Routine is said to be key when it comes to baby sleep habits. I took this to heart and have consistently provided a reliable routine to help my little one recognize that it is time to sleep. Ever since I was able to get her into her own crib she has been sleeping like a champ. I was on cloud nine, energetic, more organized, more tolerant and patient, and most of all – rested! This has changed slightly with the onset of a fever and learning to crawl, which I expected.
What I did not expect was the road block that has presented itself recently around naps! This child won’t let …
Trying out his new bike
Last week, the day Grandma and Grandpa arrived in fact, Nathan celebrated his fifth birthday! To say he was excited would be quite the understatement. He is, after all, five.
The day was a pretty quiet one, starting off with cinnamon rolls with dad for breakfast and playing with Emily and Joshua most of the morning. We had Chick-fil-A for lunch (his request), followed by naptime, then off to meet Grandma and Grandpa. Their favorite restaurant is Mike’s Farm out past the airport, so we had dinner there. Then, it was home for cupcakes and presents.
He got some fun presents including more Trio …
Does the laundry in your house multiply faster than bacteria in a petri dish? Do you ever find yourself increasingly frustrated because you’re running late and you can’t find anything to wear because most of your clothes are in the laundry? Is the carpet in your house disappearing underneath the dirty laundry that has long overflowed out of the basket? Have you ever had to dedicate an entire day just to doing 7 or more loads of laundry….. washing, drying, folding… and maybe putting away?
This used to be the story of my life. And then one day, after my umpteenth load of laundry, I decided I didn’t ever want to …
That's definitely the face of a genius. Haha
My family constantly tells me how intelligent my daughter is. She sit’s up straight and everyone says “Oh look at her posture! She’s so smart!” She get’s 7 teeth in 2 months and the response is “Babies her age just don’t do that!” At what point do you listen? Or don’t you? Everyone wants to believe that their child is a genius. It would be great to feel secure in their future. But is there a way to tell?
I’m not convinced that my daughter will be a Nobel Prize winner due to her rapid tooth arrival. She …
With Chad’s parents visiting last week, we decided to do a bit of exploring. We’ve been to Wilmington on previous visits (the children’s museum there is awesome!), so this time we headed to New Bern.
Our first stop was the New Bern Firemen’s Museum. Nathan has always loved fire trucks, and he was really excited to see the trucks that they had. They had several of the first fire trucks used in New Bern, some of which dated back to the 1870s. It was impressive to see the old equipment that these firefighters worked with and the curators at the museum were also friendly and helpful. We even got a little …
It wasn’t long after my little one was born that I found my hearing had changed dramatically. I would liken it to that of a bat’s. If I needed to, I’m sure I could hear her crying from miles away. I can even hear her crying when she isn’t! I had found my Mom Ears. What are Mom Ears? –The ability to hear and know exact movements she is making without seeing her, whether the slightest sound on the monitor requires a 40 yard dash, or deciphering the sound of your child above a crowd.
Another phenomenon of Mom Ears has to do with the ability to tune out unpleasant sounds. …
Even the sun sleeps in later than I do!
I’m sure that all parents have this question in their heads as the weekend approaches. In my house, we never actually discuss it, but come Saturday morning and we hear that first holler from Saioa at 6am….. both of us pretend that we don’t hear it in hopes that the other one will get up.
Kevin and I are up early every morning during the week. He’s up to go to work and I’m up because I’m always at work. On the weekend there’s usually at least one day where he will get up early to go surfing. So …
If you don’t recognize me I used to write for tummytime but moved away while my husband deployed for a year, and now I’m back. So guess what that means? My husband is ALMOST back too! Also that I get to join CuddleBugs! Yay!
So how about a quick intro? My name is Breanna Sykes. I have a beautiful daughter who will be turning 11 months in a couple of days. I have been a temporarily single mom since 10 weeks after Abigail was born. My husband deployed and I moved back to NY to be surrounded by family.
I have been blessed with an angel. Seriously, my daughter is awesome. At …
Timothy is the youngest of my three children. There are seven years between him and Bethany and two years between Bethany and Zach. I look at my older two and I’m amazed at how 
fast they have grown. I know it won’t be long before Timothy leaves behind the toddler stage.
I purposely make time to cuddle with him in the evenings because either he will soon be too big to hold or he will grow out of the cuddle stage. Timothy ranks in the 90th percentile as far as height goes, so it seems that he is growing up even more quickly. So far he still likes …
Last week, we had some fabulous visitors – Grandma and Grandpa! Chad’s parents flew out for a long weekend to visit us, celebrate some birthdays, and see our new home.
The kids love to see their grandparents, but with my parents living in South America and Chad’s parents living in Utah, that just doesn’t happen as often as we’d all like. Thankfully, through the wonders of Skype and FaceTime, we do get to “see” them all fairly regularly. It’s not quite the same, though.
Chad also grew up in a very closely-knit family. Both sides of grandparents live five minutes apart from each other. The entire rest of the Reese family, aunts, …
Routine is said to be key when it comes to baby sleep habits. I took this to heart and have consistently provided a reliable routine to help my little one recognize that it is time to sleep. Ever since I was able to get her into her own crib she has been sleeping like a champ. I was on cloud nine, energetic, more organized, more tolerant and patient, and most of all – rested! This has changed slightly with the onset of a fever and learning to crawl, which I expected.
