Great Teething Help - Giveaway!
Check out my friend's brain-baby, the Merry Mommies Christmas Carnival, for fun holiday recipe swaps, honest reviews of new parenting and baby products, and giveaways, through Dec. 16th. The

Holiday Recipe: Icebox Cookies
The holidays are a wonderful time, and as we are now only 5 days out from Thanksgiving, I am preparing my grocery list to head out to the store and retrieve all the goodies I need for baking desserts for our family's Thanksgiving celebration. In the past, our family (my mom, dad, brother Eric, and I) would join our aunt and uncle and two cousins at their house for Thanksgiving...Uncle Peter would wake bright and early to out the gigantic bird in the oven, and my mom and I would be up all night, mixing and punching down the dough for our notorious Overnight Buns, passed down from my Grandma Steckler...maybe the most delicious, fluffy dinner rolls ever. I would pass out on the sofa around 2 A

Formula Fed America Trailer -Now THIS I have GOT to See!
I came across this trailer in a blog post by a fellow breastfeeding advocate, and my heart skipped a beat when I watched it! Anyone who knows me knows that I despise the cultural phenomenon that artificial baby milk (formula) has become, and feel so passionate about turning the trust back to breastmilk: the original, natural, and best food for babies. I also gripe on a regular basis that I know I am NOT the only person who feels this way, and that I'd love to see more people speak out about it. Well, here is a group that is about to make a big splash in the misdirected sea of formula trusting professionals and parents that our nation has become.A group called

Abbey's just getting so smart these days!
So...I just finished an hour long shift of trying to put Abbey to bed, and Jed has taken over for a bit, but I don't think Abbey's buying it...I get so frustrated on nights like this because normally Abbey has no issue going to sleep...and then out of the blue, with no warning, sud

It's November already!!!!