I thought I would write a more thorough blog post on this topic because it seems more concerns about my nursing during pregnancy have cropped up.  Frankly, I’m quite amazed by the negativity towards breastfeeding I have experienced since I first decided I was going to breastfeed Gavin.  Even after all this time, there are [...]

Bonjela has often been used in teething children to soothe irritated gums.  I’ve tried using it on Gavin several times – both when he was teething and when he had an ulcer.  He didn’t take very well to the gel and I think it had something to do with the aniseed flavour.  Indeed, the first [...]

It has finally happened. I was driving to my old house to get the place cleaned up before my parents came to visit.  My MIL’s maid was in the car with me and Gavin was buckled up in his carseat at the back.  I often find that he is more compliant sitting in the back seat on his [...]

When I was pregnant, the hubby and I bought the Recaro Young Start car seat for Gavin thinking that because Recaro made car seats for racing, they would have one of the safest car seats around.  The Young Start was on sale and also one of the more comfortable chairs we had seen, so the [...]