The baby ‘s eyes newborn are very delicate. At birth the midwife or pediatric nurse them apply an antibiotic ointment to prevent serious eye infections that can cause blindness. For that baby’s eyes the first few hours are as bright and color a little yellow. Overall is chlortetracycline ointment. But what happens if the baby …
Back Into A Fitness Groove
Gym rat, fitness junkie .. it’s all right there – in the heading of almost every “about me” there is. Though the last few months I have felt like the biggest liar because my 15 x a week gym routine withered to one or two times a week if I was lucky. Running? That received …
Open Face Chicken Caprese Sandwich
Ingredients: 2 small chicken breasts (or 1 large breast) salt & pepper 4 slices hearty bread (french or country) butter 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, cut into 1/4″ slices 4-5 fresh basil leaves, torn into small pieces 2oz fontina or mozzarella cheese, cut into slices Directions: 1. Season chicken with salt & pepper on both sides, then …
Surgery Day
Today Reagan is having surgery to have tubes placed in both her ears. She has had fluid building up in them for a long time and unfortunately the only relief she will have is getting tubes. A simple enough procedure that will take all of half hour but still nerve wrecking to say the least. …
Margarita Shots For The Modern Mama
Margarita Shots Just For Mama This recipe has been perfected by my husband after we made a trip to Stowe, Vermont and is the talk of the party when he makes them! I’ve engineered it a little for the modern day mama and now it is genius because you can serve them in a lime …
Open Face Chicken Caprese Sandwich
Here is a recipe I stole from Pinterest~ Gotta love Pinterest!! The best part is it takes all of 15 minutes to make and is AMAZING! Ingredients: 2 small chicken breasts (or 1 large breast) salt & pepper 4 slices hearty bread (french or country) butter 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, cut into 1/4″ slices 4-5 fresh …
Weighing The Pros And Cons Of DayCare
Since we moved back to California we decided to put Reagan into daycare a couple days a week. It would allow me the time to get work done, clean up around the house and run errands and mostly to have some personal me time. Reagan has a group of friends in Pennsylvania that we would …
Unplug your Toddler
“Honey…who is Elmo?” She’s pointing furiously at the iPad and demanding Elmo. Yes, it’s true. My iPad has now become the property of my 20 month old child and been nicknamed Elmo; mostly due to the apps on there where Elmo teaches her about ABC’s and 123’s. How she became more proficient at being able …
Wagon Love
Ever since we’ve gotten her new Fold It & Go Wagon she has been obsessed…demanding to go the park and get outdoors because she gets to ride around in style with a shade cover to protect her from the sun and has her own designated pockets for her juice cup. For me it’s amazing! Watching …
Mimicking Behavior
Lately I started noticing Reagan beginning to imitate my every move and repeat almost everything that I say. During the annular eclipse I was sitting on the brick wall in our front yard and crossed my leg one over the other. Rey came down and sat next to me and proceeded to cross her legs …