Today I took my son for his 4-month well baby visit. We waited an hour and a half in the waiting room while a handful of kids were screaming and running around and peering their heads into my baby’s stroller while he was sleeping. At all my previous visits, I was let right into the office and sent to a private waiting room until the doctor came in shortly. I didn’t realize that once they hit 4 months,...

Who am I kidding? I only gained 17 lbs during my pregnancy and the kid came out weighing 8 lb 3 oz. By the time we came home from the hospital, I had lost all my weight and by the time he was a week old, my stomach was back to normal. Then the sleepless nights started, the stress from baby crying and of course the ravenous appetite due to breastfeeding came on and I started to put on weight. 3 1/2 months post...

Today was a real milestone day. He grabbed a rattle out of my hands and was holding his baby einstein color blocks just babbling away nonstop and it occured to me that he is growing so quickly. Soon he will really start interacting and playing with his toys and we don’t have that many. So, I went online and ordered some new toys. The BebeSounds Fuss-No-More sounded good. Stops wiggles and starts giggles...

BabyCenter is running a storewide 10% off sale with coupon code: 21996535.   Get halloween costumes for infants, costumes for 6-18 months, and even halloween costumes for toddlers.   Offer expires Sunday October 16th 2005 *This offer may not be aplied to every item at BabyCenter so pay attention when adding items to cart which qualifies for discount.   There is still time to get your baby a Halloween...

39 year old Michelle Duggar gave birth to her 16th child with husband Jim Bob. All 16 kids have a name beginning with the letter “J”. There’s Joshua, 17; Twins – John David & Janna, 15; Jill, 14; Jessa, 12; Jinger, 11; Joseph, 10; Josiah, 9; Joy-Anna, 8; another set of twins – Jeremiah & Jedidiah, 6; Jason, 5; James, 4; Justin, 2; Jackson Levi, 1; and now Johannah....

In what is considered to be one of the most tragic things to happen to a family with a newborn, SIDS affects 2,000 babies each year. However, a new study shows that the best chance for SIDS prevention is an open crib. Babies should be put to sleep with pacifiers in their own cribs — not in their parents’ beds — to minimize the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, according to new recommendations...

With a new baby you tend go camera crazy. At least I did and still do. A great piece of software that can crop pictures, eliminate red eye, and add special effects to all of your pictures is Picasa. I’m sure you will appreciate that not only is this the best photo organizer for the average joe, but its also a free download. I find it extremely easy to create folders and get to which pictures I need in...