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Baby Activities
The past three-ish months have been a real “sweet spot” for my daughter. She learned to sit up and with that a whole world opened up to her. This is an amazing age in between the flat-on-the-back infant phase and the mobile child phase. She could sit, see what’s going...
Travel on Baby’s First Christmas
Today’s story comes from one of our newest members of the retail team. She shares the story of her daughter’s first Christmas, which wasn’t too long after she was born! Like a hazy vision of Christmas past is a memory of baby’s first Christmas with...
Christmas Crafting
This week we will be featuring guest posts from a few Sweetbottoms moms on the topic of ‘Baby’s First Christmas.’ It’s a major milestone for many, marked by special ornaments and embroidered t-shirts. While we want to make these milestones special, we also want to keep them low-stress and fun...
Montessori Method: Work and Play
Here’s the last installment in the Tim Seldin Montessori series. As my son has grown older, I’m getting more interested in incorporating Montessori thinking into our home. To be honest, I’m not thinking about preschools yet (he will be three in February!) but I like to think that “Montessori” transcends...
Car Seat Crying Solutions
By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of the No-Cry Solution book series Some babies fall asleep almost before you’re out of the driveway, but others won’t spend five happy minutes in their car seats. Usually, this is because your baby is used to more freedom of movement and more physical attention than you...
Newborn Babies and Sleep
By Elizabeth Pantley, Author of the No-Cry Solution book series Congratulations on the birth of your new baby. This is a glorious time in your life – and a sleepless time too. Newborns have very different sleep needs than older babies. This article will help you understand your baby’s developing sleep...
DIY Mobile
Today I want to share a DIY Mobile that I made to hang over my son’s bed. I actually made this over a year ago! Thinking back, I feel like I just had so much more time and energy to be crafty back then. Being pregnant with a toddler at...
Solving Naptime Problems
Napping is an important element of your child’s healthy mental and physical growth. A daily nap refreshes a child so that she can maintain her energy, focus, and ability to learn for the rest of the day. Some studies even show that children who nap every day are more flexible...