Parenting for Idiots…A Step by Step Guide for Parents by Babies LESSON 1: AN IDIOT’S GUIDE TO SLEEPING OUTSIDE THE WOMB Babies wake up during the night because they are babies and it is what they do. This is a fact. Yet, so many proper grown up people who have been to school and everything, some who have even written books about babies will not accept this. They try and work out how to fix us when in actual fact we are just BEING […]
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My babies have always worn sleep sacks for as long as possible. My mother and older aunts found this odd–babies in their generation used good old blankets. But, there’s science behind this! (See, mom?) The American Academy of Pediatrics put out a statement on the safest practices for infant sleep, in order to prevent SIDS. (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) AAP recommendations on creating a safe sleep environment include: Place the baby on his or her back on a firm sleep […]
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We’re a parenting humor website. Much of the humor of motherhood comes from making lemons into lemonade. (Mostly vodka lemonade.) That’s just my bloggy way of saying that we joke about the challenges of parenthood. Because challenges are funny and relatable. So we don’t talk about the “good” stuff so often. Like how our kids are our world. And that inspires some sanctimommies of the internet to question if we really, really love our kids. Well, duh. I addressed those […]
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Big Baby Sleep Giveaway! Sleep… We could all use more of it, am I right!? There are a bazillion and one baby and kid products out there claiming to help you or your kids sleep longer and better. Do they all work for everyone? Nah. Are they all safe? Unfortunately, no! You gotta do your research and listen to your gut. In the meantime, you’re in luck because I’ve put together a fabulous giveaway of sleep-related products for the entire […]
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Co-Sleeping?!? Who…me? Check out Jen’s guest blog for We’re Parents!?! Blog here: The Unintentional Co-Sleeper Are you co-sleeping? Tell us why below!
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