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It’s 9/11 once again. Thank you to all of the men and women who are fighting to protect our country and our freedom. To some this is just another day and the fact that men and women are making the ultimate sacrifice for us doesn’t really sink in. For others who have loved ones serving […]
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This has been an insanely long week for Annabelle and I. She hasn’t wanted to sleep in her crib at all, she woke up about 30 min after I wrote my last post and refused to go back into her crib until tonight. Every time I get up off the rocker or start lowering her […]
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Life has been a little crazy for the past few weeks, we’ve had 2 trips to the pediatrician. The first one was for fluid buildup in her ears – antibiotics again. The second trip was because after the antibiotics for the ear infection Annabelle was still very fussy and not sleeping well. Turns out she […]
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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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Oh my goodness it’s been a busy week, I’m soooo glad it’s Friday. If you read my last post you know that Annabelle was being ridiculously fussy on Monday. Turns out her little ears are filled with fluid. She started grabbing at her ears a little on Tuesday and really didn’t sleep or let me […]
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It’s night like tonight that are the hardest, physically, of being a mom. The emotional rollercoaster of being a mom is one thing but the exhaustion of being a working mom is something else entirely. And it’s only Monday. Oh no! Today was my students first day back at school and since I teach pre-k […]
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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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Annabelle is on her way to crawling, woohoo! Though she’s not there yet she is scooting backwards and sideways. She spends a lot of time on her tummy because we all know the importance of tummy time and giving our babies enough time to explore moving around. Annabelle spends time on the floor, carpet, rubber […]
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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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So I’m sitting here writing while Annabelle’s in her room getting her last bottle of the night. Form a sitter. Yes, a sitter. I had to remove myself from the room when Annabelle started crying because I just wanted to grab her and hold her and tell her it would be ok. But that kind […]
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