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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The Dad Jam is in Print!
Friday, 5 Dec, 2008 – 22:07 | 2 Comments
The Dad Jam is in Print!

I just received a copy of the Waikato Home Birth Association’s News Magazine in the mail, and was excited to see that four of the Dad Jam’s jams made it into print there!
So I just …

Mind Maps: A Way to Relieve Toddler Tantrums
Sunday, 30 Nov, 2008 – 22:10 | 4 Comments
Mind Maps:  A Way to Relieve Toddler Tantrums

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Paul Foreman from Mind Map Inspiration.  Paul shared the concept of Mind Maps with me, and told me how they could be used to divert or distract …

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 …

Ideas for starting a baby bedtime routine
Tuesday, 14 Oct, 2008 – 12:33 | 2 Comments
Ideas for starting a baby bedtime routine

Many people wonder when and how to implement a bedtime routine with their baby.  You can’t really read your baby a bedtime story, so what do you do to signal to your baby that it …

The Period of Purple Crying
Tuesday, 23 Sep, 2008 – 8:34 | One Comment
The Period of Purple Crying

I’ve seen a lot of posts on other blogs lately about crying babies and they inspired me to write this article, especially because our daughter, who I will call Sweet Cheeks, has also been crying …

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 …