What do you get when you add a toddler who doesn’t like to sleep with a newfound ability to climb out of his crib? A mother screaming:  HEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Tweet This Post

The megablog 5 Minutes for Mom, together with sponsor Prego (r), is hosting a “Fun with Food” Photo Contest. The grand prize is a $500 grocery card for a grocery chain in your area. Oh, I am SO IN for this contest! I don’t think I posted much about Eli’s first birthday in September – [...]

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(look below for a chance to play “Where’s November?”…sort of like “Where’s Waldo,” but in this case, what you’re looking isn’t actually there!)** One of my 101 Goals in 1001 Days is to digitally scrap and print Eli’s first year of life.  He turns 1yr old on Sunday, and I was trying to accomplish this [...]

Eli started taking steps a month or so ago, but still figured it was faster to crawl most places.  Sometime last week, though, the switch tripped and now he’s a full-time walker (and a part-time wannabe runner).  The dude is on TOTAL cruise control – it’s been a lot of fun trying to keep up [...]

First of all – for those of you concerned with my possible chemical dependency (coughcoughJamiecoughcough), rest assured that I weaned myself off the vicodin and have been on ibuprofin since yesterday morning.  My back is feeling SO MUCH better, though at times it still strums like a taut rubberband.  My husband braved the three hours [...]

With no warning whatsoever, baby Eli has chosen to stop nursing.  I tried feeding him yesterday morning, and he turned his head this way and that before reaching out and biting me for emphasis.  Not wanting to give up too easily, I tried again in the afternoon, only to have him threaten to bite me [...]

ELIJAH TOOK HIS FIRST STEPS TODAY!!!! Yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! _and_ Oh Nooooooooooooo! Tweet This Post

Eli turned 10 months old yesterday.  He seems caught somewhere between infant and toddler – he doesn’t seem like such a “baby” anymore, but he’s not walking yet, either.  What do they call kids at this in-between stage?  Maybe TROUBLE will do. Here’s life with Eli at a glance: still not sleeping through the night.  [...]

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