Since John Patrick started solids almost a month ago, I’ve been so focused on his eating that it was his daycare teacher who first noticed that he had cut a tooth. To make a long story short, here are all the symptoms I thought were caused by “carrots” but were indeed symptoms of teething: [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 26, 2008
Let’s Read~ A Review
In part of my effort to increase the likelihood of Becca speaking (reading and writing) Spanish and English, I requested all of the books from my local library on that topic. I’ve decided to review Leamos! (Let’s Read!) for Everything Educational Thursday.
Let’s Read! 101 Ideas to Help Your Child Learn to [...]
June 25, 2008
Becca and her GiGi
In Memory of my grandmother (1913-2008 )
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Mary Kate
June 19, 2008
Remembering My Grandmother
Some may remember that my grandmother just celebrated her 95th birthday, unfortunately, she passed away this week and I will be attending her funeral tomorrow morning. I am still a little in shock and can’t believe she had really passed. I had begun to believe that she would live forever and I could [...]
June 19, 2008
Walking Away
As part of my new gig at New Jersey Moms Blog, I was asked to read Writing Motherhood by Lisa Garrigues and write a thought-provoking response based on one of two prompts. The prompt I chose was the following one:
Good Enough. In her book, Lisa recounts a time she was a “bad” mother, first [...]
June 18, 2008
Hanging Out at Lowes
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June 17, 2008
Totspot – The Place to Be
Check out: www.totspot.com.
Jim (my hubby) found this amazing site and I am totally addicted. It’s an easy way to set up a website for your little ones that tracks everything going on in their lives. This is great for us because basically our entire family lives in Florida or places other than [...]
June 16, 2008
Growing in Leaps and Bounds
I wanted to take a moment to reflect on all that Becca is doing and saying these days. She is truly becoming her own little person and she is a joy to be around. Here are just a few random things that are going on with her at 21 mos.
She loves, loves, loves [...]
June 13, 2008
Overwhelmed by Solid Food
John Patrick is now 6 months old and so……..
Here comes the exciting new world of solid foods. Yay! So what do I do? I’ve talked to my pediatrician, googled it and still I’m totally confused. I get that I should introduce one food every 4 or 5 days in order to [...]
June 12, 2008
Another Great Multilingual Resource
I am always looking for support in raising Becca to read/write/speak in Spanish and English and The Multilingual Children’s Association site provides all sorts of support to me. I find that it offers a lot of simple and practical suggestions on how to raise a multilingual child as well as providing opportunities to connect with [...]
