I came across this on Crunchy Domestic Goddess.
Here are what Lifescript calls the “10 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make:”
1. Sharing a bed with baby.
2. Putting your child to bed with milk or juice.
3. Buying second-hand toys or baby furniture.
4. Showing your child “smart baby” DVDs.
5. Putting kids in the basket of a shopping cart.
6. Sharing utensils with your child.
7. Delaying or avoiding vaccines.
8. Leaving your child alone in the car “just for a minute.”
9. Skipping helmets on tricycle rides.
10. Leaving your child alone in the bath or shower.
Going on that list …

This is for the non-Australians. Who ask, what is a goog? Is it a word? Is it made up? And what kind of nickname is it anyway?
Goog is slang in Australia for egg. As some of you have pointed out, why on earth would you need a slang word for egg – egg is after all shorter than goog. One of those grand mysteries of language. I have no idea. Although for some reason googy is a child’s word for egg – and googy or goog has made it’s way …

She is a part-time co-sleeper. More full-time than part-time when she’s teething or going through a rough patch, or it’s Sunday. She likes to be in our bed the night before I go to work outside the home.
Sometimes this means that she wakes up a lot earlier in the morning, when Josh leaves for work. And for the record, 5am is not morning, it’s still night in my book. But we get up anyway. Sometimes it means that she comes in to our room in the middle of the night. …

After enjoying her day at home with Mr. Goog. Look at all of those teeth! There still on the move, and in all likelihood I’ll have a snuggly little companion right about midnight. When she was a baby I couldn’t wait for her to sleep through the night, but now I enjoy it when she doesn’t

Fair Warning – this is going to be one of those super mooshy posts where I wax lyrical about how much I love my baby. If it’s not your kind of thing you may want to skip over it or get a bucket. But don’t say that I didn’t warn you.

I’ve had a rough week. And I suppose I haven’t been my usual Christmas-enthusiast (rabid fanatical) self. I’d hoped to be pleasantly pregnant during the festive season, but my miscarriage threw me a bit of a curve ball. Physically, I’m …

I read Best Blog Posts of 2009 at Scary Mommy and thought it was a pretty cool idea – if I have only got 6 months to choose from. I started this blog in July, thinking that it would be fun to do every now and then, but it quickly became more addictive than I’d imagined it could be.
July: Things I Learnt In My First Year (Part 1)
Breastfeeding: not as natural as you’d think
August: Things I Learnt In My First Year (Part II)
Sleep: apparently it’s optional
September: Crying It Out to …

Ten days after Riley’s birthday I took her to the hospital. I assumed that they would tell me it was just teething and I would head back home again. The few days before had been hell. If she was awake she was either crying or screaming. I mistook it for teething initally because teething has always knocked her around and she’s often been that upset with teething before. She was drooling like a tap, drinking copious amounts of water and generally out of sorts. I was beginning to get concerned …

Everyone has a different experience with their first night away. Hector and Jennifer of Three’s a Charm had a great night out – and don’t they deserve it – and so did Shahreen despite her initial feelings of separation anxiety. For us, it was great to get away and spend time with other adults without constantly running around after Riley who gets into everything. She’ll be 18 months this week and it was the first night since she was born that I’ve been away for a whole night. Up until …