Family Musings

Recently I have been very winny. I have won a few blog giveaways recently and want to tell you about one of them. From Dates to Diapers sponsored a giveaway in April for a Sandisk 4 GB flash drive. It arrived in the mail a week or so ago and I love it! This is something I would not have ever bought for myself, but am so glad I have. It holds way more than I need it to and I don't have to worry about having enough room. Isn't it funny how technology changes so quickly? When I bought my first digital camera, a 52b mb card was about $80. Now, we can get 4 GB worth of memory for only $35!

We interrupt this blog to bring you the following public service announcement: Many families around the world have allowed their children to sleep in the same bed as the parents. My family is no different. Currently, there is a movement by some government organizations (and some private ones) to label co-sleeping as a habit of neglect and abuse towards children. I think this is outrageous and that the exact opposite is true. What they call co-sleeping is actually exhausted parents falling asleep with a baby on the couch. This is not the same thing as what my family does. Co-sleeping has allowed my family to maintain its sanity. Had I not been able to sleep in the same bed as Charlotte I would have far fewer hours of sleep and most likely would have given up breastfeeding in favor of a bottle in hopes of putting Charlotte into a formula coma each night. If you did or are co-sleeping with your children, please take a minute (quite literally) to click over and take this survey. ...

I couldn't pick a favorite picture... so here are several showing Charlotte enjoying her blueberries.   Make a Smilebox slideshow

Thanks for your patience with me as I all but abandon my blog for the last 2 weeks. I wanted to give you a quick update and let you know I only have 1 task to complete for my professional teacher certification. I will start writing it up tomorrow and hopefully will have it finished and ready to submit by the end of the school day. I'll try to come back and post some pictures and stories over the weekend as time permits. Love ya! Thanks for hanging in there with me...

Sorry I haven't been very verbose lately... school lets out in less than 2 weeks and I have a mountain of paperwork and documentation to complete. I'll be back soon... I promise!

I think I talked on my cell phone several times a day when I was pregnant last year... should I worry ? A giant study, which surveyed more than 13,000 children, found that using the handsets just two or three times a day was enough to raise the risk of their babies developing hyperactivity and difficulties with conduct, emotions and relationships by the time they reached school age.

Self-portrait taken at Cypress Gardens yesterday.