Everyone in our house has been dealing with different sleep issues over the last few weeks, and it’s high time for reflection.
For me, the issue is a lack of sleep; the very same guidebook that has kept me from blogging regularly also is keeping me from putting my head on the pillow for more than [...]

Considering that I fell asleep at my computer four times in six nights last week (and considering that I’m writing this at 3 a.m.), I’d say it’s high time something about my work schedule (watch the baby all day; work late into the night) changed.
And so it is with great excitement this week that I [...]

It’s as if The New York Times has been overrun with new parents these days.
Last week, the paper ran that article about the impacts of cone-scan technology among pediatric dentists (I blogged about it earlier this week). Since then, the Gray Lady has published two other informative-yet-disturbing articles pertaining to the development of our children.
The [...]

Little L (who celebrated her 18-month birthday yesterday, by the way) is sprouting teeth at such breakneck speed these days that we’re approaching to the point where we need to start thinking about taking her to the dentist.
Naturally, then, Powergirl and I were freaked by a lengthy and detailed story that ran in The New [...]

Thank goodness there’s a limit to what L can understand these days (though we still think she’s pretty darn smart). Otherwise, she might have laughed in my face during our pre-holiday trip to Target this morning.
We were in what I like to call the goody aisle; the aisle with all of the cakes, cookies and [...]

So Scientific American magazine has come out with a list of the ten most effective parenting practices. You can read a friend’s blog SFGate blog post about it here, or read the actual article here.
My personal reaction to the list was something along the lines of, “Yeah, duh.” I mean, most healthy parents hear [...]

It’s been five days or so since we switched back to Daylight Standard Time, and despite the dwindling amounts of sunshine, these have been the five longest days of my year.
Never mind I’ve been working crazy hours. Forget, for a moment, that we’re refinancing.
Really, the parachute-sized bags under my eyes (and the Olympus Mons of [...]

I read a blog post the other day about a report that states kids spend 55 hours a week indoors. A different study said kids spend more than 7 hours a day with electronic media. Considering most kiddies are only awake for an average 84 hours a week, these stats are eye-opening. Forget analysis by [...]

One day after L’s doctor dubbed her “advanced,” the baby responded by taking a giant step into the Terrible Twos: She threw her first official temper tantrum.
It was ugly, folks. I mean, real ugly. She screamed. She cried. She convulsed on the floor like an epileptic. At one point she even laid on the guilt, [...]

Just when I started to feel confident in my CPR certification, news hit wires today that the American Heart Association is shaking up the long-time strategy for dealing with CPR.
Previously, the approach involved opening the victim’s airway first, starting mouth-to-mouth breathing and doing chest compressions last. Now, however, the AHA says that cardiopulmonary resuscitation should [...]