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.

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.

Dad, do you feel as if you are having trouble bonding with your baby?  Many dad’s feel as if it is harder to bond with their newborn baby, especially, if mom chooses to breast feed their baby.  If you are feeling left out and can’t participate in your baby’s feedings, use these 15 tips to [...]

• 04, 15, 2013
• /  Category Parenting, The First Year
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   8 Comments.

My son was still running a fever all day yesterday so I decided to schedule him an appointment to go see the doctor.  We got to the doctor’s office and my son was talking up a storm and seemed happy.  He wasn’t acting sick at all and I was worried that the doctor wouldn’t find [...]

• 03, 29, 2013
• /  Category The First Year, Toddler, Young Children
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   No Comments.

Infants and toddlers seems as if they are constantly sick for the first years of their life, especially, if they attend daycare.  When my son was younger and we put him in daycare, it seemed as if he was sick with something every few weeks.  We have to alternate days off and one of us [...]

• 03, 21, 2013
• /  Category Parenting, The First Year
• /  Posted By Christy
• /   7 Comments.