Paging Dr. Sears

The first time my husband and I opened Dr. Sears’ The Baby Book, it was a few days after we brought our son home from the hospital. We looked up “How to bathe an infant.” As first-time parents, it was the kind of thing we didn’t think to ask at the hospital. And as intelligent, educated, well-traveled professionals, we figured this was something we could do with our bleary eyes...

Victoria has nothing on my "Secret"

I’m not what you might call a bra kind of gal. (Of course I wear them! What kind of girl do you think I am?) What I’m trying to say is, I don’t swoon at the mere presence of black satin, red lace, taupe demi cups and name-your-color push ups. My coffee table isn’t littered with catalogs displaying the latest Secret.   I have a pragmatic approach to bras: they...

"I want to BE a bunny!"

I have the credentials . . . I'm an actual, real life bunny expert.   It's something that happened to me ~ not a title I set out to achieve.  It happened when my five-year-old daughter found a baby bunny that had wandered from it's nest.  She rescued it ~ and, of course, wanted to keep it.  Her dad (bless his heart) had the gumption to say no.  She returned the bunny...

An adventure ~ cloth diapering! week 2

I need to confess: Prior to last week, I had no experience with a wet bag.  At the end of my first day, when I opened it over the washing machine, I was horrified.  I was positive I had just ruined all of the diapers.  The smell was awful. Until I unzipped it, I smelled nothing.  I have an extremely sensitive nose, so this still amazes me.  Wet bags really work!  My washing machine...

A new adventure: cloth diapering!

A new adventure:  cloth diapering, week 1 by dianne ~ Hannah's grandmom and assistant retail manager at babyworks  We're having a new adventure today ~ Hannah and I.  She stays with us one day each week ~ so, with mommy's blessing, we are cloth diapering!  We are using FuzziBunz Perfect Size Diapers.   I also bought a wet bag and some cloth baby wipes.  For nine months, I have been using   Weleda ~...

My Grandbaby's Favorites

My Grandbaby's Favorites By dianne, grandmother and babyworks Assistant Retail Manager   Being a part of the babyworks retail team ~ and a new grandmom to Miss Hannah ~ I am always watching for products that are safe, loveable and of heirloom quality.  Hannah falls to sleep under her night sky, displayed through the soft glow of cloud b’s Twilight Turtle shell.  Her dad can’t wait to help her discover the...