Mission:  Getting Toddler to Fall Asleep on His Own:  Accomplished
Wed, 10/12/08 – 21:44 | 3 Comments

About 8 weeks ago, we started on a mission that we thought would be impossible.  It was to get our toddler, Smarty Pants, to fall asleep at night on his own, without us in the …

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Baby Teething: Dealing with Teething Pain
Monday, 24 Nov, 2008 – 6:03 | No Comment
Baby Teething:  Dealing with Teething Pain

If you managed to survive The Period of Purple Crying with your baby, your next big hurdle will be to overcome teething and teething pain.  Going through baby teething can be a frustrating ordeal for …

Another (controversial?) way to calm a fussy or crying baby
Monday, 8 Sep, 2008 – 9:45 | One Comment
Another (controversial?) way to calm a fussy or crying baby

I did a search on this topic before starting to write this, and found that people are not necessarily on the same page with this calming technique.  So I want to start this post by …

Rediscovering another calming baby hold
Tuesday, 26 Aug, 2008 – 20:39 | 3 Comments
Rediscovering another calming baby hold

Hi all,
Last night I was carrying my 1 month old daughter around and the usual techniques didn’t seem to be working.  I was on the verge of a collapse worse than Britney Spears after a …

More thoughts on calming a crying or fussy baby
Friday, 8 Aug, 2008 – 22:04 | 2 Comments
More thoughts on calming a crying or fussy baby

Well, our daughter has had a bit of evening fussiness lately, so I have been spending a few of my past evenings helping to calm her to sleep. So, since this is the freshest topic …

What would we do without our Didymos?
Thursday, 7 Aug, 2008 – 20:37 | 4 Comments
What would we do without our Didymos?

We carry our newborn in a Didymos Sling wherever we go. We used the same sling with our first born as well. The amount of mileage we have gotten out of it so far is …

Staying calm while calming the baby
Tuesday, 5 Aug, 2008 – 22:46 | 4 Comments
Staying calm while calming the baby

Hey all,
Didn’t think I was going to get to this blog entry tonight… it is getting late and our newborn daughter has had some difficulty getting settled and to sleep tonight. So I have spent …