After PipSqueak got her hearing aid, I was nervous about her wearing it at Church. It is a large group of people and there is loud music. I thought she would be overwhelmed and freak out. Surprisingly, she was fine. Sunday night, I dropped her off in the nursery. I had taken her hearing aid off …
I acquired a collection of headbands back when Monkey was a baby. I also made lots of bows to clip on her headbands. I went a little overboard and made 2 of every color/pattern. I could have attached the bows to the headbands, but I preferred to mix-n-match, as well as have the option of …
Baby PipSqueak had lots of headbands. I wanted her to get used to wearing them, just in case she needed a hearing aid. People with Treacher-Collins Syndrome, usually have hearing loss too. Babies wear hearing aids on a headband called a “soft band.” When PipSqueak was a newborn, I won a very cute headband from a lady doing a …
Hi! This is little Lioness aka PipSqueak, Squeeky, Squigy, Squigily, Squig-a-loo, Squig-a-lina, Princess Poo-poo Pants, or whatever else my Mama feels like calling me. I just had surgery to repair my cleft palate. It was not fun! So I written some words of wisdom for my fellow babies out there. Waking up at 5:30 and not eating …
It seems everyone except me, knows the current social standards for sharing toys. I was oblivious of this new parenting trend, because it’s not how I was raised. But now as a parent, I have observed this scenario over and over: Child-A is playing with a toy. Child-B wants the toy, which Child-A has. Parent says, …
Last time we went to the Children’s Hospital, I was nervous, but ready to get PipSqueak’s surgery over with. At the pre-op appointment, I was inundated with information about surgery and recovery. Why did the surgeon wait until just hours before surgery to tell me all those details? I was trying to wrap my mind around …
PipSqueak’s birthday is at the end of August, so she’s on the cut-off line for what year she will start school. Some parents prefer to hold their child back a year, so they are not the youngest kid in their class. Being the oldest, and therefore biggest, kid in the class will give any child …
In January, our YWAM Bend team was blessed with a 3-day stay at a friend’s cabin. In less than a year, the six of us had gone from sharing a house, to living 45 minutes apart and having no team meetings for over 3 months. During our Retreat weekend, Duane led us through “The Best Year …
After every play-date with my friend Katie and her children, I feel like I’m becoming a better parent. I have observed how she interacts with her kids and I’m inspired to try new parenting techniques. If only I could figure out how to do and say what I just watched. Monkey has working on learning to listen …
Our new neighbors have a little boy a couple days younger than Lioness. The first time they saw Lioness drinking her bottle, the mom said, “look at you go girl, drinking your bottle like a champ! Lucky Mama! My son still won’t take a bottle and nurses all night long.” It is the first time …
