My husband I had decided to take the Lamaze childbirth prep classes at our hospital. In all honesty, we mostly signed up for the experience of it – you know, bringing us together and sharing in all “baby related” experiences. At 33 weeks, we were in the second class of a two part series.
Here’s my [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 30, 2008
Do you need a birth plan?
January 30, 2008
Expanding Baby, Toddler and Beyond
I am proud to announce that Baby, Toddler and Beyond will now include posts from Jen, our newest contributor. She will be sharing her experiences as a new mom and add another perspective to this site.
This means that this site is getting a little closer to my goal of Real Parents sharing Real Experiences, Right [...]
January 17, 2008
Asthma Linked to Antibiotic Use?!?!
In Parenting Magazine (November, 2007) there was a short blurb on antibiotic use which stated, “Babies who take more than four course of [antibiotics] during their first year are one and a half times more likely to develop asthma by age 7, according to a new study.” (p. 45)
My first reaction was, “Oh No!!! Becca [...]
January 15, 2008
Airplane Travel Tips (Child on lap)
Below is a list of tips that I have compiled over the past few weeks. A few were suggested to me and I figured out a few on my own.
Use a Hot-Sling or simple sling– A few people recommended using a Hot Sling for carrying Becca in the airport because it is less hassle then [...]
January 13, 2008
The Traveling Trio
Omar, Becca and I have been in travel mode since December 21st. Since then we have either been preparing for a trip or recovering from a trip (currently we are in recovery mode). During that time, we celebrated Christmas in Massachusetts with my family (Dec. 21st- Dec. 23rd), we celebrated Christmas and New Year’s Eve [...]
January 4, 2008
Goals for the New Year
We just returned from 10 days of family/holiday traveling. My head is still spinning and we are still adjusting back to real life plus we are all sick! Becca has pink eye (both eyes), an ear infection (both ears) and a pretty severe cold. Both Omar and I have pretty major colds as well. Each [...]
