Andrea’s Weblog

Here are some of my favorite parenting links: Ask Dr. Sears for parenting advice La Leche League for breastfeeding support Attachment Parenting International to learn about our parenting style Mama Toto – who knew there were so many ways to wear a baby? The Baby Wearer more info on how to wear a baby Peppermint [...]

Elizabeth isn’t much of a TV watcher. She’s in love with Elmo (Melmo) and has a bunch of Elmo toys, but has never seen the show. I keep meaning to Tivo an episode of Sesame Street, but it never seems to happen. I figure it’s a slippery slope. Once she realizes that they make TV [...]

I think this is only the second time Elizabeth has gotten sick. She’s got a runny nose and cough accompanied by lots of drool. I can’t figure out if the drool is because she is teething again or if it’s a side-effect from keeping her mouth open to breathe. For the last 3 days her [...]

We kiss boo-boos around here. Elizabeth falls down on her hands, cries boo-boo, I kiss her hands, it’s all better. It’s great that one kiss can stop the tears in a millisecond. I just had to explain to her that not all boo-boos are kissable. For example, her diaper rash, although it is a boo-boo, [...]

Elizabeth was in the closet the other day playing with our shoes. It didn’t take her long to find a nice pair of high heels. She put them on in the closet and walked a few steps in them and then onto the tile floor of our bathroom. The look on her face when the [...]

Yesterday was Elizabeth’s 18 month check-up. She is 35 inches tall and 23.8 pounds. That makes her a full 3 inches taller than an average 18-month-old according to the charts. Crazy! She’s still slightly below average in weight though, so you can imagine how tall and skinny she is. Last weekend at a baby shower [...]

Shopping with a toddler is like shopping with a traveling circus – you never know what to expect and you always attract a crowd. Last weekend Elizabeth and I headed to Columbia, SC for a much-needed clothes shopping expedition. It seems that my “mom” clothes (the ones I buy on sale at Target so I [...]