We Made This Baby!

Just watch these slideshows from flickr of pictures that kids will love.

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Notes on Evening Crying for our kid at one month old:

There seems to be a few minutes to hours every evening when the kid completely can’t be consoled.
One thing that seems to work is to pull out the toys. It’s my contention that the early evening is the time of day that kids have their […]

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I watched the Harvey Karp video long before we became parents because I was so scared of the sleepless nights that I wanted to know months in advance that we would be able to cope with a fussy baby. In his video, he lays out the 5 Ss:

Swaddle
Suck
Side
Swing
Shush

I highly recommend this video with a couple […]

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A note to all new parents: Our early two week experience has shown that the sling is an immediate way to soothe a screaming baby. Our Lawrence has taken to the sling so well that I’m almost affraid that we will have to ween him off of it some day. At any rate, if you […]

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