The Potty Training Answer Book: Practical Answers to the Top 200 Questions Parents Ask,by Karen Deerwester, Pubished by SourceBooks, Inc. When I was approached with the request to review a new book on potty training, I jumped at the chance… after all, as a mom in the throes of the elusive dry-bottomed-kid, I figured that … Read more

Kenny asked me to write this one for him, as he has still not learned to type… It’s not easy being Two. When you’re having fun doing stuff, people tell you, “It’s time to go!” and when you say you don’t want to, they pick you up and carry you away anyway.   And when … Read more

We bought Kenny a “big boy bed” several weeks ago, and after much ado, it finally arrived today!   It arrived minutes before nap-time, and though I had garnered every possible necessity in order to allow him to sleep in it from moment one, wouldn’t you know that I neglected to get anything to go … Read more

Goodnight Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann Kenny discovered this unusual and captivating book a few weeks ago when we were vacationing in the Outer Banks.   It must have been left by a family before us, and I hope that they, whomever they are, were crushed to find it missing and have already  bought another copy … Read more

Casey is home, after only sixteen hours in the hospital.   He is watching Monday night football and eating a mountain of pasta and meatballs.   Thank goodness no overnight stay at the hospital! He did not actually have the surgery we had planned for today, and  that was a possibility we were prepared for. … Read more

Casey’s surgery is rescheduled for tomorrow morning.   We have to leave the house at 4:30 AM (yikes!), and won’t know until we get there what time he’ll actually go under.   My parents are staying over tonight to be with Kenny all day tomorrow, and possibly into tomorrow night. I’m not the complete bundle … Read more

We took Kenny to his first USNA football game today (46 – 43 win over Duke!).   We had been invited as guests up to a friend’s suite, and as there were lots of families with kids, Kenny was pretty happy to roam around and meet and greet everyone who would talk to him.   … Read more

The Newly Non-Drinking Girl’s Guide to Pregnancy: Advice and Support for surviving 40 weeks without a cosmopolitan, by Jackie Rose and Caroline Angel RN, Phd.   Published by Sourcebooks, Inc. 2007 “From Drinking for one to eating for two…” is how this often hilarious, occasionally serious book begins.   If you’re like me, you enjoy … Read more

Here at MommyBlog headquarters (aka, the  desk I share with my husband), I am often asked to read and review books and post the reviews on my website.   I haven’t done too many so far, mostly dur to moving back and forth across country, and to a certain small boy who did not start … Read more

Dudley is entering day 24 with a cone on his head.   What should have been a torturous 10 days has turned into over three weeks.   For a dog that lives to run, walk and curl up into small spaces, this is the ultimate imprisonment.   And last night, we hit a new low … Read more