James & Jax

Greetings! Ahh, the weekend is nearly over (sorry for the brutal reminder). That means any semblance of my free time is fleeting. It also means it’s time for the James & Jax Weekend Reading bloghop again. Woohoo! Party (for bookworms)! Again, here’s how it works: Every Sunday, the link is open & stays open until [...]

Saturday morning, totally out of the blue, my husband and I started talking about potty training Jax. He seems ready, according to all the signs I know about, anyway. I just wish I could say the same for myself! I used to read baby books cover to cover and enjoy doing so. But that was [...]

When I was pregnant, not once did I even think about cloth diapering. That’s a shame, really. I simply hadn’t been exposed to all the less-than-usual ways to do things when it comes to parenting. I read What to Expect When You’re Expecting, without realizing that there were books out there that were better suited [...]

Sorry, Jax, but I’m about to tell the Internet about your little poop problem. Don’t worry, you can talk about it in therapy years from now. Jax has had runny poop since a bout with a stomach virus mid-summer. Seems to me like Toddler’s Diarrhea, which is a chronic but common and harmless condition in [...]

It dawned on me yesterday that my life has been virtually drama free since my pregnancy at the end of 2008/2009. Previously, it seemed like drama was my middle name–not that I caused it, but that it seemed to find me no matter how I tried to avoid it. Yes, I realize that might sound [...]