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Infant Socialization in the Age of Social Distancing
While children under the age of two aren’t being seriously hampered by social distancing, these tips offer some concrete ways to help your baby develop.
11 Tips to Working from Home with a Baby in the Age of Coronavirus
Working from home’s not new to me. As a freelancer, clothing-optional has always been my default work attire and the home office has always been “11 Tips to Working from Home with a Baby in the Age of Coronavirus”
Love in a Cup
In the four years we dated and five years we’ve now been married, we’ve never spent this much time together — until now.
I used to tell people we got along better the more we were apart.
Back then, it was probably true. We both needed our space to grow, pursue — push. Time apart gave us the freedom to do that, to push and push and push throughout the day and then crash back together. Minds tired. Bodies exhausted. Souls ready to decompress.
Working Out with a Baby (and have fun doing it!)
This post includes an upbeat baby workout playlist, exercises to do while holding a baby, and workout moves to keep your baby entertained. Jump to “Working Out with a Baby (and have fun doing it!)”
Why Did I Sign up for the Amazon Associates Program?
Lately, I’ve found myself slipping books off the shelf, ones I haven’t opened in years. I thumb through the pages. I read a sentence here “Why Did I Sign up for the Amazon Associates Program?”
Raising a Baby with a Rottweiler
Around here, big is just the way we do things. Garrett and I are big people, with a big baby and a big dog.
A really big dog in fact. A 111-pound Rottweiler with a head that comes up to my waist and a mouth that devours cookies like they never existed. While his bark is loud and his frequent talking can scare most people, Zeus would like nothing more to cuddle. Or play fetch. Or chase our remote control car. In short, we couldn’t have asked for a better family pet.
Taco Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes (Pantry-Friendly)
Taco Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes is a hearty, pantry-friendly meal that can help you limit food waste. Jump to the recipe! BABY WIPES… I keep “Taco Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes (Pantry-Friendly)”
I Shower My Baby, Here’s How
Baths are standard protocol in the world of babies. And there’s nothing wrong with that. In fact, as a tiny tot, I was pretty jealous of all those kids who had bath toys and soap chalk.
But as a 6-foot woman, I find them less than enjoyable. Especially because at the end I feel like I need a shower anyway. Perhaps it’s because I was raised a shower baby. My dad would take me “up the water shaft” and my mom taught me to thoroughly rinse the big girl conditioner (once I was using big girl conditioner).