Baby Health & 101

Are good sleepers born that way, or are they molded? My daughter was the rare infant who slept through the night almost from birth, waking at our direction for feedings. Things weren't always perfect, but we dutifully followed the guidance in Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks and used … [Read more...] about Are Good Sleepers Born or Molded?

The crooning of the white noise machine. The sweet refrain of lullabies in the nursery. The glorious sound of silence in the small hours. Oh right, and the deafening wails that pierce the twilight. I thought those angst-filled harmonies had ended after we sleep trained my daughter as an … [Read more...] about I Won’t Go to Sleep: The Toddler Remix

My daughter is on the cusp of her third birthday, and I know enough now to say the twos were not so terrible after all. Two-year-olds are known for temper tantrums and wild, drop-of-the-hat mood swings. And yes, this was the year of the tantrum, and of new fears and nightmares. But the … [Read more...] about The (Not So) Terrible Twos

There it was again. A persistent blinking in my daughter's left eye that seemed to come and go, but was growing disturbingly more noticeable. The pediatrician determined that nothing physically was wrong with our toddler, but diagnosed the problem as an eye tic -- one of a bevy of fairly … [Read more...] about Toddler Tics

Gifts, games and guests. There was the requisite oohing and aahing over tiny onesies and baby books, and a lot of laughter. Of course, mingling was a little trickier during the shower I threw over the weekend. But we are talking about a virtual baby shower, after all. As many of us … [Read more...] about How to Throw a Virtual Baby Shower