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People were pointing at the stroller and laughing as we walked home this evening. I wonder why.... (continued)

I got six hours of sleep in a row last night. And eight and a half hours total. I can't remember the last time I got that much sleep. Oh wait, yes I can: November 27, 2006.... (continued)

I've mentioned the Rookie Moms before -- one of the projects they suggest is photographing a day in the life of your baby. I did it today, the first day of spring, and it was fun. You can see the... (continued)

Now that the baby is 3.5 months old I am starting to think about maybe looking for some kind of non-baby-related, remunerative activity on a part-time basis. I.e., a little work from home. Which is why I'm sitting here asking... (continued)

To prevent SIDs, pediatricians recommend that babies put down to sleep on their backs, and only their backs -- no more side-sleeping, you people with babies just a few years older than mine! And heaven forbid, no sleeping on the... (continued)

The baby's paternal grandparents -- i.e., E's parents -- are in town this weekend. This is their first time seeing the baby and at 3 1/2 months he's quite charming, smiling and cooing and babbling. The grandparents like to eat... (continued)

I'm dressed casually, in jeans and a light shirt, hair in a ponytail. I lean into the stroller to push it up the hill. At the top, I stop, bend down to replace the pacifier in the baby's mouth, and... (continued)

As you may have guessed by some of the titles I've borrowed from the library, we are in the market for a house. At first we said a condo or a house, but once we started dreaming of unfinished basements... (continued)

Other parents love to ask us: is the baby sleeping through the night yet? This is a loaded question that parents of older children especially love to ask parents of young infants, because they can gloat on two counts: first... (continued)

In what must be a first for me, I have five books checked out of the library, and none is fiction. Sleep: the Brazelton Way (Brazelton) Sleeping Through the Night (Mindell) Solving Your Child's Sleep Problems (Ferber) The Complete Idiot's... (continued)

Someone told me not to try to make a happy baby happier. Deep thought, eh? I interpret this to mean that a person blissfully staring into space does not need her mother to shake a rattle in her face. Brilliant... (continued)

He wouldn't do his trick for Grandma and Grandpa yesterday, but here is video proof that baby can roll onto his side: [If the video doesn't work for you try going to this page on YouTube and watching it there.]... (continued)