Today my youngest got to spend the day with me, he started running a low grade fever last night and acted like he didn’t feel very good.  I decided that is was best to keep him home from daycare so that he could get some extra rest while I monitored his fever.  It was nice [...]

• 05, 14, 2013
• /  Category Parenting, Toddler
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   6 Comments.

Do you remember playing Ring Around the Rosie as a child?  I do!  I remember playing this game when I was fairly young.  When my son came home from daycare a few days ago saying “posies, posies” while grabbing his older brother’s hand.  I was trying to figure out what he was talking about.  My [...]

• 05, 08, 2013
• /  Category Parenting, Toddler, Young Children
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   5 Comments.

Do you want your child to be polite in public?  Do you want them to say “please” and “thank you” when they are offered things?  If so, it is important that you begin teaching your child how to have appropriate manners early on.  In fact, the earlier you begin teaching your child the better off [...]

• 05, 07, 2013
• /  Category Parenting, The First Year, Toddler, Young Children
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   3 Comments.

I moved from Texas to North Carolina, when my daughter was almost 5 months old.  It took us about a month to get settled into our new home.  After we got settle it was time to begin determining what the next step was to correct my daughter’s hearing loss.  Being new to the area, I [...]

• 05, 02, 2013
• /  Category Blogs From Mom, Parenting, The First Year, Toddler, Young Children
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   6 Comments.

Once I received news that my daughter failed her repeat newborn hearing screening, we were quickly referred to the local children’s hospital and to an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor for further evaluation.  Things moved fairly quickly and my daughter was scheduled to have another type of hearing test to determine how much hearing [...]

• 05, 01, 2013
• /  Category Blogs From Mom, Parenting, The First Year
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   4 Comments.

I remember the day that I went into labor with my daughter, we were out celebrating my mother’s birthday and just as I was getting ready to crawl into bed.  I heard a pop and knew instantly that my water had broke.  Of course, I should have known better but I immediately ran to the [...]

• 04, 30, 2013
• /  Category Blogs From Mom, Parenting, The First Year
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   5 Comments.

Yesterday when I went to pick up my son from daycare, he was playing and having a great time.  The teacher was letting all of the kids in his classroom play with puzzles and my son was trying very hard to get the puzzle pieces into the right spot.  It was fun to watch him [...]

• 04, 24, 2013
• /  Category Infant, Parenting, The First Year, Toddler, Toddler, Toys & Games
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   1 Comment.

Does your newborn constantly have scratch marks on their face?  As a mom, this used to drive me crazy because I didn’t want my beautiful babies face all scratched up.  When my oldest son was a baby, I found these cute mittens that covered up his hands to keep him from scratching up his face [...]

• 04, 23, 2013
• /  Category Grooming, Health and Safety, Parenting, Reviews, The First Year
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   6 Comments.

A few weeks ago, I decided that it was time to let my son pick out a potty seat.  We choose to get a potty seat that easily fits on the regular toilet, so that I wouldn’t have to retrain him to use the big potty once he had potty training down.  Besides that the [...]

• 04, 18, 2013
• /  Category Parenting, Toddler
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   3 Comments.

Babies will never judge their parents for the amount of stuff that they had when they were little or didn’t have when they were babies.  In fact, most babies only need a few basic necessities in order to be adequately cared for and they don’t need a bunch of fancy things.  A baby will use [...]

• 04, 16, 2013
• /  Category Parenting, The First Year
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   4 Comments.