Becoming Mamas

Poor Eleanor is learning to crawl.  I say poor because she has hit the rocking on hands and knees stage in a furious but so far futile attempt to move.  It’s the first thing she does when she wakes and the last thing she does before falling asleep.  Heck, she…

Continue reading Why Bed Sharing is Even Better the Second Time Around

Eleanor just turned 5 months old.  Which means the conversation around “sleep-training” and “cry-it-out” methods is well underway in the mama groups I follow.  While I’m admittedly anti-CIO, that’s not really the point of this post.  Instead I want to address the pressure that many parents feel to use CIO…

Continue reading Since Everyone Else Does a Cry-It-Out Post….Here’s Mine

I’m a member of a Facebook group of fellow April 2011 mamas – it’s great fun to chat with others who are going through the same things you are and to watch (at least virtually!) as our babies go through all the many milestones of their first year.  The first…

Continue reading Why Hello There World!! Or…The 4 Month Wakeful Period…It’s For Real!