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One of Maddie’s favorite books is You Can’t Take A Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum . It follows, among other things, a girl through her...

After fooling me with a relatively good day on Sunday, Cora's relapsed - as in vomiting again. The doctor finally gave her an anti-nause...

Madeleine’s been eating rice cereal for almost a week now, and she’s on a vitamin supplement with iron.  We just had a diaper insufficiency ...

When Maddie was born, my mother-in-law said, “Now is when you build a tight white fence right around their little bodies. And you protect th...

The 4 a.m. breathing check. You’re lying in bed, enjoying the fact that Pumpkin’s slept for six hours solid and not asked for her usual 3 a....

As most of you know, I’m a reasonably crunchy person : I make my own yogurt and cleaning supplies, and I wash my face with honey. (Yes, just...

Li’l Bit, this is a tough time for you right now. You, my friend, have such a big heart. And as we’ve talked about – a LOT – recently, Bi...

Several months ago I read about a family that periodically does and Independence Day: one day with no restrictions and no help. Eat what yo...

I’ve always sworn that we will not be the kind of parents who give in to our children’s every whim; who fly into a panic when one little thi...

This afternoon Madeleine was having some “window time”. She’s addicted to the outdoors and wants to be as close to it ...