Claire Beth and Maggie Ray preparing for their Easter Egg Hunt at MMO
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Weekend at the Beach
Georgia Forrest and Olivia Grace enjoy the early morning on our Beach weekend
Painting on the deck
Claire Beth painting
Maggie Ray painting
Maggie Ray playing in the sand
Claire Beth playing in the sand
Maggie Ray and Claire Beth enjoying the sand
Maggie Ray and Claire Beth turn 3!!
Maggie Ray and Claire Beth get rain boots
Poppie loves to color, the twins were willing to share, but they did ask for him to give it back....
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Hot Topics This Month
Here are some of the Hot Topics this Month:
1. Potty training
2. Eating or rather NOT EATING
3. Sleeping
4. Activities to keep children occupied
So do you have any topics that you would like to see addressed or want to ask about? You can post on the blog or send me an email. socbradshaw@yahoo.com
1. Potty training
2. Eating or rather NOT EATING
3. Sleeping
4. Activities to keep children occupied
So do you have any topics that you would like to see addressed or want to ask about? You can post on the blog or send me an email. socbradshaw@yahoo.com
For you parents who want real parenting advise, the sooner you acknowledge these four statements the easier it will be on you.
1. You can not make a child use the bathroom
2. You can not make a child sleep
3. You can not make a child talk
4. You can not make a child eat.
So relax, have fun with your child(ren) and don't try to make them do something that you have absolutely NO control over.
1. You can not make a child use the bathroom
2. You can not make a child sleep
3. You can not make a child talk
4. You can not make a child eat.
So relax, have fun with your child(ren) and don't try to make them do something that you have absolutely NO control over.
Feeding Infants
Recent question I have received is about feeding infants. I have to admit that this was not my strongest point when Olivia Grace was under 6 months, but seeing this as a weakness I tried to immerse myself in the topic and even spent years working closely with a feeding team. So my information is a combination of self experience, professional experience, education, reading and getting information from Pediatricians, feeding experts and other Moms.
When should I start feeding cereal or when is it too early to feed cereal?
Ok, here is my take on it, first of all I would advise you to discuss this with YOUR Pediatrician. Then if you want my other advise/opinion I would say, once you have had your 4 month check up and the Pediatrician has evaluated your child's eating habits and tolerances then you can try feeding him or her cereal. This is the absolute earliest I would start (just my opinion).
This is my opinion, but there is research that states that starting children too early on cereal/baby food can cause them to have more food allergies as well as stomach irritations. If you have a child that is fussy and you are feeding him or her cereal/baby food prior to the 4-6 month suggested time then it may be the food that is causing the fussiness. Babies are generally happy in nature so try to think about your child and eliminate ANY possibilities. Food, not having a definite schedule, sleep schedule, enough sleep time all can be contributors to fussiness. Although there can be any more contributors, these are only a few.
Many free that by feeding them cereal they will sleep longer, well, sleeping through the night has NOTHING to do with food. Sleeping through the night is due to brain development, a baby has to have a certain level of brain development in order to do this, it IS NOT FOOD.
When should I start feeding cereal or when is it too early to feed cereal?
Ok, here is my take on it, first of all I would advise you to discuss this with YOUR Pediatrician. Then if you want my other advise/opinion I would say, once you have had your 4 month check up and the Pediatrician has evaluated your child's eating habits and tolerances then you can try feeding him or her cereal. This is the absolute earliest I would start (just my opinion).
This is my opinion, but there is research that states that starting children too early on cereal/baby food can cause them to have more food allergies as well as stomach irritations. If you have a child that is fussy and you are feeding him or her cereal/baby food prior to the 4-6 month suggested time then it may be the food that is causing the fussiness. Babies are generally happy in nature so try to think about your child and eliminate ANY possibilities. Food, not having a definite schedule, sleep schedule, enough sleep time all can be contributors to fussiness. Although there can be any more contributors, these are only a few.
Many free that by feeding them cereal they will sleep longer, well, sleeping through the night has NOTHING to do with food. Sleeping through the night is due to brain development, a baby has to have a certain level of brain development in order to do this, it IS NOT FOOD.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Bathroom Repaint
Our bathroom repaint is finally complete.
The walls were originally a powder blue as shown below
I also painted the mirror
The finished wall color.
And the mirror painted black
Now I just have to finish accessorizing and all will be complete. This is much more me. I love color and am not scared of it so pale, powdery, pastel colors are not for me.Thank God for paint. Oh and by the way this is the FIRST room I have painted. I usually get Ashley to paint, but I did this one all by myself.
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