Rub a dub dub, when is it time to graduate from the tub? Almost
three quarters of you have babies that love the bath, but there comes a time when children start eyeing the shower. We're not quite there yet, though my 2-year-old son definitely wonders why his big sister sometimes washes off standing up.
A child by another name is still your child. You spent months agonizing over what name to give your lil one and then one day she decided that she'd go by something different. Most tots have wild imaginations so it's hilarious to hear what they come up with.
An outing to the movies can make a parent nervous. My kids both had their first silver screen experience as infants zipped up in my husband's jacket. For older tots, some movie theaters offer up booster seats to make your lil ones more comfortable or serve kid meals during the film.
My mailbox is filled with catalogs from every toy, children's clothing, and food company known to man these days. Every day, I haul the load to our kitchen table and my daughter gets to work, furiously flipping through the pages and pointing to the items she wants. I used to do the same thing as a child.
Yoga enthusiasts can be really into their art so it's not surprising that many like to include their children in the practice. These adorable 100 percent organic shirts from
Yoli Poli ($29) may help encourage tot participation. Cute images of babies performing yoga poses adorn the tees that are the outgrowth of their creator's desire to create the perfect yoga mat.
If there's one thing my daughter is afraid of it's shots! She knows the second we walk into the doctor's office that she may be pricked at the end of the visit. Anticipating flu season, we both went to get our vaccines and I stumbled upon a trick to ease the torture.
When you tire of dressing your wee one in bears, polka dots, and ribbons, get your tot to a posh piece of apparel from the fashionable line
Kit and Lili. The modern designs are a departure from the cutesy pastels that often find their way into baby boutiques. Instead, Kit and Lili thrives on bright colors, funky animals, and mod prints.
Like Puss in Boots says at the end of Shrek 2, "Isn't we supposed to be having a fiesta!?" Lil niños dressed up in Mexican gear always make me smile. Whether you have a wee Frida Kahlo or handsome lil Benicio del Toro on your hands, the threads from
Little Poco are sure to turn any darling into an enchanted princesa or sassy papito.
Friends keep asking if my daughter knows that she is getting a sibling. My answer to that is, "Sort of." She can nod her head when asked if there's a baby growing in mommy's tummy, but I don't think she understands that life is actually developing.
Seeing your infant in pain can be devastating for newborn parents. I've heard of many a mother that can't bear to watch her babe get his first round of shots so she makes the dad do the dirty work.
Having always been the tough skinned mama, I recently cried with my daughter at one of her doctor's visits for the first time in her two years of life.
