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Now that Annabelle has cute little teeth I need to figure out how to take care of them. You probably wouldn’t believe me if I told you how many of my PK kids at school have rotted out all their teeth and already have caps, so maybe I’m overly paranoid. I tend to be overly […]
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Originally one of the main ideas of this blog was to write about the challenges of losing the baby weight and somehow it morphed into an Annabelle show and tell. There’s just been so much going on that it so much more important. Even though the struggle with losing the weight is all-consuming sometimes it […]
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In one of my last posts I told you about the ‘windows of opportunity’ for when babies wire their little brains for certain things. I thought I’d share the rest of the ones we learned from Dr. Pam Schiller. Emotional Intelligence: 0-48 months Trust 0-14 months (now that you know this do you really want […]
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After an awesome summer I’m back at work teaching pre-k. We have a new curriculum this year that was created by some great specialists and one of our speakers was Dr. Pam Schiller. If you have a baby you need to know who she is, she’s fabulous! I’m telling you this because I learned some […]
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Should you buy those Baby Einstein videos or the ones for the reading babies? Probably not. Not only do babies not know what’s going on on screen TV watching can actually cause a delay in social, cognitive and language development. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against TV watching for children under the age of […]
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What do you do if your breastfeeding and having really terrible seasonal allergies? The drugs you can take when you’re pregnant or breastfeeding are few and far between. I’ve always wondered why you would want to take something that’s not safe for a fetus, how does it make it any safer for you? Yes adults […]
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In an attempt to figure out what food to give Annabelle next I’ve done some digging. We started with sweet potato then on to avocado, green beans, peas, carrots and asparagus. Annabelle refused both green beans and asparagus. So the goal is to give her something tomorrow that she’ll actually like. Apparently berries have some […]
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Let me begin by saying I am NOT a fan of antibiotics unless absolutely necessary. I feel that antibiotics, like many Many MANY other prescriptions are handed out like candy and cause a LOT more problems than they solve. Yes, I am pretty passionate about this so I won’t go off on a tangent, that’s […]
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