Some of Caleb’s favorite snacks now that he no longer likes cheerios:
1. Annie’s Organic Cheddar Bunnies
2. Sabra Hummus snack packs (seen above)
3. Happy Munchies Cheese and Veggie Snack (also known as green cheetos)
4. Trader Joes Organic Applesauce (and applesauce pouches when we’re on-the-go)
5. Stoneyfield Organic YoKids Yogurt Strawbana Smoothies
6. Bananas
Have any good suggestions for snacks? Please let me know! I’m always looking to expand Caleb’s snack variety.
Two weeks ago was Teacher’s appreciation day and I wanted to make something easy and quick to thank Caleb’s teachers. Usually I would bake, but I haven’t baked since Caleb was born and simply didn’t feel like it. Instead, I gifted the most useful gift of all – hand soap. Honestly, who doesn’t use hand soap??
I found this cute printable off Pinterest (LOVE Pinterest!) which you can find off the eighteen25 blog. I also found a cute collection at Bath and Body works called “Fresh Picked” which was a bunch of fruit smelling soaps. I picked a hand soap and the corresponding antibacterial hand sanitizer and wrapped it up in their free gift bags. Quick, easy, and I can bet you that it will be used!
Pinterest has the best ideas for Teacher Appreciation Gifts – I’d highly recommend taking a look around. People are so creative!
Just wanted to wish a Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there, including the many mom’s to be! I can’t believe it’s been a little over a year since I became a mom. The three top lessons I learned this year?
When we went out to eat dinner today, I decided that we were going to order Caleb something off the kids menu for the first time EVER. I initially wanted to avoid this because we all know how unhealthy restaurant food usually is, but I also wanted to know that we had the flexibility of ordering food at any restaurant and that we would be just fine eating out when we take Caleb with us on vacation.
He did wonderfully! Even though the service was a bit slow, when the food finally came, Caleb loved it. He had pasta shells in an alfredo sauce with meatballs and steamed broccoli. A drink (we picked apple juice) was included as well. The juice came in a straw cup with a lid which Caleb had no problems drinking from (THANK YOU Munchkin cup!!!)
I feel ridiculous writing this post, because I stressed out for the longest time on how we were going to get Caleb off bottles after he turned one. He LOVES his bottles. I have never seen him so excited to drink from any other cup as he was drinking from his bottles. He also loved using it to comfort him for naps and bedtime. I was freaked out we were going to take away something he loved and devastate him. Of course a new mom thinks this way.
Around the time Caleb was 11 months I started training him to use a straw cup. By 12 months we were still struggling with which sippy cup was best and when I finally committed to one cup, he was able to get the hang of it pretty easily and was using only straw cups during the day. I want to say it had something to do with age too. Sometimes I get so frustrated trying to get him to figure something out when in fact I really just needed to give him more time. So many Moms I know freak out about whether the kid will be able to use a sippy cup because at 4 months they hated it, but by 1 year the same kids were fully proficient in straw cups so I think we should all collectively stop worrying!
We had a wonderful time at the Spring Classic for Kids baseball game on Tuesday! It was Caleb’s first baseball game and he had a blast. We even got to take a picture with the CHOA mascots! I rooted for Georgia Tech because I had a yellow bubble necklace but University of Georgia ended up winning in the end!
I was hanging out with a few Moms a week ago and noticed right then how much we use snacks to quiet our little ones. Or, as I secretly call cheerios, the “shut up” snack. In the span of an hour I saw a little boy go through some cereal, yogurt bites, and more cereal. Another girl started to get fussy and was fed some snacks to calm her down. I’m not here to judge – I’m certainly guilty of giving Caleb a few too many cheerios so we can finish eating dinner when we’re eating out or so I can finish washing the dishes. I just wonder – are we doing this because society says we need to get rid of pacifiers at a certain age (earlier and earlier now) and so we’re compensating with something else which will calm our babies? Are snacks the new pacifier?
I realized days after I wrote the post The Best Sippy Cup that I forgot to write about the sippy cup that taught Caleb how to drink from a straw. The Lansinoh mOmma Straw Cup is that cup. The tip of the straw is rounded and closed except for an x which is where the liquid flows out. Therefore, liquid flow is more controlled than in a straw cup with a regular open straw. Additionally, there are handles for easy grasp of the cup and it has a rounded shape which is fun for babies and helps the cup stay upright when it falls on the ground.
One of the things I love about the public library is the wonderful books you discover. It’s the same reason I love going to bookstores, except in libraries you get to borrow the book for free and free is always good 
The book above, “How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm And Other Adventures in Parenting“, is one of those books that I randomly picked up at the library and I loved it so much. Each chapter is short and sweet (which is helpful because while I love reading 300 page books with long chapters, it’s just not happening anymore) and talks about a different topic. For instance, she talks about baby wearing in Africa, letting kids stay up late in Argentina, and potty training at a young age in China. I loved how she not only wrote about it, but also tried out a lot of the things that are the norm in other cultures.
It’s baseball season! My husband is an avid baseball fan and we absolutely can not wait to take our son Caleb to a baseball game for the first time. Looks like it will be very soon because we plan on attending the 11th Annual Kauffman Tire Spring Classic for Kids which is a fundraiser that benefits pediatric research of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Neurosciences Program. It is actually a baseball game where University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech at Turner Field! The game is on Tuesday, April 23rd and tickets are only $12. What a wonderful way to take your family out to the ball game, donate to CHOA, and participate in some friendly collegiate rivalry. We haven’t decided yet who we’re rooting for but we hope to see you there! Continue reading for the press release and more information.
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