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Lion Sleeps Tonight…maybe
For his 3rd birthday, Jake received a new toddler bed as a gift from Grandma. We have been sharing a family bed for a while now, but now it is time to move on to the next step. Typically, our night-time routine goes like this: 9:00 pm brush teeth, say goodnight, and then 1 episode [...]
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The battle of the BPA-free baby bottles
With all the hoopla over Bisphenol A (BPA) in clear plastics, the choices that a new mother has to make are daunting. Despite the fact that the BPA scare has been around for a while now, most baby products still contain BPA…
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Jake says his first sentence!
Every new milestone that you reach with baby is so exciting, especially if you have a child with developmental delays. When Jake was 15 months old, he was diagnosed with craniosynostosis. You’re probably thinking the same thing I was..cranio-what?! It’s a condition where the bones in his skull start to fuse to [...]
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Update: Hip X-Rays for a 1-Year-Old?
Good news! Baby Charlie does not have a problem with his hips. The doctor called today to confirm that the x-ray showed everything is normal. So, it turns out mommy intuition was right on this one…
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Hip X-Rays for a 1-Year-Old?
Charlie had his one year doctor’s appointment on Friday. I was expecting him to get his weight and height percentages, chickenpox vaccine, measles vaccine and tuberculosis test (under the skin). All of those things happened as expected. Charlie is in the 50th percentile for weight at 21 lbs, 5 ozs. He is in the 90th percentile for height at 31 inches long. And his head is well rounded…always in the 50th percentile. Charlie handled the vaccines pretty well. I sat on the table holding him in my arms. The nurse was quick with the needle. Charlie shed a few tears and then he was done. (I wanted to shed a few tears but I held it together.) At this point, things turned in a less than expected direction. The doctor asked if Charlie was…
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Flex Sigamajig
I tried eating low-carb in an effort to lose the extra pounds. It was a diet that I had great success with before I was pregnant. However, nowadays, I noticed that when I go on a low-carb diet, I have constipation problems. At first it was just going number 2 [...]
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