It has been a while since I’ve posted here due to vacation, family in town for the holidays, medical issues, and just plain tiredness. As most of you know, being a mama is truly exhausting! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays – Christmas, Chanukah, Festivus, and whatever else you may celebrate. 2007 is creeping up on us now. This New Year’s Eve, we are staying home. Surprisingly, so are...

Today we went to one of my friend’s son’s first birthday party. My son and him play together all the time and it is so cute to see them recognize each other, wave hello and good bye and be genuinely excited to see one another. The party was very adorable and every detail was done just so. I remember around the time of my son’s first birthday and the parties of kids around his age. I was clueless...

Happy Monday everyone. Once again for those of you that have taken the weekend off from Baby Talkers, I bring to you some of the posts you may have missed. My son has recently started this really whiny, annoying stage that is driving me crazy. I’ve started doing some reading, trying to figure out how to handle this behavior. One thing I have come across is the time-out method. Some say it works, others...

There is still time to get those last minute gifts.

Fifteen things about my baby: 1.Places he’s been: ASIA: Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Narita & Kobe – Japan ; Singapore ; Bangkok, Phuket & Khao Lak, Thailand ; EUROPE: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Brugge, Belgium; US: Honolulu, Hawaii ; Florida ; on Tuesday we can add Vail, Colorado 2.Words he says: ball, book, bird, bus, beep beep, mama, dada, apple, more, what’s that?, baby, banana, duck,...

One of the members of the Baby Talkers forums is nearing her estimated due date and was inquiring about labor information and experiences. She has a lot of great questions, such as: what to take in your hospital bag? did you have an epidural? what do contractions feel like? and even how to deal with depriving your husband of sex for 6 weeks post-partum. Feel free to chime in and give your insight.

Another precious baby has joined the BT clan. I’m sorry this is so late, but huge congratulations to Mommy KeelyKay on the birth of her precious little boy, Gavin Asher. Gavin was born on Tuesday, December 5 at 3:19pm. He weighed 7lbs 7oz and measured 19.5″ long. To read more about Gavin and his mommy, you can subscribe to the journals.