Category: Family Life

I just finished watching the first episode of Big Ballet, Ovation network’s newest mini-series which chronicles a former Royal Ballet dancer’s mission to stage Swan Lake using ballet dancers that are considered too large for …

I never thought much about shoes when Honeybun was a baby.  We lived in sunny South Florida and socks were more than enough to keep her little tootsies warm.  It wasn’t until she started pulling …

Yesterday was a busy and exciting day. We started after breakfast by heading to the beach with friends who are getting ready to move as a sort of a (second to) last hurrah. Then we …

Honeybun has an unusually hard life for a five year old who has pretty much everything she could ever dream of.  She also has a really hard time listening, following directions and doing the right …

I’m really particular about how I introduce solids to my babies.  I do one food at a time and wait on high-allergen foods until my babies are older.  I figure by being so careful, if …

Doodle’s first birthday was a great success, as far as first birthdays in our family goes, anyways.  We like to keep it small, family only.  Honeybun’s first birthday was with my parents; Sugarplum’s was only …

While the immobile infant phase, where you can put a baby down and leave them for a minute knowing they’ll be there when you come back, is my favorite I have to admit that the …

If you haven’t seen this ad for Free People’s Movement line, you should watch it.  And if you aren’t deeply offended by it, let me tell you why you should be: It makes a mockery of ballet and …

Infants are often classified in two groups: mobile and immobile, those who move and those who don’t. Most infants remain in the immobile phase for the first 6-9 months and spend the majority of their …

Most parents are familiar with the movement milestones of babies such as rolling, sitting, standing, crawling and walking.  But what about the milestones of toddlers and older children?  How do you know what a child …