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    Book Review: Secrets of the Baby Whisperer

    April 11, 2011 / 9 Comments
    I have to confess that I didn’t have a chance to thoroughly read The Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. I still use two hands to breastfeed, which means I only get to read when Henry is napping. Since I had to return some books to the library, my reading time was only about an hour. So I guess I should call it a “Book Scan” instead of a real “Book Review.”

    Based on my one-hour glimpse through the book, I would definitely recommend this book to those of you who are trying to learn more about living with newborns. The author takes a very moderate approach between the “cry

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    DIY: Happy Birthday Flag

    April 7, 2011 / 1 Comment

    I decided to jump on the blogger bandwagon and take photos of my son to commemorate some of his age milestones. I’m not as diligent as the folks over at Young House Love, so I will not be taking his photo every single week. Instead, I’ll do it once a month for the first year and then once a year for every subsequent year. The vision is that he will sit in the same chair and hold the same flag each year. I can already see his begrudging 13 year-old face when I ask him to pose for that year’s photo…

    I wanted to make the project as simple

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    Enter to Win

    April 6, 2011 / 3 Comments

    Henry – The Gambler from Sara Matthew Hoss Hop-sing Clem on Vimeo

    My zany Partner in Awesomeness is hosting a Dance/Sing Along Video Contest over on his blog!

    [Editor’s Note: Please don’t ask me what the prize is. It’s the same kind of thing Matt gave me for birthday after birthday and Christmas after Christmas until I finally decided that I couldn’t stomach a lifetime of said present and I finally had to have the baby-I-love-you-but-you-need-to-get-better-at-picking-out-presents-since-we’re-in-this-for-the-long-haul conversation.]

    You can view our entry above and head over to his blog to enter!

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