I know I don’t normally stray from writing about parenting related things, but I felt the need to share this. It’s extremely important. If you know anyone in the following states, the following applies to them. These are the fifteen states that offer STV (straight ticket voting, also sometimes known as SPV, straight party voting): 1. Alabama 2. Indiana 3. Iowa 4. Kentucky 5. Michigan 6. New Mexico 7....

Jett turned 8 weeks on Saturday and will officially be 2 months old tomorrow. Last night he truly slept through the night for the first time. He’s only been waking once a night for several weeks now, but last night he went to bed at 7:30 and didn’t wake up until 5:15 a.m. when his big brother woke up and went into his room.

“Findings of the Kaiser Permanente study released Monday suggest that using a fan while a baby is sleeping can reduce SIDS risk by 72 percent, athough the fan is to be used in conjunction with recommendations from earlier studies, such as having babies sleep on their backs. Conducted by the Division of Research of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, the study included 497 infants in 11 counties, including...

So, this is what happens when you leave my dad in charge. He and my mom were nice enough to offer to babysit the kids on Saturday night so my husband and I could go out alone to celebrate my birthday. Looks like they had fun, huh?

I don’t know if it’s just around here, but everyone is totally fascinated with my baby in his sling. It’s like they’ve never seen one before. When I’m walking around the bookstore, BJ’s, the mall, the hospital (visiting my best friend), and even going to my pediatrician’s office, I am the only one wearing my baby. Everyone else is either lugging around one of the crazy,...