Ah, those sweet memories of babyhood with one bad mama! This week Eva mastered several new skills. Rolling over in both directions, holding a toy with both hands, shoving things into our mouth, screaming like a Banshee to get what we want, and spitting it all out when we don’t. The latter comes in especially handy when mommy [...]
In case you haven’t heard me begging for people to pay attention to the unintended consequences of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), I’m gonna say it again. This law is intended to protect kids from lead and some other dangers – what it does is go so far overboard that it is going [...]
Yesterday morning another lucky mama was born when my younger sister had her first baby. She had an easy pregnancy, so we had every reason to believe the delivery would be easy too. After more than 24 hours of labor, 6 pound 12 ounce Jami Jane was delivered by C-section at almost 6 AM. Rebecca [...]
I was sewing like the wind all day yesterday. Baby was pretty good and took two long naps (thank the powers that be, she is finally feeling better now that I am off dairy totally and she will actually nap!). I think it might have been my most productive sewing day ever. I cut out a [...]
Bumbo seats rock! Well, actually, they are stationary, but they are very cool. As you can see, Eva is very much enjoying her new seat. She wants to sit up and stand up, but she doesn’t have the muscle control yet. Sitting in the Bumbo makes her feel like she is still with us, even [...]
