Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Health, Preventative medicine, Safety, parenting, toddlers on Feb 22nd, 2010
I’ve had three really scary choking kid experiences in my life. Two with my own kids, one with a friend’s kid. The one with the friend’s kid happened first. It was five years ago. We were out at a Mexican restaurant eating lunch. My friend gave her then-18-month-old a tortilla chip. He ate it and [...]
Posted in Emotional development, toddlers on Jan 14th, 2010
Over the Christmas holidays we went to the Long Island Children’s Museum. While we were there, one of my friends ran into one of her old friends. The girl had a 9-month-old and a three-year-old. We started chatting. She asked me how my big girl liked becoming a big sister. She wanted to know, she [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Going Green, Health, Safety, Toxins on Jan 12th, 2010
I was reading a story in today’s Newsday. (Well, ExploreLI, since I can’t read Newsday anymore since it ceased being free online.) The story, Ribbons and Curls at Spas for Girls, profiled a local spa designed just for little girls. Bathrobes and pedicures and pink lemonade in Champagne glasses. For $180, the salon will even [...]
Posted in Emotional development on Jan 5th, 2010
I was at a playdate today. Everyone was talking about television. Me, I was chasing around my crazy baby, so I wasn’t in the conversation. When I finally sat down one of my friends turned to me with a question: “Does Keira watch TV?” No, I said, feeling very uncomfortable. I know she’s seen my [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Sleep, toddlers on Nov 16th, 2009
I have two good sleepers. Both girls were sleeping through the night within a week or two. (And no, I didn’t nurse, so I know that has a lot to do with it. And yes, I got a lot of crap about not nursing. We’ll get to that in a separate post.) Today, my big [...]
Keira got a fever on Saturday. We never would have known aside from the fact that she felt like a hot water bottle when we picked her up. We took her temperature. 104.2 degrees. Wow. We called the doctor. Did she have any other symptoms, the doctor wanted to know. Coughing? Sneezing? Boogie nose? Nope. [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Environment, toddlers on Oct 26th, 2009
What did you do this weekend? I spent much of my Sunday in the bathroom.
Keira, who is 16-months-old, kept telling me, “Poop, Mommy, poop!” My older daughter, who asked me to “sit toilet” at 15 months, was fully day trained by 22 months, so I figured I’d better listen to her. Keira has asked me [...]
Posted in Dental care, Dentists, Health, Preventative medicine on Sep 30th, 2009
My daughter recently lost a tooth. She really lost it, too, since she was eating a bagel at the time. It got swallowed, never to be seen again. I warned her ahead of time that it was ready to fall out. I even asked her to let me help the loss along. I told [...]