My baby Ranya is very cute & beautiful. She is very active and very smart.
Sarita Ojha

Welcome Ranya and Sarita
xo
Grandma Bugpuddles

One of the scariest moments of a new mother’s life is when she feels baby’s forehead and it feels hotter than usual.  Trying to keep calm and not panic is the first thing she thinks.  Then the next thing she thinks is “Oh, where is that thermometer.”

Once she finds the thermometer then comes the problem of how she is going to administer this thing.  Baby’s behind is the place she thinks of first.  But if baby is wiggling and screaming, it is a dangerous thing she is thinking of doing.  Wiggling and screaming babies make it almost impossible to administer a thermometer. Read the rest of this entry »

Up until a time when Grandma Bugpuddles was raising her children many years ago, there was no question about what to use.    Mothers nursed their babies; or if they had no milk of their own because of some illness or fever, then they purchased from a nursing woman who had more than enough of her own milk and was willing to share with others.  Some women actually earned a meager living wage as a “wet nurse.”  In still later times the purchased mother’s milk was sold in glass bottles.

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Wouldn’t it be nice to have Rosie the Robot watching over your baby as you work around the house? Well since Rosie is not quit available yet, the next best this is a Baby Monitor.

Is a Baby Monitor a “must have?’ No, but it is one of those items that once you get one you’ll probably wonder how you ever lived without it. But with so many models and features to choose from it can be a little overwhelming.

There are essentially two basic types of Baby Monitors: Audio and Audio/Video. Both work by transmitting radio frequency from the base unit near the baby to the portable unit near you. These frequencies however may be interfered with from common household items like florescent lights, appliances, cordless phones, cellular phones and even your wireless home network. The most common of these items run at 2.4 megahertz. Read the rest of this entry »

A dear friend of mine has a son, an only child, who is now 32 years old.  He is a big, tall, strapping, handsome young man who is never sick, (not even a cold now and then) has never been sick, and he has never had a cavity (and this without fluoride treatments or fluoride toothpaste). His strength and endurance are remarkable.  He is successful.  He is also very handsome.  How did he get this way?  I believe it started with his mother’s care from his earliest years.  I believe it started with how his mother fed him from babyhood through the day he left home to go out into the world on his own.  Read the rest of this entry »

My Babies arent really babies any more. They are getting to be all grown up. Charlie loves anything that moves and makes loud noises. He loves to play in the water, and the snow. He has taken up fishing as his latest and greatest hobby. My daughter is a book worm. she loves to read. she loves to read anything that she can get her hands on. I homeschool our children.
Althea G. /Missouri

Everyone says that your relationship with your mom changes after you have a baby. Well, it couldn’t be more true.

I’m one of the lucky women that has a “best friend” mom, so I wasn’t expecting anything dramatically different. I mean, how could our friendship change due to some new tiny being that was going to suck up all my energy? Though I suspected my mom’s and my interactions would still be the same and as frequent, I was still eagerly anticipating the altered dynamic my new role would impart. Would we grow a bit more apart now that I have a brand new focus in life; would I get frustrated with her involvement, jealous? Would I no longer need her as my mom now that I’m someone’s mom?

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Today’s mommies who have chosen to breast-feed baby will have no concern about the melamine threat. For those of you dear gals who have found it a physical or financial necessity to feed baby a formula – you will wish to keep an eye on the news about melamine. Please check with your pediatrician immediately since our beloved FDA does not always react in a timely manner. Read the rest of this entry »

Instructions from child psychiatrists and psychologists regarding the where, the how, and the when of sleep time for babies has changed drastically over the years.  Some of the “experts” are still rummaging around looking for the correct answers.  It seems they may have been looking everywhere for the wisdom except in “mommie’s heart.”  Read the rest of this entry »