Prior to sign language at 9 months Molly would cry to let me know she wanted milk. She never cried for food, just milk. After she learned the sign I can clearly remember the day when she just scooted over to me, grabbed the bag of my pant leg and Read more...

This is the tagline in my business and the reason behind it is simple. When each of my children were newly discovering the world I used to ask the age old question parents everywhere ask "I wonder what they're thinking?" Once each of them Read more...

Amberly loved her animal signs and I taught her as many as I could during that phase when the whole world revolved around animals, 1 year to almost 2 years old. There were 3 animal signs that are close together that could be hard to discern the Read more...

As a first time mom, I was rarely apart from my daughter during her first year of life. Not until I had to go back to work when she was 13 months old did I realize that part of the seperation anxiety was on my end. I worried about her needs being Read more...

The other day Kyle is making a vehement request. He's 2yo and 4 months so most of his requests are verbal and in full 6 or 7 word sentances and I understand just about every bit he conveys. This time however, I could not understand his words one Read more...

At this age (Owen is near 5 months) babies get intrigued by all that is around them and begin to discover things they can do. Owen has begun to reach out for food on my plate, tries really hard to blow raspberries, loves to roll over to his belly Read more...

The other day I was late getting started with our day, it had to be 11am before we got everyone dressed for the day (but that's okay, I needed a slow morning to decompress from the BabyTime Expo!). Amberly, Kyle and Owen enjoy music as much as any Read more...

When trying to get our children to drink enough water my husband found that adding ice to their sippy cup worked very well. Some people just prefer refreshing cold water, why should a toddler be any different? Realizing that I would need to keep up Read more...

Being that many parents rely on bath as part of their bedtime routine this is a great time to spend making eye contact and signing with your baby or toddler. "Bath" is simply signed with two closed fists in motion up and down on the chest Read more...

A couple weeks ago I was busy doing mom things and my ear happened to perk up when my 2 year old began singing the ABC's.... I thought it was so cute that she was singing in tune and concentrating on her toys and as I paused to listen to her I Read more...