Soothing Your Baby

February 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Family

I can probably count on 2 hands the number of times my oldest daughter has not slept through the night since she was born – and she’s almost 4! My younger daughter though? She’s 1 and is constantly waking up crying. What can we do?

Last night, she started crying around 9 or 9:30 pm (she had been in bed since 7:30). We rocked her, we gave her baby Motrin (in case she’s teething and in pain), we gave her a second bottle… Nothing worked. She cried until after 11pm, when I finally gave her a 3rd bottle for the night and she FINALLY fell asleep.

I’m tired and I’m desperate. Does anyone have any ideas? What can we do when she starts these crying fits? Have you found any tricks that work? Please share it with me!

Tags: baby, crying, sleeping, soothing

My Hands Are Clean, Are Yours?

November 9, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Family, Health

Between the flu season and the H1N1 epidemic, it’s more important than ever to safeguard your family. Yesterday we had to take our 3 year old to the ER; she was diagnosed with pneumonia. A bacterial infection she got from someone who probably didn’t wash their hands before coming in contact with our little darling.

We can’t be there 100% of the time to protect them, but we do our best. Infants are especially susceptible to infection and this flu season is going to be brutal.

So let me ask you something. Have you ever been at the mall with your baby and a stranger (or worse, their kid with the sniffles) walked right up and stuck their [germy] hand right into your stroller to touch your baby? I have, and it still gives me the willies. How dare they take such liberties?

My nephew was born 3 months premature. An infection like the flu is down right dangerous for a preemie. The hospital sent her home with a little sign to attach to her baby carrier asking people to wash their hands before coming in contact with the baby. A year later, I borrowed her baby carrier for my youngest (it still had the sign on it). Everywhere I went, other moms asked where I got the sign because they wanted one. Turns out, my sister had the same experience. So I did some research.

I finally located the sign online; it’s a pretty simple design. Being the crafty person I am, I decided to try to improve upon it. It’s copywrited, so I altered my signs significantly. And I made one major change – I use eco-friendly and non-toxic ink instead of a screen-printing process which I’ve been told by several printers is toxic.

This flu season, protect your precious little baby. And while you’re at it, support a great cause. 10% of all November sales will be donated to Operation Shower, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that recognizes and honors the sacrifices military families make by producing and coordinating unit-wide baby showers and “showers in a box” for pregnant or expecting military families in a deployment or high stress situation.

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