch tv.

Now for the GIVEAWAY:

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Prize: The kit contains a package of Pull-Ups, a copy of Pull-Ups PTP Member Jen Singer’s new book, “Stop Second Guessing Yourself: The Toddler Years,” and other potty training resources. Oh the winner gets to pick pink or blue.

RULES: Head on over to the Potty Project and tell me which family sounds more like yours? Oh and one thing you are or have tried doing.

Deadline: July 2nd

We all saw what we figured we would on the last airing of the Jon & Kate Plus 8 Show this week, that they’d announce a divorce. Now that they’ve announced the

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Here’s what Kate told People magazine:

“On a good day, I feel relief,” Kate says, curled up in a chair in her living room. “On a bad day, I feel failure.”

Kate told them this on the day the kids were happily making Father’s Day Cards for Jon and drawing hearts all over them. Kate would not seen at the house on Father’s Day by the press.  Here’s what she actually said during the show:

“Over the course of this weekend, Jon’s activities have left me no choice but to file legal procedures in order to protect myself and our children,” Kate Gosselin said. “While there are reasons why it was appropriate and necessary for me to initiate this proceeding, I do not wish to discuss those reasons at this time, in the hope that all issues will be resolved amicably between Jon and myself.”

Now it wouldn’t be fair to print what Kate said and not Jon, here’s his response according to the:

“I was hurt by the statement Kate made last night about the divorce.

I have always done everything I can to protect our family.  This weekend, I was home with the kids for four days, just being a dad. No nannies, just the kids and me. In fact, with the exception of Aaden’s visit to the doctor, I couldn’t have imagined a better way to spend Father’s Day weekend.”

Does anyone know what his weekend activities were? If she was meaning Father’s Day I thought he was with them? Even the media has pictures of them all together.  Maybe it was over Aaden getting hurt, not sure. Either way it looks as if this is about to become the world’s biggest news story.

Credit: People.com