Music for baby, shake it!

Chris says: A baby having his own MP3 player!? Like, OMG. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for this very cool gadget. And props to cousin Linus for letting Owen test his before buying; and for burning some of his CD’s. It’s the Sansa Shaker by Sandisk and it’s an MP3 player for young ‘n’s. Though [...]

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Wrangle them li’l rascals!

Chris says: With our little monster’s new found mobility, we’ve had to finally do some baby proofing to the house. Resistance is futile. Your house will look like a baby lives there, whether you like it or not!  Of course we don’t mind this, as long as the stuff we get blends into the house [...]

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Knocked Up

Chris says: We’re gonna have to change our little slogan up there! No more “2 babies.” If you’re not one of the lucky few I’ve told by now, it’s true… she couldn’t keep her hands off me.  My wife went and got herself knocked up. Yah, I had nothing to do with it, I just [...]

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Baby’s gone wild

Chris says: A couple days ago, I wondered if I was in trouble. My questions have been answered. How is that ALL OF A SUDDEN he realizes he can get around and get into all sorts of mayhem.  What happened to our “little baby??”  Here are some shots of this morning’s activity time… What’s the [...]

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Not ANOTHER supplement!?

Dudes, aren’t there already too many additives and supplements to stuff in your baby’s mouth, other than his/her daily diet? As if it’s not time-consuming enough to prepare the morning grub, I also have to pour down baby’s gullet a dropper full of vitamin fluid and a teaspoon of fish-oil (dha). Sometimes I toss them in the cereal, [...]

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Car seat update

Chris says: Recently, I blogged about discovering that (as a result of our minor car accident) our car seat (infant carrier) manufacturer specified that the seat must be replaced when involved in any type of accident.  A reader (I believe his wife actually!) informed us that the other party’s insurance (since liable for the rear-ender) [...]

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Baby Einstein “scam”

Chris says: A few months ago I blogged about Baby Einstein, (see “Baby Einstein or Baby duh-duh”), wondering if something like this was really effective at increasing intelligence, or just a good distraction while you get chores done. It seems a headline today may help answer my question. I still think something like this CAN [...]

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Reading: whole word vs. phonics

Chris says: Ya’ll might remember my multiple posts on reading. I’m not sure what our fascination is with it. I guess it’s been drilled into us that the better/faster they learn to read, the smarter they’ll be. Riiiiiiiight. So it’s another one of those debates/feuds/controversies: whole word or phonics? The history of it all is [...]

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Petting Zoo

Chris says: When you live in the sticks like we do, you have to improvise with certain things.   Don’t let your kid be a home-body. If you want to expose him/her to some things that you just can’t get in your area, my advice is ” do it yourself.” For example, we don’t have any type [...]

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When devices fail

Chris says: I know it sounds elementary but I remember wondering…. how will we know when he’s outgrown these things; all these “devices” we’ve blown our wad on….his swing, this bouncer, this Bumbo, this chair, etc…  Well, I guess it’s pretty easy to find out…  Looks funny here but can be dangerous so keep your [...]

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