Remembering Baby Milestones: Solid Food
Remembering Baby Milestones: Solid Food I loved breastfeeding Isabel, my firstborn, but after several months of doing it around the clock, I was ready for a change. I couldn’t wait…
Baby Milestone: The First Smile
Baby Milestone: The First Smile My 1-month-old son had a belly full of breast milk, and his eyes shut tight in slumber the first time that I saw his little…
Baby Items to Keep Your Baby Happy at Each Stage
Baby Items to Keep Your Baby Happy at Each Stage Before my son was born, my husband and I made the prenatal pilgrimage to register at a big box baby…
Baby Milestones: First Words
Baby Milestones: First Words The first word to come out of my 10-month-old son’s mouth was music to my ears: “Mama.” Carter had been babbling and making bubbles and sounds…
Most Popular Baby Boy Names By Country
Most Popular Baby Boy Names By Country Hand Jacob the crown! For the fourteenth year in a row, Jacob is king of baby boy names, at least in America. In…
Most Popular Baby Girl Names By Country
Most Popular Baby Girl Names By Country Hundreds of thousands of babies are born each day, and although each is wonderfully unique, many share a common baby name. Last year,…
Baby Name Meanings: Why We Chose Paloma
Baby Name Meanings: Why We Chose Paloma Even before I was pregnant, my husband and I knew we wanted to give our baby a name that wasn’t super common and…
Baby Milestones Remembered: Sitting Up
Baby Milestones Remembered: Sitting Up My daughter Ally was just shy of eight months when she conquered a huge baby milestone and sat up on her own for the first…
What’s in a Baby Name?
What’s in a Baby Name? My husband and I had good intentions when we chose to name our firstborn, Caitlin. At that time, no one on this side of the…
Baby Name Meanings: Why We Chose Henry
Baby Name Meanings: Why We Chose Henry When my baby was born, the midwife placed him immediately on my chest. I looked down at my squirming, crying child and waited…