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Banana Bites

Catherine is a mama of two, and runs my favorite children’s food blog, Weelicious. Since I’m always looking for healthy, delicious and easy recipes that I can make for Charlie and Olive, I asked her to share a recipe that her own kids love. Below she shares her recipe for Banana Bites — an all-time […]

Treating Toddler Constipation

Charlie has had trouble with constipation on and off for the past 8 months. We’ve tried addressing it by making dietary changes, but over the past month the problem has just been getting worse. I fear that the problem may largely be psychological because Charlie has been on Miralax for the past week, but he’s […]

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Cultivating Young Readers: Creating a Literate Environment

Last time, we talked about library visits with little ones. So, now that you’ve got oodles of books, I want to talk about creating a literate environment at home! A literate environment is just fancy lingo for a place that encourages reading and writing. In the classroom, we make sure we have ample space for […]

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Celebrating the Milestones

See these faces? It’s a picture of two ladies who had big things to celebrate! That was Baby H and me just last week when she turned 9 weeks old. It was a pretty big day! Baby H and I each chose to hit some major milestones. Baby H rolled over from belly to back! […]

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Rapidly Expanding

As expected, I’m growing. And growing. And growing.

first time trying rice cereal

feeding an 8 month old

The pediatrician gave us the go-ahead to start Baby Jumper on solids at four months.  We started with rice cereal, which we made into a soupy pancake-like mix.  Baby Jumper did surprisingly well at eating from a spoon and swallowing solid food for the very first time.  At four and a half months, we slowly […]

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The Best Parenting Book I’ve Ever Read

I stumbled upon a rave review of a book, How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. I read the book in one night and it was so good that it fundamentally transformed my relationship with Charlie within 24 hours. There are so many nuggets of wisdom in this book […]

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