Posts from ‘January, 2007’

These cute and modern Japanese styles by Lucky Wang are a favorite of mine. I love the beautiful colors and prints. Check the Lucky Wang site for the whole collection as well as a listing of where you can purchase these items. Online retailers include nonchalantmom, Arte Bebe, and Black Wagon (receive an additional 20% [...]

A New York Times essay from a few weeks ago, entitled What’s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses, is causing a bit of a stir, at least in the pediatrics blogging community. The three docs who authored the essay argue that the medical community has become overzealous in diagnosing disease. They write:
Perhaps most [...]

My sister brought over this large stuffed pig for Pooky today. It’s the largest stuffed animal Pooky owns to date, and it joins her slowly growing stash of stuffed animals. We have this bucket shelving system to store her small toys and books, but we’re not sure what to do when our house turns into [...]

Since starting up this blog, one of the things I’ve encountered is a whole lot of websites with people who have started up their own line of baby tees and onesies displaying cute pictures and sayings on them. There are simple designs, cute phrases, elaborate artwork, clever play on words, and a lot of other [...]

From the website, I Used To Believe: The Childhood Beliefs Site:
My brother and I thought that Grandma lived at the airport because that’s where we always went to get her. Then when we were tired of her, we took her back.
-Susan

This Pooky Prize Giveaway is sponsored by Dolca USA.
We’re giving away an adorable Dolca girls’ dress and a pencil case! The dress is bubble gum pink and features a little girl in pigtails asking “Quieres Ser Mi Amiga?” (Will You Be My Friend?) – a Dolca best seller. Both the dress and pencil case feature [...]

Looking for a great baby gift without the usual bows and teddy bears designs? These changing pad sets from Two Elizabeths are made of vintage-inspired fabrics and come with a 28×14 changing pad that’s plush and soft, a matching bib, and a burp cloth. Price: $69.
These items are made by hand by owner Angie and [...]

Put a pair of jeans and a tee on your little one, and there’s just something about it that’s just too cute. Slip on one of these booties, and your baby will be in cute overload! Crocheted in cozy acrylic yarn and made to order, these adorable booties will keep baby’s feet stylish and warm. [...]

They say parents shouldn’t use the TV as a babysitter. So far, we haven’t… much. If you’re going to put the kid in front of the TV, though, you can at least make it a somewhat valuable experience.
In a survey looking for the “most unpopular noises,” crying babies came in tied for third. I don’t [...]

Pooky still isn’t “crawling” yet, but she’s certainly getting around. She rolls, slithers, scooches, and rolls to where she wants to go. One of her new tricks is crawling (or sliding) backwards until she’s under the couch. When she first started doing this, she would startle herself with the inability to move backwards any further, [...]