I need help. Sophie has been doing somethng lately at mealtimes, and I am at a loss on how to stop it! She, almost every time, dumps or scrapes the contents of her plate or bowl onto her high chair tray. Even cereal with milk. Luckily, I don’t put much milk on her cereal and [...]

Babygirl isn’t a “baby” any more – she’s a full-on toddler! She is running, climbing, jumping, climbing, playing outside, climbing – have I mentioned she likes climbing? Last night after dinner, we found her on top of the dinner table. She can climb the steps on her slide, and the steps to get into the [...]

Big Sis had been asking for chicken and dumplings for dinner. To make things easier after work, I put some chicken in the crock pot with some broth, herbs, and seasonings Wednesday before I went to work. By the time we all got home, it smelled GOOD.  I poured the cooking broth into a pot, [...]

Like most parents, we have fun giving Sophie little tastes of our food to see what she likes. She’s had teeny bites of ice cream, and would easily have eaten a good bit of fudgecicle. Big Sis gave her a taste of Popsicle, and she liked it so much she actually cried when she couldn’t [...]