We were given a baby monitor at a shower before we traveled to adopt GlitterGirl. The monitor was never used. It turns out there is no reason for a monitor when the child is always in a room with either mom or dad. GlitterGirl slept in our room with us, napped in the same room [...]

Most of the Pack’n Play options include a bassinet at the top. Most of the China adoption community is not going to need the bassinet, as the vast majority of our kids will be too advanced to safely lay in a bassinet by the time we bring them home from China. If the Pack’n Play [...]

  You’ve seen a bunch of people recommend this book, and I’ll give it a recommendation as well. My next long post is going to be on toys. I’m still working on it, though. For discussion today, let’s talk about how we feed our little ones in a restaurant. When GG was too small to [...]

I can guarantee that whatever I say about car seats, someone is going to disagree with me on this topic. It can get pretty heated. Before I go any further, let me say that I am not a car seat tech. I’m not a doctor. I’m not a police officer. I’m not a paramedic or [...]

This is another of those things that is just going to be different for everyone. My preference was the Hip Hammock, because it felt more natural for me. With the child on my left hip, supported and held, I could hold my left arm around her and give her even more contact, leaving my right [...]

Yesterday we had a discussion about high chairs and booster seats. Below are high chairs and booster seats that our commenters like: